The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1920-11-25


ne going to force him out of the only
piece he has to live. and yeu are go
ing. to give him the tragedy Of know
II! that his life was W ecked."
"4e is a rich man." I said. 'rHalf
he old Dohson estate IS his. All of 1t
T. his. His brother was legally and is
nov actually dead"
You are worse man than / was"
SD Jed IT never interre~ed with MFR.
''ney's scheme OF punishment. You
are trying to. His scheme was just"
exclaimed. "You are morally incapa-
hi. OF right doing"
And you are foolish collection of
picus axioms." said Jed.
When we came to the penitentiary
entrance. we encountered Morgan of
the Metropolitan agency. He stopped
me
You had me fooled" he said. 81
really thought you didn't know"
al did not know" said.
Didn't you!" he exclaimed. "You
arc here to see Richard DobSon. fol-
lowed my hunch I have the answer
7" the thing. / know why this man
Sidney never was younger than twenty
years. You are here to see Richard
Dohson because you are representing
Arthur DohsOn."
arthur Dobson il dead"
II know he is-as a name; but he
is alive as Sidney"
''A1r. Sidney Is dead" I said. 1--WE
son that be can go free. did not
know who Arthur Dobson was until
last night"
As Morgan stood before MS on the
y'enitent;Ary steps. thought how true
tad been my conception OF him as
10 inevitable. Mr.. Sidney had out
i.ayed fate but it was by using the
tT;iup card death.
Morgan's face showed some unpleas-
ana lines.
what do you mean, that Sidney is
dcaHF' he asked.
He died Christmas night. read
III diary last night. Jed gave 1t to
re. 1t is the one Dravada tried to
steal. We came here at once to tell
Richard nobson."
let his brother Arthur tell him.
!t*ch.,rd is dead" said Morgan, going
~ down the steps. But l am not
= rough with you people. Publicity is
j;:,l as good now as it was before"
driven away.
Something always happens to these
moral consciences," said Jed savage
~. You'll learn life some day, young
8 low. Now keep your mouth shut
,I'S;de here"
The warden told US that Richard
1N.-''Son had died the sight before. He
lad sustained a great shock the night
he walked out of the penitentiary ant
AS found on Mr., Sidney's grounds
TIE adventure not only Overtaxed him
physically, but 1t had affected his Inn
sS'natfnn. When the guards found
him. after the message from Hartley
hp,1Se, he was incOherent and in fe
yer.
He never regained strength or "a
ticnality. He had been quiet at times
hut at other times was In delirium
When deliriOus, he suffered chiefly
from the deIusion that he had seen
his brother's ghost.
He died slowly and in great misery.
the warden said.
Now keep your mouth shut. you
fooA" Jed ordered-by merely prod
ding me in the ribs.
The warden was affected by the
news of Mr.. Sidney's death. He re-
1nemhered him as the pleasant man
who had called one day. It seemed to
me that our visit. so shortly after Mr..
Sldney's death. must appear as thing
strangely without purpose to the war
den, but Jed was SO apparently right
in asking for silence at this time that
I yielded to his prudential course.
The right and wrong Of the Dobson
affair was in the grave. Our depar-
ture from the penitentiary was awk-
ward. / thought The warden did not
seem to find it so.
On the way back Jed presented, vi
ciohsly. the sharp edges Of our trouble,
"You have that fellow Morgan to
deaf with" he said. eff you are going
to be moralistic. you will ruin the lives
OF two ladies who have trusted YOU.
Morgan has to be bought. You are not
doing anyone any hurt now. You are
not keeping an innosent man in the
penitentiary. You are not disturbing
iustfce or defeating punishment. You
are taking the surest means TO the
nrotectfon of the innocent by bribing
this man to silence"
OF all the obvious things I might
have said to this man who for long
fine had terrorized the Sidney house
hold. none seemed pertinent. They
would have been inprecations and re-
nroaches. They would have deal:
with the past. He, as If he had
c,4,an slate, was dealing with the fu-
ture. 1t did Mrs. Sidney and 1sobel
no good to tell Jed that he had been
, .sc,l and uas unfit To advise.