The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-11-10
Don't you see. although / called him

Don't you see. although I called him
q. ,, was only his wife's niece. and
in reality no relation whatever. My
aunt was living when ! first came to /
them, so long ago that can scarcelyre re-
member IL but she died soon after, and
then my uncle and took care OF each
other.
"How did you employ yourselfr"
asked Mrs. Power.
"Oh, had the house TO attend TO, |
and the poultry yard. as well as the gar
den. And then / used to read good
deal; uncle had quite q collection OF |
books. He had been buying them all his |
life, chiefly secondhand ones believe |
some of the books were valuable. There |
was an old copy OF Master Humphreys
Clock, with pictures in it, that used to
delight me when Twas child I; pictures
of Nell and Quilp and Dick Swiveller."
The words "his wife's niece" had
somehow seemed familiar to me, but 1t
| was not until the allusion to Master
| Humphreys Clock" had supplied anoth-
l or link in the chain that there flashed
l into my mind the remembrance OF the
will hidden in the old copy at home
Michael Darcy's will, with its bequest
TO my wife niece, Anastasia French.
could hardly keep the excitement out
Of my voice az link after link in the
chain of evidence was supplied in an
swer TO my questions. l found that her
real name was Anastasia- now cut down
to Anna French; that her uncle's name
was Michael Darcy and his farm was
known as Carrignalea. In reply to my
| query as 70 her reasons for believing
that her uncle had made u will in her
favor, she said:
After my poor uncle got the para.
lytic stroke of which he died he made
] several attempts to speak and az far ms
| we could understand his words were al
ways about money and about having
made it all right for Annie. Besides,
our old servant always declared that
| about week before his illness he had
called her and another woman, who was
accidentally in the house, into the sit
ting room and made them witness pa
Der which he said was will. When
| they had finished signing, he said, half
TO himself, Now my mind is at rest
| about Annie.
"Why did he not get the will proper
! | ~ drawn up by solicitors"
she was fond of reading lawbooks
, and knew something about law himself.
, He had sometimes made wills for other
people, and l never heard that there
. was anything wrong about them. J."
, "And the will could not be found?"
1.-The will could not be found. We
hunted everywhere for it in vain, and
7 then Patrick Darcy said he did not DO
q | lieve il had ever existed and that ole
q | Margaret had invented the whole story
!, ! The other woman had left the neighbor
I, | hood by that time Patrick Darcy Offered
. TO give me some money, but l refused
10 take gift from him. knew one o
- the nurses in the sisterhood here q
. Marshport. She had been nursing
;. lady in our neighborhood the winter be
7 fore, 30 wrote to her, and she got m
- taken as probationer. was there 10
:, ak months, and then / went to Londo
TO be trained. intended to revolution
20 ize the whole art Of nursing, but no,
g Laurence has spoiled all my plans.
! There was no doubt that this was tb
% heiress Of the will in my possession
"A The question was, Did the f3, 900 exist
, | or had the heir at-law made away wit
70 it2
took my leave as soon as coult
a The first thing did on reaching HON
~ was to take Master Humphrey" frol
~ the bookshelf and make sure that II
40 will was quite safe Next morning
80 took il to my own solicitor. who assure
me that it was valid will, properl
., executed. In few days he informed n
!, that Patrick Darcy was well to
man and mark for larger sum tha
-. the one due to Anastasia Ffrench.
~. A day or two later, therefore, pr
.ox sented myself again at Mrs. Powers
- "I have brought you wedding pre-
~ emit, my DEAR" said to Sister Ann
an handing her the three volumes OF MA
,ar ter Humphrey.
,os Indeed, DR.. Moran" said Sist
!, Anna, 81 don't think anything cou
80 give me greater pleasure than this; 1t
~ Just like the copy Of Master Humphre
~. we had at home. Why. I do believe
Nv is the actual book. Here is the We
"a pencil mark that poor uncle was
~ angry with me for making. Where d
YOU get this, DR.. Moran2 Was II fro
n Patrick Darcyf"
10. II bought it, my dear. at secon
od hand bookshop o year or two ago.
~ was only the other day I discovered tn
You had an interest in ii. Turn to
"a picture Of Barnaby and his raven.
aai think you will find something the
that concerns you.
~. She turned the pages with practic
'A hand until she reached the one
ow sought.
'nd "Oh," she exclaimed, here Is
oh. uncle's writinei How strange 1t seel
to find it herep"
t,v Read it," said
,,r, She glanced quickly over 1t, the co
md fading out Of her cheek as she did
; ;as ''It is the will" she gasped-"my =
cle's will. "-Chambers' Journal
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