The Illegal Marriage — page 90: what you’re looking at

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82 THE ILLEGAL MARRIAGE, several days before, from his pocket; but he could not see to read it over. The faint starlight that entered the room fell upon a face which had grown haggard in an hour, and upon a trembling form that dared not stand upright. Conscious stricken as he was, Guerry strove to summon a fool-hardy courage to his aid, and endeavored to convince him- self that, now the world was against him, he was justified in defending himself. He could not exactly make the two ends of his moral reasoning connect; but managed to pacify his burning conscience by thinking that he would make the end justify the means. Once give him the control of Miss Morgan’s property, and he would become a better man; he would be liberal to the poor; he would be noted for his charity; he— The extent of his good resolutions cannot be told, for in his own mind une dwindled away into cndistinet fancies. Thus it is, promising his Maker to perform good works in the future, that many a man settles with conscience when willfully pursuing the path of crime! Pouring out a glass of liquor, Guerry drank it off and turned to leave the office. “One good thing about it,” he thought, as he turned his steps home- ward, “after that he will never dare to remain.” al —- cComicbooks com .