The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-03-31

are gong 10 force MIN out OF tne only
place he has to live. and you are go
ing to give him the tragedy OF know
inb that his life was wrecked"
"Ile Is n rich man." I said. Half
the old Dobson estate As his. All of II
IL his. His brother was legally and Is
now actually dead"
you are n worse man than I was"
,bid jed. 81 never lnterfercd with Mr..
S dney's scheme OF punishment. You
are trying TO. His scheme was just"
"Whats the use of this debatef" ]
exclaimed. "You are morally incapa-
BILE OF right doing"
"And you are foolish collection OF
plous axioms," said Jed.
When we came TO the penltentiary
entrance. we encountered Morgan OF
the Metropolitan agency. lie stopped
me.
"You had me fooled" he said. 81
really thought you didn't know"
81 did not know" said
"Dldn't you!" he exclaimed. "You
are here to see Richard Dobson. fol-
lowed my hunch. have the answer
to the thing. ] 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 n name; but he
is alive ms Sidney"
"Mr Sidney is dead said. I'VE
have come here TO tell Richard Dob
son that he can go free. did not
know who Arthur Dobson was until
last night"
As Morgan stood before us on the
penltentlary steps. ! thought how true
had been my conception of him as
the Inevitable. Mr.. Sidney had out
played fate, but it was by using the
trump card death.
Morgan's face showed some unpleas-
ant lines.
"What do you mean, that Sidney is
deadI" he asked.
Gle died Christmas night. I read
his diary last night. Jed gave II TO
me. II Is the one Drayada tried 20
Richard Dobson."
Let his brother Arthur tell him.
Richard is dead" said Morgan, going
on down the steps. but | am not
through with you people. Publicity Is
just as good now as II was before"
He got into an automobile, and was
driven away.
Something always happens TO these
moral consciences,' said Jed savage
ly. You'll learn life some day, young
fellow. Now keep your mouth shut
inside here"
The warden told us that Richard
Dobson had died the night before. He
had sustained a great shock the night
he walked out of the penitentiary ami
was found on Mr.. Sidney's grounds.
The adventure not only overtaxed him
physically, but II had affected his i'm
agination. When the guards found
him, after the message from Hartley
house, he was incoherent and In a fe
yer.
lie never regalned strength or ra-
tIonnlity. He had been quiet ut times,
hut at other times was In delirium.
When dellrious, he suffered chiefly
from the delusion that he had seen
his brothers ghost.
He died slowly and In great misery.
the warden said.
"Now keep your mouth shut, you
fool" Jed ordered-by merely prod.
| ding me In the ribs
The warden was affected by the
news OF Mr.. Sidney's death. lie re-
membered him as the pleasant man
who had called one day. II 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
I'm 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 II so.
on the way back Jed presented, vi
ciously. the sharp edges OF our trouble.
"You have that fellow Morgan TO
deal with" he said. "lf you are going
to be morallstic. 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 innocent man In the
penltentlary. You are not disturbing
justice or defeating punishment. You
are taking the surest means 10 the
protection of the innocent by briblng
this man to silence"
OF all the obvious things I might
have said to this man who for long
time had terrorized the Sidney house
hold, none seemed pertinent. They
would have been imprecations and re-
nroachps They would have deal,