Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-09-25
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The eHeir&leW( Mills
Chr attorueu'$ fee.
BY.
ALFRED B. TOZER, .
AUTHOR OF "BOUND HAND AND FoOH~
"WHo WAS TO BLAME" ETC. Ere.

AUTHOR OF "BOgND HAND AND FoOHs'
"wHo WAS TO BLAME" ETC. Ere.
CHAPTER y. I
THE SECOND LETTER.
At seven o'clock On the evening Of the
day succeeding the f,iheral, Eugene Wall.
ingford Knocked softly atsthe door Of Mr..
Gray private rosin. in thssecond story of
S1.,ns, Sne Of the fsy'r@k blocks the village
4. He had not lgturned home after leaving
Bertha about hoen. for he was in dread of
b. NJ ,sancs. unsse e.carding his, to her,
strnnlr behavior After returning from
the cemetcry. he lonnged about the village
until it was time to keep his appointment.
and thenswcnt to the attorneys office.
He was admitted at once, and. closing
the door, seated himself Just within the
circle of Mr. Gray's shaded lamp.
He might have been three or four and
twenty. certainly not older. although the
early maturity of manhood marked upon
his face, might have caused a stranger to
place his birth farther away by half de-
cadc.
with ms slender, snewy figure. enthusils-
tic blue eyes and almost girlish features,
that were not as free from lines of care as
they might have been in another man Of
his age, would have realized fully that he
of all men, should have been the last to
deaAnd plan with man like GAlcntiray
Uhe attorney continued his writing
after the young man was seated. He was
n grey-haiS hrcad bare old man. emin-
emily in ksei wi III the dingy office where
he worke kplinncd every day in the
year, q his room, sho always
seemed q pee, no matter in what
position, ~, with the tn hrgs that
seemed a f!ft II h,ns, If about him, ~ d
his keen eye looking over client, he
looked every inch IN Il whom it would he
profitable to intxcst for you, when any
cunning wor!iswiH to be done.
For some time the scratching of the
attorneys pen a3 b broke the stiffness of
the room. Then he rut aside the paper
on w. he had e n eng Ngcd. and leaned
bad his e;ls chair. so that he could
wattNhvcry expression of his visitors
face. while his own was in the sh .,le. It
seemed to lc L characteristic of the man,
that he cndeavo,tffl to have evcryon" at
disadvantage, even III So trivial u matter
as this,
You have thought the m Utter over, Mr.
Wallingforl,' he sniA, after short survey
of the face before him.
a have thought of nothing else since
ihc hour l received your note" WAS the
reply.
And YOU are ready for the details-anx-
ious. should have said, for plans to put
money into Young mems pockets, never
want hearers"
"Allow IN" t. say before you begin. Mr..
Gray" sud Eugene. that I want only the
facts Of the case. and the truth intend
to have my own of course. if | can get it,
but believe that every brick and stone of
that property woull lrs SIS with twice its
weight upon my heart. if l he'll it when
it was not rightful'y mine"
You must remember. Mr.. Walingford,"
said the attorney, that | could have no
object in putting this property into any
mans hands, unless lie was the right
man.
Without noticing how cleverly the at
torncy had taken his cue from his own
talk. Eugene said:
But the details; you promised to put
them in my possession Tonight
"True." sail the attorney, e" but there
is not much to say. | have studied tho
case carefully to-day, nnl there can be no
doubt that | was right at first. There can
be no mistake in tie name, for it is written
i'll bold hand and undcrscored. | have
searched among the papers, i'll vain, for
new facts regarding George Wallingford,
the mill-owner's brother, who died years
ago, hut can find nothing. There can hut
one conclusion be reached, You are heir
to the H'atlinqford Mills, to the imn,cnse
bank account IN Naw York. and to one-half of
the property you see AROUND you az this
village.
Eugene gave lttlcstart. Tho attorneys
note had not been very explicit, and he
was unprrpared for so sweeping an asser-
ton.
His surprise ut the strange manner in
which Mr.. Waliingford had disposed of his
property, however. was still stronger than
any exuit .tion he might have felt over his
own good fortune.
"Can you give any reason why Mr..
Wallingford should have favored me in
this matter I" he asked. "Are you certain
after all. that | am the person named in
that will ?"
My dead client probably htd reason
for what he did replied the attorney
1t is probable that hr desired the property
should be kept together here, and he
didn' I care to have the mills change their
name. He was greatly attached to your
father. and You We're aS good us another,
when there were no c,,ttlvc> To- lie provided
for. As to .soltr last qaas ions, have only
this TO say Iou are Roland T.. Waiiiny-
ford, are ypu not and the son of George
andMargaret Wallingforl. and son was
born i4shis place, twcnty-tour years ago.
come Deccmhcr. Do yen think there is
another man with that name in this State,
or on this continent 2"
"lt Is very ilnnrolaf,la "
at is more than imrrobable-it is in.
possible"
BIt tniS strange woman and her child,
with whom rumour is busy just now?
The attorney frownei.
BE reasonable" he said, "and look at
that matter in practical way. Do you
think mnu like Mr. Waling!ord would
Lave deserted wife rs that woman WIS
deserted, and having found her again, and
a young child with her, would have spirit
ed both away, as they were spirited
away %
"What do you make of it then ?"
"Why, Mr.. WALTZ ford might have been