The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-12-22

put mere change OF clotho.
CONDITION does not penetrate for I ho
low the surface. A sIlken cow w
not alter the currents 10 'a.'
SOUL and while externally the snnr Jos
nelr was all +. +. ", internally he ,sos
negro. After a few years. never b "S
ing discovered the deceptlon nroo,,oo,
upon him by Roxana, PERCY nr,aos,
uleu' penniless, but his brother ho
Juuge. MS prayer for children OF b,s
own denied, adopted the supposlt,t,oms
Iom' and made the boy his heir W.
sent MIN to college. He gave hin, o.,
cry advantage that an affectlonote
la'her could have given a bow Of his
own but the raw material which wos
the real Tom was poor, and the sou
unfruitful. The boy acquired n ,osta
Tor dissipation for which the slmn,o
lie OF Dawson's Landing offered no
assuagements. He plunged into ,be
gay whirl Of st. Louis, garnerIno NON
ing but disgraceful gambling deht.
worst OF all he was at heart n .snoh
abused the real heir now become hi,
slave and acquired a profound detes.
tation for his ancient nurse Roxana
OF whose real relation TO him no wos
unaware, until goaded to intense 70.
sentiment by his contemptuous and
brutal treatment. she acquainted him
with the terrible facts OF his birth
ana ancestry, and demanded that no
treat her as mother on penalty Of
exposure. "
Inc revelation Frustrated the I'm.
poster for brief period, but failed N
spur him on to better behavior Ua
went from bad to worse, stooplno evon
to housebreaking In order to optaIn
FUNDS to pay his gambling debts. In
MS mothers power, and she not ne all
disinclined to blackmall, he was drIv.
en- to all sorts OF expedlents 10 satisfy
his own and her demands. But through
n all he managed to maintain an ont,
ward appearance Of superiority thai
enabled him to dazzle his inferior,
and deceive his equals. The Judges
love for the boy blinded him 10 the
lad's evil character, but once he near
ly disinherited him on the score Of
cowardice. A pair OF mysterious Ital
ian twins settled at Dawson's Land
Ing. and at a public meeting Tom
having provoked him TO action by his
insolence. Luigi. the stronger of the
two, had kicked the scion of the
House OF Driscoll OF the stage into the
audience, the stain OF which insult n
real f. r. v. would have wiped ont
upon the field Of honor. but for which
the cowardlce of Tom found ample
satisfaction In the police court, which
proceeding so outraged the good Judge
that for the honor Of his family he
personally fought duel with the Of
Tending Italian, wounding him. and
thus laying the foundations for much
future trouble.
Came now the supreme touches ir
the career Of the spurious Tom. For
the payment of newly acquired gam.
bling debts, with ROIEna's consent.
Tom sold his own mother back into
the slavery from which at Driscolrs
death she had been freed, but in VIC
lation Of his promises he sold her
"down the river" a crime that reacted
upon his unfilial head when the re-
sourceful ROxana escaped, and under
threat of exposure Of his real status
In life, required him TO indemnify her
new master lest she be apprehended
and returned to him. Having no other
resources Tom resolved upon the rob-
berry of his benefactor, the judge, In
the fulfillment of which venture he
murdered him, his weapon being an
oriental knife Of unusual design, which
he had stolen from Luigi, the Italian,
In one of his theft-raids.
The murder OF Judge Drtscoll
brought great excitement to DawsOn's
Landing. and the Italian twins narrow
ly escaped lynching for the crime.
The whole community adjudged hem
guilty-all but Puddnhead wilson,
who volunteered 20 defend hem
in court, a poor reliance since they
were his first and only clients. But
Pudd'nhead was uRafraid- The evil
dence against them was most conEanc-
ing. but
There were flngerprints upon the
knife handle, and they were not Hhe
finger-prlnts OF the accused J
Whose finger-prints were theyt
Tom, secure In his sense OF sarety
because of the overwhelming evidenee
against the twins, veEcured 20 tauii'
upon his confidence m
winning his case. he entered his
study, and seating himself at Puddn
heads side while he STUDIED the prints
in his collection, he picked up one OF
the records.
"why here's old Roxys label" ne
said contemptuouSly. "kigger-Faws'
eh? There's a line across her tiINinp-
print. Now how comes THAR
Puddnhead taking the glass Ifoin
Toms hand held 1t up to the LAMP
The blood sank suddenly out OF his
face. He gazed at the polished sur
face with the CLASSY stare OF a CORPSE
The mystery was solved !
Toms thumb-prlnt standing clearly
,utIIned before him on the glass ana |