The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-01-06


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~ believe every one in the once hes
forgotten ~ might phfloin lhit VIII
from lho safe 10 morrow AMI ~ one
would be- tle wiser' returned Crumbor
impr''sivrly'
wa Impossible 70 ignore ihe m
slliph9 purpose OF the mans VISIT
Evidently hc was on interruptions
%scoundfgl who desired to turn The Us
coyory he made 70 account. Alfred
Laking looked a. INN with newly
awakened %cnriosity' aud was by no
means ihyOtnbly impress ed by his np-
ponrnncc. The man had q %iorbidling
eNpre SION, and j. .nddenly occurred 70
Mr. Laking that this was an lmpudent
attempt To eSlort money by false pro-
lenses.
~ don't believe q word Of what You
say ho cried, suddenly rising irom
his scat aud con fronting tho unwoi-
come visitor rom story Is a tssu"
Of ialschoola
was AFRAID You might think 20.
sir' 80 yenturod - bring the viii WIN
me, SAID the man. slyly..
what YOU have actually stolen w
cried ~ rod lhking.
have II here, anyway, returned
Crunhcr. coo ", ~ no produced a
document from his pocket 81 can put
i back where ! took II from within m
hour. Oi COURSE II h no earthly use
10 mo
~ me see ~ slld hlifen LaklnH'
N a hoarsc voice. seating himself IN his
rhhlr again
Mr. 'riumher nn'oldo1 tho document
ana glanced Mt u apparently reUccling
whether u would be Wlse 10 part WIN
IT, But a Tor q pause he laid u ON the
10 \ saying
81 ~ treating You like n gentleman.
SIR on must promise 10 return u To
me
"ins, yes, said Alfred Laking.
stretching ont bis hand impaiiehlly.
some moments elapsed before tho
agitltrl gentleman couli compose MN
self SUI GENTLY to take In tho contents
OF the will He first turned TO the final
page, which bore the signature OF the
testnior and the atte,ting witnesses.
SO lar rs ho could Judge the signatures
were genuine, and the document had
eVl iently been prepared several months
ago. the edges Of the paper being dis
e0lorod and tho ink faded II was
dated u few weeks before Colonel LAX
ing's death, and WIS, therefore, In all
probability, tbs last will no had made.
When ho came 10 read Il carefully
Alfred l.aking's lingering hope that the
document might b. a forgery was quick
~ dispcllcd. From Internal evidence Il
was undoubtedly genuine. the name Of
various persons aud places being mon
toned which nc stranger could have
fabricated. The Colonel appeared 10
have left his property 10 some distant
relatives, subject TO n few charitablc
b~equcsts. His nephew's name wa not
mentioned and AZ old military friend
was appointed executor.
Mr.. Alfred iAking read the will over
two or three times, keeping his face
concealed from Mr. Crumbcr, who man
Tested a good deal oil lmpailcncc. Al
length he reused himself from his un
pleasant reflections, folded up the fata
document and fixed a hali-irighiencd
hall defiant gaze upon his visitor.
What do you propose TO do will
thls.. he inquired nersonsly.
wen. SIR thht depends upon YOU
/. rnplcd trumbcr. "ltyou advise met
put u back and remind the Governor o
. H. wen and good
, hut Alfred Laktng did not hasten 4
, au1ise tnis s'ralghuorwari course III
. Kept silent Tor a long tnic' hdgctinl
~ncrvousiy win inc document no IA
IN hls manu. anh NJ iength crumbe
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you see s'r, nobody knows OF tn
} e~Nls'enre OF inc VIII ont You anu me
b snpposlng we werc TO throw II on tn
hre lohusr, VINO wonlu DC me wiser
HOW narc OF sug g., stch athlngI