The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-12-03

pace ne nus 10 i've anu wv a. o.
Ing to give him the tragedy Of know
inl that his life a wrecked"
"He is a rich man," ! said. Hair
the old Dobson estate is his. All OF II
Is his. His brother was legally and Is
now actually dead"
"You are a worse man than l was"
said Jed. 81 never lnterfered with Mr..
S dney's scheme of punishment. You
are trying to. His scheme was just"
"What's the use of this debateY
exclaimed. "You are morally incapa-
Bile of right doing"
Sand you are a foolish collection OF
plous 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. 9"
really thought you didn't know
III did not know" | said.
"Didn't you'll" he exclaimed. fYou
are here to see Richard Dobson. fol
lowed my bunch. / have the answer
TO the thing. I know why this man
Sidney never was younger than twenty
years. You are here to see Richard
Dobson because you are representing
Arthur Dobson."
"Arthur Dobson is dead"
81 know he is-as a name; but ne
is alive as Sidney"
"Mr. Sidney is dead" said. I'VE
have come here to tell Richard Dob
son that he can go free. l did not
know who Arthur Dobson was until
last night"
As Morgan stood before us on the
penitentiary steps. l thought how true
had been my conception Of him as
the inevitable. Mr.. Sidney had out
played fate, but 1t was by using the
trump card death.
Morgan's face showed some unpleas
ant lines.
"What do you mean, that Sidney Il
dead?" he asked.
He died Christmas night. l reat
his diary last night. Jed gave It Z
me. 1t Is the one Dravada tried Z
steal. We came here at once to tel
Richard Dobson."
sLet his brother Arthur tell him
Richard Is dead" said Morgan, goinI
on down the steps. "But am no
through with you people. Publicity !
Just as good now as 1t was before"
He got into an automobile, and wa
driven away.
.Something always happens to tnes
moral consciences," said Jed savage
, ly. you'll learn life some day, youn
fellow. Now keep your mouth shu
inside here" ..ls.n
I The warden told us that Richar
Dobson had died the night before. ID
, had sustained a great shock the mgr
! he walked out of the penitentiary an
was found on Mr.. Sidney's ground
/ The adventure not only overtaxed hi
/ physically, but 1t had affected his In
!. a~gination. When the guards foun
him. after the message from Hartie
h house, he was ~incoherent and In a I
yer.
4 He never regained strength or r
tionality. He had been quiet at time
9 but at other times was In deliriui
When delirisus, he suffered CHIEF
q from the delusfon that he had se'
If his brothers ghost.
He died slowly and in great miser
o the warden said.
"Now keep your mouth shut, y
fool. Jed ordered-by merely pro
ding me in the ribs. !.
The warden was affected by U
! news of Mr.. Sidney's death. he
q membered him as the pleasant mi
who had called one day. 1t seemed
me that our visit, so shortly after n
sldney's death, must appear as a thi
strangely without purpose to the WI
den. hut Jed was so apparently rie
In asking for silence at this time II
I Welded to his prudential course.
i The right and wrong Of the Doos
affair was in the grave. Our dep
d ture from the penitentiary was av
ward, / thought. The warden did
seem to find II so.
On. the way back Jed presented,
ciously, the sharp edges Of our trout
aYou have that fellow Morgan
n deal WITH" he said. "If you are 60
= 10 be morallstic, you win ruin the IL
of two ladies who have trusted y
Morgan has to be bought. You are
doing anyone any hurt now. You
\ not keeping an innocent man In
n~enitentlary. You are not disturb
Justice or defeating punishment.
tf are taking the surest means to
I'LL nrotection of the innocent by brlb
this man to silence"
OF all the obvious things ! mi
have said to this man who for a
no fine had terrorized the Sidney boz
NJ hold. none seemed pertinent. I
GO would have been imprecatIens and
me nroaches. They would have q
18th with the past. He, as IL he ma
ted clean slate, was dealing with the
In ture. II did Mrs. Sidney and Is
sld- M good 10 tell Jed that he had I
q rascal and was unfit to advise.
Me- Sidney