Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-11-12
CHAPTER xvlI-contInued.

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'There was a lot of malevolence in
Mr.. Sidney's tone, a tremendous
amount of hate. Richard Dobson ut
tered the qulvering, quavering little
cry again and started to run. AS he
got under way, he shrieked. 1t sound
ed like an old woman's shrek.
"Mr. Sidney started after him. He
had that cane you saw him take out
of this room. That was the one he
was beaten down with.
II think fer a moment he wanted to
kill Richard. He flourished the stick
and yelled. Richard, being In a fren-
zy Of fright. was stronger on his legs
than his brother. He was off into the
bush. Mr.. Sidney stumbled and fell.
He got up rather slowly, as If he were
either hurt or as If HIS strength were
leaving him. l could hear Richard
shrieking farther Off in the bush.
"When Mr.. Sidney got up, he turned
toward the house. and ran to beat
him here and found you"
Jed rocked q while, and / did not
say anything.
IT am decidedly shaken" he said
otter a while. "I was very fond Of
him, and am a useless old man, an
alcoholic OF no account except to him,
and he is dead"
"There Is only one thing to do" 1
said. Richard Dobson must be on
his way to freedom tomorrow. We
shall have to see to that"
Jed aroused himself for an instant,
"You copy-book moralistI" he said.
"You would interfere with genial,
lovable mans magnificent hate just
because he Is dead and your scruples
have become important. You ought
to choke. Let the brute Dick Dobson
rot In prison. It's his desert"
'Tt can't be done, jed" 1 said. TO
morrow wen go to Alwick prison and
explain"
For me to act without telling Mrs.
Sidney was impossible, and 1t was al
most impossible for me to take the
subject up with her. I saw her only
for moment, told her that, being ac-
quainted with the facts, l thought !
knew what the conscience of the house
would require.
Her world had been destroyed; her
light had gone out. She had no pride
for herself; she shrank from the pos
sibflity of a hurt to Isobel, but had
Judged the conscience of the house
correctly. She would have protected
Mr.. sidney against oil the equities and
Justice in the world-that was her
sin in her own esteem. But now he
was dead: justice could be done.
l did not want to act without Iso-
bel's knowing what I was doing.
hoped she would approve of what
Intended to do, though ! intended t.
do It whether she did or not. hat
to tell the story.
'You are right, john" she said
"But how magnificent father was
He was stark Nemesis, the cleanest
purest Justice there isl"
She was a bit ecstatic. They teacl
young ladies' too many generalizations
thought. There was no rhapsody il
this; 1t was ugly.
Jed had one more fash Of spirit q
we started for the penitentiary.
"You poor old copy-book fool OF
noralistl' he said. "Why can't you
insignificant conscience be satisfied
without doing lot Of damage tc n
good end? Hang you moralistsI 70
wreck life. Richard Dobson can't "
outside the penitentiary. He has n
money. no way of making any, n
rlace to go. no friends. You ere g
ing TO throw him out Of his HON
You are going to torture him wit
the knowledge that his life was waste
In prison when he was a free man
law. You are going to destroy the 81
neg family"
Richard Dobson saw his brother
said, "that night at the pool"
"He saw a ghost asserted Jed. "(
70 he ,..dn't see a ghost, he must wa
TO stay in the penitentiary. II
knew It was his brother, why didr
he demand an inquiry and his frC