he

again! He wound his arms round the old man’s body, and held him back. He struggled, and shrieked for water⁠—for but one drop of water to save his life! But he held the old man firmly, and watched his agonies with greedy eyes; and when his lifeless head fell forward on his bosom, he rolled the corpse from him with his feet.

“When the fever left him, and consciousness returned, he awoke to find himself rich and free, to hear that the parent who would have let him die in jail⁠—

would