Might and Main Library. Number 56, 1907-03-16 — page 31: what you’re looking at

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MIGHT AND MAIN LIBRARY. | but its flame seemed only a Bay: afraid ne him ; but he refused to have any one ttendance, and threatened the doctor if he dare send Where are your? All gone! Not one And I shall die alone. Re tolen papers to Vedahn Craig. ap am dying, and they won't be hard on a dying man,’ 1 « proueht es Eisieen. . H) _ slept better ae he had dae since the fever com- e the ae hoabht came into his mind that ie 3 pecs better and would be foolish to give up. the g ae the tempter. le steadied his hand to write to Veruon, and the words 7 A Fide man, who has ‘wronged you, wishes to see you Bring a witness if you prefer, : ‘Her bdper erew in Ger estimation. an hours elapsed before Vernon Craig, ee ee by © Vernon shuddered when he ‘saw Manvers, though he was somewhat reassured by having the lawyer with him. . Joe was very weak, and could scarcely raise his head, but’ ‘ smile passed over his face. when he saw our hero. . am ae you hove come, rehe sdiths “tb is very. good act rightly once before I die. True, in an unguarded moment I fell. is the doctor.” Pays sent for by a crook, and Vernon had so little confidence 5 - Manvers that he cared not to trust him. “I have wronged you, Vernon Craig, and I wish to. I can vindicate your name, and I will do so.” “If you can do so, it will be only your duty,’ Es said Zeut- 2 gard. . “Duty, sir! a | “Yes, duty—a duty you owe to society.” The dying man rose up in bed and looked penetratingly at the lawyer. “Society! ‘It is society which has made, me what 1am I committed a deed which I was ashamed of and sorry for the next. minute. I would have led a straight life after that, but how? Society closed its doors against me. a situation I was hunted away. I did get oné position, and was praised by my employer, until, ones unlucky day ~ % I was recognized by a friend of the man I had once i I was again turned adrift, Oe wronged. That was enough! and society would not allow me to live. ‘No; lawyer, I owe no duty to SOCIEWy but I do to my God,, and I want to ease my conscience.’ Aas The long speech had been too much for him. ‘He ‘fell : back on his pillow, and’ a stream of blood | spurted from his mouth. Whatever doubts were entertained about the | ay of Manvers’ sickness were dispelled. i He might sham illness, but that Hem ae was ee “too real: , “ae Vernon raised Joe’s head and tried to lees the flow, while a. the lawyer hurried away to get the doctor. : Before the ‘physician could ‘arrive, Joe had recovered sufficiently to thank Vernon for his tender care. ee “Feel under the mattress, under my pillow,” he- said. Vernon did so, and found a package of papers. “Those papers are yours. I thought to make a fortune | ‘out of them, but Aru temptation out of aca oii, are 7 yours; take them.” | “Thank you; oh, so much. You Gut let me. care: : you until you are well——” ey ‘T shall never be well again.” Ay “Yes, you will. I will have the best nurses f ae mother will see that you have all you need. I at you have repented.” “You are the gainer.” WA | “I did not think of that; but it seems to me # must be: unhappy all the time when a Wipne been done.” : “You are right; there is no pleasure in wro While the money lasts and you can have a good t your comrades, it is all right; but when you a then you begin to think, and the misery of it is aw “Don’t excite yourself, or you will be worse. — “Getting excited, eh? This won't diss I can’t about after wilful patients in this manner; ti - valuable.” “Doctor, can your patina be sepatred . ci \ and can you send there a good trained nurse! Po aa The words created a tragl torn - ne =mcomicbooksic¢om If I tried to obtain — : thy te ey