The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-05-25


than my old hat How can he: Ad
wise him To forfeit the deposit. AMI let
the thing slide He will never regret
il. China clay. indeed. Cod bless Ine.
China clay
is this final. sir
Certainly. Tell John that aru very
sorry. but | shall lend neither clients
money nor my own on the security Of
anything underground. Imagine lend
in, fourteen thousand ~ china clay,
It beats cock lighting,
When | announced this decision
Io.rprd he seemed more au-ry t.
disappointed. and rejected with ,..s-
dam the idea of sacrificing the deposit
AMI rcnouncing his bargain.
IF SIR. Harlow and YOU know nau-llr
of china clay do" auoth he Il have
not been roofing about down th.re tli,
last month for ncwt / must S"t L
brass Soncwhercs else. that's all. AMI
/ shall. before W. are 4 Neeh older :
Il shall be Very pleased if sa,t -.
but | greatly fear
What"
That You won't
Well. y,ull see. Gool ,ily. Mr
Honeyman." and with that John put
on his hat. took up his bag and Iii,
shaggy umbrella and went his way
Three days afterward he WAS back
again. smiliEss ana triumphant In
stead Of IN ulster he wore covert
coat; instead Of comforter. il smart
crimson necktie; ami his bag AMI tin
ba--y umbrella had disappeared. AMI
IL sported white hat
5 all right. Mr.. Honesman. ulsfh
Ina In ~ Ii -
the money Z"
81. l cannot exactly say is Iva
set il in my breecheS pocket. but its
all arranged. and reckon that comes
10 the same thing. Read this
John gave ME Il letter, neatly writ
ten III legal round hand, and signed
Thomas Wilson," IL the effect that
the writer. having fully satisfied him
self as to the value Of the ralpa -
tate. his clients twhose names and all
dresses he gave, We're prepared. on his
recommendation To advance tl5.opo at
) per cent on the security of the prop
erty in question The letter concluded
thus:
Kindly place me in communication
with your solicitor. i'll order that no
time may be lost i'll CARRYING this ar
rangement into effect
Well done. YOU" said T. Why. you
are getting as much advanced aS YOU
have to pay Who is WILSON,.
A solicitor at Poole It is trust
money. He is concerned for t trustees
made his acquaintance quite acci-
'eaftal. When will you write To hi,a =
o-day. of course
All right. Get it done as soon aS
IN Ia
hat jauntily on one side. walked off as
he had come. smiling
When l told Mr. Harlow what Hol-
royd had done he seemed very much
surprised limited that a solicitor who
allowed trustees to lent fnoney on the
security Of china clay vas either 4
fool or the other thing. AMI urged me til
put the matter in hand at once. before
these people" changed their minds.
CHAPTER III.
| lost no time in acting on Mr. Har-
lows instructions. BY the same post
| wrote to McsSrs. Sorrel x Seetlyfce.
asking for IN abstract Of title and IL
Mr.. Wilson inquiring whether lie would
be satisfied with our assurance that il
WAS good-in the event Of our finding il
good-Which was almost matter Of
course
Mr. Wilson's reply wls prompt AMI
polite. Ii he We're concerned for him
self alone h. should BE- quite willn. t.
It our warranty Of the title. bur ~
Was acting for clients. who we.
also trustees. it would not be right IL
him to delegate his responsibility IL
another. and he feared that he must
ask us to let him perrse the abstract.
He also mentioned incidentally that III.
should shortly have occasion to run nD
t. town. when he would do himself the
pleasure Of calling upon us.
This was quite correct II was OK
actly the answer | should have made
myself. anI showed that Mr. Wilson
knew his business In the cours,. of
the following week | received the :tb-
str.lct from SOrrel 4 Saeslvtoe. and
after Mr.. Harlow and myself had ex-
amined the document and found 1t in
order. we forwarded it to Wilson for
his peruSal. and. az we supposed. his
approval. BY return of post the ali
stract came back. accompanied by i
letter from our correspondent. cour-
teously calling our attention to il flaw
in the title. which, he presumed, had
escaped our notice
1t had. indeed. and vexe,l we were
country solicitor had caught rs
llg.
LIS fellow is evidently 4 lawyer.
lie knows what he is about" observed
Mr. Harlow. I'VE must mind our P's
and tcs."
After i somewhat tedious cores poBd-
enec with the vendors solicitors, the
missing link was supplied and the
business went on: yet SO slowly Mthal
that | thought it Well to ask Mr.. Viii
son 70 make his contemplated visit ut
his earliest convenience. III order that
W. might settle the matter out Of hand.
lie a>sented without demur. and came
within week. | had pictured him to
myself really don't know why Il
smart. dapper littl" country lawyer Of