The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-12-23
CHAPTER xvlI--continued.

IL
"There was a lot of malevolence In
MIR. Sidney's tone, tremendous
lamount of hate. Richard Dobson ut
itered the quivering, quavering little
icry again and started to run. AS he
igot under way, he shrieked. 1t sound
led like an old woman's shrek.
''NIr. Sidney started after him. He
lhad that cane you saw him take out
of this room. That was the one he
twas beaten down with.
IL think for moment he wanted to
kill Richard. He flourished the stick
land yelled. Richard, being in fren-
Ivy of fright, was stronger on his legs
THAN his brother. He was off into the
bush. Mr.. Sidney stumbled and fell.
lHe got up rather slowly, as if he were
Ieither hurt or as if his strength were
iIeaving him. I could hear Richard
lshrieking farther off in the bush.
"AVhen Mr.. Sidney got up, he turned
steward the house, and / ran to beat
him here and found you"
Jed rocked a while, and | did not
lsay anything.
81 am decidedly shaken" he said
latter q while. 81 was very fond of
him, AND 1 am a useless old man, an
alcoholic of no account except to him,
land ne is dead"
There is only one thing to do" 1
Isaid. Richard Dobson must be on
ihis way to freedom tomorrow. we
jshall have to see to that"
Jed aroused himself for an instant.
"You copy-book moralist!" he said.
r'You would interfere with genial,
Eiovable mans magnificent hate just
because he is dead and your scruples
gilave become important. You ought
TO choke. Let the brute Dick Dobson
Irot in prison. It's his desert"
cit can't be done, jed" j said. TO
morrow Wen go to Alwick prison and
explain"
For me to act without telling Mrs.
iSidney was impossible, and it was al
hmost impossible for me to take the
subject up with her. / saw her only
flor a moment, told her that, being ac-
huainted with the facts, / thought /
knew what the conscience of the house
would require.
Her world had been destroyed; her
hight had gone out. She had no pride
hor herself; she Shrank from the pos
Eibility of a hurt to ISobel, but 1 had
Judged the conscience of the house
correctly. She would have protected
MIR. sidney against all the equities and
Justice in the world-that was her
sin in her own esteem. But now he
Mas dead: justice could be done.
(. 1 did not want to act without Iso-
bells knowing what I was doing
hloped she would approve of what |
Intended to do, though | intended to
do it whether she did or not. had
Ito tell the story.
"You are right, john she said.
fsBut how magnificent father wasl
HE was stark Nemesis, the cleanest,
purest justice there s!'
She was biz ecstatic. They teach
young ladies too many generalizations,
q thought There was no rhapsody in
This; it was ugly.
led had one more fash of spirit as
I'VE started for the penitentiary.
s'You poor old copy-book fool of
froralist!" he said. "Why can't your
insignificant conscience be satisfied
without doing lot of damage to no
good end? Hang you moralistsl You
wreck life. Richard Dobson can't I've
outside the penitendary. He has no
money, no way of making any. NJ
Hlace to go. no friends. You ere go
ing to throw him out of his home.
Hou are going to torture him with
khe knowledge that his life was wasted
In prison when he was free man In
law. You are going to destroy he Sid
ney family
..Richard Dobson saw his brother"
L said, that night at the pool"
.He saw ghost" asserted Jed. "Or
tf he Int see ghost, he must want
to stay in the penitentiary. If he
knew it was his brother, why didn't
he demand an inquiry and his free