The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-07-03
Old KiL1orne,s Rfu.

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Old Walter KilbOrne died and left
q fortune that aggregated nearly a
million. The gloomy old house
which had been the famiIy residence
for many q year, stood in one of the
down town streets that had been once
the site of the fashionable residences
of New York city. But the wealthy
had long ago removed to the avenues,
leaving the perverse old millionaire to
hold his own among the growing
business Of the once aristocratic. thor
oughfare. A bunch of black Grape
still hung OF the bell knob. four days
after the funeral, when bent, Willy
looking man pulled it. Being sdnnit-
ted, he was shown into the dingy
life used as an office. The bent and
willy looking man was Lawyer Whit
temore. .-..-..
"Good morning. said the lawyer.
as Robert, Q grandchild of the dead
millionaire, q young man who. showed
plainly enough the marks OF rough
social usage, entered and extended
his hand rather listlessly.l als8 AL
GOOD morning. was the reply.
fiWell?'
"Well 2" echoed the lawyer &
"You got my note ?p afla
asking me to meet You here? Yes;
what do you want ?1 - ~. 80
"You drew my grandfather's
will ?''
81 did, two days before he died.
'sWhat were its cuatentsm
81 hsve no right 70 tell you;,. and
Mr.. Whittemore tried to look severe.
''Itis with the Surrogate now, and
you will know its contents on Thurs
day, when it will be officially opened.
l couldn't think OF Violating my off,
eial-"
"Not unless yoa are paid for 1t, /" IL
terrupted the you1g man. II under
stand that psrfeetlF veil, and will be
plsln and brief With yon As you are
aware, myself and nay eousin Myra
are the OILY living relatives Of my
grandfsther. we have been brought
up here In this house together, and
each mates the other as lnach as pos
sibIe. Now I've no idsa how the
property is fefts, and | want to know.
| am wiling 70 pay for the know.-
eCgesin adHkneel OF the opSning Of the
will, aud you have IL 20 seii.n baa.5
Phe lawyer assented with a cool
nod of his head. ls.l.l
Then name your price" continued
Robeft.
zone thousand doifars.'' var hssS
eI haven't SO mnehS u
"a note fer month viii do.,,
The document .wzs quickly written
out, signed by the yeang man, and
transferred to the lawyers pocket
1.-THE VIII n tifea said Mr.. White
more, Sis q sffange one-as strange as
the man who made it-hnt he would
listen tone advice, aud / lad nothing
to do but carry olt his wishes. He
leaves all his property TO Myra Kill
bourne.n -
"D-n him ~ hissed Robert.
Hold ~ said the lawyer, until
you hear the conditisns. He leaves
all his property to Myra, as said be-
fore, on condition that She shall inn
mediately sign an agreement to,
only other point Is, that In case Myra
is married to anybody before the will
is opened, she gets the property the
saIIie rs II sue marrIes you. But rnat
provision, OF course, is of no eonse-
quence, rs she Is not likely to marry
before day after tomorrow, which
will be the Thursday on which the
document is to be opened.n- -
Here the lawyer stopped snd looked
into his companion's face as. II ex-
pectfng an expression Of displeasure.
BE was disappointed, however, Tor
Robert seemed rather satisfied than
otherwise.
"It pleases me well enough,u he
said, '.for half expected to be cut off
unconditionally. You see, I've been
rather fast. and the old man disliked
il, while Myra's gentle way and at
tention to his wants wen his regard.
She is completely bound up in her
lover, Harry Perton, who is hundreds
of miles away just now, and I don't
believe she would give him up for the
fortune . dozen times over. Even il
she would consent to marry me, I
wouldn't be so badly off with the.
property almost under MY control %
The lawyer here arose, babe his un-
scrupulous patron good day and went
out. But IS he did so, had his ears
been younger, he might have caught
the sound Of rustiing skirts fleeing up
the stairway-those same skirts en-
veloping the pretty form of MyrS Kill
borne, who had heard every word of
the interview by listening at the
door. r.-n - -, r,r~.-,. 4
$50, 50. - she unused, when she had
reached her own room and thrown
herself into the chair, sT am 70 buy
the fortune by selling myself. 1 won't
do it. / would not give up Harry for
fifty times q million. Robert can take
the money, and much good may it do
him.n ~ ~ - ~
Yet, Notwithstanding her concIu-
sive decision, Myra could not relin-
quish without pang the fortune to
which she had always looked forward
to as her certain portion. Her grand
father had always seemed to regard
her with affection, and she had not
dreamed that In his win ne could i'm
pose such . distastef1Ii restriction.
"If Harry was only here,n she
thought, "there would not be any
trouble, because we could get married
before Thursday. What shall I do 2
1 wish had somebody to advise me.