f of police. He told him his story from the first creepi

You ought to have come to me first, my friend, turned him over to us for a beating. It would have come to the same

ed in Leighton

e answered. "What does

and prison-bars In t

ere are courts, of course, gaols, too; but our accommo

tion, sir. I am here to pay the penalty

t Leighton. "Are you not my friend? Are y

" stammere

peated the chi

"Do you mean you will leave my pun

oked at him

When I was an irresponsible student, I killed a servant for waking me on the morning after a spree. I remember I was nervou

n his chair and placed

from the city-by telegraph. There is one highway-the road into the int

must get away to-morrow. You have horses, a wagon, stable-ha

r friend Lawyer Lima. Rodolpho and me joint trustees. He is my bitterest enemy,

ing gesture. The chief r

continued, "we will advance you all the money you will need for a year. By that time we ca

ook the ch

. I-I th

, with a hearty grip. "To-mo

abandonment of his family, to notoriety, disgrace, and retribution, clung to him. What had seemed a nightmare

ospection. Action, work, that sovereign antidote for troubled minds, seized u

by the chief's philo

me--" sh

n't time to think now, nor time to talk. Call mammy.

ot been to Manoel's house. He knew nothing of what had happened. He wor

charge of the stable-hand, led the way. It was laden with tent, baggage, and the women-folk, Ann, Natalie, and mammy. Behind followed Leighton on his fa