The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1873-09-26

" ANt tufts
Next morning james Watson took
the pocket-book to place il in trusty
hands till the proprietor could be found.
the papers il contained were a sealed
packet and loose memornnda, which
gave no clue to The owner. The gentle
man IN whose hands james placed il,
commended hs honesty and promised 10
advertise cautiously hr the losor of the
property.
| While james was absent on this er-
rand, an elderly gentleman called at his
house.
docs James Watson live horei" he
inquired.
That's my husbands nRme," Mary
answered.
"Is he at homei' asked the gentle
man.
"He has gone out on some business, {"
said Mary, little hesitatingly, for she
had a misgiving that the gentleman's
visit might relate TO the pockot-book, and
that IL it still remained in her husbands
possession he might'in some way be com
promised.
"sorry," said the old gentleman, II
wished to see him particularly. I'm a
lawyer. you see" ho added abruptly.
Mary vas all in tremble. She was
sure now II was the POcket-bcok he had
come about.
''Bui stay" said the old gentleman,
jumping up, sis that your family BIZ
blel" And before she could answer he
had the book open and WIS closely CON-
pairing the family register with a mono
randum he had taken from his pocket
"Quito right" he muttered to him.
self.
"Now then,' he resumed, "Fvea most
unpleasant piece of news to tell, and
may rs well out with it,"
Mary trembled still more violently
Possibly james had been found with the
pocket-book in hispossession, and oharg-
ed with stealing il.
your husband had an uncle Ed
ward, the stranger continued, "a wild
dog, Ned was-in fact we were a pair Of
wild dogs together, be and /. Well, he
ran away and was never heard Of till az,
ter he had died a millionaire in a strange
land; by his will, duly forwarded to me,
and in which am named as executor,
the bulk Of his fortune is left 10 bis
nephew, your husband, of whom, il
seems, he had somehow gained in,clli-
gcnce."
Mary was too much agitatcd 10 fully
comprehend the old gentleman's state
mont She waited for him to continue.
"Now for the Storm" continued he.
by George. wish your husband was
here I'd rather face twenty men than
one woman in such case.
"Tm at a loss to understand you sir, "
was all Mary could answer.
"You will soon" he returned. "The
Wills lost. Now, you may think that
makes but little difference, seeing the
contents are known, which only prove
how little women know about law. A
viii has no effect til its proved, which
cant very well be without being produc-
cd. How came il lOsti' you were gOin'
to ask. Quite proper question on
oross-examination, and / take no exeep-
ton to il. Well, it was through my
own stupid carelessness. / dropped my
pocket-book somewhere yesterday"
"And found one" said james Wat
son, who had entered 1t this point.
"Found onel" cried the lawyer
"what was it liket"
james described il, stating accurately
the amount Of money in it.
"Coniauud tho ,aonay.p iuterrupted
the other, ''were there any papersi"
"a sealed packet and some memoran-
d. james answered. "But YOU can
soon see for yourself that everything is
right. have Just placed the pocket.
book and its contents in the hands of a
reliable person to be taken care of till
the owner is discovered
"Huzza I" cried the old lawyer, toss.
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