The diamond drill., 1921-08-20

TOT the reason tndt you might hurt
somebody. II you don't tell the cause.
and you are condemned. won't that
hurt somebody even morer-
For a moment Dyck stood silent,
absorbed. His face looked pinched,
his whole appearance shriveled. Then.
with delIberatioo. he said:
'-This Is not matter OF expedi-
ency. but OF principle. My heart tells
me what TO do. and my heart has a.
ways been right"
There was silence for q long time.
At last the old man drew the cloak
about his shoulders and turned to-
ward the door.
"Wait minute, fafher.~ said Dyck.
Don't 60 like that. You'd better not
como and see me again II I'm con-
demned. go back TO Piaynore; II I'm
acquitted, 60 back TO Piaynore. That's
the place for you TO be. You've got
your own troubles there"
"And you-tf you're set free7"
"If I'm acquitted. TIL take TO the
high seas-till I'm cured
A moment later. without further
words. Dyck was alone. He heard the
door clang.
He sat for some time on the edge
of his bed, buried IN detection. Pres
emily, however. the door opened.
"a letter for you. SIR" said the
jailer
The light OF the cell was dim. but
Dyck managed 10 read the letter with
fosrNf 49, fho A.,
almost as precise as print The sight
OF IL caught his heart like a warn
hand and pressed II. This was the
substance Of the letter:
my Dear Friend:
II have wanted TO visit you IN pris-
on, bur my mother has forbidden It.
and SO, even II could be let TO enter.
must not disobey her. / have not
read the papers giving an account OF
your trial. I only know you are
charged with killing bad man. noto-
rious IN Dublin life, and that many
think he got his just deserts In being
killed.
II win not believe that your fate is
an evil one, that the law win grind
,
and dishonor; but IL the law should
call you guilty, / still win not believe.
Far away will think Of you, and
believe In you, dear. mnsterful. mad
man friend. Yes, you are a madman,
for Michael Clones told me--faith, he
loves you well that you've been liv-
ing a gay life In Dublin since you
came here, and that the man You are
accused of killing was In great part
the cause of II.
II think l never saw my mother so
troubled In spirit as she Is al this
time. or course, she could not feel as
do about you. II isn't that which
makes her sad and haggard II is that
we are leaving Ireland behind.
"Yes, she and are saying good-by
60 Ireland. That's why 1 think she
might have let me see you before we
went; but since II must not be, well,
then, II must not. But we shall meet
again. In my soul l know that on
the hflls somewhere far or, as on the
first day we met. we shall meet each
other once more. Where are we go
ingf Oh, very far We are going
10 my Uncle Bryan-Bryan Llyn, In
Virginia. A letter has come from him
urging US TO make our home with him.
You see, my friend"
Then followed the story which
Bryan Llyn had told her mother and
herself, and she wrote OF her mothers
decision 10 60 out 70 the new. great
home which her uncle bad made
among the cotton fields Of the South.
When she had finished that part of the
tale, she went on as follows:
"we shall know your fate only
through the letters that viii follow
us, but I win not believe IN your bad
luck. Listen 10 newly don't you
come 20 America aIsot on, think II
overt Don't believe the worst will
come. when they release you from
prison. innocent and acquitted, cross
the ocean and set up your tent under
the Stars and Stripes Think Of II
Nearly all those men In America who
fought under Washington and won
were born In these islands. They took
with them to that far land the mem
Oft hId aOft VI tntEt oA0 hVhNo. aVe
and would have fought for England
and with tho British troops. because
we detest revolution. Here. IN Ire
land. we have seen its evils; and yet
if We had fought for the Union Jack
beyond the mountains OF Maine and
in the louely woods. We should. ! be-
neve. IN the end have said that the
freedom fought for by The American
states wns well won.
so keep this matter IN your mind,
as my mother and viii soon be gone
She would not lee me como 70 you--I
think have never seen her so dis
turbed as when asked her--and she
forbade me 30 write 20 you; but dis
obey Der. Well. this Is sad busi-
ness. know my mother has suffered.
1 know her married life was unhappy,