Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-07-20

Think of that. now! II looks as If
the house were on its way down"
oh don't say that
why not?''
The poor man was nothing to Us. Be
sides he had cousins Its not likely he
| would rob his own for strangers like
us"
But he had u houses: he wouldn't
need 10 rob his own
That's just what l have been saying
TO myself Still. he doesn't owe me a
sfraw- Why should he leave Us any
] thing. I'd like 20 know
Why, didn't his talking about tbs
/ future practically amount 10 prom
ise?-'
In truth. he had better have held his
tongue. and not have troubled pooT
! folks minds
'-Iiesi.es, he was fond of your son
! Why shouldn't he have made him one
OF his heirs. along with his cousins -
Yes. and cousins he had never seen
! They don't know what Il coming Il
! them. All, some folks have luck,
Why shouldn't you De cue Of them:
How do you know he hasn't left yoU
this house you live in -
This Il brings IN 1900 francs
We'll. 1900 francs more or less
! won make OF break the heirs.
! Especially - the house badly needs
repairs. The good old soul trusted the
/ iialIitor beyond reason As long as his
| lodge Is all right he never worries ii bout
what the dodgers have to put up with
| There's a iazyboneS that wouldn't stay
| long in house Of mine: He's Is bad as
| the f7rst-fioor tenant. Nine. de LIE
strange. stuck-up thing as ever there
was. Shed 1rample on you if you'd
let her. If the house was mine . min
ute wouldn't ] give her her walking
ticket2 And I'd do il all the quicker
because she has spent such los OF
! money fixing up her rooms. Crack! 70
have To Let mp tomorrow, Ard Id
raise the rent. besides. Repairs have
10 be done. and why shouldn't the
dodgers do them?-
i quite agree with you; I would
raise all their rents
Yes. and the man who took the shop
off my husbands hands-I'd make him
pay 1900 francs a year more"
But didn't you tell NE that business
was dropping of? Oughtn't YOU &c
charge less for the shop, instead OF
Inore?"'
What! Alucky shop like this? Why,
the next tenant may find his old gen
tleman too I dare say this Is only the
beginning OF d regular run of them
If l were YOU. wouldn't raise the
shop rent I would use ny fortune &c
make at least one person happy"
y am old enough. sir. 10 get along
without advice from anybody, thank
ing YOU all The same"
oh. TOW. don't get angry. were cnly
supPosing. How DO you know the de-
parted has left you this house. and not
the one at the correr?''
THE one that brings in $1,000
francs?-'
Why nOt2 IF ne wanted 70 make You
happy he might IS wei have made z
good job OF II while he was Il it
What you say Is Tery reasonable. ]
hadn't thought Of il. though
1T Is quite on the cards, isn't it?'
Yes, now ! come TO think OF IL. it is.
Nothing obliged the dear. good man 10
do anything for Us al all; but. since he
meant 10 leave Us one of his houses,
why should il have been the woTst?''
Il would look almost an insult
$50 il would. But, honestly. he owed
- nothing
What did he owe his cousins. whom
he never SAW"
And he used TO spend every after
noon with Us"
1T is not relationship 50 much as at
L -
will
SO far as that goes. know he cared
more for Us than for them; he never
breathed a word about them"
You see, you have as much right
as they have"
.Ay. and more. if you look at af7ee-
ton Nine Colimard seemed 10 hest
tate here. but cupidity conquering, she
added: And even if the Al
mighty did his duty by us
Even what?'
Even the 16 should be ours. Why
shouldn't we have the 16 houses, and
the cousins the seventeenth >"
Just then the shop door was violently
thrown open. It was Colimard, back
from the lawyers He looked pale and
haggard.
With eager anxiety. his wife cried:
'.Wen?'
As the man was too breathless to re
ply quickly enough. she shook him:
Speak, Do. for heavens sake. speak,
He has left Us only 500
francs for the boy,
Nine. CoIimard fell back upon ke1
seat. heart-broken. Through hel
cIenched teeth she Kissed her thanks:
The mean wretch. THE Interna-
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