The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-08

great value to us-more value than you
know. Cannot we go to some quiet
place where we can exchange conf
dences? I should not be surprised if
your information were worth paying for
handsomely"
Tom felt that he was getting into shall
low water, for he had been drawing upon
his imagination for his facts, led to go
on from the evident alarm he was caus-
ing the old man.
1t was not his purpose to 60 further,
so he said:
81 am always on the make, if I can do
it squarely, Mr.. Parker. 1 have no OBJ
lection to giving you all the information
possess on the subject. But I cannot
go now; I have an important engage
ment at which am already overdue"
"Can we not meet this EVENING""
Encouragement again"
Tomorrow, then. No, not tomorrow.
have engagements out of town. This
is Thursday; make it Monday next, at IL,
at this spot"
"All right This place is convenient
for me-"
Zone moment, Mr.. Bryan. Do you
know where the son-Fountain, you
KNOWS now?''
81 do not know, but I could obtain
knowledge easily, think"
Every we'll Don't fail me on Mon
day."
Tom hurried away, glad to escape, for
from sense of pure mischief he had
been led into this encounter.
"I'l have to concoct story" he said
to himself, land meet the old man on
Monday. I may learn something of
value. But what was it in my lie that
disturbed him so? Let me see; he is
making a claim on behalf of that old
drunkard on the ground that the old sot
is brother of the late Pierson. Now, if
that is SO, one of them bears an assumed
name. Which? From his disturbance
when I said Pierson had once been known
as Fountain, it must have been the dead
man. Now what? Why, he is fright
ened about the idea of the marriage and
wants to know about the issue. Um."
Just then he crossed the path of one
Of New York's most eminent lawyers.
"Good afternoon, Mr.. Bryan" said the
distinguished ornament Of the bar.
GOOD afternoon, judge" returned
Tom as he stopped him. "Judge, want
woodshed opinion"
The distinguished man laughed.
"They are often the most expensive
kind of opinions, even if you do get them
for nothing, Mr.. Bryan"
Nevertheless, I'll risk it, with so
great an authority. I am on the hunt
of a mysterious affair. Not five min
utes ago I had conversation with a
man who touches the matter slightly,
and made remark or two which dis
turbed him greatly. He was not at all
frank or communicative, SO 1 tried to
reason it out, and I ran against legal
wall"
"Well, if I can assist 1 should be
pleased"
'Let me put supposititious case: John
Smith marries woman under the name
of Jacob Brown and raises family of
children. He amasses a fortune under
the name of John Smith-lving a double
life-and dies without a will. John
Smith is supposed to be childless. Can
his children under the name of Brown
claim to inherit the property"
"There is no other or previous mar
rage of which there is issue?"
ono"
"Well, should say if the identity of
John Smith and Jacob Brown could be
established that the Brown children
could inherit and the mother take her
dover rights"
Notwithstanding there was an undis-
puted brother of John Smith claimant to
the estate?"
Eyes, notwithstanding there was
claimant in the person of brother. But
you understand that this is an opinion
given on your statement of the facts"
Thanks" said Tom, 81 can see
through the wall now, and it helps me
greatly"
''He moved off. "Ah," he said to him
self, "that's what frightens Parker. His
little scheme would go to grass if my lit
tie romance were true"
With this, Tom dismissed the incident
from his mind and set about finding the
Shadow. This was quickly done, and
Tom dismissed him for the day.
Then he thought seriously about call
ing upon Fountain, and finally deter
mined to seek him. With Tom, to de-
eide was to act, and forthwith he sought
the places where he thought the gentle
man was most likely to be found.