The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-12-04
CHAPTER Xxx.
49,, rh.. Was Dead.

1es, " i eesh and blood and bone !
d'aa sa, p Get white over i, Arthur. IL
ssesS "o,tb while. ! can see tna' 5o'
s's' ~, hair is a little paler at tee
On ,i ss' cray I'll wager I'VE a Re"
s',sIf.- There was hippa4og J - o w
~, meth ,ba, astOnished Warr'ns'oh s, o~ "
w. ~ m sor certainly this light moeNeEs
NJ not come from within Z Al Ds'''
n vas sober enough
"a steady the laundering beat OF ans
Wise be crossed the room r'sn'ep w
III, stacked the books ana 'alo
49, an the desk. Arthur did mol
AVE- save to turn his head and to io'
/, With fascinated gaze his brother :
agreements ,
.sov Arthur, I've only little
.a,h | can see BY your eyes that
an are conjuring up all sorts OF ter
M things But nothing is going to
..uneu am going to talk TO you;
Asn Im going away; and tomorrow 1t
I'm he easy to convince yourself that
!, have seen only ghost Sit down.
n, t.ke this chair at the left +"
lrhur's hands slid from the desk;
=. kind OF collapse he sat down, Sud
aaly he laid bis head upon his arms.
"a 1 great sigh sent its tremor across
II shoulders. Warrington felt his
nm swell. The past faded away:
III rrongs became vapors He saw
nly bis brother. the boy he had loved
4 deyotedly, Arty, his other self. his
sAohrly other SELF Why blame Ar
Aur, He, Paul, was the fool.
-Dout take it like that, Arty." he
~
The others hand stretched out
nIsdly toward the voice. "Ah. great
csd PAUL"
know! Perhaps I've brooded too
ma Warrington crushed the hand
4 his two strong ones THE main
mil vas mine. ! couldn't see the
hagth Of my nose. threw tempta,
ton 10 your way which none but a
tsigod could have resisted. That
lisht when got your note telling me
Wat you had done, did a damnably
foolish thing went to the club bar
"a drank heavily was wild to help
Ice, but ! couldn't see how. At two in
D. morning ! thought ! saw the way,
Drunken men get strange ideas into
adr heads You were the apple of the
ncherS eyes; was only her son No
- denying It She worshiped you;
i blerated me- came back to the
aesse packed up what absolutely
leeded, and took TIE first train west
I oil depended upon what you'd do.
ss et me 80. Arty, old boy sup
- you were pretty we'll knocked up.
Wen you learned what | had done.
~ then you let things drift, 1t was
alJ natural | had opened the way
= yoa. Mother, learning that was
tnief. restored the defalcation to
we ne family honor, which was your
mum. We we're always more or less
a'o pressed for funds did not
unole, but wasted a lot"
ne nand IN his relaxed and slipped
mn the clasp.
some Of these things will sound
s1ef. but the heart behind them isn't.
= 90 what thought to be a great
- slorsous thing. was sober when
eched Chicago. | saw my deed
- another angle. Think of it: we
49, have given our joint note to
sefs bank for the amount Old
ssefscn would have discounted it
. second. It was too late. | went
- lhe lev hundreds | had gave ont
I. = n Up against it pretty hard.
we're times when | envied the
- DOG. But fortune came around
-. Knocked. and | let her in /
49, @ make restitution. only 10
i nat 4 had been made by YOU,
Y ~ 4 Tick Of young Elmore's
nave come back if could
u. NUM- raised his head and 81, =,
w did you not write w %. a ap,
q les me know where you wereg
y witness. II there is a cor.
a, - world unsearched for you
q -. 1870 ! mad a man hunting
~ ! believed you dead"
ss Well. was in a sense.
n, s.s suffered. but not as 1
..n you had before you your
{ ~ = :. seoy me up; there was oaIv
"a ~ recollection of an evil
- : moment of pitiful weak.
4. - senLtation was too srea,
4 = q Il Aappen,"
~ ~ Anything like that han.
alts drew me first, for At
~ played but few gam -
f'osity. desire. then the