The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-22
MIA aRvTcE INC

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 'Do yoa knOw nsg- Asked shs Cheuist.
 f should be glad.- returned the other. and that ts an unWoniee uoge for me to use C ] could anSwer mo-
 The chcnisi looked at the man. standing Ia self-shasemcni and degracatAon before him. and would have looked longes. but that Miily attracted his attentive gAse 10 her own face.
 See how low he s sunk; hoE lost be isl- she whispered. If you could remember all that Is con- nected with him. oo you not think t would move your pity to reflect that one you ever loved should come to this7''
 T hope it would" he answered. T believe 1t would"
 HIS eyes wandered to the figure HI standing near the door. but came back speedily to her on whom he gazed intently.
 T have no learning. and you have much" said Milly; T am not used to think. and you are always think ing. May I tell you why it seems to me a good thing for us to remem- Der wrong that has been done to us?"
 Yes"
 That we may forgive It."
 "Pardone me, great Heaven" said Redlaw, lifting up his eyes, for having thrown. away thine own high attributel"
 And if," said Milly, Eff your memory should one day be re- stored, as We will hope and pray it may be, would it not be a blessing to you to recall at once wrong and its forgiveness?"
 He looked at the figure by the door, and fastened his attentive eyes on her again; ray of clearer light appeared to him to shine into his mind, from her bright face.
 He knows that he could only carry shame and trouble to those he has so cruelty neglected; and that the best reparation he can make to them now, is to avoid them. A very little money carefully bestowed, would remove him to some distant place, where he might live and do no wrong, and make such atone ment as Is left within his power for the wrong he has done. To the un- fortunate lady who Is his wife, and to his son, this would be the best and kindest boon that their best friend could give them-one too that they need never known of; and to him, shattered in reputation, mind. and body, it might be salva- tion."
 AS she rose, and turned her n beaming face toward the frail man, implying that her mediation had been successful, he advanced a step, and without raising his eyes, addressed himself to Redlaw.
 T am too decayed wretch to make professions; I recollect my own career too well. But from the day on which I made my first step downward, in dealing falsely by you, I have gone down with certain, steady, doomed progression. That I say"
 The Chemist entreated Milly, by 8 gesture, to come nearer to him; and. as he listened, looked in her face, as If to find in 1t the clew to what he heard.
 T speak," the other went on, "like a man taken from the grave. I should have made my own grave, last night, had 1t not been for this blessed hand"
 "oh, dear," sobbed Milly. under her breath.
 T could not have put myself in your way, last night, even for bread. But, today, my recollection of what has been between us is so strongly stirred, and is presented to me, don't know how, so wildly, that have dared to come at her suggestion, and to take your bounty, and to thank you for 1t, and to beg you. Redlaw, in your dying hour, to be as merciful to me in your thought as you are in your deeds"
 He turned toward the door, and stopped moment on his way forth.
 "I hope my son may interest you for his mothers sake. I hope he may ~T9YS,EsSz