The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-03-05

Miss Phoebe visits the Widow Beasley.
Phoebe investigates some matters per-
tanning to the past.
Captain Cy confronts Atldns Atkins
eonfesses that he has robbed little Emily
Of thousands Of dollars. Captain Cy re-
turns hons.
"S-s-h-h. You know I've got the
proofs. They were easy enough to get
once happened on the track of 'em.
Lord sakes. Heman. ! amt a fool.
What's the use of your pretendin' TO
be one? There's the deed out in Fris-
co. with yours and Johns name on II.
There's the records to prove the sale.
There's the receipt for the $4,000
signed by you on behalf Of yourself
and your partners widow. There's old
man Everdean alive and competent to
testify. There's John Thayers will on
hle over to Orham. Proofs. Why.
you thief. IL it's proofs you want I've
got enough to send you to state prison
for the rest of your life! Don't you
dare say proofs TO me again. Reman
Atkins. you owe me. as Bos'n's guard
ian, $4,000. with interest since 1854
What you goin' to do about itf'
Here was one ray. feeble ray. OF
hight.
You're not her guardian" cried At
kins. "The courts have thrown you
ont. and your appeal won't stand ell
Their. II any money is due II belongs
to her father. She isn't of age! No.
sir, her father
Captain Cy's patience had been CIV
ing away. Now he lost it altogether.
He strobe across the room and shook
bis forefnger in his victims face.
"Sow he cried. That's your tack.
Is It? By the big dipper. you go TO
her father-just you go to him and tell
him! Just hint to him that you owe
his daughter thirty-odd thousand dol.
lars and see what he'll do. Good heav-
ems above. he was ready to sell her
out to me for $50 with OF sand bank
In Orham-almost ready. he was. till
you offered higher price to him to
light. Why, he'll have your hide nail
Cd up on the barn door! II you don't
pay him every red copper down on the
nail he'll wiring you dry. And then
he'll blackmail you forever and ever.
amen-unless. Of course. go home
and stop the blackmail by printing my
story In the Breeze. I've a precious
good mind TO do II. By the Almighty.
! will do II unless you come of that
high horse OF yours and talk like
man"
And then the monument fell-fell
PROSTATE. with sickly. pitiful crash.
II we of Bayport could have seen our
congressman then. The great man.
great no longer. broke down complete.
~. He cried like baby. II was all
true-all true. He had not meant 20
steal at first He had been led into
using the money In his business. Then
he had meant to send II TO the heirs,
but be didn't know their whereabouts.
Captain Cy smiled at this excuse. And
now he couldn't pay-he couldn't He
had hardly that sum In the world. He
had lost money In stocks. His prop
erty In the south had gone TO the
bad. He would be ruined He would
have TO 20 TO prison. He was getting
to be an old man. And there was
Alicia. his daughter! Think of her!
Think OF the disgrace! And so on.
over and over, with the one recurring
burden-what was the captain going
to do-what was he going TO dor II
was a miserable. dreadful exhibition,
ana Captain Cy could feel no pride IN
his triumph.
There. there" he said at last. stop
II, man; stop II. for goodness sakesl
Pull yourself together ! guess we can
nx II up somehow. amt goin' 10 be
too bard on you II Il want for your
in bein' willin' TO let Bos'n
suffer her life long with that drunken
beast OF a dad Of hers ia feel almost
like tellin' you to get up and forget t.
But that's got to he stopped. Now. you
listen 10 me-"
Heman listened. He was on his
knees beside the bed. his face buried
N his arms. and his gray hair the