"And Conrad," he said, "what was he punished for ?" "He ?"--she answered, in an exaltation--"he suffered for the sins of others." "Ah, well, if you put it in that way, yes.

That goes on continually.
That's another mystery." He fell to brooding on it, and presently he heard his son saying, "I suppose, papa, that Mr.Lindau died in a bad cause ?" March was startled.

He had always been so sorry for Lindau, and admired his courage and generosity so much, that he had never fairly considered this question.

"Why, yes," he answered; "he died in the cause of disorder; he was trying to obstruct the law.

No doubt there was a wrong there, an inconsistency and an injustice that he felt keenly; but it could not be reached in his way without greater wrong." "Yes; that's what I thought," said the boy.