But a farmer at Newbridge , who cared nothing about the character of his help , if he could get the work out of them , offered to hire me . The prospect was distasteful but , urged by the man who believed in me , I took the place and endured the hardships . Another winter of lonely work passed at the Academy . I won the Farrell Scholarship the last year it was offered , and that meant an Arts course for me . I went to Redmond College . My story was not openly known there , but something of it got abroad , enough to taint my life there also with its suspicion . But the year I graduated , Mr. Blair 's nephew , who , as you know , was the real culprit , confessed his guilt , and I was cleared before the world . Since then my career has been what is called a brilliant one . But '' -- Malcolm turned and laid his hand on Robert 's thin shoulder -- `` all of my success I owe to my brother Robert . It is his success -- not mine -- and here to-day , since we have agreed to say what is too often left to be said over a coffin lid , I thank him for all he did for me , and tell him that there is nothing I am more proud of and thankful for than such a brother . '' Robert had looked up at last , amazed , bewildered , incredulous . His face crimsoned as Malcolm sat down . But now Ralph was getting up . `` I am no orator as Malcolm is , '' he quoted gayly , `` but I 've got a story to tell , too , which only one of you knows . Forty years ago , when I started in life as a business man , money was n't so plentiful with me as it may be to-day . And I needed it badly . A chance came my way to make a pile of it . It was n't a clean chance . It was a dirty chance . It looked square on the surface ; but , underneath , it meant trickery and roguery .
I had n't enough perception to see that , though -- I was fool enough XXXXX think it was all right .
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