But this advertisement filled him with self-reproach.

What right had he to do anything, to rest a day, till he had found this lost boy--lost by his fault, by his sin?
No wonder he had not prospered.

No wonder the bad name had haunted him and dragged him down! One thing was certain-- whether what he knew was known to others or not, it was his duty to aid now in this new search.

So he wrote as follows to Messrs.

Wilkins & Wilkins:-- "_Private and Confidential_.
"The writer of this knew Gerard Forrester at Bolsover School two years ago, and was responsible almost wholly for the accident referred to.
The writer left Bolsover in consequence, and has not seen Forrester since.