The morning call., 1890-11-23

which he Immediately forwarded to Nanny
Boyce, and converting the remainder into
bankn0tes of large denomination he re-
sumed his journey to San Francisco. where
he took passage in tramp steamer for
Yokohama. entering his name upon the pas
seuger list as Thaddeus Billings.
With his back thus turned upon his old
home at II ,rlem, the dead man, never with
out thoughts of the living followed the sun
comfortably and leisurely, drawing instruc-
ton and amusement from this his hrst con-
tact with the world.
But the warm, moist climate of the East
was bad thing for his liver. 1t began to
harden again, and the result was that his
goodnight thoughts Of Rachel were often
embitteied by the eyer-present specter of
the handsome Philip Cheyalier.
''She'll marry him. sure" he would NUT
ter to himself, ''and then, when 1 come to
life again, maybe AMI will admit that I've
not been quite such a big fool as he has
always thought"
To AMI Updegfaff, who in his secret
heart had always felt that his alf-brother
was more to be pitied than blamed, the
news CT Ammi's death was great shock.
The lawyer would have given many thou
sands of dollars If he could have bl0tted
from his memory the half-dozen unknd
words which he had spoken to Ammi at the
time Of making the last change in his will
Uncle Liph was in the ecstacy OF sue
cessiul solution of a problem in differeren-
tial calculus at the time the sad news
reached the house, and he manifested little
emotion. The truth is he was out of that
commodity, but later he shed good, honest
tears rs he stood gazing upon the face OF his
nephew, still quite life-like after the lapse
of over weeks time.
Rachel%went about silent ard open-eyed
for the first day, half like sleep walker. 1t
seemed impossible for her to persuade her
self that Annmi was dead. The possibility
that he might die before her had never
entered her thoughts for a single instant.
To her mind there was so much of hirn-no
reference to his square, solid, block-like
physique-and she herself seemed to count
for 50 little in his presence and as his wife,
that she had long ago settled down to the
truth of the Mahommedan conviction that
the Creator has neglected to breathe a soul
into woman's n0Strils and that she must
look to her husband for sufficient supply
of the psychic force to insure her salvation.
But when the coffin was carried into the
house by solemn-viSaged men and set upon
wooden horses at one end OF the long pub
lie hall-like drawing-roOm, with its huge
hair-cloth sofas and 'quaint old family por-
traits, Racheps grief burst out into hot and
bitter tears. She, too, like the half-brother,
would have given so much to have got rid of
the thought that she had possibly bscn too
quick to pay back GOODNESS and SelfSbness
in kind.
The next morning, although Rachel begged
piteously to be allowed to look upon the
face OF the deceased, both Uncle 'Liph and
Amy thought best to deny her request, for
the reason that the body had undergone such
a change during the night that the sight Of
the dead mans face must necessarily shock
and appal the poor woman.
In the presence Of Uncle 'Liph and of
several intimate friends of the family, the
lawyer removed the various articles OF
jewelry from the corpse, and then taking a
air of shears he slit open the coat on the
left side and drew forth an envelope con-
tanning n number OF private memoranda.
One Of these directed that his body should
be cremated and his ashes nut into bronze
urn. which should be deposited in the family
vault Of the Updegraffs in Trinity Gene.
terry, One hundred and fifty fifth street. No
other Inscription to be craven upon the urn
save name and dates of birth and DEATH
Another Of these private papers was let.
ter addressed to the lawyer and it read as
follows:
Dear Brother: You are aware OF the facI
that have always been morally certain OF Ra-
chael's intention to marry Philip Cnevaller In the
event OF my decease. ana hence you'll not bs
surprised at the nature Of this request. which i,
that within thirty days after such marriage vol
ask In my name the return by Rachael OF Al
ivory miniature OF me given to her at the time O.
our betrothai. You may recollect having seer