The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-12-06

SIt1]l SelisSS. is yS@F 7" cousin 1
"Distant cousin; but how did this
last document, in my favor. come to
be made? Please explain, Mr.. Gray.
L don't quite understand it ALL"
lyon doubtless remember that
yonr Uncle Denning was strong ad-
mirer of art in all its branches. and
when Crittenden, with an unmistaka-
BILE talent for painting, drifted into
the profession II pleased him very
much. Ii was then that the first will
was made. knowing-as he did-what
ON uphill road the life of an artist
generally is, and how long it
takes before financial returns
begin to come in. You also were de-
veloping great deal of ability in the
same line; and rs you and Crittenden
were good deal with each other-l
may as well be frank with you-he had
an idea that in course of time YOU
would naturally drift together; that
is probably why your name was not
mentioned in the first will. because, to
my personal knowledge, he thought
great deal of you. Then came re-
ports from two or three reliable sources
that Crlttenden hal somehow been
taken up by fashionable set and was
decidedly neglecting his profession,
while he lived for little or nothing at
the expense of his new-found friends.
Finally, when Mr.. Denning felt sure
the young man was losing his ambi-
tion and settling down into that kind
of shiftless life. he sent for me and
made this new will in your favor. /
don't know when / have been more
pleased to draw up legal document,
Miss Madge; you have my hearty con.
yratulatious.
Miss Tyler was in a brown study.
She sat for several moments. with her
: y -ost'~"- ~ the Wiieus iba hand
WINE .ue toe OF one dainty shoe poked
and patted figure in the rug. To the
white whiskered OLD lawyer, sitting
comfortably back in his leather char,
she made a charming picture A ray
otsunlight, touching one pink ear, and
the soft ten glove on the arm of her
chair, gave n warm coloring TO that
side Of the graceful figure, the other
being sof;cnCd by the shadows in the
corner.
as that first will still in existence ?"
eyes, | have it here in the box with
Mr. Dennings papers 1t is void,
however, on account of this other"
During her few moments thought,
the rows OF law books, the great fire.
place, the walls, the room itself, had
seemed to fade away. 1t was last
summer again. She and Crlttenden
were back in Norfolk, sketching,
rambling about through the quaint
old streets or over AT Virginia Beach.
breathing in the soft sea air and sun
shine rs they caught bit after bit of
the grand ocean panorama and trans.
terred 1t to their canvas. Although
he had never asked her to marry him,
their daily life together seemed TO set
tie the question without discussion;
the talent each possessed supplemented
and encouraged the others. Day
after day driited along in quiet,
wholesome, Out-of-door happiness.
and she instinctively felt that il was
merely his limited income which kept
him from speaking of the beginning
OF their life together. In the fash.
ionable West End boarding house, her
mother source OF income, they came
and went rs naturally rs if they al.
ready belonged to each other; even
"Sam,' tEeir ebony familiar, who
lugged the painting outfit, had pic
tured to himself life OF sunshiny
ease in the studio which, in his minds
eye, formed the prominent feature OF
their future home.
"Alr. Gray, 1 have decided to do
what You may think very foolish
thing. | am going 10 destroy this
will. Then you are at liberty to no.
THY Mr., Crittenden that the property
Is his.
MY dear Miss Madge! Don't! /
beg of youl Don't do anything OF the
kind ] assure you, upon my word of
honor, that your uncle knew very
well what he was about when he
changed his mind. With all due re-
sugct To Mr., CTlttendcn, am positive
this money would be thrown away ON
hun. In your case, 1t will place you
and your mother in IN Independent
position Tor lie"
1T may be that you arc right about
Mr. Crlttendon; but ! doubt il, Mr..
Gray. / have known him for several
years. This money would enable him
TO study abroad rs long as he pleased,
aud to develop, under the most favor
able circumstances, the talent he GER
taia.y has. Mother is comfortable Mt
present, and probably Will be as long
as shelves. Size has many warm friends
among tae Congressman; and. as