The Portland daily press., 1894-09-10
A DILEMMA.

: gentleman to see you, sir. Says it's
very important, but he wouldn It send up
bis name.''
The individual addressed flung a bum
die of papers tied with red tape at his fell
low clerk and then followed the messen-
ger down stairs two steps at time into
the waiting room of Somerset House.
YES" answered his visitor, Sits your
cousin George, and haven 't'the slightest
doubt you are di sgusted to see me. Where's
my money!"
sYour money!? What money?''
"Half of the money that my GRANDPA
ther left Come, I'm not SO greedy as you.
I don t want the whole. You need not
pretend innocence, because you know all
about it,
istBut grandfather left no will. /"
tsJust SO, and therefore his estate ought
to be divided between his two remaining
refatives--you and nae. Consequently /
claim half his property"
"He left no property, George, assure
you. had to- maintain him during his
Illness, and although it is four months
since he died have only just paid off his
funeral expenses"
s'Charles Gleason, don't believe you.
Ny grandfather was rich man. I have
never liked you, but 1 have not previous
ly had reason to- doubt your honesty or
think you would rob me at a time when
I am sorely in need of money"
will be as frank on my side, George.
I don't particularly care for you, but I
could not refuse money to my only remain
ing relative if 1 had it in my pocket. The
truth is, am about to be married. and
we have just been furnishing fiat, SO
that I have really no available cash. I
might, however, gotta loan of few shil-
lings from one of the fellows up stairs, al
though it is within 4S hours of pay day"
sit pleases You to .be sarcastic, sir. I
want my property, not a loan, and your
statement that you are about to be mar.
ried confirms my belief that you have
taken money which is not your own. Why
did you not get married hetore?'
Because my grandfather supported me
when I was young. l was bound to do
the Same for him when he was old"
g ,'tAll very flno A man with his income
wanted vast dear of support, I expect. %
stHe had no ircome and he saved no
money Don't You believe''--
well, well, it's a~---
ssLoob here, George, if we are not to be
friends, we needn't at any rate be open
enemies. Suppose you come to my we'd
ding next week?'
IF 1 come to your wedding, it will be
to congratulate the lady YOU are engaged
to on her marriage with thief !"
s'And she would call you a liar, #" said
Charles Gleason calmly as his cousin left
the room.
Needless of the injunction that smoking
is not allowable in Office hours, the gov
eminent clerk strobe up stairs and lit a
: cigarette. Interviews such as he had just
terminated are not conductive to a peace
full frame of mind. He made some cof-
fee, threw away his cigarette. and Lit an
other, assisted in a game somewhat SINH
lar to cricket which is played with rulers
and official papers, and finally asked his
chief for an hours leave on the ground
that he had a headache.
He strolled up and down the embank
ment two or three times. Then it struck
him that he wanted fresh tie, and he
walked up Chancery lane to his favorite
shop in Holborn.
On his way he stopped, for right in
front of him stood his cousin, talking to a
short, sandy haired, clean. shaven man.
:, with sharn. green eyes. which reminded