The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-14

You are making a most DANGEROUS
slggestipp % he sad "It would be IN
~ thing " Two ca men like ourselves
iouhd the inside OF "a jail for Tie next
~ years. or cou,s, this has come as
"a great shock To you. but 1t cannot be
helped"
But what is to become OF me?" Col.
VIE moaned. Within half an hour or
20 as good as told Ailsa LEROY that
she was :. pauper, and that was go
ihg to turn her out OF the house.
nave made AN enemy of the pirl. ana
she viii be only roo delighted TO have
me opportunity OF paying me out with
hiy own coin. can imagine what
ler face will look like when she real.
aes that the tables are turned and
mat she Is the one with money and /
ain the pauper."
stern Turned away his face. so thar
Colyille could not see the disgust writ
ten upon IT,
Nothing of the Kind he exclaimed
! am perfectly certain that Ailsa-I
mean Miss LefrQy-would be the last
person I'm the world TO act like that
She has 100 noble and refined nina
for anything OF TIE kind. She viii not
even take the trouble TO remember the
hard words YOU said TO her just now
she Will bid you stay here as long as
you live; she will act generously IN
the matter of money"
Colville faced round upon the man
whom he took 10 be his servant and
laughed bitterly.
You are going mad" he cried
Your brain is softening. Have We not
agreed again ana again that there ~
no such thing rs kindness and gen.
crosby in the world Did we not
come TO the conclusion that any action
was based on selfirterest? And now
you are talking 10 ne like a chapter
from some silly novel"
"All the same. feel that | am
tight" Stern persisted.
Coiville laughed once more Then
ms voice sank 10 a hOarse whisper
Conceal H." he said Take tho
risk and destroy the cursed thing. DO
what | ask YOU anu half that noble
fortune Is yours
Conceal nothing" Stern replied.
Tell Miss LEROY everything. Beyond
ali question she will find herself mis-.
you have threatened 10 turn her out
OF the house because YOU fancy she
is concealing something from you You
did lot fad the cir. cringe and bend
as you eXpected-she accepted your
mandate IN silence. And now the
,rick OF fortune has placed "a large
sum in her hands
The sum that would have been
nine but for a lucky chance" Colville
nuttered. The way in which | have
6ngled and schemed for IL. With that
money could have retrieved my for
tunes. and taken u pretty revenge ON
my enemies. | could do ii now. II
YOU stood by me
NO" stern said coldly. "You-
faithful servant has stood by You
Tretty we'll in the past But am not
going TO do this The danger is far
too great Call the girl in and tell
her" 90
With ah angry oath Colville declined
To do any thing OF the kind. He rayed
ana swore. he revileG Stern. but all 20
no purpose The latter refused TO lis.
ten 70 anything He stood there quite
unmoved, until ;he tempest OF anger
had passed away
III you don't tell her | will" he
said Fool DO YOU think We can work
In the da"k? Tell The girl. make much
of her. apologize for your harsh COZ.
duct, keep her in the house. She is
but q child I'm the ways OF the world:
in few days she attains her majority.
Then you will have the girl under
. eur own eyes. and her fortune ID
manipulate. And yet knowing all
this, you are prepared to risk a Grim.
inal prosecution
You are cleyercr than me. far
cleNerer than me Colville croakel.
You are right Thomas Send the
girl to me, and | Will tell her every.
tning. ! dare say ] shall be able 10
persuade her that | was speaking
rashly just now. &c and send her 10
me"
Stern departed without another
word There was a grim smile Oh
his face as he walked along the corri-