The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-03-27
FROM THE DEAD PAST
BY GEORGE ELMER cosB.

Thearle!"
why, the man seems to possess all
his natural senses"
Il mean socially and morally"
Thus, two men at the club discussed
functions as though they we're a pen
ance, and cast a chill over all those
with whom he came In contact The
FIRST speaker went on:
1T was Is years ago, when he ar
rived at age. He lived In o town sew
eral hundred miles from here, and
was engaged to marry a beautiful girl.
Her name was Elsinore Dayton. There
was another sutton. His name, too.
was Dayton-Horace Dayton, but he
was no relation to the flancee. Young
Thearle had inherited some money.
He had built a rare nest of luxury for
his bride-to-be. 1t was filed with the
costliest furnishings. Life never
seemed more roseate to q man. One
night Elsinore Dayton disappeared.
Horace Dayton. too. They have never
been heard from since"
"Bloped?"
Presumably 30. From that hour Of
per1dy and heart-break Marvin
Thearle has been as you now see
him-shunning all ~womankind, a tyrant
as an employer, not a real friend In
the world"
And the residence he built?"
with all Its rich belongings went
up In smoke one night, and the mex
day he left his native town forever"
Into the store of this misanthrope
there came two days later a tall, slen-
der boy Of tender age. He was neat
and clean, but his shoes we're patched
and his well-brushed suit was thread
bare. Mr.. Thearle gave him a mere
passing glance. The manager hired
the boy. who became known as Paul.
A week later the lad was called into
the office of Mr.. Thearle. The latter
barely nodded to him.
Hang those pictures Of the new lac
tories" he ordered gruf1y.
Paul obeyed. As he stepped from
the chair after hanging the last pic
ture, however, he stumbled. His PEN
| Cils u huii0 duu a LnCuP bAlSCt
he wore fell from his pocket. With a
murmured apology of embarrassment,
the lad started to pick up the scat
tered articles.
The case of the watch had opened.
1t had landed directly against the foot
Of the employer, who stopped to pick
1t up. AS he did so, he could not help
but notice the photograph Of a wom-
ans face pasted inside the case.
With a start, with a thrill, almost
with an involuntary cry, Marvin
Thearle stared askance at the facs be-
fore him.
"who-who is this? ?" he ground out
hoarsely.
MY mother, sir" answered Paul.
you live with her"
Not here, not now. sir. She is in
another city, but as soon as / earn
enough / hope to have her with me-"
And your father?"
II have no father, sir" replied Paul
sadly.
Very well, you can go"
Marvin Thearle sent for his man.
ager. Briefly, he gave his orders-to
discharge Paul at once.
Two weeks after that, as Marvin
Thearle was turning a corner, he al
most ran into a woman coming from
the opposite direction. He came to q
standstill. his face turning almost
CHASTITY. 1t was Elsinore Dayton. He
would have passed on. She grasped
his arm.
wait" she spoke tumultuously. Il
should have found you elsewhere. so
I may speak here and now. You are
the man who employed my boy. and
cast him adrift without a character.
and broke his courage. and he is
dying. But that his kind.hearted land
lady sent me word, | should never
have seen him again. He constantly
raves of your inhuman treatment.
Why was 1t done? How you must
hate me and mine-but why?"
Why. Even on the open street
Thearle burst forth with his soul bur
den of years. In amazement Elsinore
Dayton listened. He almost cursed
her openly.
Il eloped with Horace Dayton!" she
cried. why. after he had proven TO
me by written evidence that you were
already welded to another and ! fed
from my misery, | never saw him
again"
"How," cried Thearle sharply-"the
boy. Paul?"
rs a poor. homeless child I adopted
to assuage my loneliness and Danish
ment."
Marvin Thearle trembled. a strong
man unnerved. The woman, still fair,
stood humbly by his side.
He stood beside Elsinore Dayton
two days later. listening to the low.
musical humming of a sweet home
tune from the lips of the recovering
invalid in an adjoining
"You nave brought my boy back to
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