Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-10

wondering whether she lad given tho
young doctor up. What does she say
The old fellows face sobered.
That girls the apple of my eye. az
you know. but she's as stubborn as her
old daddy. She refuses, unless | can
produce what she calls proof Of he high
standing of Dupray, and ne has sent TO
France for the papers.
Il thought for moment and then
said:
Was the wedding TO have been at
once, before she made this demaDdT
That's 1t. ! wanted her TO have
him, and he wanted her at once, for we
were to go to the continent together
and make the wedding trip sort of
business trip, too. But-confound 1t
you know the girl, nd she has simply
backed out until the papers come. It's
all right. though, and in two weeks the
matter will be arranged
Il cogltated a little and then said:
Better have the settlement drawn
while you are waiting. | suppose you
intend to give Marcia everything, and
you might make the will and then have
Dupray sign the settlement, or at least
have it all drawn up so that 1t can be
signed when the time comes. | tell you
that | want to draw that paper, for
while your foreign son-in-law may be
the best fellow in the world, and willing
to promise everything now, am going
to put British law about his neck, so
that he will have to keep his promise
by-and-by If he should want to change
his mind
THE old man laughed.
81 know you were always in favor
of that young doctor, and he's good
enough fellow, but now that a better
man has come along and wants my girl,
and she is willing, he's going to have
her. But it's right that everything
should be done in proper form, and III
bring Dupray down in day or two and
| We'll fix the things up
Three days later, one afternoon, Lee
roy and the Frenchman came into the
office. Dupray was as polite as one
could ask, and yielded a quick consent
to all the suggestions l made with re-
lation to the papers to be executed; but,
somehow, as l began to write, l felt
that he was not friendly with me, and
that he laid 1t at my door that these
papers were being brought to head so
certainly before the marriage.
you may be sure that when that Idea
took possession of my mind, was stub
born enough to determine that the pa
pers should be drawn and signed that
day; and when Leroy proposed that
they should leave me to my writing,
while they went and had a smoke,
said:
"'No, smoke here; and then when l
want you to sign l shall not have to
run after you
And they sat down.
LEROY took out some cigars, and Of
fered one to the Frenchman and one
to me. | declined, as l did not like to
smoke and work, and the Frenchman
declined, saying that he preferred
pipe, producing from his inside pocket
handsome meerschaum, and proceeded
to fill and Light it.
Remember that this was more than
Ave years since my brother-in-law had
told me of his foreign experience, and
/ doubt II hal thought of it even for
half that time.
We'll the two men smoked and l
wrote. but all the time with that un-
easy feeling that sometimes comes
when you are not In accord with your
surroundings, and it was with satisfac-
ton that after an hour | completed the
first draft of the paper and laid down
my pen to read 1t to the high contract
ing parties.
"As l turned In my chair with the
agreement in my hand, Leroy threw
away the stub of his third cigar, while
the Frenchman removed his pipe from
his lips and drew nearer to me TO listen
carefully to the legal bars that he knew
1 was preparing to keep him out of the
money. / felt pleased to think that it
was so, and perhaps my face showed a
trace too much of that pleasure.
"As began TO read, the man replaced
his pipe In his mouth, and from time to
| time blew clouds of soft, aromatic
smoke in my face; but as l was
smoker myself, l determined not to al
! low this TO disconcert me, as l had no
| doubt he intended 1t to do, but read
steadily on. When an agreement had
been covered, would pause and look at
Leroy for his approval, then continue
to read.
AT one of these pauses. for no
known reason. my eyes turned upon the
pipe held loosely in the Frenchman's
hand as he sat listening at my side, and
my heart leaped into my very mouth
as | saw that 1t was Turks head,
small and with flowing hair and beard,
with an open, laughing mouth, where
in cleaned single small gold tooth.
ut was the pipe that my brother-in-
law had described to me as having been
stolen by his valet.
MAY l see your handsome piper
/; said l, extending my hand. while my
eyes studied the face OF the Frenchman.