Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-06-30

understand, as many of you as have
been concerned in this disgusting
business will never have one farthing
from mo again.
"Oh, don't, don't, Godfrey, don't.
you will break my hearth walled his
wifo piteously, turning from him to
her sons and back again. and hutter-
ing about in state of great distress.
at was only a joke, I'm sure. 1t
was only a joke, now, wasn't itP
Cameron. Temple. it was you two
who got it up-for fun, now wasn't it |?
Hildred and Harry had nothing to do
with it, am sure"
"Yes, we had, mother" cried both
the younger lads together.
1--WE had just as much hand in it
as Cameron and Temple, said Harry,
land we didn't do it in fun at ALL"
You see, sir" said Cameron re-
spectfully, "we found ourselves down
here absolutely without money, and
we had to live"
men," retortcd his father severely,
lit would be better not to live at all. 4"
THAT, sir" put in Temple, coming
to his brothers. aid, sis view Of the
matter we could not be expected to
take"
At this moment there was diver
sion of startling kind. Annie
Hutchinson walked into the room,
with flushed face and modest de-
meanor, but with something very like
determination in her face. Mr.. Monk
lost all his dignity at sight of her,
and began to stammer and stamp
upon the floor.
"Mr. Monk" she said very quietly.
IL am quite sure that you and Mrs.
Monk will forgive me for this in
trusion, Wen you hear why l have
come"
"No, ! shall not. N-n-nothing will
make me-"
She went on quietly, without wait
ing TO hear what he had to say:
"When my mother went to see you
in town yesterday, you declined to
hear what she had to say"
Certainly. And / decline also to
hear w-w-what you"
but as you have to hear it sooner
or later, am not going TO leave this
house until you have heard it. "
"Preposterous impertinence!"
But his voice was growing fainter.
Feminine persistency was as usual
making its mark.
"You and Mrs. Monk are very
angry with my mother and me, be-
cause you think we influenced old
Mr.. Monk to make the will which has
been found"
"Of course you did. What is the
use of denying it?"
which leaves us this house
and fifteen hundred a year. Well,
we knew OF that will; he told us
about it"
"Oh, you do acknowledge so muchr'
and he told us his reasons for
thinking it just one"
with which, OF course, you very
unwillingly concurred."
$50 unwillingly. Mr.. Monk, that ]
never rested until l had persuaded
him-for had great influence with
dear old Mr.. Monk-to make fresh
will"
Mr.. Monk turned livid. His wife
chung to him moaning.
"My poor sons, my poor husband,
you will be beggars, beggars!"
"But it has not been found; most
likely he destroyed itn said Mr.. Monk
in an eager, tremulous voice.
II don't think so. / think it is
more likely that he put itaway some
where in this house, and that it has
not yet been discovered.
"And it never will be-" added Mr..
Monk hastily, with some appearance
of relief. There are always stories
of this kind about later wills, when
there is money left. Icertainly dom
mean to waste my time hunting
about for a document which, in my
opinion, has no existence.
A little smile crossed Annie's face.
al think you will, Mr.. Monk. At least,
you will be very unwise If You don't.
TOT ny Ine new Will we were lelJ only
legacy of five hundred pounds"
This was thunderbolt indeed. Mr..
Monk gasped; his wife burst into
tears, and would have embraced
Annie but that the girl avoided the
caress Harry shouted and clapped
his hands. Cameron, who had with
difficulty refrained from an open ad-
vocacy which Annie's chances forbade,
stole "a step nearer to her and stood
devouring her with his eyes.
"But perhaps" suggested Mr..
Monk cautiously, after a short pause,
"perhaps what you say isn't true"
Cameron could contain himself no
longer.
"If Annie said it," said he en-
phatically, 81 can swear it is true as
daylight"
This vague asseveration was so
forcibly uttered that his father and
mother looked from him to the girl
in CONSERVATION. They both felt,
however, that this was not the time
for further protests.
Annie flushed deeper red as she
turned her head quickly toward
Cameron; and as their eyes met hers
filled with tears. She finished her