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"
You
’
ll
excuse
me
if
I
’
m
not
very
free
with
names
.
There
’
s
less
reason
now
than
there
was
five
years
ago
when
mother
was
still
living
.
But
for
all
that
,
I
had
rather
cover
up
our
tracks
all
I
can
.
But
I
owe
you
an
explanation
,
for
if
your
idea
of
it
was
wrong
,
it
was
a
mighty
ingenious
one
all
the
same
.
I
’
ll
have
to
go
back
a
little
so
as
you
may
understand
all
about
it
.
"
My
people
came
from
Bucks
,
England
,
and
emigrated
to
the
States
in
the
early
fifties
.
They
settled
in
Rochester
,
in
the
State
of
New
York
,
where
my
father
ran
a
large
dry
goods
store
.
There
were
only
two
sons
:
myself
,
James
,
and
my
brother
,
Edward
.
I
was
ten
years
older
than
my
brother
,
and
after
my
father
died
I
sort
of
took
the
place
of
a
father
to
him
,
as
an
elder
brother
would
.
He
was
a
bright
,
spirited
boy
,
and
just
one
of
the
most
beautiful
creatures
that
ever
lived
.
But
there
was
always
a
soft
spot
in
him
,
and
it
was
like
mould
in
cheese
,
for
it
spread
and
spread
,
and
nothing
that
you
could
do
would
stop
it
.
Mother
saw
it
just
as
clearly
as
I
did
,
but
she
went
on
spoiling
him
all
the
same
,
for
he
had
such
a
way
with
him
that
you
could
refuse
him
nothing
.
I
did
all
I
could
to
hold
him
in
,
and
he
hated
me
for
my
pains
.
"
At
last
he
fairly
got
his
head
,
and
nothing
that
we
could
do
would
stop
him
.
He
got
off
into
New
York
,
and
went
rapidly
from
bad
to
worse
.
At
first
he
was
only
fast
,
and
then
he
was
criminal
;
and
then
,
at
the
end
of
a
year
or
two
,
he
was
one
of
the
most
notorious
young
crooks
in
the
city
.
He
had
formed
a
friendship
with
Sparrow
MacCoy
,
who
was
at
the
head
of
his
profession
as
a
bunco
-
steerer
,
green
goodsman
and
general
rascal
.
They
took
to
card
-
sharping
,
and
frequented
some
of
the
best
hotels
in
New
York
.
My
brother
was
an
excellent
actor
(
he
might
have
made
an
honest
name
for
himself
if
he
had
chosen
)
,
and
he
would
take
the
parts
of
a
young
Englishman
of
title
,
of
a
simple
lad
from
the
West
,
or
of
a
college
undergraduate
,
whichever
suited
Sparrow
MacCoy
’
s
purpose
.
And
then
one
day
he
dressed
himself
as
a
girl
,
and
he
carried
it
off
so
well
,
and
made
himself
such
a
valuable
decoy
,
that
it
was
their
favourite
game
afterwards
.
They
had
made
it
right
with
Tammany
and
with
the
police
,
so
it
seemed
as
if
nothing
could
ever
stop
them
,
for
those
were
in
the
days
before
the
Lexow
Commission
,
and
if
you
only
had
a
pull
,
you
could
do
pretty
nearly
everything
you
wanted
.
"
And
nothing
would
have
stopped
them
if
they
had
only
stuck
to
cards
and
New
York
,
but
they
must
needs
come
up
Rochester
way
,
and
forge
a
name
upon
a
cheque
.
It
was
my
brother
that
did
it
,
though
everyone
knew
that
it
was
under
the
influence
of
Sparrow
MacCoy
.
I
bought
up
that
cheque
,
and
a
pretty
sum
it
cost
me
.
Then
I
went
to
my
brother
,
laid
it
before
him
on
the
table
,
and
swore
to
him
that
I
would
prosecute
if
he
did
not
clear
out
of
the
country
.
At
first
he
simply
laughed
.
I
could
not
prosecute
,
he
said
,
without
breaking
our
mother
’
s
heart
,
and
he
knew
that
I
would
not
do
that
.
I
made
him
understand
,
however
,
that
our
mother
’
s
heart
was
being
broken
in
any
case
,
and
that
I
had
set
firm
on
the
point
that
I
would
rather
see
him
in
Rochester
gaol
than
in
a
New
York
hotel
.
So
at
last
he
gave
in
,
and
he
made
me
a
solemn
promise
that
he
would
see
Sparrow
MacCoy
no
more
,
that
he
would
go
to
Europe
,
and
that
he
would
turn
his
hand
to
any
honest
trade
that
I
helped
him
to
get
.
I
took
him
down
right
away
to
an
old
family
friend
,
Joe
Willson
,
who
is
an
exporter
of
American
watches
and
clocks
,
and
I
got
him
to
give
Edward
an
agency
in
London
,
with
a
small
salary
and
a
15
per
cent
commission
on
all
business
.
His
manner
and
appearance
were
so
good
that
he
won
the
old
man
over
at
once
,
and
within
a
week
he
was
sent
off
to
London
with
a
case
full
of
samples
.
"
It
seemed
to
me
that
this
business
of
the
cheque
had
really
given
my
brother
a
fright
,
and
that
there
was
some
chance
of
his
settling
down
into
an
honest
line
of
life
.
My
mother
had
spoken
with
him
,
and
what
she
said
had
touched
him
,
for
she
had
always
been
the
best
of
mothers
to
him
and
he
had
been
the
great
sorrow
of
her
life
.
But
I
knew
that
this
man
Sparrow
MacCoy
had
a
great
influence
over
Edward
and
my
chance
of
keeping
the
lad
straight
lay
in
breaking
the
connection
between
them
.
I
had
a
friend
in
the
New
York
detective
force
,
and
through
him
I
kept
a
watch
upon
MacCoy
.
When
,
within
a
fortnight
of
my
brother
’
s
sailing
,
I
heard
that
MacCoy
had
taken
a
berth
in
the
Etruria
,
I
was
as
certain
as
if
he
had
told
me
that
he
was
going
over
to
England
for
the
purpose
of
coaxing
Edward
back
again
into
the
ways
that
he
had
left
.
In
an
instant
I
had
resolved
to
go
also
,
and
to
pit
my
influence
against
MacCoy
’
s
.
I
knew
it
was
a
losing
fight
,
but
I
thought
,
and
my
mother
thought
,
that
it
was
my
duty
.
We
passed
the
last
night
together
in
prayer
for
my
success
,
and
she
gave
me
her
own
Testament
that
my
father
had
given
her
on
the
day
of
their
marriage
in
the
Old
Country
,
so
that
I
might
always
wear
it
next
my
heart
.
"
I
was
a
fellow
-
traveller
,
on
the
steamship
,
with
Sparrow
MacCoy
,
and
at
least
I
had
the
satisfaction
of
spoiling
his
little
game
for
the
voyage
.
The
very
first
night
I
went
into
the
smoking
-
room
,
and
found
him
at
the
head
of
a
card
-
table
,
with
a
half
a
dozen
young
fellows
who
were
carrying
their
full
purses
and
their
empty
skulls
over
to
Europe
.
He
was
settling
down
for
his
harvest
,
and
a
rich
one
it
would
have
been
.
But
I
soon
changed
all
that
.
"
’
Gentlemen
,
’
said
I
,
’
are
you
aware
whom
you
are
playing
with
?
’
"
’
What
’
s
that
to
you
?
You
mind
your
own
business
!
’
said
he
,
with
an
oath
.
