Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1896-06-26
robbery on an extensive scale and bare

George was not SenslDle OIL any oClohS
degree of esteem for him, but-perhaps
| for that very reason-Orkney looked the
l:keliest person for what he wanted,
and one afternoon he betook himself to
the gentlemans Office.
II have,'' he said when greetings had
been exchanged, ''come on rather deli
cate business. needn't tell you that
what am going TO say is in confidence.
"Quite so," said Orkney, drawing out
| the ends of his mustache.
"The fact is, things aren't going we'll
! with me. I am deadly tired OF 1T all,
and er-it sounds 4 curious statement
| am anxious to make away with my
SELF
The lawyer was only SO, and he start
ed. Professional calm reasserted it.
! self a moment later, however, and he
echoetd Georges last words in meas
| ured tones:
'To make away with yourself? o,
nonsense!"
81 am" replied Collier, 'but my life
| isn't assured. You see the difficulty?
I am bound to think of my wife and
child, and they would be practically
penniless.'
| assure it, suggested Mr.. Horace
Orkney, with a shrug, IF you are de-
ter1nined! But, my dear Collier, do
let me dissuade you from entertaining
such a-such a-really, you know!' He
withdrew his monogramed handker-
chief and shook it out daintily, diffus-
ing an agreeable odor of white rose.
| you distress me much"
Il won't trouble you with my argu-
ments," responded Collier; II haven't
come to discuss the pros and cons, or
to waste your time. My mind is made
up, and I know my own mind better
than anybody else can tell it to me.
You say: Assure it, the point is that
I am unable to do SO, because I can't
put my hands on the money
"Oh?" said Orkney. THE premiums
aren't heavy,:' he added, after pause.
'How much did you think of assuring
for?"
"While I am about it want to make
an adequate provision; I want to ar
range SO that there shall be an income
Of. say, four or five hundred per annum.
] know what the premium would be on
an amount to yield that from safe in
vestnent, and should pay it for year,
down!--it would be better. I reckon
it 6 800. Now, my idea was
"Was-what?" asked the solicitor,
blandly, as he hesitatcd.
George was Il little nervous. His
gaze wandered.
'My idea was that you might be
willing to advance me the sum. to be re-
payable with interest at my death. T.
I am eager to make the proposal as at
| tractive as I can. Advance ME 6 800
and I'll have a will drawn up at once,
and leave you Thousand. How does it
strike you? I think myself it's very
fair
Horace Orkney tapped his fingers to-
gether pensively.
"a company contests the~claim in {
case of suspected suicide" he said;
"you are overlooking that"
II am overlooking nothing. I have
thought it all out, and I know exactly
what shall do. a cousin of my wife
has a cottage in Kent, on the Darenth
We have often staid there. The lawr
slopes to the rivers edge, and there is
an Indian canoe. No more solitary
place. especially after dusk, could cx
ist. Now, can easily contrive so that
we get an invitation to go down for {;
week. One evening. after working hare
, all day, shall say am going out for :
breath of fresh air. l shall ask wha
time they are going to have supper. ant
set my watch by their clock, SO that
may not be late back. I shall beg my
wife to remind me of an important let
ter have to write in the morning ant
= step out through the window in thu
gayest of spirits. Well, the canoe up
> sets 1t is known do not swim. Moth
! ing could be simpler!"
: "But your intentions may alter, m,
!, friend. And, if they do. have ad
:, vanced you 800. and where am l
: In the natural course of events you ma!
, live for 30 or 40 years to come"
IL thought" said Collier. ''of wait
, ing to put an end TO my life till tn
! spring, SO as to avert any possibility o
a suspicious complexion. If you thinl
. it judicous. the accident shall occu
: next MONTH"
There was another silence.
IL will consider said Mr.. Orkney
8 at length. ''Now you must let me scnt
p you away; I'm busy
6 Having considered. he agreed. II
: provided George Collier with the sum o
800 pounds to take out policy, AM
| George made a will by which Mr.. Horace
i Orkney was bequathed 1000. TIL
e rest went to Eva. who. to give her he
. due, was an affectionate mother.
!, The weary man was now compare
4 lively contented. In April he was t.
die, and it was already November. II
V make quite certain there should be N
; hitch in the post morte,n proceedings
, it had been decided that he should wal
! till April. He had had hopes that DIRK
: ney would declare it was safe for hin
. to take the step earlier, but on reflection
the lawyer had pronounced it inadvis
able, and said it would be wiser for hin
to keep to the date he had original,