The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-08-10
staying no more than few days in Thorn

| - oh'otO was, you q nave no neeQ TO come
to me- ! should be only too glad to let
you know"
ut beats everything in my profession
al experience he continued
That's no satisfaction to me-" said,
IN testy tone; "the question is, what is
TO De done If the will does not turn up at
all ?" ~ go
Inc very question all the relatives are
asking, replied Shape "Mr Lawrence
drew the will himself, gave me no hint
OF It's contents, and has left no COPY. We
are every one of US utterly in the dark as E
TO MS Intentions. We cannot proceed as
II ne died lntestate; all the world knows
ne did not; and no one has legal rioht
to touch q penny of his property"
| viii 1t be thrown into chancery? >" T
asked T10S,S a..
There will be nothing else for it, if
the will is not found" he said; "and to
let you into a secret which concerns YOU,
some of the relatives are talking of a
prosecution against you. But | asked
them, What proof have you that Mr..
Henry Slaney has distracted this docu-
ment? The abstraction Of any letter or
packet from the post officeis felony, such
letter or packet being the prop
erty of the Postmaster Gene
raj during its transit, and the penal.
ty is penal servitude or transportation
But how can the felony be proved
There may be good grounds for suspic.
Jon, strong preaumptvie evidence-bis
own admission Of having received it, and
sufficient motive but there is no posi-.
tive proof, unless it was found in his pos
session, or proved to have been in his
possession, or in the possession of some
individual who could only have received
it from him."
" It is pleasant position to be in" said
|, biting at my nails viciously, which is no
habit of mine, but which seemed to come
naturally to me In these circumstances.
If the will could only be found" an
swered Mr.. Shape, with provoking sig
nificance Of tone, all might be smoothed
over, even now"
eff it could only be found ! " said,
over and over again, to myself AS soon
as the solicitor was gone, I went up stairs
to my mothers usual sitting-room. NV
father had that morning been pronounced
well enough to leave his room for few
hours and he was sitting in an EASY chair
near the fire, with faint smile upon mis-
sunken face, which grew stronger when
he saw me. 1t was little brightness in
the deepening gloom closing around me,
and I forced a smile to my own lips.
Gall going on we'll down stairs, Har.
ry 8? " he said.
why not?" l answered e7asively
"why not ? The work is simple enough"
He was easily satisfied about that, but
not so easily about myself What had I
been over to Mr.. Talbot about What
made me look so pale and anxious Was
there any GOODNESS between Katie and me?
"She is girl after my own beart,"
said my father, warmly, a perfect treas
ure. Don't you. let her slip through your
fingers, Harry, By the bye, now we are
alone, tell me how poor Lawrence made
his will, and what he Eas done for Katie
something handsome, [ hope? Your moth.
er would not let me speak about it for
lear OF excitement"
/ hesitated for moment but so briefly
that he did not notice it.
The will cannot be found" said.
"Not found " he repeated.
Yes" | continued hurriedly, "but
every search is being made for it, Shape
is positive that there was will executed
a few months ago, but all he knows of its
contents is that you and Mr.. Grey are the
executors"
Poor Lawrence !" sighed my father.
Do you think they have searched his
laboratory well? 1t is not unlikely he
would deposit it there in his cabinet. Tell
them to leave no corner unsearched in the
laboratory"
promised to do so, and made haste to
get away. In the drawing room found
Katie, in her mourning dress and bonnet.
come in to 60 and walk with my sisters,
who luckily had just started off before her
arrival. She advanced to meet me, with
her hands stretched out, and with her
usual frank, pleasant, calm smile upon her
face. There WAS no one there, and
stopped down to kiss her, feeling myself
an unhappy,guilty wretch,a as if were the
culprit, and unworthy to lay my lips up
on her smooth, fair forehead, which grew
rosy with my kiss,
Harry" she murmured, ia tone of
remonstrance.
am SO miserable, Katie" said l and
on the Instant resolved to lay before her
my position, to exaggerate it even, to K
paint it In the BLACKLIST colors and then
to make it plain to her that, could the
will be found, all might yet be explained
away, and smoothed over, without any.
public exposure. did my best, and &C.
Quilted myself SO well that she shed tor
rents of tears, her head resting upon my
shoulder but not syllable did lshe ut.
ter which in the slightest degree limited
or betrayed that she had any knowledge
of the missing will
Katie" said, when had exhausted
all nv eloduence, "yOu understand that