Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-05-10
CHAPTER II.

Time-AUGUsT, 1856 3 - y. NJ.
Sccne-UNIoN CLUE, PARK STREET, BoS-
TON.
Reading room: unoccupied, save by the
porter. arranging papers on the table. and
Wallace Wheeler doing in a chair Enter
Gedney Ainsworth, who looks about as III
in search of some one. spies Wheeler, takes
a second look, then crosses over, and
lightly taps him on the shoulder
What? What is that? Oh! All! Let
me see. Why, yes, it Is! Hello, Ged-
ney. The saints be praised, you don't
mean TO say it's you? Why, you are
the last, the very last, person | ex-
pected to see. Where did you drop
from. and how came you in town? You
are the one | most wanted TO see, yet
really didn't think the gods were TO
favor me. How came ! at the club,
and when did | get back? Sit down,
and will make a brief report.
by Jove, it seems delightful to see
you again, il is fact, the luxury Of
the thought that | was in Boston again
put me to sleep in my chair Wei, |
arrived i'm town last evening, went to
Parker's because ! knew none OF my
household would be at home, and thi,
morning | passed in going about on
State street 10 get welcome from all
the fellows in town. | came up here
this afternoon for the same purpose,
but found no one here. | sat down a
moment, and ere | was aware, was en-
loving a dream of Paradise, otherwise
Boston. Smile, il you choose, but CAD
ding about the world for two or three
years isn't the height of bliss for yours
truly. and | mean TO settle down-mar-
ny, perhaps now ! am in civilized
community.
by tho way, that reminds me,
Flockton, genial Ed, told me some
thing about YOU this morning that led
me to believe you were looking up
matters In the matrimonial market,
and-grcat Scott, how it comes back to
me. You wcce right about the old
fellows riches. weren't you? What a
romance, Come. tell me all about it.
Lets go into the dining room and take
lunch. You have nothing TO do, and
| can't go 20 Bar Harbor till seven
o'clock. Come. and give me the sequel
TO your episode over our cigars.
40 tell the truth. Wheeler | don't
mind talking over the matter 10 you,
now. it is all settled, for il was TO you
| scotled about my exploit Don't you
remember, we walked up toward your
+ house, and you wanted ne TO 90 in and
4 lunch with you. but ! was going some
where else9 II was about three years
ago, wasn't it? Yes; you have beer
away more than two years, and it hap
pened the summer before you went.
Well. il does seem little singular. and
had you told me the circumstances, 81
any one else. ! shouldn't have believed
them. Yet, as they have actually hap
pened 10 me, ! must, don't you know
Oh, the sequel has taken place during
the past year.
Last January, Allen Winthrop told
me of peculiar case they had In theil
Office. He said that one OF his father,
old clients, n man eighty years of age
had died, leaving "a most singular will.
or, rather. will with singular
codicil Aliens father had drawn uI
the original, but Mr. Kingsley (Joshu;
Kingsley WIS the old gentleman
name) had added the codicil himself
and had il Witnessed properly, a fac
that struck Winthrop as the mos
singular thing of IL all. IL was don,
when Mr. Winthrop was in Florida, an,
Mr.. Kingsley wouldn't trust Allen o
any one else to do il. Well. Tn,
codicil read something like this: :"