The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-06

African Sand Company does not con-
tain name of any standing in the city
Il have only to do this. Mr.. febworth.
and my friend would come to you five
! minutes later with instructions to sell
out without an hours delay every shil-
ling s-worth of stock you have bought in
| his name"
The pallor on Mr.. Pebworth's
face had deepeled as Mr.. Fro
bisher's cold, unimpassioned tones
touched on one point after another; sur
prise and anger had gradually given
place to abject fear; for the time being
the man looked ten years older than he
had looked ten minutes previously. He
took out his pocket handkerchief fur
lively, and rubbed his damp fingers
with it under the table. Once, twice,
he essayed to speak; but no sound came
from his lips-Frobisher was quietly
rolling a cigarette.
"But you are not going to say any
thing of the kind to my dear Frank, are
you, Mr.. Drummond?" The question
had something of the sound of beg
CARS whining entreaty.
Frobisher looked up with contempt
PebworthP-why should 1 not?" he
asked. "And then. again. why should
I?" he added moment later. 81 only
speak of these tribes to prove to you
how desirable it is that you and l
should be friends" He leaned his
elbows on the table and looked steadily
into the other mans face. Don't you
think, Mr.. Pebworth that you aud 1 hac
better be friends than enemies?" he
asked
Mr.. Pebworth's eyes guailed and fell.
He drummed nervously for moment or
two with his fingers on the table; then
he said: II know of no reason, Mr..
Drummond, why you and should not
be friends-the best of friends.
"Good," replied Frobisher. Then he
finished the preparation of his cigarette
before uttering another word. /" Do
you know, Mr.. Pebwortn," he resumed,
7" that it las often occurred to me how
badly you were treated by the late Mr..
Askew, when he bequeathed every
penny he died possessed of to his scape-
grace nephew. and left you. his first
cousin, entirely oat in the cold?"
Mr.. Pebworth stared, as well he
might; but the impassive face opposite
told him nothing. After little pause
of hesitation, he sad: u Uas badly
treated, Mr.. Drummcnd-very badly
treated. The forgetfulness, the I'M
kindness, of my aged relative, for
whom always cherished very warm
affection, has. l need hardly say.
touched me to the quick"
If old Askew had only left you q
slice of the pudding! II, for instance,
he had left you the Marshfield property,
in Yorkshire, which brings in some
thing like two thousand year-how
very nice that would have beenr'
Don't, my dear friend-please
don't! Even to hear such a thing
limited at is almost too much for my
poor feelings"
How MANY romances one hears anu
reads about-how many strange freaks
of fortune there are in connection with
witnesses! 1t would be a curious cir
cumstance, now, wouldn't it, if some
fine day fresh will were to turn up,
showing that Mr.. Askew had not for
gotten you at the last moment"'
Don't talk in that way, my dear
sir, please don't!''
''Frobisher has given me something
like CARLOAD OF old Mr.. Askew' S
papers to wade through. What, II
among these papers l should come
across will the existence of which has
hitherto been unknown, and in which
your name is not forgotten-it would
be remarkable coincidence, would ii
not?"
Pebworth turned first red and then
yellow, and stared ut Frobisher. as if in
doubt whether to take his words Sc.
riously or the contrary. ut would in
deed be a remarkable coincidence, Mr.
Drummond," he said at last. His voice
trembled little. and his eyes were bent
with furtive and suspicious look or
Frank face.
Fifteen hundred or two thousand a
year derivable from landed property
would not be so dustv-eh, MIR. Peb.
WORTH
"Ah." 1t was a sigh rather than an
exc amation, out it was eloquent with a
meaning all its own.
For little while, neither of the men
spoke. The fish was playing round
the bait. The angler was waiting pa.
tiently.
..Do YOU think. Mr. Drummond. that
there is the slightest probability Of any
such will as you hint at being in exist.
ence?" Mr.. Pebworth' voice was hardly
raised above a whisper, and he hao
glanced warily round before speaking
to make sure that they were alone.
AT present, have only waded
through about one third of the old gen.
tleman's papers," answered Frank.
What may be hidden among the re.
mainder. can not say. nothing
is impossible"
1.-The law would not see anything out
of the ordinary in such document"
= "How could it? You were Mr. As.
kew's first cousin. What more natural
than he should have changed his mind
in your favor after making his frs,
will? Frobsher would still have SIX
thousand year. Aman may live very
comfortably on six thousand year.
What if my dear Frank were to con,
test the will?'' .-.
"You don't know poor, dear. simple
hearted Frank as well as l do, or you
would not even hint at such a thing"
1.-The witnesses to such document
would be -"
Softly. my dear sir-softly. No doc,
ument OF any kind has yet been found,
and the chances are ten thousand to
one that it never will be found. Still,
more curious things than that 60 hap
pen every day of our lives"
Frobisher rose and pushed back his
chair. Pebworth was anxious and per.
turbed, and yet not without an inward
feeling OF citation. Tie golden bait