The Washington herald., 1912-08-11

sent out here on . regular monthly re-
mittance After that everything went
the way of his younger brother. His
father married again, and the second
year he became even less than a remit
lance man, for his allowance was cut
Off He was bad-bad from the start,
and he went from bad to worse out
here He gambled, fought, robbed, and
became the head of gang Of seoun-
drels as dangerous as himself He
brooded over what he considered his
wrongs until he went little mad. He
lived only to avenge himself. At the
FIRST opportunity he was prepared to
killed his father and his stepmother.
Then, few weeks ago, he learned that
these two were coming to America and
that on their way to Vancouver they
would pass through Bleak House Sta
ton. He went completely mad then,
and planned to destroy them, and rob
the train. You know how he and his
gang did the job. After it was over
and they had got the money, he let his
gang go on ahead of him while he went
back to the wreck of the sleeper. He
wanted to make sure that they were
dead. Do you see" y
YES" said Philip tensely, go on"
"And when he got there" continued
the other, bowling his head as he filed
an old briar pipe with tobacco, he
found some one else It's strange-and
you may wonder how / know il all. But
it's true Back in England he had wor-
SHIPPED a young girl. Like the others.
she detested him; and yet he loved her
and would have died for her And in
the wreck of the sleeper he found her
and her father-both dead. He brought
her out, and when no one was near car
ried her through the night to his horse.
The knowledge that he had killed her
the only creature in the world that he
loved-brought him back to sanity. 1t
filled him with new desire for venge-
ance-but vengeance of another kind
To achieve this vengeance he was COM
PEELED to leave her dead body miles out
on the prairie Then he hurried to over
take his comrades As their leader he
had kept possession of the money they
had taken from the express car The
division was TO be made at the water
hole. The gang was waiting for him
there. The money was divided. and two
of the gang rode ahead The other two
were to 60 in another direction so as to
divide the pursuit The remittance man
remained with them, and when the 9TH
ers had gone a distance he killed them
both. He was sane now, you under
stand. He had committed a great crime
and he was employing his own method
of undoing it Then he was going back
to bury-her."
The mans voice broke A great sob
shook his frame When he looked up,
Philip had drawn his revolver.
And the remittance man" he be-
gan.
rs myself-Jim Blackstone-at your
service"
The man turned his back to Philip.
hunched over, as il bent in grief. For
a moment he stood thus. There fol-
lowed in that same moment the loud
report of pistol, and when Philip leap
ed to catch his tottering form the glaze
of death was in the outlaws eyes
81 was going to do this-back there
beside her." he gasped family. A shiv-
er ran through him and his head drop
ped Imply forward
Philip had laid him with his face to-
ward a rock and stepped out from his
concealment. The girl had heard the
pistol shot and was running up the trail.
What was that'' she asked, when
he had hurried to her.
The last shot. sweetheart he an
swered. catching her in his arms. Were
going back TO Billinger now, and then
home"