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"There is no doubt Your statements have been accepted as a death-bed confession"

The littlea bit of nervousness

"There are matters, my son--some few matters--which you ant attended to Shall we not talk about them?"

"You mean--"

"Your people, first I remember that once you told me there was no one But surely there is some one somewhere"

Kent shook his head "There is no one now For ten years those forests out there have been father, mother, and home to me"

"But there must be personal affairs, affairs which you would like to entrust, perhaps, to htened, and for an instant a flash of humor leaped into his eyes "It is funny," he chuckled "Since you remind me of it, Father, it is quite in forht a few little pieces of land here Now that the railroad has almost reached us froht hundred dollars I gave for them to about ten thousand I want you to sell the lots and use the money in your work Put as ood brothers to nature on some sort of paper to that effect"

Father Layonne's eyes shone softly "God will bless you for that, Ji the inti to pardon you for soe to ask Hih the"I feel it I know it, Father"

In his soul the little ion was not his religion, and he did not press the service which he would otherwise have rendered After a moment he rose to his feet, and it was the old Kent who looked up into his face, the clean-faced, gray-eyed, unafraid Kent, s favor to ask of you, Father," he said "If I've got a day to live, I don't want every one forcing the fact onIf I've any friends left, I want them to come in and see me, and talk, and crack jokes I want to sars if you'll send 'es for me? They'll listen to you--and please shove o"