The Atlanta constitution., 1900-04-30

Willingly. "But l am lost man. l
never rccollcct my way. and ii VIII he
of the greatest kindness If you Will dl-
rect me to Southampton street
You are a good mile from there re-
piled sylvester, "aEj as | am going thAt
way. we will walk together.
MIST was too good. but it would be a
mercy London was of all cities the most
intricate. If INST pleased they Would
walk together. Thus Jean Kedar.
This they did, and on the way To South-
bamuton street sylvester made various
endeavors to lure Jean into convcrsa-
tion about Australia: the little clerk eVad-
ing them with consummate tact. PerceiV-
ing this, his guide attempted to gam some
information relative to Jean 5 employers,
doina. II I'm a casual chatty manner that
was quite diplomatic, but again he was
fooled. Jean would talk about the
weather, and the chance OF there belhs
rain before morning, but OF nothing more
important Sylvester asked MIN II ne
were fond Of collecting out of the way
things, and Jean said no with such
natural surprise that the topic died away
1 ana when a landmark hove in sight. the
little clerk. thanking his preserver. as he
/ termed Sylvester for his great goodness
! trotted off. ,.,..,,,, ,,,,,,,i,,e, man
| I'm the world. there ne goes, mused oyi-
| vester. There's u mystery about nm
: and Mr. Doruan that wants cleaIii6 up
/ and as I've time and Inclination Il "
! it, for Dicks sake. | don't know eAhc'iy
| in whaf way Dick is being aftected-he' ;
! 30, s,t an bcin.s made Squire Clifford 5
! heir. and uncommonly sanSuine. Is the
/ 'souiro influenced by Dorman? Now. let
| me- oct the facts of the case into line.
| Dick and Dorman's chances we IL can
4 eaual Scripp and Morder. and their clerk
/ napd ana eiOve with Dornan. Dorman 5
| distress at losing his pocket book ami the
| clerks delight at finding 1t. supposlng 1t
| 10 be porman's Dick living in what
| hope isn't a fools paradise. wish ne
didn't place such reliance In having the
estate. He's the sort 10 take deiea'
| badly"
IL was = few weeks after Jean Kedar's
encounter with sylvester that Squire
! Clifford came to London. with the purpose
Of irving Scrip and Morder instructions
| for making his VIII. and for an hour OF
| longer he and Mr.. Scrip We're close CLOS
eted. When the details of his last testa-
mcnt had been duly set down the squire $
brown face relaxed its tension.
"Pr, clad tn writin's done. Scrip" he
said. getting up from his chair, because
you an me might get oCr call to go any
minute. I'm a healthier man than you,
though, by goodish bit; country air ism
like this stuff you breathe up in Lunnoh
an cali air. but | might go sudden. You'd
like shat. L reckon
NV dear squirrel" exclaimed Mr..
Scrip. You're doing me an injustice by
saying that"
You're a lawyer. arn't yep retorted
the squire. with his usual grin when
pleased An you'd like my estate left
hubble muddle for you to put straight.
But won't gi ye tn chance. No, Scrip,
I'm going to leave my property straight
forard. an tied up. Fast bind. fast find,
that's my motter. Them mortgages now
that | told zee about back in tn summer.
times up, and | want to know IL tn
moneys been paid home"
Mr. Scrip went 10 tin box and took
GU; some papers, which he placed before
the squire. IF you'll so through these.
he said, pointing to them. you Will see
that everything has been settled. Here is
the receipt from the bank for 9l5,VW that
are living there TO- your order. And allow
me- to suggest that it be put out to better
interest than the one and half per cent
that it's earning now.
'I'I think over it," replied the squire.