Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1890-10-25 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

YEN. I will not give you Ms name." "Is it Felix Kutner ?" The girt dropped, as if thunderstruzk. into • chair. "11w—hew did you learn It 7' The old man made a hanh, gureng sound that might have been a laugh. " Felicia, be is try adopted son." "Is it pesaible The girl grew pee. Her grandfather surveyed her with a cumuli expression of triumph "Felicia, please touch that bell near yen," be said. "yOO mem to he ill."  She 'obeyed mechanically, and was *boat to leav• the room when the door opened and she was met on the threshold by • tall, dark-haired youth. She sprang aside and would have passed him, but he Caught bet hands.  °Felicia Cameron be exclaimed, turning pale. " Can It be you P. . . .  "Yea. Felix ; bat let me go. I cannot, moat not, stay here ahe cried. "Sit down, both of you," came from the old man in piping boons. . _ .  Felix inner dragged Felicia to a Beat beeide the bed.  "St seems that there is some little confusion here. , You were not aware, Felix, that my granddaughter wale the little girl you had petted at school. I never mentioned her name to you. You, Felicia, did not know hat the man to whom you had given your heart wax my adopted eon, whom I wished you to marry." Felicia was too dazed to remonstrate, and Felix gently put his arm around her. Once more the old man raised himself with a supreme effort and spoke in a voice which every moment grew huskier.  "While you are thus let me tell my story, Felix, my son, and Felicia, my daughter. Forty years ago I lived far away from here in Ginada. Your great grandfather, Felix, was wealthy, and I was s pool shopkeeper. One stormy night, when Felicia's mother was only three years old, there came to my Shop. stranger and hi. son. They were your father and grandfather, Felix. The old man carried a bog of gold. My eyes saw it and I was tempted. When ha left the shop I followed him. Oh, Felix, don't stars at me so—you look as your grandfather lid when I raised the piatol and shot him!"  His voice died sway. The young inan's arm feli from its position, and Felicia shrank from him.  Go on !'' said Felix Karsner, hoarsely. Let me hear *IL"  " I °lobe the gold,' said the old man, in a quaver. lug voice. "I took my wife and child and brought them here to the south. Fortune favoured me, and I prospered. Soon I had accumulsred a vast fortune, but then di...ter came. My daughter Boss, when only seventeen, ran away and married a man whom I hated. Two years later I found you, Felix, in a hospital with your dying father. heard his name, knew who he was, and brought you, a mere baby three years old, to my dreary home. Two weeks ago I knew I was dying, and sent for Felicia Cameron that you two might be united. I wanted to atone for the evil I had done, and hoped my fortune would fill the breach between the families of Karener and Sillia. Will you two refuse to grant my dying web i" His voice had died to • mere whieper : the young man had to bend over to catch his words.  '1 am dYtt,g," came from the tightening lige. tt I have no time to—make—a new— will. You—will— take—care—of-- --"  Felix could hear im more. He turned and rang the bell violently, and the physician rushed in. But it wan too late; John Stills wan already dead. Then It was that Felix looked around the room eagerly and saw that Felicia Cameron was not there.  be has gone," he imld, and I—l am the heir to her grandfathet's monm —the wealth of a more deter '"  Felix and Felicia never met again. Between them lay an imparsable gulf ; the grandchild of a murderer must not wed the descendant of his victim. And so once more were the sins of the father visited on the children.  All John Sülias ill-gotten wealth was given to the poor, and Fella started out m life to win his way unaided. Every year there came to Felicia, its her quiet Canadian home, a turn sufficient for her modest needs. She received It unquestioningly, for in her heart she knew that it was to the lover of her youth she owed this provision against the poverty which had helped to snake her grandfathers, murderer.