The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-02

MY. head. nut nv the bnvcst ant
best
lie smiled a little. aud tried 70
sluesze my haul as a woman might
d.. and left on squeezing IN the middle
AMI lay still
"' The hravcst and best said I
again, seeing u pleased him. Hut no
diln't answer ! heard thu girl g,g.
Cling outside IN c,lour. for. occasional.
u, we'd Lad Just Bit of innocent
laugh you know az his ways. / Looked
at his face. and his eyes were closed.
and II MAS just as II somebody had
punched In his nose on each side. ..
It's queer 10 think Of. be lay dead. lay
dcilsl there. an utter failure. with the
smile ~ succcSs on his face.
"fliat WAS the end OF my uncle. You
can imagine that me and my mother
saw that he had decent burial.
Thcn. of course. came the hunt for the
VIII. We began. decent and respectful,
at first. but before the day was out we
were Tipping chairs and smashing hu-
renu panels and sounding walls Ev-
cry hour we expected those others to
come 10. We asked the housekeeper.
aud found she'd actually witnessed a
VIII an ordinary half.sheet OF note
paper II was written and very short,
she silAl-noi month ago. The other
witness WIS the gardener. and he bore
her out. word for word. But I'm
hanged II there was that or any other
will To- be found The way my mother
talked must have made him turn IN his
grave. AZ last a lawyer at Reigatc
spang one on Us that had been made
two years ago during some temporary
quarrel with my mother. TIM blest II
that wasn't the only wiz 10 be discov.
cred anywhere. and Il left every penny
he POSSESSED to that Take I'm away
youngsicr of his second cousins! A
chap who'd never had 20 stand his
talking. not for one afternoon Of his
life"
The man With the glass eye stopped.
Il thought you sald." began.
Halt minute" said the man with
The glass eye. Il had 10 wait for the
end 81 the story uLtil this very morn.
lne. aud was 4 blessed sight more in
tcnsied than you are. You just walt
bit. too, They executed the will. and
the other chap inherited. and directly
be- WIS one aud twenty he began 10
blue a. How he did blue Il. 20 be sure.
lie het. be- drank. he got In the papers
for this and tlntl tell you. II makes
me wlgglc TO think OF the times he had
lie blucd every ha'pcnny Of II before
he was thirty. aud the Inst ! heard "
him was-lIolloway prison. Three
ycars ago.
Well. naturally fell on hard times
because. ynn see. the only trade
knew was legacy cadglng All my
plans were waiting over 10 begin. so To
speak. when the old chap died--l've
had my ups and downs since then.
Just now It's period OF depression.
! tell ym. frankly. I'm on the lookout
Toy help was hunting around my
room to lind something 10 raise a bit
on FOR Immediate necessities. and the
sight uf all these presentation volumes
no one viii buy them. not to wrap hut.
ter Ia. cvcn--well. they annoyed me.
Id promised him not 10 part with
them. and never kept n promise cas-
Ter let out NJ them with my boot,
and sent them shooting across the
room. One lifted NJ the kick and spun
through the air. And out OF Il tapped
you gueSsi
1T WIS the will. He'd given II 10 me
himself In that very last volume Of
nll."
lie folded his arms on the table and
looked sad with his active eyes az tlR
empty iankard lie shook his head
slowly and said. softly: I'D never
opened the book. much less cut a
page" Then he looked NJ. with a bit
Ter laugh. for my sympathy.
Fancy hiding Il there. ehi on all
plnocs."
lie began 10 fsh lbscntly Tor a dead
Ny with his finger. III Just shows you
the vanity Of authors" h. said looking
up NJ me. 1t wasn't no trick ~ hla,
He'd meant perfectly fair He'd really
Thought vgs really going home ID
read that blessed book of his through
But u shows you. don't H. His eyes
I went down on the tankari again. III
shows You. too how much we poor
human beings iai' TO understand one
another"
bur there was no misunderstanding
the eloquent thirst of his eye lie ac
cepied with lll.felguctl surprise. lie
said the usual suitable formula that he
didn't mind II he did.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat