A Daughter of Delilah — page 160: what you’re looking at

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EDWARD HAWLEY’S TROUBLE. 151 bar to any objection on the part of the guardians of the law. In five minutes he was in a hack and being driven with the policemen to the Tombs, where he learned with con- siderable astonishment that things looked very black against him. He had been seen within a stone’s throw of the Frivolity shortly after midnight, and the revolver which had killed Stimson had been found in his work- room. Conscious of his innocence, he felt certain of speedy re- lease and sent for the lawyer who had conducted the affairs of his family in the days of their prosperity. An application for his release on bail was refused by the presiding judge until after the inquest, at all events, and Hawley realized completely how friendless a man becomes when riches have deserted him. His first visitor was Edgar Alston, who, on learning of the deep trouble of his old chum, manfully ignored the serious quarrel they had had at their last meeting, and called on him with the desire of making amends by befriending him. After an ample apology for his harsh treatment of Hawley, he said: ‘‘How came this about, Ned? Ihave only just heard of it. Oh! it is terrible to see you behind these bars, and upon such a charge!”’ «It is bad enough,” admitted Hawley, with a wintry sort of smile, ‘‘but I shall not be here long! I would not care but for my mother, and——’’ He hesitated, and Edgar added: ‘¢And my sister, Minnie!’’ “Tt is kind of you to come to see me, old man. I began Gomicboo cS