Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-12-12

long. sleepy, treacherous eyes, and those
lines down here by the mouth. don't you
know, that people get who are always
tryin: to conceal q wicked thought with
SMILE"
"Oh, hate those people who are al.
ways smiling. They get q shiny look ON
their faces, don't they? Go ola, DEAR
IT have only seen him four or Eve
times, but that is often enough for me
and for him, too. He knows what
think Of him and hates me, and fears
me, too, I'm certain. That is why he
has kept me all this time at school-why,
he would keep me here until he has NO
longer any legal control over me. He
thinks he is safe while l am here-that
in this artificial life ! can learn nothing
about the real world. But he is mis-
taken, as he shall find. Wait q mo-
ment."
Nessa went to one of the boxes and re-
turned with an imposing document tied
with pink tape.
Look at this" she said. The girls
gathered closely round her, and looked
at the blue foolscap in breathless awe.
This is copy Of mammals will l sent
to London for it. It's very short. See,
mamma leaves al her estate, real and
personal to me, her only child, Vanessa
Grahame; but here" turning the page
with evident satisfaction in the crackle it
made, here IL the codicil. Mamma has
evidently been told that she must provide
a guardian for me during my minority,
and make some disposition of her prop
erty in case 1 should die before coming
Of age. And here she makes James Red
mond my sole guardian, with power to
draw eight hundred pounds a year from
the Invested capital. to provide for my
education and personal requirements.
And further, in the event of the said
Eanessa Grahame dying before the age
# twenty-one'-Fm only eighteen now,
you know-all the property goes to that
horrid stepfather. the aforesaid James
redmond. Now, what do you think Of
hatY
Your poor mamma could not have low
j him, or she would have left him some
money, wouldn't she. dear?" said Dolly
''Of course she would; but how is it
that leaving nothing to him in the will,
she leaves me to his tender mercies in
the codicil? Can YIN explain that. any
of yOu!
None of them could.
~ can explain it," said Nessa, raising
her voice in excitement; this codicil is
| a forgery
"Oh, Nessaw
ut is, and it's just the sort Of forgery
| a cunning coward would make He had
not the courage to forge a will making the
whole estate his: but he had just enough
| to substitute his own name for one that
mamma had written, and so get nice lit.
tie income for ever so many years out OF
| the money for my schooling and clothes
He could do that without raising suspi
| cion. What have cost? Not two hun.
dred a year; that puts him in possession
Of six hundred pounds. besides the use OF
my house, Grahame Towers"
She drew letter from her pocket with
| impressive gravity. and, opening it, read
my dear Nessa'-what right has he t.
| call me his dear Nessa I'll have not g
nominal but an actual authority to con
+ troll your movements, and while that au
thority is mine l intend to keep you al
| Eagle House or some similar establish
ment. Yours, etc. James Redmond The
| letter is dated from my own house, Ora
| hame Towers. Ii came this morning
| just before We were going to the rehears
al You can imagine my indignationw
Ito be continued.D