Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-28

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My own personal record now ceases
| to interest either you or me very great
| ~ he continued. II shall not buy my
be with yesterdays 1000 years. while
| you viii go back into the world. not
enriched at my expense. but vastly
poorer. becFusc you will carry to the
! grave the memory of one more crime
ADDED 10 the many which have sullied
| and discrcdited the great trust which
Cod gave when His Spirit breathcd an
| immortal essence into your mortal
| bodies. / want to give you one final
| message want you to accept tho
| one great truth common TO all man
kind. The chief. I might almost say
| the only. real driving force in tho world
! Is love. And love begins and ends with
| tho maternal instinct, which is as
| strong In the Jungle as In the most
| civilized OF communities Every man
lf
| greater or less degree. Even you" and
he turned luminous glance on tho
| withercd and shaking hag, must recall
| those carly years when you were n
| child at your mothers breast. If YOU
| have had children Of your own. you
must have felt the divine instincts Of
| n mother. You were ready to risk life
itself to bring a child into the world.
You must have been prepared to sacri-
ficc that same life over and over again
! for the sake Of your offspring while It
was still wee mite looking at you.
and you only, for help and sus,cnance.
| bcsccch YOU then. woman ana men.
when YOU 20 away from this house to
| search into your own hearts and in
Iuire whether the selfishness which
now Inspires you is really worth while.
II M example can assist you in find
ing the better way ] shall regard death
as Il real blessing. You will deprive me
| o; few troubled years. hut shall
count that loss rs a gain IL my spirit.
| wandering in the unseen, encounters
even one soul which may have lifted
out of the pit. am not mounting vain
things. 4 man who has little more than
"a minute to live can at least, afford
TO be candid with himself and others.
repeat that shall not purchase my
freedom. DO with me - you will but,
with my last breath. implorc you TO
pay heed To what have said"
Two-Gun Jake strobe forward. and
stood in front OF the prisoners Though
one arm was out Of action. the other
was AK efficient rs ever. and his right
hand twisted in Il buSiNcsslke way TO-
wards Il hip pocket.
Boys" he snapped IT needn't tell
any OF you that I'm mighty quick on
the draw. an, TO that extent. what I
nave TO say must 70. ] can't talk like
MIR. Burton, but can make my mean
in clear. We're quits with This guy
here an now. Is any OF you-al par
tic'lar anxious TO argy the point?"
No one will ever know just what
might have happened but for the in
terruption which came from a totally
unexpected quarter. Mrs. Evans could
be restrained no longer. She rushed
in. scattering tho startled Hell Cats
right and left and threw her armc
around her son.
That's spoken like my own boy"
E''' S'p''-h. tOIl cure WHAT you We
done. Jake. It's nothin' TO me how
wicked YOU have been. I'm your
mother. and Ia believe in YOU even
If they was to take you to the chair
this minute, though I've sought for
you an wcpt for you through ten long
years. You're good at heart. Jake.
You couldn't be my son an your faith
er's, an be real bad man. Oh. my
boy. my boy I'm a pore ole woman but
I'm ready TO die now with smile on
me lips!"
And thus. In the most effective way
conceivable did John Burton. tenth
Marquis of Castleton, find the answer
10 his question. He would scoff to-day
al the conceit that humanity is in the
grip of evil. Conviction came through
love. Had he searched the vide world
he could have found no more beautiful
ana gracious partner than the Girl
whom he met amidst SURROUNDINGS
which might well have added one NOR,
to the many disbursements of an
eventful career
Grace would not be a woman If She
ala not also appreciate the fact that
she had become the Countess of Castle
ton. But this new dignity only added
to the sweetness OF her disposition. 1t
enlarged her sphere OF usefulness. The
elegancies OF n new life rendered her
even more noteworthy, while her know
ledge of real difficulties of the moor
guided her philanthropic efforts into
the one true and abiding channel
namely. that of education and self
help.
at this very day her most trusted as
ststants are Mr.. and Mrs. William Rci!-
~, while in the oncc-drea ded He'll
Cats she has a band OF willing and en-
thusfastic helpers. chief among them