The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-06-28

ia EeeJing out os the pit, not IA OK nor
an ass, but widow and an orphan.
Heigh,ho! the meanness is in this
world! Still, like to live in it, old as
I'm getting and with all that I've seen
in it,
After he had gone the next morning
the young lawyer felt, and SO assured
his client, that the case was stronger
than he had hoped.
CHAPTER XIV.
Mr.. Flint had spoken in public of the
will in such terms of blame that Amer
son began to avoid him. Dabney,
hearing of this, asked Rachels to re-
quest him to call at the office when he
next came to town. So on the next
Saturday, his day for coming In, while
slipping his first toddy at the big In
dian" Rachels said:
Uncle Lishy, Squire Dabney was in
here not long back and he asked me to
tell you, the first time see you. he
wished you'd stop in his Office, as he
wants to have little talk with you
about a matter"
esquire Dabneyl" said the customer,
setting down the turnbler which he
was raising. why. what do he want
along of me. yo' reckon, Gustie?
never had no business with him, ex-
ceptin' to get him to draw up a will for
me, and paid him for that, like
sllays do for everything as I go up.
Did he say what it was about7''
''No, sir; but got the :dee somehow
it might be about the Anderson will
He never let on In them words. but
somehow gcthercd that idee."
eri11i tVh,, nv,
Lord, 1 got nothin' to do long of
Pearce Amerson's will, exceptin' !
were one o the witnesses, and ben
sorry for that ever sence heard how
agin' Cullen 1t went, that were my
favorite 'mong his two boys, and I
told Vile so. But that's every blessed
thing l had to do with it,
at mnyn't be that, Uncle Lishy. AS
for that viii, it's shame 1t were ever
made, and it'll be a pity if 1t amt
broke"
Como, now, Gustus, come, now; I
can't fol1er you fur as that. A mans
willis his will. The law say that, and
1t won't let her be broke onlest they Is
mighty plain good reason for it. The
law, they tell me, is very p'inted in
scch o case, which and it ought to be-"
That may be SO; but s'pose the old
man thought he done destroyed 1t
after making it, and s'pose he were
Rendered from destroying 1t by some
body unbeknownst, which to my opin-
ion that's so2~
''Ah, Gustus, but such as tina.
have to be prove pine-blank. It's
troublesome case ali round. Poor Gull
len! but it amt a-hurtin' of him now.
Yet there's his wilder and orphin child
that 1t seem ruther hard on them. l
been a-hopin' they'd compromise It.
which as for breakin q will dry So be-
cause it don't read accordin' to what
people think they'd do If it was them
and theirn, can't but be ag'in' sech
as that. / got a will myself which
some mayn't like when I'm gone, and
the beginn1n' Of example o breakin'
good reason, l can't go to that extent
myself. Well, I'll swallow the balance
of my toddy and then go and see what
Arthur Dabney want with me-"
Repairing to the office and assigned
chair he took from his pocket bis
cunt and said:
you was raised right there by me, and
j
feel like you got above your ratsin'-''
That's right, Mr.. Flint. That's
what prefer you to call me-"
''Jes' SO: be it so. then. were goin
to say that Gustus Rachels told me you
wanted to see me, and so I've como;
end if you hain't objection to it, I'll
eat biscuit because I've jes now took
q toddy at Gustus' Big Injun,' as they
call II che oil 70 do mn <ho
good benefits I'm a-countin' on from
her 'ithout I put little somethin' on
top of her where she went, If you'll eX-
cuse me-"
Certainly, Mr.. Flint; make yourself
coming. only want to chat with you
0 little about old man Amerson's will.
An unfortunate piece Of business,
wasn't it?''
Very unfortunate, and a onexpect-
edcr to me don't reflect"
IL had heard that You were much
surprised and a good deal distressed
by it. Indeed, SO far as / can hear,
everybody in Baldwin county is-ex-
cept, of course, Wiley Anderson, who
thinks he has everything in his sling.
as they say
Ills father before him were an an
bition kind Of man about the gittin' O.
prop'ty and holdin' on to it. There's
where Wiley got it. Now his mother
were differ'nt. and Cullen he took arf-
ter her. A fine boy, uncommon fine
boy! 1t weren't right, that is, to my
opinion, which business it's none O.
mine; but to me it don't appea: right;
but there it is. you see, Arthur. Now,
that will you writ for me, one o. my
sons amt a-goin' to like IL when Pm
out o the way, but the law. you know.
is ag'in the"
That's all perfectly true, Mr.. Flint.
your will, other people,
John thinks so or not, will
say it YVES right, and certainly there
can be no suspicion regarding It, This
case Is very different In this there
has been great fraud somewhere. and
It is of utmost Importance to find o'''
what 1t was. WANTED to see you and
ascertain what you might remember
In your Intercourse with Pearce Amer
son to show that he had not such pref
erence for Wiley over Cullen as that
will indicates"
Mr.. Flint stopped carefully. picked
up crumb, and, going to a window,
threw 1t out Resuming his chair, he
said. smiling:
my old oman frekwent gives me a
scold about drappin' crumbs about;
but as to that, don't know as know
anything exceptin' what everybody
know in our settlement. The old man |
ANDERSON were monst' Gus fond o.
Cullen, seem like to me, till |
ne got married to Harnah En- |
ow, when seem like soon arter that he |
got put out ag'inst him; but then, in |