The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-06

He was fond of reading law books,
and knew something about law him
self. He has sometimes made wills
for other people, and / never heard
that there was anything wrong about
them"
and the will could not be found?''
'The will could not be found. We
hunted everywhere for 1t in vain, and
then Patrick Darcy said he did not be-
lieve 1t had ever existed, and that old
Margaret had invented the whole story.
The other woman had left the neigh
borhood by that time Patrick Darcy
offered to give me some money, but l
refused to take a gift from him.
knew one of the nurses in the sister
hood here at Marshport; she had been
nursing lady in our neighborhood the
winter before, so l wrote to her, and
she got me taken as probationer.
was there for six months and then I
went to London to be trained l in
tended to revolutioniZe the whole art
OF nursing, but now Laurence has
spoiled all my plans
There was no doubt that this was the
heiress of the will In my possession;
the question was, did the $4,000
away with it?
What kind of man is this Patrick
Darcy?'' / asked.
"a hard man. Very close about
money. He is a good deal younger
than my uncle"
rs he married?"
mo, he never married: his one idea
is to save money. l don't know what
will become of it when he dies, for
he has no one of his own.
This was satisfactory, and I took
my leave as soon as / could, feeling
little ashamed of my apparently
motiveless curiosity, which, 1 could
see, surprised my old friend some,
what
The first thing I did on reaching
home was to take Master Humphrey
from the book shelves, and make sure
that the will was quite safe. Next
morning took it to my own solicitor,
who assured me that it was a valid
will, properly executed. He also
promised to make inquiries about Pat
rick Darcy. And these inquiries prov
ed satisfactory; for in few days, he
Informed me that Patrick Darcy was
well-to-do man, and a mark for
far larger sum than the one due to
Anastasia French.
A day or two later, therefore, I
presented myself again at Mrs
Powers.
Il have brought you a wedding pres
ent, my dear" I said to Sister Anna,
handing her the three volumes of
Master Humphrey"
"Of course" 1 added, seeing the look
OF surprise that Mrs. Power could not
entirely conceal, you shall have the
orthodox bracelet or claret jug later
on; this Is only a preliminary
Indeed, DR.. Moran" said Sister
Anna, L don't think anything could
give me greater pleasure than this; 1t
is just like the copy of Master Humph-
rey' we had at home. Why, I do be-
lieve 1t Is the actual book. Here is the
very pencil mark that poor uncle was
so angry with me for making. Where
did you get this, DR.. Moran2 Was it
from Patrick Darcy?"
Il bought it, my dear, at a second
hand book shop year or two ago. 1t
was only the other day I discovered
that you had an interest in it. Turn to
the picture of Barnaby and his raven.
| think you will find something there
that concerns you.'
She turned to the pages with a prac-
ticed hand until she reached the one
she sought
'Oh," she exclaimed, there is my
uncle's writing. How strange 1t seems
to find it here
Read It," I said.
She glanced quickly over it, the color
fading out of her cheeks as she did SO.
1t is the will" she gasped-"my
uncle's will"
Mrs. Power was by her side in a mo-
nent.
Nonsense, Annie, how could your
uncle's will have found its way into
DR.. Moran's book? Here, let me see it,
And she took the paper from the girls
passive hand.
Anastasia French looked at me
questioningly.
Yes, my DEAR" I said, at is all
right; I have shown the will to my
solicitor, and he says that you will
have no difficulty in making good your
claim to the money your uncle intend
ed for you.''
But l do not understand" said Mrs
Powers. How did the will come into
your possession DR.. Moran"
When I bought these books, with
some others, found the will lying as
you see, between the leaves. thought
that probably it was discarded will,
invalidated by the existence Of later
one. 1 meant, however, to make some
inquiries about it, but, before 1 had
time to do SO, I received the news of
Philips accident which put all minor
matters out of my head for q long
time. I forgot all about the will, until
it was recalled to my mind few days
ago by the sound of the name Anast--
asia Ffrench. You must forgive me for
to me that you did not come into pos
session of your money a year ago."
Il am more grateful to you, if pos
sible, for having forgotten the will last
year than for having remembered it
now. Had you made it's existence
known a year ago l would not, in all
probability, be here today
II did not think of that aspect of
the case. Then you would have given
fot
need not do so as a means of liveli-
hood?"
Certainly not, but I should in that
case have done volunteer work, and so
never have known Mrs Power"
Nor Laurence" supplemented that
lady 81 think he has the strongest
motive of all for being grateful to DR..
Moran. But what has become Of his
mother now? Armies uncle has been
dead for three years.
1.-THE money is perfectly safe and
probably well invested. Patrick Darcy
Is, by all accounts, not at all the man
to let money lie idle
"And can Annie get it back?'
Certainly; there will be little or no
difficulty about that. So you may be-
gin to see about your trousseau at once,
Miss Annie. l suppose the marriage
need not be delayed now" / said, turn
ing to Mrs. Power.
Certainly not Three thousand
pounds will make all the difference be-
tween a foolish marriage and a prudent
one. Don't you think you could be
ready in six weeks, Annie?"
II do not know about that" said
Annie, but I am certain Laurence could
not. Had we not better say six months,
Mrs. Power?'
AS matter of fact. however, the