You cried out to
them what had occurred, and the ragged lad was caught red-handed with
the knife in his possession. He was expelled from the school that day,
but the affair did not end there. The father of the boy who owned the
knife was a great judge, and he caused the ragged lad to be sent to a
State reformatory, where the next five years of his life were spent in
rigid discipline--stigmatized as a common thief! And all these years the
bitterness of a terrible hatred rankled in his bosom against you--who
were responsible for all this.
"And he vowed a bitter vow of vengeance, that he would repay that act of
yours if it took him a lifetime to accomplish it; that he would make you
suffer like one on the rack for thrice five years, and then tell you
why.
"It will not take much stretch of imagination for you to surmise, Lester
Armstrong, that I am that boy upon whom you peached, and on whom,
through you, such a severe penalty was inflicted.
"My hatred against you has intensified as the years rolled on, Lester
Armstrong.
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