The Clinton News-Record, 1908-04-09, Page 7April 9th, 1903 .
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• don't you think? We all ot 1.4 had
friends once-lw another world as it •
mans to me -it it any of ua like to
remelnher we had them purely it's thee
plan's btiSinefilfi WA 'not ours, fleei
• better man than most of us, and hie
letter's the last. thing that we should
meddle with. We wouldn't have done
ft once, and we won't now." Iiis tetn-
• perate tone surprised: himeelf, but it
• merely showed • how every sensibility
taid. Ida iht edge. Two• menthe ago be
nettle have, argued seat a point with
• his ready bands,
•
Meanwhile the reader had deckled ,
not to light' beteg an insufficient num-
ber et inches bigger and broader than
Tom and baying still in his ears' the
, thud with which the, scourger 'felt,
But neither was be going to give in
like a man. became men were scarce
In those heavy irons. Accordingly he.
0• retailed the letter U little longer
fore handing it to Tom. with a mock
-
Mg bow.
"We won't. won't:we?" be eneerOtt.
"Well, as it happens,we won't, for
mere et that Tot I eotilde't read if I
wee pad; But you look out, •my ape -
elite! If you've come 'ere to glYe teem
self airs, well $0011 learn Ye. Its kicky .
fee you 'Pin In Snell a good temper or
you'd Wive gone oft' ibis table o bit dife
tereet you •Iilighted young upstart!"
Tem bed in tact Meen his chains in.
his bands. eta jumped eft It we*
-when he was on the ground, with' hie
,letelt turned, thet the :direct abuse was
. Intilett Others sided:with the ?meeker ,
and added their Maledictions to his, I
eet the group about Butter (for- so .the
poor Ind was called) dispetsedat Toms
approach. and he returned tfie letter to
• Its Writer with' a leek that might have
• made his guardiaSangel dry.hertears,
• for after many days there *as kind-
• mess in his eyes once More. • . •
"Here, Butter," he said; 'hare' it and
for God'ssake' not et wad! • You re n
• better Man than r am. or you wouldn't
have Written at all. •Thete, shut up!
Gratitude,' fOritoofti! •If yOu Must show •
some„ don't set me thinking." •
' But the lad's, emotions were aroused
.. too thoroughly to be Aeon allayed,
• They bad the ecireer 'uete 'to them-
• selves. and he was crying.111re'n.glel.
: TOm'eeeled him his tears. . • • . .
"IWO It through,!' sobbed the yoting
forcing the tor letter upon bit!,
• charaPione and .to please elm Tent pe -
rimed it from be.gititeng to end.
Aivhile.ago It WO"' have Made:Win
hinge endcry:. new let read it unmoved
save by his own indifference It con-
tained o touching Ue, deseftbing the,
Wftter as being still very happy svelth
the master weo menthe .since had sent.
hira te:theirod &sag. The met was a
• Wondrotis jumble -Hand I inform: • you
.
that seelks la ,tery bad In this country;
We efttimes see theifilatiffeetietiteefe
• teen feet long. Parrots Is as thick, as
crows in•your country, kangaroes, too.
and It. is 'night here when it is day
there, but Arthur Seethe 1.do not know
where he is, ..efuttort Is 4dlb., beef" -
But be had Written no farther, and .
Tom. paid: "Thank , you.: Butter. It
sboiildmake them .hopter," as he re
turned the letter. . He :felt that` be
°eget to ee Mitelied, and he was not;
we heart seemed *rime to atone When
suddenly be felt It •quiciten. • • ,
The led eed' simply sald.,"gy name,
. iatet Entter; it's 'Butterfield," ,
• "A, Yoreseliemene • Youtalk like
• One!" cried Tom, with a. most painful
flashof memory.' Once more he was
,
. ,
a lucky, hopeful, penitent sinner In a
sweet Melling wagon onn. niglit in '
springe with leleedes' watch ticking no
warning in els pocket find •with a vivid •
mentalpieture of Blaydes len:self smil-
ing 'Wistfully across' tee . idle. beside
• whleb•fiezas even then lying dead.- .
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Going fleet
11 4.
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it
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t It
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7.31 a.
3 13 p. toe.
• 5.26 0,
11 07 p. tn.
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11.11 p. in.
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Going North
tees; to be"gained by telling Aim. It
weuld lead to his telling more, and how
cold he peak of thtngs of which the,
mere thought was 'become torture so
refitted aucl ao exquiate?
Vs eighteen inehea Were .4 very rack
•Iteight He was thinking of' Claire
for the Ara thee In many Weeks. She
trouel bold him guilty alit How could
she tio Otherwise? Hai •sweet friend
held 7.11lin guilty when he was innocent
•aud his enemy, the major, held him in-
nocent when :guilty. Ob, the irony,
the bitter. Irony, that had made a 'Wert*
man of him when he was bad enough
aireadri .Allehe foul night he KY tem-
ing In hieinoisy Milne •Eils wild eyes
were never closed, Tet olive the
thought, stele over him, .had he been
worthy of' Claire when she levee -him
,would all this ever have been? Ane
after that he lay eeleter-his heart
knew why,
•; '011APPER XXIII.' ' ..
T. HE reehot summer gooled gridu-
, same tierce glare all day, and
ally ' WM lukewarm winter,
with ehilly 'nights, ' but the
several men had had .-their chains
stied% off, and four had diedln them
since' Tom nett felt the weight of his,
but the • vacant,. spaces on'. the 'elielves
. were never vaunt •Very' tong.. • Those
.
eighty sults of fetters - were In con-
tinual use. Aild still the dual Worh
went on of chiseling the greet road to •
a given level and of degrading Cecil
newcomer to. •th at of • the, worst man.
there before him for there was 40
leveling up In these iron gangs, where,
mutual . converse- bred' mutual- de-
basement until -best end • worst fouud
COlnificui ground on 'the very .bedrock
of human infamy. • . . •. •
• Tom for one, however, still stood' out
among the *orit, . and there • was an-
other newcomer whom the gang. had
nothing to teach either of misery or of
wicirednerts.. lndeed,• he laughed: et the
one and greatly Increased the ether. •
This was an ancient felon known 'an-
t* as the First Fleeter -ea wizened page
of dreadful history, with not a tooth 'Ite
his head and' but the 'one redeeming
trait of incessant cheerfulness. •
He
'had. arrived:With the first fleet in 1788...
He hadstnned and. 'suffered through
tine* unspeakable atrly years milli
,the sense or suffering became as dead
as. the moral senseand not a vestige
of eitherternalned to .iiiin now. • But%
he Weelil trecount I:Inez:Imes Witit grin- c
fling gums and 'gloat over' unforgotten
agenies until there was a Writhing mad
cm ever* .ledge but his own. He -lay
abeve Tom,.'who : wouldl listen to him.
by the h ut • • • . ' . ,
Acco g to his own riteogat. there
• Was liter Ilyenothieg thie old men had
not done or been done to in:the early
&ie..: Ire ittiteeettenthal; -murderer-and:
Worse, and his, only regrets were for
ireglected chances of -additional crimes.
• But bis epiritselever deserted him, and
for a.eruerman lie Was simtularly.good
natured. He bed week and cunning
eyes; a Perfectly bald head, displaying
every:criminal cavity and protuber-
tineee and, 'a. million wrieletes Which,
.ilke.• his mumbling glees,. were never
.still ,Tet it was better to hear his
%Oared '. laughter , than the 'clankleg
'Ironsof en.er: • who neither slept iior .
spoke, and the ,evils endured by the
:major's iron. gang. ', which...the First'
Fleeter poohpoohed -With a quatnt su-
periority,'.did Seem less intolerable att-
. Or one of his yarns. . '• .
-."Bad. rations?" he would croak when
the saltmeat was raneld :or the fresh .
meet strong. "Tell 'ee, theme:1'11one on
you knows what badration's is. • Yoe .
ahead' ea' been at Toongabbie forty,
year ago. We neeerbad no melons, at
• all except When a ship eante into hoe-,
*hot eitongelibleeevettidelmeelearned-
yet Many's the time Pee draggedtini.
tier ail, day, twenty or thirty on Us
.yoked to the one tree .like bellocks,.
'and dined off of pounded grass, and
soup from a native dog. And. glad to
get it, tell 'ee, . We wasn't pampered.
and•Spolltlike you blokes -not at Teen-
gabhler • • .• • •
Or perbapssome wretch was groan-
ing front the sceurger's•laoh. The First
Fleeter waxed especially. eloquent .on
all such oePesions•. - • • '
'"Call ' that .a.• flogging?" lie netild
quaver from his •ledge.' "Otte little
-
fifty.? . If .we'd had you et Tor:nobble
. you'd know what flogging was. :Five,
sit an' even . eight blow:air hundred
I've given Me took,' What do you
Mink of that l There • was. no glee
about theni floggings, I tell "ee; no, an'
there was 'no filesabout the bangleets
either, I'm ..seen a nine tool c an'
strung up,en the. epot for twigging a
handful of weevilly biztenits. 1 have:
• A.u.' all the time we ,was dyln' .by doz-
ens of the •bad food an' the 'ard 'graft
in the '.ot sun, • Lord, how we did die!
There was a big hole dug; We collect-.
ed 'em every day 'art* pitched "an
t mind seeing one mer, pitched in be-
fore the breath was out of 'lin. 'I
ain't dead.' he says. `You will . be by
sundown.'• says the oversdbr, •'an' do
you thiuk we watt you about the Pelee
till tomorrow, you selfleh man?' There
wasn't no film about that overseer, el -
AUCTIONE1t1/...JAMPIS SMITH LI.
(*tilled Auctioneer for the County
et lEluron. All orders entrusted to
me Will feCeire prompt attention.
Will sell either by percentage or
P01? safe; tttstdente on the 1364,4614
ttoad, one Mile South of diatom,
•eld Yareshirel dotile eter see it
. ley folks eat e• lett there an
.Tom lutd more •flashes, He was get-
ting used, to them now.•
"Where did thetertioveto?" •
'A little place they call Hendon,
an It was me that drove there be
getting Into en:table! Ob, Itwas nie
disgraced them. all tied' drove thein. ' • ' •
Away!". •
Toin lei him taik, bUt fetid little more
In returi., it Was Ionatliaa Better -
field's son.. IIOW It brought all that
blic,it True, it 3V1114 not it year
ngo, hut- It seemed a lifetime. It WAS
terrible to think of the Retie time and
the etupeedous chimge, Tom Ilirtchsen
saw himself As he had boon nod as he
Woe and the Mental ViS1611, hurt him
more than the inaterlal one Whielt the
stockade barber had shown him In a
glass, tie could not tell lintterileld
tlutt be had known his father. Nothing
•
ART; it was Itim as kilisi three mee in
a fortaight by network ttt the saw.
They just eropped dead at their Work.
• 'Take it RIVtly*.,' is an he' says. 'pat it
In the ground,' an' you never heurd
nothing more NO, no," the 'old mow
'Stu would conclude, with his settile
• chuckle, "there wasn't no flies about
• them old days In Toongabble, I can
ten ve. I'd given bit to have ea some
-0 tide reedier bed gang there., thent RS
Deeks they know whet 'arch:hip ler
•The First Vetter became less loqua-
elate after 8 time, however, and much
less severe Upon the Amtuty of the
major's iron gang. Iloneybenes shrewd
eye was•on him, and that of tile beret
Fleeter began •to droop find ruminate
with a entitling • premeurettion that
Made hint gene elleut on his ledge. 'At
length, however, he took to leaning
over and mumbling to Tom In the
Stilleet hotire, And when Tom listeie
ed the old Wretch mumbled to °there
0
Mel:tiding Macbeth, who hail Soon foh
lowed his enemy front Castle Sullivan
and been well nigh as refractory in
the stockade. The Scot was In another
den et nights, but the Filet Fleeter
matte arid urea hia opportunities
characteristic craft. So ilow there
was a new poison in the air, and the
virus bed come all the way front
Toongabbie in the early days.
One of the last to be inoculated mei
:yet the one who perhaps tookmost
'kindly to the process watt a cartain
sleek, bullet headed youth who tan*
to the etochade on a day in midwinter.
In the evening ae Tem was Sitting at
the mese table, with bloodshot eyes
downcast AS usual, be heard his name'
in a 'oleo he seemed to know.
"Well, Eriebsen," it ,said, "it's a
Mall world, ain't it?"
Tom looked up and Saw the bullet
head nodding at him aerese the table,
but SO bloated and debauched was tile
low face that be wart some tumumits in
reCOMIZIIW his old companion or the
condemnee cell in Newgate.
"Don't look at it pal like .that,"; colt -
Untied Crease*, With a siutrlL "ton'tif
.altered worse nor we. NO 111 feeling, I
Say? 1 Was that glair -
'Silencer criea the nonCommissioned
Officer ou duty. "No talking at your
• meals, eoeng man, untess eou want
*hattor!"
As for Tom, he had, nothing for the.
newcomer but a surly contempt, whieh
he tool; 'no trouble to conceal; Creasey,
on theother-hind. was $1101011FIY civil
to him on grasping Tom's reputation ie
• the seockade. and secret circumstances
threw them not a little together.
:• "That's a biter," young Butterfield
cOuteived to sae: to Tom in a day or
two. "Where die he know you before?"
• "Newgateel•
• "Ile bates you."
"Let him."
"Preeettious he'll equeekr
"He Might if be dare." .
"Hove do.you know he eursn't?"
• "Too many 15 It. He'd be torn to
little bits.• See here, 'Butter:"
"Yes, ErIchsen," •
• "You're to keep out.ot It"
tinlese you 'do," said the lad
.firraly.
' "Met . l'ui . le It up to the near, and
all 'the better, but you're different.
'You're younger; your times al but up.
you've neeer hed the Web, there's a
thance for you. so give me your word,"
•The Ind
•
"For my .saker
•The lad gave in,but consoled himself,
• by meking up; to Creasey, who slept in
hisbut. and was already eeeply imp'',
eated in that which the other thus for.
swore. ,
•
• Ail was in readiness. The excite-
inent throughout the gang Watt intense
though invisible, and Erichsen. Mac
beth and Crensey were even readier
than their fellows, as behooved good
ft:vie:Were, when the unforeseen hap-.
paned at the critical niament.. The gen,
eralfailed them on the field of battle,
The First -Fleeter- 'fell 111 and was•re.-:
Moved. . • • • • •
. .
.had been coming on for weeks
The Old 'man, item lied Made iight ot
• the fronging. was the first to silecniab
to, its hourlyhardshIps. Re was -older
, than he had thought, He bad It sttll
in hirn to. blacken "an& corrode every
heart in the gang with his own abue-
:dant pasee, end that 'he -del; but that
was. ail, . His irons' beettene, yery.slient
all night. icing. Oneenornitot, he timi-
ebletle-atehisework.....
'sent 'over to Maitland' unfettered and
in a cart. The 'gain, were: at wOrk at
the time, and the last Toni .sew of the
First Fleeter as he wavedhis cap in
• the:Mit:was his bald head and. his une
conquerable smile,. Tom 'wondered
:whether the hist had not in some dee
gree balanced .the first and been doing'
a :little good for a long tin* in a land
that tieeded:. light -hearts almost • as
much tte pure. pees. • Still more he :won-
'eeted how they woad Manage Without
.hint now. • ' •
Before,.nightfale however, this de-
• parture was succeeded by an arrival as
unforeseen. It Was that of 'a etirricie.
, dentin:11w a solitary ineleidlial. *he
drove both up and down : the fine of
ironed men, , with the .sunset light Brit
oe ene aide of. hielovarthy, blackwbisk
ered face and then on the tither. He
vms:Obvionily. and openly searching. for
'some one among the' eighty prisoners,
• mie bus failure to end hia man was. an -
minced by o -frown that had -in it-etore
of pain and apeiehensiou Ilian of Mere
artnoyenee.' Meanwhile the major, who.
was still a eoinparatively actire.man,
• was bearing down, npen the Intruder:
• with the' help of his furled Itinerate.,
and the 'gentleman in the -curriele Was
.very soon flared Whet the mlachlef he
wanted there, " • •
"ellseelet my good men?" replied it
vialdeep volee, e.little • OV'erlad en With.
• superior scorn.' "Nothinge,more mite
'ettlevoue I take it thee a ten! 'Words
with the euperlitetilleet of this
Perhape•you Will be so: extreinely • con-
descending tie to give him my cord,"
• "I ant he," said' the major, "What
• eau 1 do for you?"
"The honor of glanehee at tne curd?
ert place, the major kept a reW COVetit
Of admirable wine and SOIRO boxer: of
excellent agate. Two of these were
and the gentlemen bad ellnked
,gbisses and -taken a sip. before Major
'lloneybotte would permit himself to
•open his excellenctee letter. Heftily,
had be done So when be regretted botb.
wine and agars. Ile looked up end-
denly and in wrath, winch, however,
was neutewitat cilsanned by the eager
light he thus surprised in the visitoreo
strong end dusky fee,
• "What on earth do you want him
for? I call this n most nsoitstroue re-
quest," lend Major tioneybone, and
the last sentence was meant 'to have
come'first until Deintree'S look invert -
04 them, ••
"Requeatr -paid Deintree, raising his
eyebrows sIigbtl...
• * "Yes, sir, requestrt cried the majer.
"Oontetrinti. Bir, is n thing I don't take
• from a geptlemne I've never had the
honor et setting eyes tie, fine this Is
one that Sir Richard Bourke, sir. wotpd
"goner have died than giver
Daintree pursed up bis eyes.. Ars It
woe ,eeiy by patient .exerelse of two
charetteristic, qualities ,that be had 'got
the 'letter st ell, •so 'he now ea* that
be twist trust to thoSe two qualitige to
overeoreee Ole Other mastertul . man.
He amat be. diplomatic, he Must heye
patience, he must plek bis way where
he could not force It, and it was Tore.
clear that there woad be .no forcing
this Major floneyeoue, • •
• The letter authorizer) and • begged
the major to dellrer and .hnne over
Thomas Eftcheen, Senhoree, tben
dergoing sentence le the mejors• iron
gang to the hearer, who• pertleularly
wieWed to have him for bus ,assigne•I
bodyservent and undertciok to make
hiMeelf thenceforwnrd respell:thee. for
the said „comic:es good eeharlor. It
was an irregular letter. No reason was
given for granting sueb.s. fever at all.
It did say. however, that Mr, theatre('
would give. his .reasanS.- and with the
letter In both bends, as' though On the
point of tearing It 1111, the Major leaned
buck In his chair and regarded the oth-
er- With a proloegel, nix) curious stare.
"What are your reasous?" he asked
.at length. • .,
lletld the Stritrigt4, With a now as etas.
orate as his Man. .
"Well, sir?"
,"Me name may be familiar to you."
"Never heard it in my life," replied
•the major bftiiitly. "However," he add-
ed as the other cOlored terribly, "I live
out of the world, Mr. Daletree, as on
pereeive."
• Tent was at work quite near4 and he
heard the name distinctly, 1.18,, too,
had never heard It before, sled yet he
had some dim recollectlan of 'the face
oo that be ,,as watching it letently
and saw the flush With Which Daintreti
very fussily product a letter,
• "That is your misfortune sir," Toni
heard birn• retort, ,and the rap put the
major in a good temper on the aptit.
tle sang out for a wards:tail tr, comb
and take charge of the gentle:zee:ea
horses.
•."Netetthelese," ',continued Dttintree,
tette it that even yon, air, are ac-
rinctinted With the name of the wtiter
of the missive in my ean& 7 am the
hearer, Major tioneybotte," with ini-
inense pompoalty, "of a letter front
My• friend, his excelletiey Sir George
Gipps, the governor of MIS coterie."
• "Never Met hitt," reteined the Ma,:
jor, With it twinkling eye. "It is toy
firet actentintance even with his hand.
• estitlegee Indeed, his excelleeee had
. been not Many weeks he:tailed, but it
was eeare Attlee the major had hmtrd
tones so rich and petiods eri. round its
those of his excellency's friend, %hots
he thereupon escorted with hoeisitmity
to hit% house.
Note Itt this poor htit, Oppbeite thee
fitheitade fell of feletie and, tri thee oft.
"He is an Innocent man," revilled•
DaIntree Impressively. •
"A•!convicted %murderer, . I under-
. eta tal."
"Wrongly 'convicted. I •followed als
'case. • Did yen?" • • ..
"No, sir," said • the. Major., "They
glee me quiteenongb work out here."
"Well; 1. did . follow It." the visitor
went on. "Between ourselves, Major :
Honeybone, I did it greet deal raore.
than that •Thevase interested me' from
the first .1- knew something about this
poor,. lad. .That knowledge. . together
With the elreumsetacem Of the case,.
eoevinced me at the time that be was
an Innocent' man." •• ..
Be Isn't onenow," remarked Major
•
Honeybone. • " • •• •,
'41-1 am not a pauper, sir," proceed-
' ed Deintree, with embarrassment "I
don't want .this..to'go any farther; but,, •
you see,' I knew something about the
nos; :and, in shore 1 found . the money
for his defense." • , ,
'The dickens yon didr' exclaimed the
•
major. ,,-"Then you were, i friend of
'1 am frlend. sirth- otig. 44 1.1411.5
never seen me." •
•
was It noble thing to do-cop:m.111y.
soul it *ear' observed the metier.' very.
• much Impressed. '"Qttite' quixotic. 'pon
tny Boat"-
This.open admiration 'hit Dalntree in
hie weakest spot. He leaned forward
end quoted the irresistible tigitres. in a
.14edcleit blaze of self. a:testi:tele:ft• . •
"Leer .saki the'•major. ."You .don't
say so? Gadr.00ksr' • •
•
"When, I. do a thing at' all," remark-
ed •Dainftee, with perfect' truth. "I do
it with all my heart. •Dither that or t
leave It 'alone :So I needhardly. tell
you 1 didn't sten theft. at , Sergeant,
Canford No, le I 'Went to Lord'
John Russell *himself, , It *mild be an
affectation Were .I to coneent4ey Im
pression that bus lordship e finiti de-
cision was not upiefluenced by what I
. • •
Majer••Honeybone was tee used tar
lies not to know the truth when be
thawed to hear It... Hefilled up both
glasses and elicited lboeghtfully at bis
dear. Dantreeeleeched • him With an
eager 'eye. '••• .•
..'"100 he owes h15 lye to your .,aate
• . - •
lips arid shrinking from what be colirt-
ed like a swain. tie Mai taken dein,
note of Nriciasert at his trial. That
houest. teatime Pinkies gaze, 11I9
multi see it still, yet be had sought it
an bout aiuce in the iron
ming.
A soldier entered with a lighted
..I,htintree putthee back ble chide
it little natl. was kept waiting ;to long'
et. Chains jingled eutaide, and in ait.
lother moment the convict was ushered
• In by a sentry under grata, followed by
the major, who shut the door. .
"Wee• Ude necessary?" • Widapered
Daintree, &acing at the Bee4 both
uet, with a ebudder,
"Quite," replied the major •aloud.
"You don't know your mao,"
Be 414 not Indeed. The „fearlesszteeli
remained, and that was all.
P84)044 WAVI sPeallinF, nervously,
forcibly, with none of hisehabitual at
feetetions, with little or bie customary
flow, Ile waif Paying he had taken all
interest in the case at home in Eng*
bind and bad nil along believed in the
prleonerei innoeeuce. The prboair
stpppc4him,at that word,
**There's,. ouly 'One Merl &leg whe
thitztre .ec,e. said be, "I know now
• trite ,re-TVe ;max.:on before, It wits at
' my ilial. Yoti are the than." .
• "What man?" •
• eThe One 'that seved• my life, *y
worst Effendi" " • .
Thettti3OAS lind:'nerly yoke stabbed
redetrefzeti 'tee leeart, Be sew Bone*.
epee:kook at him and recalled the ma-
..loi"e eery senlier words, , He started
up and oiTeced,lEviehsen his. hand.
• "mice It p*ItY.",growled Tom.
• what ,on:.wtitit 2^ivith me. for God's
• sake!"•:
Nei
it was net -Ditintree's ideal in-
tervlow. As .:Attie did it resemhie the
•
i•Titho away," growled Tem-
.
• . meeting with his benefaeter watch
• -Toni had once pietuxed and oven vain
13- solicited, but all so long agO-inthat
other life -that upon .h..im the contrast
was lest. All he stilt remembered was' ,
• that he bad once imagined himself in-
dehtedto this person for the blessed
gift of life. All be note perceived wale
'hie" nil:stake -end-whit a znalignanE
curse that blessed •gift had proved.
Not. that he resented it any niore..HE
no longer relented -anything in ihe;
• world. Even this 'Ateraos's kind; WOO
meant, ezzettionar"femarks moved him'
to no stronger feelizoit than one oti
the =ler at list. 't-4Well, sir; then it Is'
my duty to tell you thathe owes you
the gieatest coeCeivable grudge"'
Daintree sighed.' ••.
"T know what yob mean," said be.
."1,hive heard tench from the principal
'Superintendent otconvicts. I am 'oniy
• afraid / have more to heat from you."
' "Not a greet deal,". said the mitjat
shrugging his ihotildersi "He hale had
' err floggings here and one before he
Mine' here but that's always the way.
I itieve knevenz convicts who have never.
• had the lash, • bot eery few who've
only had it once. It has a 'bad effect '
But what etn you do? I may tell you,
sir, now that I.. think we 'understand
each 'ether, you are not the only man
interested in, Itrichsee. I take att inter-
• est in hira myself, but there's no doing.
anything With film, and there Would
be no -doing:anything with any of *em
11'I didn't come down on: him nit he
will -insist on deservitig. iam- torn'
•
for bite. I aril IsOrry for you Etii his
friend, but „he's the' most dangeroun
than in My gaeg, and it wOuld be a
' piece of madness. to Mt hint .free It
• would, :mount to that; you know,. but
• (Epps can't. potisibly push the niattet
any further after what I shall tell 'hire
and no more must you, Mr. Daintree,
you niustn't, indeed. Come, sir, I esei:e
say MOM.' t am almoet as sorry at you
.are. e good sportsman!" 'creed old
floneybone, whO Was one blinself. "1
. only Wish he WM henting .with the
berth& instead of running with these
Confounded taxes Of cOnvieter
• paintree toek all this meekly. The
• major was not a little softened; that
nee' something; but he might be made
teittef *et. Xt seen:alp. Daintree that
atifficiently eftecting intetelete be
-
torten hiniself and Zrichsets, With Ma-
jor iloneybotie looking on, niiglithave
tbat effect. Itt eicttfted the 'Olivia
in tears upon his kiteefe, he heard his
grateful broken u-tterances. Ile fate
save Moisture even in the MajOr'S Orbit,
end he was prepared if necessary to
itit ruponvieor.b s own kneee to crave the
It Was not necessary. noneybone
• Shrntated his shoulders and lett the
room, velth •Thrintree sitting very stilt
itt his,cliftlr. Ile was not so still when
the door shut, however. He sprang up
and looked in a glass. Ile eat devert
agein, Witting his fereheed and hie
slectit impatience, nor was he iistening .
When.a look, an intonation, a' pause,
informed him that he had been asked
q"raytlitn'a'gain,” said Tom. .
"I went 'you for my assigned serv-
ant," repeated baintree; disregarding
both the decision and the presence of.
Major Honeybone,• who sat there quite
enjoying the prospect of further •oppo-,
• ahem "I want. to be your friend -to
take you away: from this ghastly place
-to sponge the very memory of et ont
of your mind. • The governor agrees to.
It. I have his written leave,
you tome with me Erichsen? Will
you come?. Will you come?" ' •
ry eood," 'said Tom. "I -
prefer to stop where I am." •
• "What?" cried both gentlemen at
once. The major looked personally ag-
grieved. ••• •
"I prefer the' Iron gang." •
"To my house -my ptotection-my
friendship?" .
HOrror and. mortification were in the
rich, strong tones and In the flushed
and swarthy fate ••
"I prefer the iron. gang," .repeated
Tom, but his voice was weaker -he no-
tleed it himself -and with the next'
breath was crying savagely that he.
would not go, that he would stop where ,
he was, and who was Dainitee to COMO
interfering there? A.' lot he minded
what the governor or what fifty goir,
emote said. There he was, and there
he meant to stick. No potter on earth ,
should shift blip out of that,
"Oh!" said the major. "No power• ,
eh?"
"Short of a file of red coats, which
"zi"Sencanttlty,SrePaMore'"ve that many"
'The rest cif the gang were at supper.
Tom clanked in arid sat down With
raffle.. • lie nodded to one or two des-
perate kindred spirits, half proudly, as '
Mech tis to say: "All right, my lade,
rin not the men. to .desert .his Data.
(TO BE COITINtIED,)
• .
Salvation Army Praise
"I eeel it my duty to testify to the '
benefit I haVe received from the use of
Psychine. While travelling in New On-
tario conducting special meetings X con-
traeted a very bad cold, which gradual-
ly developed into Bronchitis of the
worst form. I was ad`vised to try
Payehine, which X did, and after using
but a few bottles I was completely re-
stored• to health, 7 rde01111110na thid
wonderful remedy to sufferers tram
Bronchitis and otber troubles." .
Later: "X wish to add time my voice,
:Ante using Psyehine, isstronger and
has much niore carrying power than it
had before X had brombitis, eta the
Vocal ohm* do not tire with apeakieg.'
TILLElle.Capt. SalvItz. Arniy.
Aim Si., Toronto, Aug. 13, 1001.
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