Show 1 I II FOUL PLAY I I I I II I IBy I By Charles Mende and Dion I Continued from Yesterday Morning I Oh Olt said Helen shocked hocked to find i him so 50 hardened as she thought She he lifted her hands to heaven and the Well Vell 11 tears streamed amed from her eyes sit sir Mid ald she faintly I see flee I can cannot cannot cannot not reach your OUI con conscience clen c One question question question ques ques- tion mo t and then I 1 have done with you forever Why h in all these months I that we e have ha been alone and that hat you have hn shown me the tho nature I I dont don't say of an honest man but of or I an angel yes angel yes papa of an un angel angel angel- why could you OU not show slid me one hum hum- humbie bio bie virtue sincerity It belon belongs to tu a I man manh h Why you rou not say I have hae I committed one crime In my life lire but repented forever er judge b by this confession confession con con- and by what you have seen of or mo me whether I 1 shall over ever commit another Take me as ns I 1 am am and es esteem e esteem es- es teem cem me as ns a n penitent and and snore more worthy worth man but I 1 will not deceive I you OU and pass for Cor a paragon Wh Why hy could you ou not sa say as much n as thus to tome tome me mite If you OU loved me me wh why deceive me so cruelly These words uttered no longer on cI harshly but in a mournful faint despairing df- df voice produced an effect effeN the speaker little expected Robert Pen Pen- fold made two attempts to speak but though he opened his mouth and his lips quivered ered he could get et no wor word wOld out He lie began to choke with emotion and amid though he shed no tears the convulsion con eon that goes with weeping in 1 weaker natures overpowered him ina ina in ina a way ay that was almost terrible Confound it said General Rolleston Rol- Rol leston lesIon this tills Is monstrous of you Helen It Is barbarous You are arc not like hike your poor mother She Sho was palo and trembling and the tears flowing but she site showed hr her r native c obstinacy She said aill hoarsely ly Papa you OU are arc blind He lie must answer answer answer an an- me He lie knows s he must I r must said Robert Hobert gasping still sUlI Then he manned himself himself him him- self c b by a ml mighty hl effort and repeated repealed with dl dignity I will There wa was a pause while the young man still struggled led for Cor composure and self com mand Was Vas I 1 not nol often orten on the time point of telling Lenin you u my m sad story Then Is I it fair to sa say that 1 should never n ha have 1 told it you ou But Dut U O Miss Rolleston you von ou dont don't know what agony agon it may b brio beto br be tell tin the io to u an unfortunate man to tt truth There are arc accusation so t t- tr tJ r- r so defiling that when a n man manlas has las proved them false they the still k to 0 him and soli soil him Such an accusation aCLU aCLU- alion I labor under and a jU Judge ge and amI anda amIa a 1 jury have branded 10 inc me 1 If IC they ha had l called me a murderer I would have told you ou but that is s such a dirty crime I 1 feared the prejudices of or the world I 1 dreaded to lo see your our face alter to me rate Yc Yes i r trembled t and hesitated and asked m myself cIC whether a man is bound to repeat repeal a foul slander slander slander der against himself even ven when thirteen thir- thir teen teen shallow men have said saki it H. H and made macJe the lie law There said General Rolston I thought bought ht how it would be Helen you have lave have tormented him hint Into defending himself tooth and nail so now we wt shall shaH have haYe the old stor story he Is innocent inno- inno cent I 1 never ne knew a convict that wasn't if Ie he found Cound a fool Cool to listen to him film lm I 1 decline to hear another word You needn't excuse yourself for Cor chan hanging changing your our name I excuse it t and that hat is enough But Dut the boat Is waiting waitIng wait wait- waling Ing ng and we cant can't stay to hear you ou Justify a felony I am not nol a tanya mart marty CHAPTER Robert drew himself up to lo his its full rull height and uttered these stran strange e words with a sad majesty that was vas very Imposing But General Rol Roi- leston eston steeled b by experience of con- con their plausibility and their histrionic histrionic his his- powers powel'S was staggered only for fora a moment He lie deigned no reply but told old Helen Captain Moreland was wait wait- Rig ng for tor her and she had hall better go o on onboard onboard board oard at once She stood like a statue My Iy poor child has he eau caught ht youat you youit ou at it once with a clever phrase e A AJude Judge Jude and a Jury Jur have settled that thaL They settled It as you ou would settle settle set- set tle le It t by refusing to hear me mc Have I refused tu to hear you OU 1 said saW Helen Wheat What do I 1 care for steamboats steamboats steam steam- boats and captains If rr I 1 stay here hereto to o all eternity Ill I'll know from your our own lips and your our own face tace whether you ou are a n felon or a n arl martyr r It is no phrase papa He Is a felon or ora ora ora a martyr martl and I am a most unfortunate unfortunate girl hI or else a n baso base disloyal one Fiddle dee said General Rolleston Rolles Roiles- ton angrily Then looking at his watch I give you ou live five minutes to humbug us in in in-if If you can Robert Pen fold sighed patiently But Bul from that moment he Ignored General Rolleston and looked to liden lid Hel Helen en only And she fixed her eyes upon his ils face Cace with a tenacity and an nn intensity in intensity In- In of or observation that surpassed an anything he had ever seen cen in his life It dazzled him but it did not dismay him Miss U Rolleston said he m my history history his his- tory ory can be told In the time line my prejudiced prejudiced pre- pre judge allows me inc I am a I I I I clergyman n. and a private rl tutor at nt Oxford Ox Ox- ford Cord One Ono of or my pupils was was Arthur Wardlaw I took an Interest in him because m my father Michael was In Wardlaw's ln-Wardlaw's employ This Arthur Arthur Arthur Ar Ar- thur Wardlaw had a talent for mimicry mimIcry mimicry mim mim- he lie mimicked one of or tho the college officers publicly and amid offensively ant and was about to be expelled and that would have ruined his immediate tc prospects for his father Cathel Is just but stern I fought hard for Cor him and amid being myself popular with the authorities authorIties authorities ties I got ot- ot him off He was grateful or seemed to be and we became greater great great- er friends than ever Wo We confided in each other He told me ho ltd was In debt in Oxford and much alarmed lest it should reach his fathers father's ears and lose him the promised partner partner- ship I told him I was desirous to bu buy a small living near Oxford which was then vacant but bui i 1 had only save saved pounds pounds- and tho the price was 1000 pounds I had no means of ot raising tho Limo balance balanco Then he said Borrow Dorrow 2000 pounds of or my father give me fourteen hundred of it and take your you own time to repay the tho pounds I hall be my y fathers father's partner In a month or two said Mid he lie you can fla pay us back hack by instalments I 1 though this very kind of ur him I did not nol want wan want the living for myself but to give ghe n my y dear father Cather certain comforts and coun country try air every week ho he needed It Jt h he was born In the countr country Well Vell I I camo came to London about this business and a stranger called on me and said salt he canto came from Mr 11 Arthur Wardlaw who was not nol well enough h to come com himself He produced a n note noto of ur hand for Cor 2000 pounds s signed John Wardlaw Ward law Ian and made mo me indorse It and amid told toll me where to get it cashed lie lio would come como next day duy for Arthur share ot of the tho money Well Veil I suspected sus sus- 0 no ill would you ou I went vent ant and und got ol tho the note discounted and lock locked d the mone money up It was not my money the greater part was Arthur Ward Yard laws That same canto evening a n policeman policeman police police- man called and aSHI asked several question ques ques' tion which of course courso I answered H lic He HeI then got me mo out of the tho house on some someI pretence and arrested mo me as a 1 forger Continued Tomorrow Morning N |