The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-05
sleep here tonight, as this house is no,n

sleep here tonight as this house is no,v
yours?"
1t occurred to Burrows at once thar
this was his opportunity to continue tho
line of inquiry suggested by Mr.. BarneS
in his more. Therefore, without ,vai,
ing for Lewis to reply, he said
Squire, you say this house is now
the property OF this young man. | hone
both OF you will pardon my askipo
whether a will has been found"
II am not at all offended said
Lewis promptly. That lisa very pronor
question. squire, do you know anything
about thisY'
"Why, yes! | should have spoken 70
you before. have the will in my noel,
ct now. It was given into my keepip,,
by your father, some time ago. donot
however, know its contents, except that
am named as one of the executors for
he had the document drawn in Boston
and gave it into my hands in sealed
envelope. Here it is, as l received il,
He drew forth a legal looking enyelono
OF large proportions. "Shall open it,,
Lewis nodded, and Burrows was too
curious TO know its contents to call at.
tention to the fact that it might be as
well not to read the will until notice
could be given to other possible bene-
ficiaries under its provisions. The souire
forthwith opened and read the paper. I'm
substance it was to the effect that the
house and all available funds should
become the unconditional property Of
Virginia Lewis. There was "a clause in
which an allusion was made to the son.
but, far from making him legatee, il
was plainly explained that Lewis mere
considered that his son had forfeited all
claim upon his bounty, and therefore no
direct provision was made for his re-
ceiving any part of the estate But there
was request that, in case the young
man should return home, Virginia
should do for him whatever his circum-
stances seemed to require.
Burrows listened with close attention
and quoted this clause with much in.
terest. Here was evidence that the
young man, then present, could not
have committed the crime with the GER
ldlutN vi ilHtl lAlhSs LcN 10 tutD stllus
well, gentlemen, it seems that am
not the owner of this house after ALL
and therefore cannot sleep here without
the permission of my cousin. But sup
pose you can arrange that much for me,
at least?" He appealed to the squire,
who replied:
II am sure of it. Virgie would not
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confident that when she understands
that you are so near relative she will
offer you the hospitality which is due to
you. In fact, if know her character, |
doubt if she will accept the property at
all, now that you have returned ~
"Once MORE" said Burrows, II hope
you will see that / am speaking con-
when 1 remind you, Mr..
Lewis, that you have given us no proof
of your identity. OF course your word
alone was sufficient this morning when
we were coming here. We expected to
find Mr.. Lewis alive, and it would have
been his privilege to satisfy any doubt.
But now, under the peculiar circum-
stances, l hope you don't miscontrue
my motives
mot in the least" replied Lewis.
''You are investigating a murder and
are right to demand thorough expla-
nation of my movements and proof of
my identity. l am a stranger to you,
and you have but my unsupported word.
| am more glad than sorry that am
by my fathers will. l did
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hands anyway, and under the distress
ing circumstances, and considering my
appearance just after his violent death,
were his heir it might seem-you un-
derstand? / might be implicated
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