Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-10-05

cry were OUereu In Inc cnurc00B. AS
his condition grew worse the news
papers-even those owned by his en-
e~mies-hung out hourly bulletins. Be
fore these bulletins gathered great sol
emn crowds.
There came a day when the new
offered no hope. He had suffered tws
hemorrhages In quick succession. His
temperature had fallen far below nor
NAL. His heart was almost pulseless
Life was barely Pickering, He could
live but q few hours. read tho doctors
bulletins. Before the newspaper Of
fees the great crowds waited silently,
stopping traffic In the streets, forget
ting hunger, sadly waiting for the end.
That night a woman who had brav-
ed the dark streets alone and on foot
tapped lightly at the door Of McAdoo's
homo and asked to see Miss Finn.
Looking across the hall into the IL
brary. the visitor saw a strange group
John Dunmeade. governor of the
state; Patrick Finn, ex-policeman, and
Tom Haggtn, ex-pugtlist and saloon
k-eeper-sitting silent together in q
common grief.
There was a rustic of skirts along
the hall, and then not Kathleen, but
Mrs Dunmeade. entered the parlor.
She looked at the visitor In maze
ment.
Eleanor. dearrs
"Katherinep
And the two ome were in each
others arms.
'Is he"- Eleanor began. She could
not complete the question.
1.-THE doctors say So" Mrs. Dun
meade answered quietly.
Eleanor disengaged herself from the
embrace.
'Can I see Kathleen Finn a min
ute7s
Mrs. Dunmeade shook her head. 4
fear not, Eleanor. She Is with him.
And they are expecting any minute
III ask herr And Mrs. Dunmeade
went upstairs.
A few minutes later Kathleen Finn
entered-a new Kathleen, whose face
was hard and stern she looked at
Eleanor coldly.
Before Kathleen's contempt Flea
nor's eyer Quaiied. But quickly she
raised them again. !.
miss Finn" she said. speaking
haltingly. II won't keep you long. I
cams-it's about that affidavtt /
want to say 1t was all my fault It
was my brothers scheme. I didn't
know about 1t until 1t was toe late
But It would never have been done Ii
I hadn't first tempted Paul to leave
him. And I wanted-to say this. I
can't to him, but you're nearest to him
And I-can't you seef-I had to make
my acknowledgment before She
stopped, looking pIeadingly at Kath-
leen.
"We knew it." Kathleen said, still
coldly, cruelty putting a slight em-
phasis ON the "we.p
Eleanor began again, miserabiy. Fl
didn't know what my brother was
scheming. And / did 1t thoughtlessly.
though that's no excuse It was ut
terly contemplate. When / found out
Saturday night I tried to warn
Mr.-him-over the telephone, but he
wouldn't listen And Monday tried
to dissuade Paul from doing 1t, but it
was too late. ! was SO neipless-so
helpless. But that doesn't excuse me,
either. / don't expect you to forgive
me. He couldn't. I can't forgive my
self. But I had to tell you that / know
what I did and that all my life l shall
have my punishment. Tits all ! can
do. Thank you for listening to me.
And don't let me keep you from him."
Kathleen's face was not cold now.
She took q step forward and looked
closely into the younger woman's eyes.
.You-must care something fors--
she pointed upward-'for him or you
couldn't have come"
A sob was the only answer.
"you poor girlr' abe murmured and
drew Eleanor to her. And on Kath-
leen's shoulder the young woman wept
softly.
Soon Kathleen said. would you ike
to see him."
Yes"
Together they went upstairs to tho
room where Bob McAdoo faced death.
Eleanor knew that she would remem-
Der the scene always-for her punish
ment. she thought. A folded newspa-
per had been stuck In the chandelier
to shade the face Of the patient The
shadow a~ccentuated the waxen pallor
OF his lace. Els head was shaven, 4
rough beard had grown out, the pinch
ed features were big end bony and
ugly. He might have been already
dead. 8 motionless was he.
Eleanor gave him a long look.
She could DOT reprsss q sob. The doc
tor at the bedside looked up with .
frown. Then she turned away and
erept blindly from the room Kafh-
isen compassionateIy followed her.
Eleanor sank into a chair and sobbed
unrestrainedly.
s1ts horribleF" she moaned. aHs
was so strong!p
my poor girlft Kathleen musmureSa
s~oothlngly,
Eleanor looked up wauly. why ara
you so kind TO me when I have do.
served so uttleas
because" Kathleen answered soft
b. = think l understand. x0u Goa: