The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-06-30

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pared the copy with the original.
Imbrie went home in a daze.
Dolly and he had long talked OF
what they would do IL ever, by some
miracle, $1,000 were to come to them.
They had envisaged q pretty little
farm in Virginia, with roses growing
up the walls. horse and buggy and
fields Of corn and peach trees. And
now all this seemed about to come
to pass.
As he stepped OF the car the little
japanese came up to him. Silently
Imbrie slipped the carbon copy into
the mans hand and left him.
A month passed. Imbrie had told
Dolly that his uncle had died and left
him that 5000 which they had al
ways talked about and never hoped
for. Dolly was delighted. The color
came back into her cheeks. She was
happy. But In Imbrie's heart was the
burning shame of betrayal
; Il was three months before he sent
in his resignation. He wanted to al
; lay suspicion. He expected to be
watched. He had omitted to dis
J charge his debt to the money lenders
! for fear that he would come under
! suspicion. II required all his courage
to send in notice.
! Then, toward the end of his last
month, he began to realize what his
} treachery meant. He knew that, un-
der the oficial sileHce. somebody was
I suspected. somebody was watched,
} somebody was suffering wrongly for
2 his abominable deed. He could not
: endure his position. And he told
+, Dolly.
. He confessed to her one evening
when she had questioned him about
his distress. He told her that there
could be no future for them upon the
! money earned by his betrayal of his
native land. He bowed his head wher
he had ended, for he expected tina
Dolly would herself denounce him.
RI But when he raised his head aftel
long silence, 1t was to see Doll!
standing beside him, her face expires
sive of plying wonder.
"The bitter thing is that you di'
It for me, Ronald" she said, and sud
A denly dropped to her knees. Ronald
Il dearest, you know now what you mus
do"
y But. Dolly
Il 81 know. You are going to say tina
my happiness Is worth more than tn
nation. But It isn't. 1t isn't"
II have made purchases. / have n
signed my position. We shall be bel
CARS, even after have served m
term OF imprisonment"
"At least, Ronald, we can hold U
our heads" she answered proudly.
On the following morning Imbri
: went down to the ONCE with . res
luton to which he had como. a.
! result of his talk with his wife. H
7 would confess everything; and II
$4,000 he would turn into charity.
The worlds weight seemed to ha,
been lifted from his shoulders. Was
q ington had never seemed 70 beautiful
I'd nor life SO free. He looked 10 yea
to younger as he went to his desk. an
his fellow clerks. too, noticed Il
W, change In him.
cd It was q long and difficult wait Il
~ he was able to see the high ofiici
OF who had given him the treaty to cop
H. AS he kicked his heels in the man
once, watching dignitaries come al
lie, go, q little sense of resentment begi
O to assail him. What right had M
a Mowbray had to place temptation
ey his path-in HIS. q S25 clerks? Wou
er. not anyone with q sick wife have be-
ell tempted too?
a And be had worked himself up
lee such a degree of anger that he hi
almost decided to turn back when N
o." Mowbray's secretary came out a
dy ushered him In.
On The great man was sitting alone
In his desk, and his face was quite Il
II passive; but there was . cynical sml
upon the lips of the secretary -
'ut sat down beside him.
Mowbray, idly turning over q
INK pages OF a document, did not look
ms for an uncomfortable time. All q
les, while Imbrie was growing more n
ny. more uncomfortable. At last he cou
all no longer endure the suspense.
re- "Mr. Mowbray!" he blurted out.
ed Mowbray looked up. "Yes?" he
VIII quired blandly.
Then Imbrie told him, without
tenuation.
ar When he had ended speaking Mo
IN bray turned to the secretary. w
md you read me that letter from File IL
an he asked.
the The secretary read It. II was frc
the head OF Imbrie's department
liar with regard to our conversation
les Yesterday, can suggest nobody b
fe- ter than Mr.. Imbrie of our departmei
He is a fellow Of poor character
en- in debt. as l have ascertained,
ger money lenders. l have little dou
E. that he can be trusted to betWy t
low document to the person in question
hall Imbrie stood dumfounded.
you IT'S all right. Mr.. Imbrie," 81
Mowbray. THAT was a fctitio
God treaty which we wanted to get II
tile he hands OF certain government.
his "Then you have led me on to betr
INK my country as ! supposed" blurt
out Imbrie.
day I'VE had to-" answered Mowor
Ugh his thin lip curving in scofing smi
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