The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-08-20

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meni oai Of nv voice u hpk after liui
3 the chain Of evidence vas snrrhej 1t
@ ,usvet to my aae.tlous found that hyl
y scnl oame vas Auastasa, nov cot dgwt
= 20 Auns Fltrneh, that her uacles usmt
e sas Mieh,eI Darcy. sud lis farm va'
4, kaown as Carrignslts Iu reply 70 my
, 4lety as 10 her reasous Tor btleUus thsl
afr uuele hiA made vii 10 her favor.
) she said
After my poor uucle go' lba psr,lytig
b stroke Of which be died be made several
.ltempls to speak, sni IS tsr As vs could
& understand biz words we're always abolt
mouey. and alolt having made Il ali
light Tor Annio H sides, our old serfaut
always declared that about " tx before
his illness be bad called her aud another
goman, wao was accidentally 10 The
house, into the sitting room aud made
them witness paper which be sald was
will, When they had 6nisbcd signing he
said half to himself NV, my mind II
At rtst about Anna,
Why did he not get the will properly
drawn up by a solicitor2
He was fond Of reading law books, and
knew something about law himself lie
bad sometimes made wills for other peo
pie, aud never heard that there was any
thing wlo1g with them.
And the will could not be found2
The will could not be found. We hunt
ed everywhere for 1t 10 Va n and then
Patrick Darcy said he did not believe It
had ever existed, aud that old Margaret
had Invented the whole story. The othe
er woman had left the ueighborhood by |
that time, Patrick Darcy offered to give
me some money, bat | refused to take q
gift from him. knew one OF the nurses
in the sisterbo)d here at Marshport; she
had been nursing a lady in our neighbor
hood the winter before; so | wrote to her
aud she got me taken as q probatloner,
was there for si1 months and then ]
went to London TO be trained. | intend
ed TO revolutonizs the whole art OF nurs
ing. but now Laurence has spoiled all my
plans.
There was no doubt that this was the
keiress OF the will in my possession, the
question was. Did the three thousand (
pcuuds exist or had the heir at law made
away with III
What kind Of msn is this Patrick Oar l
cy? / asked,
A hard man, Very close about money. !
He is a good deal younger than my un /
Gle G
Is be married.
No, he never married; his one iles is
10 save money. do not know what will
become of 1t when be dies. for be has no
one Of his own. a
This was satisfactory, and | took my Il
cave as soon as | could, feeling little t
ashamed OF my apparently motiveless Cur /,
osity, which | could see surprised my I,
I'D friend somewhat u
The first thing | did on reaching home +,
vas to take Master Humphrey" from The n
book shelves, and make cure that the will r
vas quite safe. Next morning | took 1t TO n
nv own solicitor, who assured me that il ;,
vas a valid will. properly executed. he q,
lso promised to make inquiries about II
Patrick Darcy, And these inquiries prov a
d satisfactory for III few days be in n
ormed me that Patrick Darcy was a well
o do man and a mark for far larger Ia
um than tie one due to Anaslasia Al
french.
A day or two later. therefore. pre- ent p,
d myself again at Mrs. Powers. of
| hev3 brought you a Wedding present to
~ dear, said to Sister Auns, handing "
er the three volumes Of Master Humph nj
ay" n,
OF oonrse, added, seeing the look Of U,
1rprise that Mrs, Power could not entire 81
, conceal You shall have the orthodox ed
racelet or cIaret j1g later ob, this is only
preliminary. ne
Indeed, DR.. Moran, sal Sister A ia, ia,
ont think anything could give me great in,
pleasure than thit it is just like tie
1py Of Master hunphre We bad at II
ONE Why, do eieve it is the actual j.,
ook, Here is the very pencil mark that
oor uucle vas 80 angry with me for max