The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-07-05


tireless pacing and kept il up until the
curtains that shrouded the windows
became transparent with the advent OF
dawn. a gray light stole into the room,
sparrows began TO twitter on the win
dow lodges. and the world slowly
awakened 10 a new day
After breakfast. while the child stood
clinging TO a chair between them or
sat upon the floor in the midst of an
agglomeration of parlor bric-a-brac
that had been hastily provided for its
attorney concluded the conversation OF
the preceding night.
1--WE thought it all out" he said,
land | have fought il all out as well.
My course is laid as certainly as is
that OF sea captain who sails for a
distant port, and l shall follow it as
blindly, depending only upon my chart
and my compass"
You have not slept, PhiP'-
call me Richard. No, l have not
slept"
"Nor rested"
"No"
Il know you too we'll to argue with
YOU" said the lawyer gravely, $50 l
will not attempt TO do so. Give me
your instructions, and | will follow
them 20 the letter. There is only one
suggestion that l will make"
"What is that?"
"Your affairs in the future, which you
cannot fully prearrange. may require q
reference "a personal reference, l
mean. Since you have chosen to take
the same name as mine. let it be UNI
derstood, wherever you are, that we
are brothers. Teach the child that she
has an uncle Dan here in New York
and make your will before you leave
this house. appointing me as her guar
dian in case anything happens to you"
Il have thought of that. MaX-vague-
ly. 1t is kind of you to suggest it.
VIII you draw the willY
"Yes."
Everything to the child at the age
of 81; yourself as guardian and sole
executor. You know better than 1 do
how to arrange it,"
yes"
ier's checks. | prefer to leave no trace
behind me that may be followed. l
will draw what | need for immediate
expenses. | will give checks TO you for
the balance and will draw on you when
| have selected a place of deposit. The
securities you will convert into cash
and repurchase others in the name Of
Richard Maxwell. They can be for
warded to me at any time when l need
them"
what is the baby's name?"
"She has none. We have postponed
giving her a name because we could
never find one that was entirely pleas
ing. But l have thought Of that also.
l shall give her name now"
Tell me what it is TO be-"
MY mother was Isle; let that be
the name of my child"
'It is a mans name"
Not necessarily. 1t may belong TO
either; a man or a woman. At all
events, it suits my purposes. Let her
be named in the will Isle Maxwell,
child-not daughter-CHILD Of Rich
ard Maxwell"
"Why that wayY
Because | desire ii. Lisle shall be
my son and my daughter in one, and l
shall educate her to be both. She is
the only child | will ever have. l want
ed a son; she shall be my son; will
rear her as a son. l will train her TO
face the world as man would face it.
l will teach her the ways Of the world
as a man would learn them; l will in
struct her in all things as a man should
be instructed, and until she is old
enough to know for herself she shall
not discover that she is not masculine.
She shall not know that there are wo-
men in the world"
You had better cut her throat at
once" said the lawyer grufily.
Max" replied the father slowly, '1et
there be no argument or comment upon
anything or concerning anything that
l have decided TO do. Nothing short
of my own death can alter a plan that
l have made"
VERY well. What more have you to
say nowp
"Only this: Ny wife will apply to you
for information concerning me. You
will tell her all that is necessary con-