The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-10-24
AN UNEXPECTED WITNESS

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on the broad top ssep 81 sbs trsss
ae.sr ii ta.s o45-styis house II Wasb-
inssoa aaazse AMI llssensd = fhs past
ling 81 the April isfeeze through The
tree ssps aeso.s the road u sas fsss
u O'Clock anf the graTsl
wasks iea1ing through the pus-
lie GARDEN were De srfss save
for = siray grzy-coatesi policeman and
solue Young men basteHlng hoiae -
their solitary bedrooms 81 the great
earaganssrsl On the east side u he
saaafe. pasi recognized sikh sai.sls
eer*s 81 satisfaction tire ostgT sxhaiesi
IL the budding trees. ~ agiieAte ~
though be h2d besn surrounded ~
broad fields 81 spFing grass Instead Of
by acres "A sssoky h0asa-t0ps then
BE- tanned on his tseei, oissresi The door
with his iA'eh key and sent ap the
broad stasrgsse on hts way 10 bel.
A. he tas*eA his uncAe's room be S4w
a refacsa .. light s.siasuE through The
Hes hole al piercing the inky blafk-
mes. ~ tl5e unit ianfisg. -milinE
"a bar sadly he masersi - himself .
. / aagpase he i working 81 ias tsfss.
per 81 10 sefing among the cog. I. beeis-
Ia u him xssoii highs and fell hifn -
20 to bed Il ! sere no sure bed take
THAI ~ a sign 81 surrender on nay
part asd - CON i1aed his course 50
The rooms on The Top % the house
These afan lie first came. = curly
heaaea yOanesJer II i've. his black
dfe.r the livery Of orphanage. 20 cheer
his anele's Aoneiiaess--had been e8Elss-
arassi 10 bin as nursery 50 pay
ground. That Was poS more than a
quarter 81 a century bei0fe, but Pau!
stiil fetaine the large low gariei
rosftss in preference to anf u he more
imposing chambers on he lower floor.
Although oil Austin Warren was
only \ half brother Of Paul's mother
be OssBpsed % he young man, whose
only surviving relative be was. he pe-
siti3a Of father, Tor The aiiee iDn With
which The two mea regarded each
Other parsook of she paternai on the
one side and the fliai on the other
while, al the eafns time here was 3
uA@U ~ Altf AftF AttfH aus @FeAt
mon 20 the relations between tao
brothers al unequal age When Paul .
pre@ense had tifst chased the shadows
lrom The erboing rooms IN the bag
hosfse the frank Independence, dashed
with olsservant bumor. Of the golden.
pass,d lab. bani-hed In an instant the
Tears felt BY his uncle before his ar
rival that the cares Of guardianship
unexpectedly thrust upon hiin, w0pla
interfere with his devotion u the puff
suit of that mechanical igniS.iataas.
the discovery Of perpetual motion,
which at that time was almosi 4
mania wiih the rich, middls-nged
bachelor. As years passed on, and
the boy grew 60 mans estate be dis
appointed his uncle Austin by dis
playing no sort of Inclination 80 ap'
ply himself 30 the pursuit OF aeehabl.
cal science, which, though he had long
since abandoned as frulliess, tbs
search Tor perpetual motion was stu
the hobby Of tho elder mans deciin.
Ing wears buf they Wefe. nevertheless
the best 81 trienaz and cfoaies. Paul,
Il j. true. displayed mast reprehen.
sihie tendency TO say unkind thins-
about bis unele's knaek for labori'
onsiv constructing ingenious machines
which ala everything BOT work. and
insi on being excessively rule
to be shabby long haired and Wild,
eyed inventors who we're occasionally
enter ainel az dinner hy biz relative
bat the old man had GENE to consider
this as tPaui's way, and il only &c,
casi0nAily caused him q feeling OF an
noYAnee IL Was IN y fif Of seiden
rage caused hy sone unusually exay-
pera iHe remarks of Paul. that Austin
Warren had, With that exaEera ell
enuii0n peculiar to him even IN hts
gentle moods, denounced the young
mar ia Haneasared terms As an lua
CRATE faul had retorlel sharply a.
was bis wont, and later 90 when the
war Of woris was ~ its height, had
rushed cat Of the hunc However,
he ssoil forgot tbi@ incident. and hsil
an hoar later was giving an amusing
account If What be called the ia,e
unpleasantusss, 20 a daYk-haired aud
dark-eyel young woman who wss
sitIing Ia pfttfiy furnished cupboard.
csbel By caustr 4 ra4sn, Ia a pre- en-
tsoas looking dai IN oae ~ the streets
uear Central park The tiai belonged
% Harold Pro ldlant, city essitor 81 ths
DaHs tisFoassts, and the pretty young
woman aas his sister Helen. geG5ey'
ally called Neil. hy her snsimaies,
amenE whaua fsil gas certainly In
rladayt. iiagoa had t~ssn his mo Ia
bmsss friend az college. aud the sgty.
msey has issa Aeps gp A. such luti-
came TO ssa York t. keep house Ter
q She little tlaf Harold fur
uisbsi a. their Ncw York home sas
Pael Harley sis visits bad been re-
petr5 nnitl the iatinagy Esgsseu him
ana h,s sisters iftrnd hal grsia ally
boen replaced hy a @arfacr feeling.
Wklch aes,lss hos q Nerd er even a
iuak 0a either ssda. e. expand into An
Arewasi abs tss
Tie tiguzA ii Sell ard tha lass of
ard ring crvu to keep his m.ud
hHsv uaja iaogIuek Nhrn he returned
hali.e aa,i seat 81 l'ssl. he a - swak-
ened la waa, ssesissd 81 him lev mo-
fsseuis uahi hi ewes 8vfe fairly
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donn staifs ahead 81 tile butter stih az
aras sestug 81 apprehension, ~sich
ulale Aiia catch ssis i1rc&ta A. though he
hsl iepae lnio sn tsa.eosd bath Isaac
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