The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-01-05

suffer from his suggestive opposition
! am the victim Of his dark moods.
III l want q concession from a To-
cal council, his hand Is at work against
me; IL I see him In the street. | get
a courtesy tossed. as you would toss
q bone to dog. II appear at the
kings bail, which Is open to all on
the island who are respectable, I am
treated with such Idsdan by the vice
roy Of the King that all the island Is
agog.
HE does not spare me In bis re-
citals to his friends. who carry his
speech abroad. His rancor against me
Ia the greater. l know, because of the
wealth l got In the treasure ship. to
prevent which he tried to prohibit my
leaving the island, through the with
holding OF a leaye-ticket TO me. His
argument TO the local authorities vas
that had no rights, that am a muir
derer and mutineer, and confined to
the island, though not on parole. He
almost succeeded; but the man to
whom I went the big rich man, In
teryened successfuily-how know
not-and / was let so with my per-
mlt-ticket.
"Whst big things hang on small is-
suesl II my Lord Mallow had pre-
vented me leaving the island, |
shouldn't now own great plantation
nj hty II, iatf
be able to pay my creditors in good
gold Portuguese half-iohannes and
Spanish silver, and give no heed to
the existence of the bit, which. as
you perhaps know, is equal to five
pence In British money. such as you
and used to spend when you we're
queen OF Ireland and was your slave.
"Then I worsbiped you as few wom-
en- have been worshiped in all the days
OF the world-oh, cursed spite of life
and time that L should have been
jailed for killing your bad father Aye.
he was a bad man, and he is better
In his grave than out Of it. but 1t puts
gulf between you aud me which
nothing will ever brdse-unless 1t
should some day be known | did not
kill him, and then, no doubt, it will
be too late.
ION my soul, I don't believe | put
my sword into him; but il ! did, he
we'll deserved IL, fer he was worse
than faithless to your mother he was
faithless to his country-he was a
traitor. | did not tell that story Of
his trcachery in COURT did not tell
1t because of you. You did not de-
serve such infamy, and the truth came
not out at the trial. l. In my view,
dared not lest 1t might iniure you,
aud you had suffered enough-nay,
more than enough-through him.
81 did not 60 to the United States,
as you asked me to do. Is II not plain
could not? My only course was to
avoid you. You see, your mother
knows the truth-knows that | was
Jailed for killing your father and her
divorced husband. Therefore the only
way to do was as | did. could moi
20 whore you were. There should be
hid from you the fnct that Erris Boyne
was traitor. This is your right
In my mind. Looking back, | fee
sure | could have escaped Jail "
had told what knew of Erris Boyne,
and perhaps II would have been bet
ter, for l should. no doubt, have been
acquitted. Yet | could not have gone
TO you, for ] am not sure l did not
kill him.
ut seems strange to me that | am
as near to the United States here In
Jamaica, or almost as near, as one
In London Is TO one In Dublin; aud
yet one might as well be ten thousand
leagues distant for all II means to
her one loves In the United States.
Yes, dear Sheila. ! love you, and ]
would tear out the heart OF the world
for you. l battle my whole being In
your beauty and your charm. hun
ger for you--to stand beside you, TO
listen to your voice, to dip my prison
fingers into the pure cauldron of your
soul and feel my own soul expand.
| wonder why 1t Is that today feel
more than / ever felt before the rare
splendor Of your person.
For / have always loved you, al
ways heard you calling me, as If from