Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-20
CHAPTER ".

We resolved to tell Irving in a gen.
eral way that we were going to Europe
to mako some money md would pay
him and his two fellows their percent
age. Then we could apparently work
with impunity, for Of course If we COM
mitted forgery in Europe and were
recognized as Americans-as probably
we would be-the foreign police would
report tho case to the New York police
that is, TO Irving.
Edwin James and Brea had dropped
ont of our lives for good, but as my
readers will DO curious to know of their
fate in after times will relate it in
this chapter.
The 50, 900 we gave James eased up
matters for n time Practice he had
none but managed to hold on in the
hope Of realizing on the Brea will mat
ter, but getting deeper and deeper in
debt. Broa helped him all he could, as
his presence was essential IL the old lady
departed and the forged will was pro-
duced. One night, four years later,
Brea's mother-in- law had more than
usually furious outbreak Of temper and
fell to beating the three daughters still
living with her. Before it was over she
had attacked and seriously injured the
eldest, and then few to her room in u
passion. Not appearing at breakfast the
next morning her daughter went to her
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'llo attorney cautious as ne was no
saiu el'ouBh 10 convince the lawyer that
tor SONY reason nc ulo hot want the case
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anu .ney al looAed 10 nm ooth as
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s,uuous eou.V 20 'ahe' tne youngest Al
.housh pust o. ana without education
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