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He staggered to the ewer, and, with a tre bathed his hot, feverish face, he again sat down, and tried to recall what had happened

In bitterness of heart he renance toward both hi vices," and so disgusting did his evil courses now seeht of hi

Then, as ave a conte, and saw himself on the way to New York, with one thousand dollars of his employer's funds intrusted to his care He reers, that they drank and lunched together, that theylost all his ownto Mr Arnot; did he not open the other also? At this point all became confused and blurred

What had beco haste he searched his pockets Both the one

His face blanched; his heart sank with a certain foreboding of evil He found hi beneath him First came a mad impulse to fly, to escape and hide himself; and he had almost carried it out His hand was on the door, but he hesitated, turned back, and walked the floor in agony

Then came the better io at once to his employer, tell the whole truth, and make such reparation as ithin his power He knew that his mother was abundantly able to pay back the money, and he believed she would do so

This he conceded was his best, and, indeed, only safe course, and he hoped that the wretched affair ed as to be kept hidden from the world As for Mrs Arnot and Laura, he felt that he could never look the out The very thought was dreadful, and it seemed to him that he would sink to the floor from shame under their reproachful eyes Would they be up yet? He looked at his watch; it had run down, and its motionless hands pointed at the vile, helpless condition in which he must have been at the time when he usually wound it up