Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-11-19
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for poor Henry's address. To which
I, of course, gave an evasive answer.
When / next write to him he shall
know"
l listened to the old lawyers trium-
plant speeches with no little gratifica-
ton for 1 could see he spoke conf
IDENTIFY, and that Henry Harding was
good as sure to become sole owner of
the Beechwoods estate. Good news I
should have to send back to the young
estanciero on the Parana. l could not
help thinking that. little as he pro-
ressed to love his native land, the
event would bring about a removal of
] his prejudices.
Ihls will be a surprise for Mr.
Nigel remarked.
Won't it," exultingly rejoined the
lawyer. And Mr.. Violet as well
They did all they could to find out why
was advertising for the lost legatee,
and supposed it was to pay him the
paltry thousand pounds, as 1 led them
to believe. Nigel may now have, that
to pay Woolet's costs with My word!
there will be an explosion! And now
to take the preliminary steps for
bringing it about. l am glad to know,
| sir, we can count on your assistance"
/ "Any I may be able to give will be
at your service"
"Ah! and it may be needed. Men
don't yield UP possession of a property
such as that without shelving fight for
it. We may expect war to the knife,
with some questionable strategy, from
such fellow as Woolet-a thorough
shyster, without jot Of principle"
"But how can they dispute this Sec
ond will? 1t seems clear and definite
regular, and valid in every respect"
It's all you say. They can't contest
its validity, and won't think of trying.
I've no fear of that"
What them"
"What then? There's the point. I
fancy they'll make a stand upon the
question of identity, and deny that our
claimant is Henry Harding. By the
way, what does the young fellow look
like? Himself before he left England?
Or is he much altered in appearance?"
He certainly u.s. l should not have
known him myself, on meeting him
two months ago, but for his mention
ing a circumstance which recalled
him."
That's unfortunate. / can under
stand he'll have greatly changed He
was but boy nleaving home; and a
captivity among brigands, fighting on
barTicades, a beard, the tan of South
American sun, to say nothing of his
getting married. will no doubt, have
made the Henry Harding of to-day
very unlike the Henry Harding of sew
en- or eight years ago. My word! there
might have been difficulty in Identify
ing him. People nowadays can be had
to swear anything-that blacks white,
if wanted-had by the score for as many
ten-pound notes. And in this case
there's enough money to pay for all
sorts of perjury, with the will to make
use of it. Violet wouldn't stick at
anything. Well be sure to have
fight, sir, quite sure"
you don't appear to have much fear
about the result?"
I said this, noticing that the lawyer
seemed full of confidence, having en-
! phatically used the conditional tense
when speaking about the chances on his
client being identified.
mot the slightest-not the slightest"
he responded, with a significant smile.
"As I've said, there might have been,
! and we might have had to fear the
worst. But, as it chances, 1 have
way-a little scheme of my own. Never
mind about that now, you shall be told
| of in due time. First, we must set our
selves for citing all parties in court;
or, rather, the first thing is to get Mr..
Henry Harding here. He must be sent
for Immediately. You say his address
is 'Estancia Torreani, near Rosario
That's up the river Parana With your
kind directions, my son shall start off
for South America at once. It's long
way, true; but the stakes a big one,
worth going round the world for twenty
times. And now, Captain, I've a favor
to ask of yourself, which is, that you'll
keep this affair secret, profound Sc
cret, until-well, until Mr.. Henry
Harding himself gets upon the ground.
After that it'll soon be known to every
body"
| OF course, l gave the promise re-
| quested, with such travelling directions
for the junior partner of the firm as
would enable him to find its future
| client.
| All these matters being arranged, l
| left Lincoln's Inn Fields in the full be-
lief that my excursion into the territory
of the Argentine Confederation, while
| pleasant and beneficial to myself, would
be the same to those who had there
shown me hospitality