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S One Man's Evil r
W Bv EFFIE ROWLAND
CIIAPTHIt III. (Continued.)
, "TIiriH" iIii.vh later I lind a rather pleas
ant surprise this being the nnexpe.-lcd
nnival of a letter from ni.v father eon
? til mug a check for u huge amoiinl (
money. Only a few words accompanied
llv check. These were to the effect that,
having heard of my indiscretion, my father
('cnircd to put an end to Die matter at
once. It wiin a very kind letter, and it
look a weight off my heart. I lout no
t'mo In casliing thlH cheek and taking the
money to my creditors There was sulli
cienl to meel all I owed. I wondered, a
I did thin, If I lind wronged Gerald n.
quarreling with him, It seemed to me oh
if thlH gift from my father must lone
Ikcii brought about by his doing. 1 w.is
touched when this became a conviction .11
my mind, and at the same time that I
wrote to Sir .Maurice, thanking him 11
the best words I could, for his great gen
erosity, I wrote also to my cousin, telling
him what bad happened, and asking him
If I ought not to express gratitude to
him also. That was the hist day, Iten,"
Hubert Tenby said, "that I knew what
the word happiness meant ! That same
evening I received a hurriedly written
letter from Lady Charlotte Singleton, de
siring me to go and see her the following
day. She mentioned in her letter that
hIio was very much upset. I was very
little prepared for what awaited me when
1 reached her on the following day. I
found her Indeed In great trouble. All
her jewels bad been stolen, and It was
evident to me before I bad gone very far
into tho matter that this robbery could
have been done by no outside person, but
only by one who, like myself, was well ac
quainted with the way in which they were
kept. Can you guess tho end of my story
now V"
Hen Coop looked Into the other man's
face.
"Surely, they never tried to say you
look these jewels, sir'"
"They not only said It, they proved it,
Hen." The young man started to his
feet. "When I look back I seem to have
been hemmed in on every side. Every
thing was against mo; even I, myself,
taw how bard It was to disbelieve the
evidence put forward.. I had been the
last person to whom Lady Charlotte had
explained tho working of the safe in
which her jewels were kept. .My need
for money was well known. I am afraid
1 had given lots or people- the right to
regard mo as rather a harebrained fob
low. In any case, the whole world was
ngaiust me, especially when, in addition
to this blow, my father wrote, deelarin,
that he had never sent the money I ac
knowledged, and denouncing the cheek 1
had cashed as a forgery ! I cannot give
you line for line and word for word all
that happened. 1 must let you try and
till in the picture for yourself. 1 was
made an outcast from 111 V linmn. Tin ir.,.
was nothing for me to do but to leave
the country as quickly as 1 possibly could.
In this sore plight It seemed to me that
the only friend I had in the world was
my cousin (Jet aid. He not only professed
to bu amazed and bewildered nt all that
had happened, but declared himself to be
Bhocked and grieved that any one know
lug me should believe mo guilty of such
dishonorable conduct! It was lie who
vvenc with mo that wretched day that I
nailed rrom England ! I am not one who
doubts easily; but the truth of Gerald's
treachery was revealed most surely a lit
tle later on. Not content with driving
mo in shame from my father's home, not
content with having blackened my career,
taking everything from me in the old
country, he worked his vengeance out still
mnncr. 1 nan not lieen a month away
before his vengeance began to reach me.
1 fell into the bands of llll'll uilinm T
know now must have been Gerald's ac
complices. Friendless and almost penni
less, I was an easy dupe to theso men,
and almost before 1 realized what I was
doing I found myself arrested as an ac
complice of a gang of well-known burg
lars, convicted, and given a heavy sen
tence I And 1 should be now in the pris
on lind It not been for that day's work
In your little station yonder! I little ex
pected to find gratitude- from one of my
warders, yet it is always the unexpected
that comes in life; and when that poor
fellow was recovered, he left no effort un
tried to give mo my freedom. The fact
that 1 had been a good-conduct man,"
Hubert said, witli a bitterness that was
most painful, "went, of course, in my
favor. I also, it seems, bad a friend at
court, although 1 know nothing of this
till afterward. The Governor of the jail
dad taken u sharp interest in me, , lind be
and tlie warder together managed to give
tnc my freedom. That, is why you see me
here to-night."
Hen Coop's hands caniq down firmly,
yet tenderly, on tho young man's shoul
der. "Ay, but it makes my blood boll to
hear what you have been telling me. It's
oo like what Robert Tenby would have
been. There'n work for you to do. 1 am
nota man to preach revenge, but I am a
man to urge any other to stand up for
his honor, no matter at what a cost ; and
you must stand up for yours, my dear lad.
What are your ptons? You will surely
bave something In your mind?"
Hubert Tenby stood and stretched him
elf his full height.
"1 am free!" lie said. In low, vibrant
tones. "That la the first thing I am try
ing to realize, and after that comes the
memory or my lost honor. I havo notb
inu to co mum. vou know, onlv this hide
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oii belief that Gerald has been my enemy
all through. It does not seem as if I
could die, or let my father go, till we have
Ioo.e Jnto each other n eyes again. I
want to bear Mm uni" Mint t urn lilu uti
no mean, skulking thief who would fall
Hack upon such wretched dishonesty as
that that led to my charge. I want, too,
to see my sister."
II." paused, and Hen Coop 'seemed to
understand that pause. He had loved
himself once; he knew what was passin
In Hubert Tenby's heart.
"It is not only the old home, and the
father and the sister," Hen snid to him
self; "there I some one else some one
even dearer than these!"
OHAPTEU IV.
Lady Hetty .Marchmont was in a verv
bad temper. The coming of her hus-
nann niece had been a signal for an en
tiro change hi her existence. For the
lirsL time in her life she found herself
compelled to nlav a seentulari- rnti. 1
was most mortifying and equally incom
prehensible that the world her u-nrlil
snouiu suililrnl.v have determined to regard
.Aiitonia as a lieauty.
The girl seemed to find irent nlnn
In being with her uncle, in looking after
tna: mncli-neglected man, and in trying
by every little thoughtful act to show
him affection and attention. She went
out very rarely with Lady Hetty; but
she had been out quite enough to attract
attention.
Another thing that annoyed Lady Hetty
was the apparent Indifference with which
Anlonla regarded her social success. An
tonla took all that came in the calmest
possible manner. She was not impressed
with any of the smart people with whom
she was brought in contact. She was not
In the least an ordinary girl.
Her clothed were simiilieltv Itsolfr vol
even- Lady Hetty was obliged to confess
dial tlie style in which the girl dressed
herself was one that enlmiweil
threefold.
It Was Sliell a contrast. Inn In lint- r..-
costly and fashionable raiment, flllfl Vflf
everything that Antonia wore came from
1 lie immls of one of the most celebrated
dressmakers in London. That was what
surprised Lady Hetty so much, that this
girl, who came, as she phrased it, "from
the wilds of nowhere," Should have had
not only a marked individuality but a
cert n in knowledge of the world.
The gowns that Antonia wore' mMilii
her open he? eyes, for, despite their sim
plicity, they were cut and shaped by the
hand of a genius.
It was the same thing with the bi;t
picturesque hats and the small, Quaker
like bonnets which Antonia worn nltur.
nately. All this was call to Link- Itiiftv-
"If she had bce'ii one of the elii-ert
women In the world, she could not have
hit upon a more splendid Idea," the little
lady said to herself more than once as
Antoula's beauty was revealed, perhaps
in some new light. "What the world likes
is change. All we other women seem cut
out In the same pattern. She stands
alone. What will Gerald think of her, I
wonder?"
She began to be quite eager for An
tonia and .Mr. Tenby to meet. She spoke
of him frequently. It was soon evident
to the girl that this particular man oc
cupied much of Lady Hetty's thoughts.
His photograph was given the place of
honor In every room which Laijy Hetty
occupied, and Antonia was quite familiar
with tlie fact that great things were ex
pected of Gerald Tenbv.
v- Antonia listened to all this milin rfl lilt.
ly, but as the days went by and Tenby
never made his appearance, the girl hail
n sense of bitter satisfaction.
"Coward!" she would say to herself
between her teeth. "He can face the
whole world, but he dare not face me.
Well, I can wait wait i.M my life, if
needs be; and though I may never know
happiness, though I may never see Hu
bert again, 1 will not go to my grave till
I have punMied this enemy."
This thought was In her mind more
prominently than ever one night as she
sat in Lady Hetty's box at the ojiera,
listening with dull ears to the voice or
a celebrated singer.
People came and went in Lady Hetty's
box but Antonia never moved until the
door opened to admit another arrival, and
the sound of Gerald Tenby's voice fell
on her ear. Then a Hood of color spread
ovei her face, her little hands clinched
themselves round the fan she held. It
seemed as ir, when she drew her breath,
she were going to take some plunge. Tlie
next moment she had looked around with
a radiant smile and was holding out her
hand.
"You did not expect to see me in Lon
don," she snid, as she noted that Gerald
Tenby drew back and hardly knew how
to appronch her.
Lady Hetty looked from one to tlie oth
er half impatiently.
"You never told mo that you knew Ger
ald," she Baid.
Antonia smiled again.
"I never realized that your Gerald and
mine were one and tho same."
Tenby fixed bis eyes upon her eagerly,
Those casual words of hers sent a kind
of flame to his heart. Her beaut v
him as being greater than ever.
He looked at her oyes. They met his
' fearlessly, and yet half shyly, as if they
"confused that she desired forgetfulncss
for that last time they had been together,
pardon for all those bitter words she hud
hurled against him.
Ger.ild Tenby's heart bent wildly. It
seemed to him like some wonderful dream
to sit there and look at Antonia In her
soft white gown and to bear her voice
speaking to him gently. The rest of the
evening passed like mnglc.
When Lady Hetty rose to flutter nwav
to half a dozen bulls, Gerald escorted her
and her companion to their carriage.
Fresh wonderment and delight filled his
Heart as Antonia put her slender hand in
his and smiled ag.iiti into his eyes.
It had needed but this to comtdete Ills
triumph. He hnd never realized till this
moment how much he bad loved her.
The night was warm, and be determined
to walk from tin opera house. As he
passed along his eye was suddenly caught
by the placard of an evening newspaper,
and lie came to a standstill.
For an Instant JiIb brain reeled. He
could hardly decipher the big words clear
ly, then the mist rolled away, and he
stood facing tlie fact that his liumph
had Indeed conic, for this placard set forth
to the world the news of the death of the
great north-country millionaire. Sir Man
ri;e Tenby a death which had occurred
suddenly a few hours before.
It was difficult for Gerald Tenby to
draw his breath easily in this moment.
It was the mmiioiit for which he had
stained his toul with sin, the moment for
which he had schemed and prayed. Now
thar it was come, he hardly dared grasp
it
His limbs trembled under him. He
turned and hailed a cab. Just as he was
stepping Into it, a hand was laid on his
shoulder, and a voice spoke in his ear:
"Good evening, Sir Gerald Tenby!"
There was a strange sneer In the voice.
Tenby's foot was on the step of tho han
som, tils hand was gripping the rail. So
he stood for the sun en of
An instant before, his l.rnl
reeling with delight; now darkness had
fallen upon him, utter, stilling darkness
nie darkness of a fear that was almost
despair.
Antonia Maichinont did a strange thing
that same night when she found lieiv.-lf
aione in her room. She looked about her
ill II, wild, hlltlted sort of wnv. Minn slit.
fore from her richr hand the ilellnntf. ,lm-n
uiai nan covered it, and lighting a can
die,, she held the glove in the llame till
tho skin caught fire ami Hmolili.nul in
ashes.
"I feel," she said to herself. Iiciu-oon
her teeth, "as if I were as great a traitor
as he! Shall I he able to carrv this
through? To-night, when he came near
me, I almost shuddered! Oh!" Antonia
cried, throwing out her arms, and walk
ing to and fro restlessly, "how is it pos
sible that a man can he so lin. n
cruel? How can ln sWn nt tiiii? iw.
not Hubert's white, niiscrnhln
to haunt him?"
As long as she lived, Antonia would
never forget the awful moment when
news was given to her of Hubert's dis
grace. It was her father who hml annim,,
that sad story, and for Mi
his life he had looked upon Antonia in n
iimoreiu light.
"At least." he had s.-iiil
'Us thoughts, "though you are a girl, vou
spare me dishonor."
"Hubert Tenby is Incapable of dishon
or! Though all the ivnrlfl cliniiM ln
against him in this, I would stake my life
ii ins nonor: she had said, passionately.
.uarenmont had looked at her
with a dry smile.
ion are right to he lnvni a
he said, in his calm wnv: "lint win,.
alty lacks discrimination. Even faith
such as yours must he shaken when put
ace 10 nice with proofs."
I do not believe in these proofs, fnth.
or," she had said. "TIi..r i .m(w..
1 II it f ' '"'Mil. I 11 111
in all tins llmt will hp miwin
day; but whether 'this lm .
" , . . I'l" "I HUBS
tut happen, noth tig will clum.,,. ..... 1
.oipw Hubert; and, knowing him, I must
Lord Miirchmonf hurl
t boulders, and then had gone back to his
Miiuy. 1 o-night she was going once again
oer the situation.
"Gerald Tenbv always lmtn.i n..i,,.. ,
sue was saying to herself. "Mmv Imim.
limes have 1 seen him looking nt ni,e;t
With that strantre. liatrml ; i.i 1
1 hough he put a curb , j,8 , ll0
rouid not utterly hide his feelings. If it
hail never come to me before, I should
nave seen his hate that una dav when we
...vi ,,,e roan to the (irr, ,, l SiU,
such plain words to him I tnil. 1.:... I...
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surprise, and for one instant I saw l k
it-art. and I knew that . hated Hubert
with a hate that not even ilniil, n..i.i
rush out." "JU"'
She rose with a sigh as she nut aw,.v
fiiiio nhotOL'ttiiilw mill 1ai,.i ... .
which held them.
(To bo continued.)
Marrliil r.,ilc Outlive Unninprleil.
.Marriage Is an'instltution hlehiv inn
duclve to the health of both husband
and wife, says American Medicine.
Statistics prove that nniomr marrhxi
men over lit) yours of ago and u-nmo.i
over -10 the mortality rate Is far loss
than among those who remain single.
Among uie widowed and divorced tho
mortality is exceptionally great. Snl.
clde among the unniinrled ore much
more . numerous than among tho mar
ried. The matrimonial state iiroinotos
temperance In every form. Further-
more, the probable duration of Hfo nf
a married man of .tt) exceeds that of
his unmarried brother by live years,
and tho wife may expect to llv'o nn
year longer than a single woman of tho
same age.
I'roliuhly.
"Do you suppose these life-insurance
directors ever pray?"
"Yes. They say: 'Give us this dav
our dally graft.'" Puck.
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER
EST INGIT EMS.
Comments nnt Criticisms Ilascd Upon
the Ilnppcnltiei of tlie Dny lllatori-
oil nnd .News Notcu.
Vow Mint tin In miflniiMwifl i,i ,l,inMi
' ' ' " ' ' ' wnu illlll 7 1M lil II)
It 1h annarent that General NebiiL'etnfr'H
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mime should be Nevergetoff.
According to a Chicago physician,
strawberries cause insanity. Wo have
observed the craze for them.
II. G. wellft, t..e English writer, says
that America will produce a Slinks
pearo. 'Nie eyes of the world are on
you, Indiana.
A volcano has become active in New
."Mexico. This will make Arizona still
more reluctant about being tie?! up
with such a Territory.
A woman can never understand how
n man who lacks the patience to thread
:t needle can sit on the river hank all
:lay waiting for- a hi to.
II. C. I-rich notih.s that he Is afraid
3f Anarchist Herkman. It Isn't llkelv.
however, that Frlck has any desire to
engage Herkman as a roommate.
Hoston is stirred to its depths to de
termine whether Chevalier do St. San
veur died as a martyr or was killed In
a brawl. The event occurred In 17SS
1 here is some advantage, after all.
In being an ex-President. G rover
Cleveland says no manuscript of his
has ever been returned by a magazine
.Editor.
The woman who Invented the mod
ern corset Is dead at tlie age of '.).'5,
and the rest of tlie women are now
busy pointing out the length of time
she stayed.
.-i-rn-i.iij .-siiaw says lie would go
17 .1 I...... tt . -
1,000 miles to see the grave of a irov
eminent employe who died from over
work. Put why should ho want such
'i man to dieV
A Louisville girl laughed herself to
Jeath recently after hearing a funny
story, riinuneoy Depew will reirard
her case as a vindication of his kind of
funny stories.
A Cleveland. man who admitted that
lie had four wives was lined tfijO and
sent to prison for thirty days. Clove
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mini miii iiy win not toierato 1 lira inl
and will go to any length to discourage
the practice.
nie .minor 01 "Site" and other ro
mances ol wonder proposes that the
Prltlsh parcel post be extended so that
the small farmer may put a stamp on
a cow and mail it to market. Verily,
those be days of Koform.
Secretary Shaw says tho government
service oners no hope to a young man
with Ideas. This being tho case, wo
may be sure that there will always
no a largo supply ol young men avail-
nolo lor the service referred to.
It Is said that the most healthful
trade In tho world is tho making of
dye from coal tar, the average life of
the workers being Mi years. It is 11
little singular that men who spend
their time fixing for others to dvo
should live so long themselves.
v -
The hygienlst lias kindly discovered
there are millions of microbes In a
handshake. What patience and exact
itude he must possess! Hut let us be
brave and go on exchanging them. If
It pleases science to count microbes
tlie lay world can do no less than give
science permission to proceed with tho
stunt. However, recollect there are
good microbes as well as bad ones.
1 neio is much Intemperate rant
against what the ranters call "the over
shadowing power obtained by the judl
clary in the government of the nation.
There Is an implication in the word
ontained" which Is a falsehood.
courts nave no power nor have thev
MMiKiu 10 exercise any save sue 1 11s
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was deliberately and designedly
forrod upon them by the constitution.
which was Itself "the will of the noo
le." voluntarily applying to themselves
and their jxisterlty that measure
M'ir-restraint and soberness ivithmit
wiib-h all history proved civic existence
iniiKOH.slble.
Travelers from Africa are urging the
governments of Europe to take steps
to preserve the elephants In their
spootlvo colonies and spheres of Intlu
once. In India the government con
trols the forests and the laws are strict.
When elephants become dangerous, per
mits are issued for hunting tlie "vaga
bonds" or bad elephants, and wh.-n
they are killed all permits are revoked,
In Shun all elephants belong to the
crown, and are never killed. Every five
years there is a government Inspection
of them, all white crepitants are sent
to tlie prlncn royal, and the domestic
nock Is increased by careful selection
from the general herd. The elephant
there Is appreciated as a laborer ifiul
n' uompstlc servant; but in Africa fbmi-
Kiinds arc killed every year for their
ivory, which Is whiter, lmnlor nnd more,
esteemed than that of the Asiatic ele
phant.
Proverbial wisdom may Iiutc been
slightly mistaken when It taught men
that thnro nro as L'Ofid flsli.nml 11 u tmititt
I ... rj - r " llll JlillJIJ
of thorn, In the sen ub ever were catichh
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I 1 r. i ,r 1'
ami luniii-rij iih;ii in nuinui1, including
Huxley, believed that mnn was not In.
dustrlotiH enough to depopulate the ucn
nt ilsh. Yet It Is now known that fa
vorite fishing-grounds do become ex-
llllllulnil Wtintou nluiiiiwt iif i....... v.il-
1 i. 1 v... .if.ai.ij ...rw....... .. . fii;oi;iiu
only beenuse kerosene displaced whale
- oil and rendered whaling unprofitable
For a lone time tho whale has been nt
lowed to spout with relative immunity.
The North Sea fishery Is fnlllng, and
tho Permanent International Council
ofllcally recognizes that It no longer
yields Inrge llsh. Man cannot go on
taking from llshlng grounds, any more
than he can from hunting grounds, and
expect always to llpd plenty. Tiio
French have found new fishing grounds
off the west coast of Africa, the Arguln
1 tanks. The French colonial govern'
mcnt Is considering measures to pro
mote the fishing industry on these un
exhausted grounds.
Contemporary developments In ttiw
United States show that the most ur-
gent need of this country is a new
morality. There Is no need of now
principles. Tho precepts of the Chris
tian religion, which most of tlie worst
slnntrs profess to believe In, cannot be
Improved upon. Hut morality is a con
dition of heart and mode of life, not
a profession. . Measured by this stand
ard many American business men havo
been and are being proved to be ruth
less savages. Sympathy, aecordlnc to.
the accepted philosophical theory, is one
of the main roots from which the moral
sense of civilized man has grown. The
moral sense began to be developed when
the untutored cave dweller was first
kept from injuring others by a keen
consciousness of the pain which a sim
ilar Injury woiild cause himself. Cer
tain American "captains of industry"
and "high llnain-iers" would seem to
lack even a rudimentary moral sense,
for no thought of the mental anguish
and physical suffering they voro in
dicting on thousands has restrained
them from crushing competitors by the
most lawless and cruel methods or from
pitilessly robbing tho poor and widows
and orphans of funds placed in their
hands in trust. Another of tho chief
roots from which the moral sense is
considered to have grown is the fear
of our cave dwelling ancestors that if
they injured others they would be vis
ited with the stern disapprobation of
their fellow tribesmen. They learned
to consider wrong what they knew oth
ers would treat as wrong. The nubile
opinion which so powerfully tntluenccd
the savage may seem to have been par
tially inoperative in the United States.
Hut the public as well as the high finan
ciers has been at fault. There has
been more worship of material success
than is consistent with good morals.
Attending rather to the size of men's
lortunes than to tlie way they were
acquired and used tlie people have en
couraged rather than restrained the
growth of the belief that might makes
right In high nuance, whatever may be
tho correct principle in low finance.
President Madley of Yale some time ago
proposed social ostracism as a remedy
tor the evils of trusts. His suggestion
has not been treated with deserved se
riousness. Ostracism in the widest
sense ostracism which would n6t only
send the possessors of stolen wealth to
prison but would make of all ill-gotten
wealth a social gibbet instead of pedes
tal Would produce a groat moral awak
ening among the exponents of high fi
nance. Hut the moral awakening must
start with the public. When public
oiiinion as strongly and consistently con
domns brigandage by a captain of in
dustry as by members of the so-called
"lower classes" of society, It will .speed
ily eeaso to bo widely prevalent.
Uncle C'oiiNiileil lllm.
A young Irishman in want of fpLVi
wrote his uncle as follows: "Hear Un
cle: If vou could sen how I hlush tor
shame as I write, you would pity me.
Do you know why? Hecnuse I have to
ask you for a few dollars, and do not
know how to express myself. It Is Im
possible for me to tell you. I prefer to
die. J send you this messenger, who
will wait for an answer. Hellove nie,
my dearest uncle, your most obedient
and affectionate nephew-
"P. S. Overcome with shame for
what I have written, I have been run
ning after tho messenger to take the
letter from him, but I cannot catch
him. Heaven grant that something may
happen to stop him, or that this letter
may got lost."
This uncle was naturally touched,
but was equal to the emergency. He re
plied as follows :
"My Hear .lack: Console yourseu
and blush no more. Providence has
heard your prayers. The messenger lost
your letter.
"Your affectionate uncle.
It Is a rare inail who talks atiout nw
nm-n mm illinium"
thinks about them a goou 00111, iaior
devil.
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