Exeter Advocate, 1909-12-16, Page 8 (2)22-;)
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orOughtere, i renal* set
iriter g As *be wu
fie sI h&1 CGUUt
rit
eiieiV
odd, •
om they
spoBing. Then 0030 the first
the I 0 little girle-an
Lad seeincd to Msrion that Igo
• 4 have no greater grief give.
I too soon eisine the bitter realiz-
eition of her mifibike when but
. .
few months Utter, her huttnell
arrested, On a thaViteL Of eniberzl
the money* of hit employer.
wits innocent she never doubt
but the circumstantial evidence w
ntly cOnelnidve, And he st•
ed to five yeare- penal seri
0
sen
ti
Eive y I And little more
one had d, spent in unremit
tine toil and strenuous but unavail.
ing. encieavor to And the rest cul-
prit, for that her Intabantf WAS
ty nothing but his word would have
'convicted ler; and John Dane had
protested,. his innocence to the end.
he cliek of the writer ceased,Ied up a erowd of mezuorie—
bristma." It
Wilif WO near -now
for her it meant nothing but
fled poignancy to her grief;
o. or the.41d-aeiyikar Muth
o livedwith her. she was quite
e in the world, and Chtletena
the Viinet when lonelinesi come
Mnat 'mint to those who tread
solitary in life. s
0
the oe*ht Of the last. wretehed
then
0
lyss
k
hut t
cest offerd1 lice_ to,
sir, sntl he'shivered
,
.,. ..
n empty, ti cot-
34' `
*V0)3011$
taw -dressed in
goIcTezi-hsird
1 1/1s0tty
0'
rilt, I
ft'
4.1Li
wo top o( a passing bwi—sttrsct
zttention and zlieTon
into the r'oad to re it, heediesof an onoing xnutor-car. .
iiiw the denser, and; tor:et!:
only af the litt!o one* petil, ruh
eti for ' • nett/Xing up thechili
,
it turned znd jumped fur the par
iuent again, tmwas: 'barely ii
Imo, for the ear Whirled "past' ins
a$,„ *he fell tteteiily"• over the kerb
but with her precious °burden saf
it' ber emu*.
a the teecuedmi e a e pan•'-
0 'Who helpettlier free,,his face
deathly white, and with trim***
bends. Marion was unhurt, • but the
ehiltita forehead was Out and bleed -
fog. Seeingthatthe inevitable
crowd .,weka gathering, Marion ustp.,
her way through, still 110 ding
ie litt1 one. ,
-"Verne Witli.is,"--she said to th
an, *wile vtak.trying to stammer
his gratitude -"1 live close by and
the child must be teen. to at_ nte
03000 I do not think she ie much,
hurt."
This proved preyed to be the 04$0,LT„ e
eiljui7 was, a mere serateh, bu
4.iotritould-not • leave ‘lier• .
the had heen fed HttlL
8
quietAst.-e,LeePitnt,..Then,_ab
I ed the father -for such he war
whose wrinti4- had been attended
by Martha., 'The poor W10**,4
°fuse.. ,Itis 'gratitude, and her
e poke open drew hi* story ,ent.
t is the common tale of. a weak
•ere* ede-byeentisfortune",•!--
gan, 'bitterly, "MY -name' irs
bert Western, and it is; not Yet
o year* since I had, Alt that a men
needs--st7.pesition by which I could
live, ,an angel for wife, and -.my
little girl. Mien my_ wife WAS teliten
away, and I think All•that was good
wittilier..1..,Pothaps_yen
carinot• eAliie whit it means to
lose' •
shiver, Antirj -
of none joyous ones carne
t r. How happy they had
they were, for hr
0 clerk. Her
uke to 1
A ed, and atter
corrting the sheet*
thein .together. and
ontent's
ni'tian nrimes.
TVS of. times
rnstance, but neve
orientary pause *an
'ttle
re
she festene
-*signed them
U
0
r.
ruhou
eiru
IRV • V
r • it tannet
11 *
ed.
.* him; the tholights. are his,
2 words are those He would use,
and, unt4 . lately, even the plots
were his own. 'Besides it is the
314.010 that sells the worknow, and
. his stories gained that.' • ,
•' John Dem, like many others
owned to ignoble drudgery, had
etses$eil ambition, and, pertly to
sly partly to _augment.
whe nty. salary, he b
e y enings literary
di though
i7-tne.s
ofthiiu ha e that
rejected
with SStQLU
1
produetion, e b eltalf-dt
now wrenisint ,' for •Itar) "
ntioureled
abilitybed turned\tbenl
in the hour of her need,
• d out, they ',lied, "on ti by o
o tad testing plots in. listiott*
pets or magazines, until with
publieation, in book fermi e
whith, . the ptibli6-
11ohn.„Laymotid" aehleved, a
ni�d-
•rate ritipularity,s wItieh was not -
created by the fact that no one
knew anything of him, and that his
resolutely declined to be inter-
viewed.. Sin wife transacted all his
businese. s
To Marion the thought that be
usbend would etime .out oUprison
4 InAni (Restated for )31,1tiliItii
He paused awkwardly, and-Meri-
oa said, in a low voice, "1 think
a, ave •st both. o , v
still 'your. child." •
"Forgive mei,: tho, man mmiritit-
ed, brokenly. "I " should have
known that such 'pity. as You have
lto*n me,.an outcast, could 'Only
be begotten of. grief. Yee, it is
true I had rey little • girl, -bat,
wretth that, Walt .X x.ettelled,
I sought the weak man's' contiolie:
tion, and trod the road tft.ruin
rookies*. In a few nmoths X had
hen 'warned Itgai, and again, and
then the inevitable end cameeet was,
distill:teed. X had been with the $titi
years' nilettintOlgaiet_theur
tittytt4r then --
had anees, only- to' giroiv
t and now -.-I am *
, •
Maxi
h'
-ori. listened to the sordid can.
'cos with moist eyes,' and; so far
from tieiting tier contempt„.lit
trengthened 'her iesolvit to aid him.
She measured liis Misery her own
and )new its flespeirlag•deptte
What is your world" she ii4ted
•"I was a clerk in the o oes of
Mesari..Corder, and Wayne, the
nterettsints," to& rephied
be been looking her he
tad hoe .nptittel the sudden stoat
and ;the dead* „palter thit reply
produeed• in Marion. With an ef-
fort she tontrolled her emotion,
and staid, quietly:- '
The -name lietenie Wars
rc not * proseeutferi . b that
tome thee ago!"
'Ye'," 'Westere. Ate(
'their elerke, named' Dane
3 of the werli, and illtrne seruore-and he got five year*
y the mere sinking of bittibe*rierneticep •
naiste,.• ..1)01)14 * • Petsio,,n •"1Te wee intioteritr
me Kteratten, 8,itte 10:11111.11" tried, Almost hermit
Ca tOnlettnnia ,.,ot .4 lit' 'The astonishing ehinge and ,the
ng eni' ;Men * 1.1cotial viS81efatdrA,13 Convittion in, her voice *tette
coneettut tin linnoont)led Western, -who looked.up
*ri to y and now that whet liushed A% he met her serntinirmg
e had riven for gate „the at. •
ftrst liteotti hut have *betty* thought se
.littiet* heti netittered,--otkoardly..-
,hor ioeeret like wtosirr Marion's eyes neverleft hie fate
L'iret1y her m«d from thr _ tItorwelt. At OM Aig14 or hiefie
ifusim.1 sud.
xborramv•4 -itsnfrjgr bail, tool ,bifrrti ifl h
kyr
irl (reading) - Cold feet arc
ueually -emoted by indigestion
brought on by oveveeting." There,
41miny, -now we iknow wot"a 'the
_matter of ws!
quietude inteneified her suseleion,
rind she resolved to strikebokily'
oiCknew that he Ai ionise/At,
She said, sternly.,t "Even ats_14„-wh
his wife, know it.“ •
obert Weittern sprenig to bis
feet. I 1
wife,' e cried, "and you savedmi
little -girl' Be paused en
only, as though an i.dea
reeted his words, and, sinking into
the ehair-again, hid his face in his
hand3s.
Marton watched him with misery.
And triumph 'battling in her heart.
She felt sure of his ginenow, and
only he eenld Peetuade him t
play ttte man, John Dane world re.
Tairi 'both libcrty an air inc.
Thrtats,---012er-recognize se.
lessT„ since she.had no proof., -nor
One hope lay in appealing to his
honor, his gratitude, and, perhapi
*ell, he had been a gentlernin
.once. She waited until be, looked
al rang
-up, and then, her, eager app
Out.
!if t44&141e erie
OU
v told WO of ;Our sufferings, and
•o I ask you to think of,iftett my
id-hateendterediandimeaten
ure for years unless you set tight
tinisterrible wrong., Deprived -of ell
Jove, branded with shame., and
lona to herd- with, felon* --he, an
innoeent man. do not net ow
you were tern he
-itted=thireri 2010
suffer for it is In o
You aldt that
flaughter"5 life. you o
buithand's liberty And honor in re-
turn,- and it you have ono spark o
xnanhood 'remaining fou tann
net -refuse." ,
. helve* standing beforelim no
'her hands outstretched, and world
of passion in her voice. Western,
bowed and, stricken, WAS silent for
moments, and then, in *low
11*
.
uJ
.11
4.4,4
I
hat wlti of bort h • neli
e
"She shall Shall - stay h
(tried, eagerly. "1 swe
-shatl. take the pia
kitlotwbtliabeYlruirb4.47414°
cel Marion
*you that
f toy own
ellen never
*Western •looked up, arid. Marion
Anew that she had won. There wits
ink exiieession of. fixed • resolve an
his feet which seemed to wipe out,
tit* roar*s. of weakness and flissipa-,
- •• • ' .
"I do it," he, said. "I will
ive7inYielt",iirf to The polire an
clear your Juusband"i(haine."
The twords had lint left I& lips
when ring came at the door.
ry ot'iurprase from Martha fo
4. and then the door of
toorn, VAIL13 ilung oneir and a grey-.
haired . man' entered. •' ,\ •
'Marion I" he cried, And, in tx-
netient'' she wits in her lanabitritrit
•
"And you are really fret, John -
Marion *ked . for twentieth
Int ; it was so t�, realize,
e en with, bi* 'Atone:, arms ahttut'
"Yea; the real culprit has eonfees-
ed hot." -
",But don't Understand," Mari -
or said, and her ...weridering4
ed
ed .t
questiun, bridy relatingevent
of tha mvening,.
•Western's dtern1ivaior t at one
nght the wrong done to hie „teTIO
derk , nes ,features too., on
singularlik:to eattl0 4. a - o, sn vi is ; , ;or . .th t.1 i *b. otioettur• WL:tjQit:
tho
iny of
. „
x .,
ir x
'Vt,tern" be
,
I ' "do you re
, 4.°
dreg nity, . •a-tfu
'
ntsl ovation I Were you pr
red to faee afl,tlth"•2,
,- _4,
X 's tc. lee IV
n, antl his eye5 met thost,of,
-,--
"Knowingyour,flti
cent Mail I" persist
-"Innotent 7" I
poke.'
Certain'
11
rfie is no more guilty than X OM.
The thief WAS old Soltaity, the testi-
r, who confessed to it just before
he -died, order at onee
brought press AT On the 203-,
orities And oeured my iminedi-
ate
release."
Marion'; eyes "turned wondering -
1, to Western, and be •amilittriadte
AI he
e4; ;Voided a, lie to you. I ea
that you believed nie guilty, and in
.it earn° to me that here was
my chance to ensure rity little girl's
happiness and make tier some re-
paratien. With you die *mild have
every comfort, and, 'being young,
would soon eease to raise me, and
well, I yielded to temptatiorrofice
ore. It WWI 't0 have been
,
id
f
i ple alt ber Ji. tigbod
poll/ o
Itsvend 1 vm*Q*11: if . eel: frs it it vion t*enr Ise. tEt i :iini rani r ill abAi in
01 tellt:44 1 : . mindz father andviother,
itnd ;I:4:4:tto,dirlirrisp::,enau:r:,,,rob:ifsitni:i:r ., 1:" 'eFer,
that , you* anYlio. ,, Ill
tr
.,* ..-„.
t though *he WO,
4 'd Iter little thin lips twkithex.
i,bm
ttayiiiiivndot, icritesp,otycrac,,trIazsm its
0 A fi, )3'44 • liat.they wii.4i ..44;:itt'041:g:lietri
. awake. t eini ' ie" st
in group arou
don
n' and . whist*r eureJtentkan the Stairs, dete x t aggered,
ets
gboUt the ''ManY., go.xi th108*tIitt•A. that;
awaya Vilma thojt ay into the,?,,iomehe*.,40 0
iitoeIcilga.,„'' eY'-bV.t.W.01:i at 010'04 her the couldn't ' 1 , , in,
It th.4,4r • beds titeruFt.044t1wieoxr eetivrtiti:1:.elt4ite,SectIoluil4rott ler vi
to for t.he next
tit: snug home* by wal:.0..t.„#914,./HfitY-.7.,-'*
ed mi*T4iilitehrlat twirl The street* were eretwde
you, is the 1413$ the. 4411403;03.,1303tt two*" "huetlin re -by, bent
friend of the year alwitYit 4311t003 lc r ion making 'their 1 geit as :' ,
mtthit,:kte.tEttiesoinie:4141.1t;t1b"eilsrt000lunkliith:grbiticeonttirt'alii! tfiabaiee' '1)1i:trt40.7,01110,43rittlitaitt:Iirr 4-1643--"*cuTd
alsablegp3/044,47tr."her
eet-
ood ehiblrenare filled with 8104.1 meets 'At * ,Oonfectionerle dose
fter their own heart. - .- ' • I $he telt lutlf\inclined to ask if she
Out, Alasthere are lots and 1041 Welt: ,ohate seine, of the_ good flaint*
thmoislArera ofour hidden; in ,t1m- inviti Iooking b&gs
wb�se parents .eannot even itifor 1 witb which' they weft enteg tbez
ki - are, to Inv nothingoffeeklA Pockets, 'when suddenly
foi either thernisch-os or their fam- bliont rent the air. ''•
I est, And this also was the 'ow, At fulI-speegdbwA the r�ad, dash.
When .a certain, Christmas-4aq T ing wildly into exits and barro,rs
vet igio*.it isver_142UCO' I. WAS '14-- lite; Itirtd AU OttStp.4010i Wili0
I ' girl -early in the New Year sin mad career, 01100e
lwieri comes and tells ince about 'horse in a hansom,' and but'
the various Visits:she paid at Obristq yards ahead, in the middle jf
priaa.tide--talled to see a poor. eahei road,, Stood a -tittle tOrl rooted st
inet-maker and his wife , who lived; terror to the seat. On, on,, on, e
in a •back street near -Iloztori I the horse; but, still the ter
ro
Square, which, of course, you know, strielien ehild made 'zio move! Itu
is in the Easleencl of London, quite divas of eyes were on her, ,but I
010130 ,t0 Shoreditch. 1 looked -foolhardy to try an
'ut, unlike-- Father Christmas her now t It-Suiehr -was to
ristuni* giftio-beri-emy -last - n •rnn nest; the sic'kening At
ht o
Veit" - ••. - --: 1 ' • ' -
.•, being trampled .to death
Res rose' to go, bub ;fan Dane caso
slight, ,ragged-loolifng, thittl
the hoofs of the bolting
milled him ' back into 'his seat sce
hike lightning into the - tOri
dar
a iii., .1'.'We've net :finished with,
wkerk next . the- passers.by da
Mr tlroder bas•offered Me my old
I've not told all my news, Marion.
u yet, Western,"be said. "And
posite -pave.- went an ttgaly...,'
raise their eyes they saw. on
• 11
-
iv' cause doesn'tlike
1 ing through the open door-
any. wide.awake child should
him, my Christmas fairy „Out-
° d -in through -a -broken pane 'o
glass the one room which these
poor people used at a whole houee
sitting -room, bedroom, dining -
2
th
post lit the trmi- at aa, drawing4owni bath -roe -4 pen little .eriPPIel doing her
„
tskry, and --why, what's this r' , and intcben combined", . inSteadk 2,comfort a " gobbing, little,
gi
For his *wife boi.d.'Pkken a neatli' however, of .finding father 'and. whose beautiful. rich elotheepl
oninl otiltee frop, the 'boolohelt mother surrounded. by happy I thowed that she helonod to wea
x ndsz----en-th TO, --e41:11
It
rcu . natio of the thought of tlie lovely' present* t e 0 lie as visitor to thzs poor
-*tory name grown t were going To 3,0000"0 On the 101140-: 11 ,2,.,
.. , L . , . ..• ... 114' .
hate.tho. eight of 1 .ho.past as the ing rixornmg; my teary, AS she seat -
Manuscript came bttOt with tinfail- ed bereelf, On the ivindOW4.311t, where 4 4
taidviite Vi71", *17artgie'°potli:ell
ititt.rettuhtritY oin':pubtither after she hid behind.a torn, ragged atro .eame on the •-ieepe at this mome -
. , . ,
piiblisher. of line* whidr did duty for A ,aur- "Bub lirhY` --are you. down • here,
•'10 torye1 1".he cried.. "Publish: tam, AA* only a. poor mart whose 'alone?" he said to ;the sobbinr
ill" - ,. ' ' elothes.were tattered and tota and„ thtiti- &grotty ivetio tha-Worda out ,
,•"Yei,..ytietr -story," 'replied VATI fat of boles, and bit 'Wife, whOselnVistit Mouth* when sin old 0 3330...
on,. adding, "I- tuft not. alter es$ and:titortee tooked as, it it haat Men, ettessed in aebig. fur e0aCiend—
sinLitile 1,/40..mtdayn, diertAT;:lr.e, a. m 1.10 ie't.stn••'s linte:Iti'f!lritsgaesedieke.thorionugakeae,'eatnieer_.440a_y_tc.030 carr,,tu-im0,10.eetutnit---;),u,',043,:ffleas--t!ayr.ericedd.npoliettrtv_
if how .his,:biave *Ito had earned themselves, liuddte-d together. to try l see** lianting: out, ouLotibritith,
famiti %-ittavt4.14:4'-:-,--iiiiwarth'i beil.tri-a-sit-iliaierti ath4ed;kh71,11%.4.fibre",t-hater;d!ril*itn"da-in%-w.ndri.. "toithinee4t4ishia-11' 4-11:ithha'ageitt . •
iittie, the love in,,bis eyes, made ap whistling so. icily through the brae :Int wort r.oilepaoyoetinheanAnuttaytissevtiattitotl ,
her full r4erynordur. won, need 10, n-,sPestatneeta0.bet tiiiiiihe41!thlle°*ticketr bed, there, at ,Christrelii-time; and had
is,tead, ,whith .wits pushed , riot- ur.) left bet for a mothent outsikle ,,. A.
4int0 the City again„ perhaps
order .. will • give..1-:.- 1 ' r gainwooejtade of tru.... itc ,,,_ hide , he ... oiede eon% .0u.v.
, .
povertytatrickeii 'home, were throb , e1,6".. ., 1 • ' • `•
one &hall " Jeliti Said 'leer •I Ykueg. thildren *.bose- garineritsf ' -Ill nave- saved my -little $
*used... -
, , 4, i it life,' be *aid bonding down, :and '
„tie can,,t refuste me that- , , jutt , *Only shootowse:bitehnatott.boeyrt.:: very ,
* hard leeson, ' and I flon!t think .eiethes refelirty, besmirched faces, ricrlY in his tir:si- in future yvti
41! you *ay, Westerril --You've liadfrIgia:7 it in ePite 'of their shabby.rgnituettktsi:gitiot:*;:n104:41:4(nliatr1140:ewtsJieta.tedurift:i.:40141;34tareounr4.,
••.'°,-,I•trii failw4g4tin." t .4. . ' - ,Ittliew-yz!ws-eire very, very- pretty.
only they. would kfie i. themselves -InBuluSterib'e ugly dtieiling. In' 44 jotat
1
eleant" thought the fairy to her-
self, ehow, lovely, thoy would be !.,, IY reftised to leave her, father .ond
-unfortunately, this' wish was all in ' m°ther 'mil '81'stell, °°' OW" 4e8P1t0
Robert -es ern s of n,P, a man
once nuire-the slough of his Old
westkneSs east for, ever. • •
"110, vit not WI *gain," said
"No man can fail who has such
•,friend."
. looked.round, And *riot,
thought, said, softly,
is the uozt rpon1.1,
- wont out, _ andt-some-tiniec
lat-
er, through`lhe half -open door, She
tiaw kneeling "the bedside,
is, lips upon, the band •of the eleeeee
it • :
Outside, the busy., Life °fit e
tieet 'went on, tut, it hid a thangsT
et s note for Marlon') 'now. Eatli
isterous ecting found an echo
in her own heart, *tat everything
6ned to, ,crying • *Iona, "A
Merry Christmas!" London Tit
-
Bite.
1.
shallAl 0 At
313044/010 1" tbe goose.
the rest of -tie, world will be do
ins -gobble!" Said the turkey. But
he didn't.
e,
r4J tr.,
• A
1
Lhttwo' rt
1144
THE
ell drop * few
didn't tit th" ri
•
.J22... .
Sit
in for the chil.dren; tOor,, At they' .141 II, tilt4)frt:'• ti!ce .genti_e?“'lr°
were, tared nothing for detioltnees, "3 143`reed lea% - 1141° tIv°4
at that one gloomy room in a hi*
neither. ever thinkssa try-
ing to earn money for their* par-
enteetteefirnee, ..tivorlwaTe-they m'Oe.
pteterreil 14' *pen& their . day be
gal 113 tfte. etreeta from . piesstres.,
many of whom:frequently eare-
-testily tossed tbem.*4 copper or two
'
and ifontetinies, a, piceo of sillier
-
"just beeittise oftheir
.0 this Christmas Eve, moreover,
my iry hear the children -stskipg
street en ,Shorelith.... But witui be
left -a ,brigljt 1re,was cra.cklng in
heLgr*te ;. a -big hainper, fulof
ve..0 aiirt of ('hzi't,nas fareyou
could possibly imagine, stood oniilie ••
table; and on the inant'lpieee, in *
glitteringleip, let ten golden cv
ere** and two erie- crinkly Dars
pt England. notes „
4 And from • Ott irtight the tie
,
eiteh ouste,, quostiong a to, who , duekliteg and her falter and nother
ithey should do with the five shit.' sisters -neer 15
knew what it .,
11050110 hey, boa teneiota by bt„,gging! to want again. But in., the relt
111 afternoon.' ‘` '4We iwon't end on CJritrna Ev° 1}"°.P1'' 'till
give veno3, to father," aaid .one Tera that ternbie *eerie when a
,,bemuse be bon% given Ivo an/. little girl was htMlly dragged fr)rot
thing for weeks." '"either ha* be -neat -It the hoof$ -e runiteeil
mother,'t chimed in Anotheryoke. lioree .a, italf-starved,, dirty, rag •
$elfishly ; "all *he doe* every ed latio eriPPle. They think 'the
is to go mit early in the tnorning 11111 Will' *11Ved 132 .11'
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aitder, ,fragile-lobkin; protectg froni *11harin ev.tr• hitUs
eripple, raised heteell wextrilifrontll °X. 11°4 girl in fbill w°41 who
heap of etrew lying in, a dark torfrivins to 1°611) and a°. 10°4 to
nor at, the far end of the rwn. °tlitr*"
'I'M so hungry, and. I, too bev
en 'out all day trying to earn
fcw penee,• by selling matelies for
, her and mother-eandyou too,'"
sim edged,. i)leiutively, 'igectiuse
-tiortevi xer chtioitkiiti Do, and
did ao hope that we might *11 have'
ensnghto tat, *II in the sitnits`tleY
jut for foi once in * way." .11
'1011. you're An ugly. that no on
bele-you"! said theoUicr
hice ehildrert in choral"; "Dere
tslk nons'ime, bit go to sleep like
HM ynw ea
oi plain ildn
iducklin
sst
reit?. did
*lied to see At
p.
T 1,11E IfILL1014.1S.
The /duo of toys. exported from
ality-etionneberg, in er-
during * recent year
54L4i'4.709,000. It it here theft
f the Cheep toys sold At
htintms" it4viet (WM, And tlits auti
idnita n to), faetories are peid front
to Gt. tent* per day of text
tnur or izad lake ptnumiratinfvissetArtrtiti400111410,
or& bt Ai
odd bap.