New Ulm review., 1913-02-26

case. II went on with the. inveatiga.
tiOn yOn cOnisin'i Ove the msn WIN
was pr,aq4rlting yOlr father. And.
inst l,e4n,Isa. Won nnderaiand what II
right in tine rnse and are what yOu
are. you .sNlldn't respect and 10
couldn't NvP the man who weakly did
whas wna wr,,ng for nim-e for yOu.
And Just now -yOn are very anxious 70
save ytnir father" 4
The titnh OF crimson ehbed. She
looked nj him strangely. '.Do You be
lieve- that?"
II know. It. Hut you needn't be
afrnid any longer. Your father In safe
% far AZ am concerned. That was
settled before you came
Rl,e turned from him In an immeas.
urable relief to look out Of the window
The voice Of the CONGREGATION roxe
aRain IN the cl,s.ing hymn. onward.
Christian Asldiers.
The hynnn elded. She raised her
head and faced MIN. unshed tears In
her eyes.
...J0hn Dnnmeade." she cried. n
don't know, yet how mucn Of what You
have said In true And I don't know
whether you have been wenk Or strong
But there are diner things than the
strength Of hpartiess justice. One Of
them is-muxt be-tO be merciful. to
s,nrA - ~k,,vp vnoNov -horo vns, nuvo
none. where yOn helieve you can gain
nothing. an yOn have done. can't
shnn't try to think you. Rut I shall
always be praying for yOu all the ROod
things sou have earned az you go-
and you will go inward"
He merely repeated an old saying.
ri haven't Thought NJ far ahead as to,
morrow. And now you'd t,ettpr 60 be
fore church lets out. II people saw
yon here It might act them thinking"
Warren Rlnke's hody was buried and
his tragedy with It. The luck had held
to the last. No auapicion Of . lurking
mystery had been breathrd. And VII
liam Mur.hell returned from the fu.
neral tO a birth.
His enemies hive called him inhuman.
lacking In u,oral sensihiuty. There
are episodes In his career which sup
port the charge. Rut deep down With
d him had aiways laid something that.
long pregnating. now fought to win 10
the light He was suddenly arraixned
before himself. become By the tragedy
most pttiless Of judgeA The vigorous
mentality that had hungered and
thirsted for action, lusted for sharp
combat. sought insatiably for power
and ever more power. now turned upon
himself. with precise. merrileSs strokes
dissected his life for him. revealed its
essential ugliness, disclosed overlooked
potentialities. lara
1t was the evening after the funeral
He was alone in his library But be
was not reading. He was angrtls
watching the gathering Of belated
force; In bis existence. s
He frowned when from the hall came
the sounds Of alteration. heated on
one side and cO0lly confident on the
other. Then the door was thrown
open. and Haig. followed by the prot
estant man servant. entered. The nov
elist briskly crossed the room ana
planted himself in q chair before Muir
chell.
The Involuntary host greeted him
inhospitably. Il told Jim would see
nobody tonight. What do you wanty'
.You remember. Saturday night
said you and would have to discuss
the matter Of payment7 The time
has come. the walrus said"
"Well?"
Senator Murchell. have you 4 con,
0cienceY'
"Are you trying to be impertinent.
young man?'
"How impertinent7 I'm merely try
Ing to verify an impression. The 9th
er night. while you were watching
Warren Blake die. got the notion
that you had one Now Warren Rlake
10 out Of the way. Hampden won't
be disgraced. There's to be no scandal
Your plans to save the bank are un
der way. Other plans OF yours are no
longer In jeopardy. 60 IT, time to
think Of payment. ! have Just come
from Dunmeade He isn't very
happy man. Senator Murchell. He's
oppressed BY the knowledge that be
has been weak he has lost his pride.
bis belief In himself. his sense Of ab
solute honesty-call Il soul Tor short
The poor fool even thinks b. y to
blame for Warren Blake's shooting
himself. You and know better. We
know who killed Cock Robin" HaiR
laughed inRinuatingiy.
"You have a strange sense OF hu-
NOR. Just what are yOu trying to In
sinuater'
II mean that we know that the man
who killed Warren Blake was the
man who killed Creighton. Hawkins.
Delehanty, Burns. Schneider. Larktn