Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-06-13
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1lie smiled little, and tried to
squeeze my hand MS a woman might
do. and left off squeezing in the middle
and lay still.
'i'lc brarrst and best said I
again, seeing II pleased him. But he
didn't answer. ! heard the girl gig
CLING outside ia cdoor, for, occasional
iy. we'd Lad just a bit of innocent
laugh. yon know .at his ways. / looked
at his face, and his eyes were closed.
and IL was Just as If somebody had
punched In his nose on each side. !.
It's queer to think OF, he lay dead, lay
dead there, an utter failure. with the
! smile Of success ON his face.
That was the end OF my uncle. You
can Imagine that me and my mother
saw that he had decent burial.
Then, OF course, came the hunt for the
will. We began. decent and respectful,
al first. but before the day was out we
We're ripping chairs and smashing bu-
reau panels and sounding walls. Ev-
cry hour we expected those others to
come Ina. We asked the housekeeper.
and found she'd actually witnessed
wilton an ordinary half-sheet OF note
paper IL was written and very short,
she said-not month ago. The other
witness was the gardener. and he bore
her out, word for word. But I'm
hanged II there was that or any other
will 10 be found. The way my mother
talked must have made him turn I'm his
grave. AT last lawyer at Reigate
sprang one on us that had been made
two years ago during some temporary
quarrel with my mother. I'm blest if
that wasn't the only will TO be discoy-
cred anywhere, and II left every penny
he possessed TO that Take i'm away
youngster OF his second Cousins! A
chap who'd never had TO stand his
talking, not for one afternoon of his
iife."
Tile man with the glass eye stopped.
II thought You said j began.
Half minute said the man with
the glass eye. II had TO wait for the
end of the story i'btii this very inorn-
inc. and was blessed sight more in
teresfed than you are. Yon just wait
a hit. too. They executed the will. aud
the other chap inherited. and directly
be WIS one and twenty he began 10
blue IT, How he did blue Ii. TO be sure,
He hef. he drank. he got in the papers
for this and that--i tell you. IL makes
me wiggle 10 think OF the times he had.
He bined every ha'penny of IL before
he was thirty. and the last heard OF
him was Holloway prison. Three
years ago.
We'll. ! naturally fell ON hard times.
because. yon see. the only trade !
knew was legacy cadging. All my
plans were waiting over 10 begin, so TO
speak. when the old chap died-Pve
had my ups and downs since then.
Just now-it's period OF depression
| tell you. frankly. I'm on the lookout
for help. | was hunting around my
room 10 lind something 10 raise a bit
ON for immediate necessities. and the
sight of all these presentation volumes
no one viii buy them. not To wrap but
ter In. even-weli. they annoyed me.
I'D promised him not TO part with
them. and ! never kept Il promise cas-
Ter. ] let out AZ them with my boot.
and sent them shooting across the
room. One lifted at the Kick and spun
through the air. And out OF IL tapped
you guess?
I'll was the will. He'd given il to me
himself In that very last volume of
ALL.
lie folded his arms ON the table and
looked sad with his active eyes N the
empty tankard He shook his head
slowly and said. softly: I'D never
opened the book. much less cut
page" Then he looked up. with a biz
ter laugh. for my sympathy
Fancy hiding !, there, Ell. OF all
places"
He began to fish lbscntly for a dead
fly with his finger. I'll just shows You
the vanity of authors" 10 SAID. looking
up NJ me. 1T wasn't no trick OF his.
He'd meant perfectly fair. He'd really
thought | vas really going home TO
Rad that blessed book of his through.
But II shows you. don't III" His eyes
went down on the tankard again. III
shows you. too. how much we poor.
human beings fail to understand one
another"
But there was no misunderstanding
the eloquent thirst OF his eye. He ;ic-
cept,al with ill-feiS,icd surprise. He
said the usual suitable formula that he
didn't mind If he did. Isl. Louis Globe
Democrat.