Show 1 Z i v j 4 I 1 FOE 1 N SIN N I 1 I 1 i 01 ty by parkin tie the butler t I 1 IR R MORTIMER barbican was an 0 old man mai one of them the bold old types ot at engi eng i elsh I 1 I 1 s h aristocracy and amid I 1 I 1 inordinately proud of thea th 8 integrity of I 1 his bis name and ancestry rr at the ta time a I 1 s I 1 went into hit hia em ploy years aa ago now he be was living hying alone with his only daughter at his family seat in glouckes hershire ter shire A strange looking tall lady was misa alsa linda barbican with large black eyes eye and pale hard bard set faatu features res bearing the traces orsome of some inward sorrow sir mortimer I 1 learned had had ft a son whom ho he had disinherited and dig disowned owing to some act which had brought dishonor on the name of barbican and he forbade all mention of the scapegrace of the family one evening some few months after I 1 had been there I 1 was summoned to the door by the clanging of the front door bell A young man shabbily dressed with a roc ss albeit a handsome face stood ca an the doorstep and scanned me nervously as I 1 looked questioningly at mm Is my is sir mortimer barbican disengaged he asked huskily yes sir air I 1 answered will you please come in Is there any one in the library 0 N kisir Ni sir then show me I 1 in n and tell your mad toaster I 1 must see him very well sir what name shall I 1 give oh never mind the name hell know me fast enough he added bitterly sir mortimer looked up in a surprised way when I 1 communicated to him that a visitor had bad arrived and wished to see him he opened the door and strode into the room father that was all one short despairing cry and father and son stood face to face once more A gray drawn look stole over my masters face as for a brief moment he stood eyeing the prodigal who had bad so mysteriously appeared then he be found lits his tongue so it is you you hound he be said his features working strangely while there was a tone of suppressed rage in his voice it Is you la Is it have you ROM I 1 AZ I 1 II 11 a I 1 AI C za 11 c 1 17 I 1 1 i A 1 1 io 11 I 1 c I 1 i 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 F I 1 ifa ills illy SIN HAS FOUND ME OUT forgotten how we parted have you forgotten his bis voice rising ominously how I 1 cast you off and forbade you ever to step in hyhouse my house bouse again be oll off before I 1 target forget myself and whip you out as you deserve 1 I will speak cried the young man As there Is a god in heaven I 1 am innocent but since you will not at hear bear me I 1 will not try to save you may it be on your own head and may you reap as you have sown but you will have the comforting assurance that you have rent cent me to thea the devil levil and I 1 curse you and striding from the room the younger man passed out into the hall I 1 hastened to open the door doof for him As he was passing out into the night he turned you yon are a stranger to me he said after a brief space but your face looks like an honest one if you can contrive to meet me tomorrow to morrow about this time at the drive gate it itis Is a matter of life lit e and death the next morning after breakfast sir mortimer turned to me and said if you value your situation here parkin you will bear this in ln mind Ind not a word of what you saw and heard beard last night and never mention my my sons name to me again under pain of instant dismissal thatis that Is all it was with some feeling ot of trepidation that I 1 repaired to the trysting place that s same a me e evening v efian 9 to ii wait await the arrival ot of the disinherited son having inquired my name he began you must know how I 1 came to be in ibis his plight some years ago a forged check chec k in my fathers name maede was discovered suspicion I 1 at once fell on me and though innocent I 1 was at once branded is as guilty by iny my father he did not wish viah to have the family name 7 dragged into court conarty so he be took the P caster I 1 er course of disinheriting and me and d casting ini aie me off entirely mcenemy My enemy who rho T kj helas je washid wa said and heaven I 1 tha thought dike I 1 bad caone worth speaking of had i done his 1 I 1 bei became amea a i freia frequenters nen t er of jeche ih gambler ga hibler and near nearly 1 7 m hut b t it thank heaven eaven not q quite ill 4 1 i a 1 71 awas sj 1 W a 5 6 tempted M P tida 80 some ma few weeks we ki agoada ago aft av i who contemplated robbing fm my Y athera ij 11 house 7 but X had bunluoy I V was iki not qu quite I 1 ta bl bad d enough for I 1 that hi t and I 1 I 1 iiii determined to E beete ee kak aa j audience adi ei lil I 1 tw wr I 1 father I 1 and aad warn vw n him cf 6 I 1 hla danger I 1 bat jlii amdi I 1 t w juwa 1 horoke lie 4 birtt ok bl warl al 7 f 31 fi N k I 1 J C lia f 4 k VT JM OTIC p the ie rm mt wr MM y 1 I 1 11 I 1 I 1 1 1 F ers attoa ind and merely therel tn erel Y abe plan pan which aich sta icken man maji hid formed to the checkmate i ck macd jh the 0 bobbera rob bera I 1 must I 1 1 explain tap I 1 id that at ai ah the 9 bac bade k of tho the house was a cc courtyard yard in au on three 8 rides ides by bj the ditc hen prem premises is es of the tao house it it was a sm allf window that of the cantry ry which was to be the modi mode ot of ingress young mr bir geoffrey that wit was the sons u name a me katr to lead the burglars in their inter enterprise prise he would conduct them through the window and au mathen W with ith the aid of myself elf I 1 I 1 I 1 and sir mortimer whom I 1 was to apprise pr odthe of the robbers advent would help to orbr overpower owe r th the e others t two a desbor i adom for they had bad n not wished to have too many ammy concerned tn in the job friday came P and it was I 1 tarn am bound boulad to confess with no slight feelings of apprehension that I 1 looked forward ti tu I 1 the work which was before beford me for I 1 am ria no fighting man of course I 1 had bad not cot mentioned the meditated robbery to tho bid baronet for that would have spoiled everything at 12 I 1 stole noiselessly down to the kitchen and quietly waited till the burglars should arrive I 1 had bad not long to wall wait I 1 heard the muffled sound which warned me that t they hey had corn com operations and slipping away awat as noiselessly as I 1 had come I 1 departed to apprise my master of at the outrage on his property I 1 found him sitting in his bedroom on a chair clad in his dressing gown and slippers his fade face was burled buried to in his hands and he was evidently lost in thought at my entrance he started violently and gazed with wonderment not unmixed with anger at me as I 1 intruded myself on his bis solitude I 1 at once came to the point sir I 1 said there are burglars trying to force an entrance at the back blow my masters bedroom was at extreme wing of the building so had it 1 not been lor for the fact that I 1 already knew of the contemplated robbery he would probably have heard nothing of the burglars taking it tor for granted that they succeeded in reaching the dining room where the family plate their object was secured he gazed at me curiously for ft a few seconds and then calmly walked across the room boom to his chest of drawers which he opened taking a small revolver which he slipped into his bis packet handing another to me at the se sama time sir mortimer took the lead and following cli close ose behind him I 1 noiselessly stole along at his heels arrived at the kitchen door the sounds inside told us we had come on the scene at the right moment the baronet threw open the door the gas had bad been lighted and standing in the middle ol of the room were three men young mr geoffrey apart from the other two pallid and haggard looking and then I 1 do not rightly know what happened it was all done so quickly sir mortimer stepping calmly inac the room raised his revolver and firer fired at his son don who was waiting for mo who had lost all presence of mind to act on the initiative with a groan he threw up his arms vind and tell fell forward with a dull thud on the stone floor the other two did not wait for more with incredible swiftness darted through the pantry hud and locking the door behind them made good their escape just then a white robed figurer figure appeared at the open kitchen door and gazed wildly about her As her eyes fell on the body ot of a matt man yang lying and lifeless on the floor miss liss linda barbican Bak bIdAn for it was she rushid rushed forward and with I a moan threw herself bergelt down beside her brother apparently dead killed by hla bla fat father lierl my sin has found me out si bho moaned id my sin has found me out and then her eyes wandering to the little pool of blood which was crimsoning the cold flags slie she ried cried out 1 I can bear it no longer lea father ther father the forgery was my work casting one look of concentrated hato difato and anguish on the wretched girl at his feet he be brushed her tremblingly aside and knelt down moaning softly to himself beside the body of his ap patently parent ly lifeless son mr geoffrey did not die lits his father had shot somewhat high and the ball had glanced down the collarbone collar bone making a long jagged wound but suu still he ha was seriously ill brain fever petuna in afterward ird and for some time he lay hovering between life and death I 1 eipl explained fully to the baronet thy scheme his son had bad formed for thwart ing the burglars who by the way werts captured some wee weeks after the attempted burglary and sir timers mortimers Mor teel feel inn ings of remorse and sorrow sorrow at the why way in which he had wronged mr Gopf goeffrey firey we were re terribly poignant As for miss linda her story can be arle briefly elly summed up p in the follow following Wg years ago she had a worthless lover with whom fib she e was completely I 1 abed gambling and other fornof of ex cesa had left him in I 1 jow ow water wat er and I 1 iila hla evie sweetheart etheart had forged the check to give him the money he had needed bedded so 60 sorely relY laying the blame bi am e on and weaving her benqt subtle net ot at accusation aro around wid aier her innocent brother what a t ultimately Ultima Cely became ot herl never knew if I 1 had 0 n alyk e i amy presence of 0 mind and carried oue out iii my I 1 instructions I 1 wi the baroness baronets baro bar oneVe nets have been stayed and mr geoffrey would not hava been shot but then 5 perhaps MW linda would w q not bave TO 6 confessed afi thanet heaven th ere I 1 manar anan women 6 afien like her c ln in the world I 1 z j j I 1 I 1 t |