Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-07-14


| that one day, in the height Of her anger, she
burnt the then existing viii, and made Mr.
James Fox her SOLE hsir to everything she
possessed This decision seemed to have ex-
hausted her remaining energy, for she died
not many days after.
Mr.. Fox, who had been apprised of the
t, state of affairs by his partner and friend,
almost lost his senses with joy; still his ex-
element did not prevent his investing some
money in hat hands and Grape. and looking
- mournful as il the sorrows of the whole
| world rested upon his shoulders. Miss Nelly,
too almost melted away in tears and could
only to comforted by -her Jar1ie," as she
BOW called Mr. Fox. But the latter seemed
to have turned quite dull with grief. He
did not appear to understand her at all, and
day by day as she became more demon
strative he grew Less affectionate The
afternoon before the funeral Miss Nelly was
extremely broken-hearted, and amid her
sobs remarked how comfortable and happy
she had always been with her late dear
friend. To her establishment Mr.. Fox at
tempted to comfort her by saying with cool
civility, Il hope you may soon meet again
with such happy home as you have had
here till now"
On hearing this Miss Nelly's tears sud
denly dried up. and with eyes dilated with
establishment and anger, sho cried: at is
you whom expect to make me this happy
home!"
Mr.. Fox, however. simply shrugged his
shoulders, saying: Il do not deny that l
may have once had such ideas, but Of late l
have grown wiser Everything alters in this
world; why then should not our opinions do
the samel That is what we call progressi'
Upon this he bowed and left Mss Nelly
crying and fainting in an arm chair.
He did not hear anything of her till few
days later, when a gentleman called upon
him saying that he had been intrusted with
with Miss Nelly Browns affairs, and
suggesting that perhaps Mr.. Fox. be-
fore matters went further, would pre-
fer making some private arrangement
about his breach Of promise Of marriage
with his client
.And what proof OF that promise has Mis-.
Brown except her saying sof' asked Mr..
Fox
Oh" answered the young man, Il have
seen q box full Of letters from you"
4Have you read themi" continued Mr.. Fox.
sarcastically.
Not yet" replied the other, "but have
seen the box"
yOu Hdu DettcI ~ buu Iedu tItM
first before you take any further steps, and
il you can find a single line from me to Miss
Brown am willing to let her have ample
damages without their being awarded by q
court OF law"
There WINS something so diabolical about
Mr.. Fox that the young defender of inno-
cence found it best to retire for the present,
leaving his opponent to rub his hands tri-
umphantly and build castles in the air about
the country seat and the horses ami car
riages be was going to buy in order to dag
zle Miss Laquerton, whom he felt justified
in seriously thinking about
Miss Nelly had meanwhile been informed
Of the conversation at Mr.. Fox's Office and,
with an indignant exclamation about such
incredible untruths," she went to fetch her
letter-box- There, sure enough, were the
letters, all in little packets. neatly tied uI
with blue and pink ribbons; but, strange to
say, She could not see an address; and, oh
Heavens! when she undid the packets they
contained nothing but Faper-all white pa
per without a single word on it The willy
lawyer had evidently deceived her by some
demoniacal trick.
The shock was so great TO the poor love
sick lady that she had scarcely the courage
to show herself when the will was to be read;
but she rallied at last, hoping against hope
that it still might be in her favor, when she
could treat with scorn and contempt her
faithless lover and his paltry damages
Mr.. Fox, although ks considered himself
already master Of the house and everything
in it. felt considerably excited on the morn.
ing Of the day appointed for the reading OF
the will, and when Mr. Plumley, as chief ex.
ecutor, sat down and slowly got his spec
tacles out, his junior partner became so
faint and his heart futtere1 TO such an ex.
tent that he fancied all his hopes and
beautiful castles in the air were crumbling
away as in dream. Why did not
his old friend at once read the document:
Why did he make the suspense SO unbearably
longi Why did he continue to stare first al
the paper in his hand, then at those around
MN, and then once moro at the paper with
out uttering single word; and then at last,
when he did speak. why did he stammer, ~
II do not know; see nothing-in fact, in
the same paper. but"
Could it he. Yes, suro enough there was
the paper on which the will had been made
out, but there was nothing upon it now; il
merely blank. white sheetl
Good heavens, With what ink did you
write out that willy burst GU. at last Mr..
Fox
with what ink!' repeated the old gentle
man Indignantly, with your ink. As ]
found the inkstand up stairs dry, and the
old lady was in such a deadly hurry,
rushed down my elf TO get somc and seeing
your bag in the hall took from it the little
ink>tand which You always carry about
Mr. Fox turned deadly pale, and without
saying another word vanished like his ink,
before anybody had found time 10 ask for
an explanation. When the rest # the com
posed themselve' again, Mr.. P.umley said:
Il know that the testatriX has destroyed
all former wills, SO that there is none at all
in existence, and, by law, therefore, the
property will &, 10 the next o: kin. |
know, also, that Mr. John on had no rea-
tivcs whatever except Mis-, Lizzie Roaert-.
She is consequently ole here's
How They Scared Him.
lChronicle "Undertones Il
am reminded of Soth.rn's dinner to
Adelaide Nelson's husband on his arrival in
America. Lee was on hald on So:hern's in
vitation. They were prepared t. receive
the other guests They came. They repre-
sented ali classes Of dime-novel heroes, from
south, west, and the wilds of all quarters.
As they sat down to dinner each man pro-
duced a weapon and laid it by the side of
his Mate Bowie knives rayolyers AMI all