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the matter? l must adopt your adj
vice and make a will l believe that
I have been so much in love with you
ever since [ first saw you that l have
forgotten everything but you"
TIT seems like it" he said, with a
smile. 'But, Laura, are you quite
sure there is no other way in which
you would like to dispose Of the prop
erty, if it should ever be at your dis
posal?"
Mesquite sure" she replied. i
have but you and Angela in the whole
wide world"
Then, as you have decided, the
thing should be seen to at once.
Would you like to see Mr.. Sansome.
or any one else?"
sfMr. Sansome, certainly. He made
Sir Charles will and manages all my
legal matters. I should not like a
stranger"
The same day Mr.. Sansome received
a note from Lady Laura VINEYARD.
saying that she was in town, and de
sired to see him on business at once.
He went to Rood House, and great
was his SURPRISE when he heard what
was required of him He had been
taken to her ladyship's boudoir, as
being the least open to intrusion. Al
though he had written to her con-
stantly, and still had the management
of the estates, he had not seen her
since her husbands death. He was
nd
tiful she still looked. She was most
gracious to the lawyer, and seemed
pleased to see him. He had not been
at all surprised on hearing of her sec
ond marriage. 1t was exactly what
he had foreseen. But he was sur
prised at the kind of man she had
married
when she told him of the will that
she wished to make, he shook his
head gravely.
81 may speak plainly to your lady
ship" he said, cas- I have been hon
cred with your confidence"
Say what you will, Mr.. Sansome,"
she answered; but in her heart she
resolved that no words of his should
Change her intention.
81 was greatly averse to my late
client, Sir Charles, making such a
will as he did. I considered it one OF
the most injudicious had ever heard
Ct; butt hope your ladyship will
forgive me-that will was wisdom it.
self compared to this one that you
wish me to draw up for you
Why" she asked. opening her
beautiful eyes very wide.
The old lawyer did not like to say
plainly: TT puts your daughters
Nfe in the hands of a most unscrupu-
lous man." but he asked, with perfect
frankDess
do you not see that it gives your
husband a direct interest in your
daughters death?"
She smiled as she thought how little
this man understood the noble charac-
GER OF her husband.
my dear daughter will not die one
day the sooner for that" she replied
And I am perfectly sure that the cap
tain would not care for the property
if the taking of it would shorten An
geIa's life by one hour. My late hus.
}sand trusted me implicitly. l, in turn,
shall trust my present husband"
''You cannr think the determine
sion wise or judicious," said Mr.. San
some earnestly. "To say the very
least of it, it must naturally excite a
desire in the captains heart for the
death of your daughter. It could not
possibly do otherwise,-only the life
Of young and delicate girl being be-
tween himself and a vast fortune.
speak honestly when say that it is
not fair to the captain himself,
madam, Be advised by me-do not
make that will "
She laughed at the lawyers I'M
founded suspicious.
my husband" she declared, ''is in
capable even OF entertaining so base
q thought"
Tie must be more than man who
would set no store by such wealth as
yours. | consider your proposal most
lnjudicious, as it will create a feeling
of insecurity and uneasiness in the
eamiIy "
mot at all, said her ladyship. Il
10 not see how it can affect us-affect
aither Angela or the captain. l or the
CAPTAIN himself may die first. The
fact Of my making this WILL will not
hasten my dear daughters death by
one minute, or l would not make it. -
She did not notice the grave express
sion that came over the lawyers face.
81 repeat, madam he urged, that
1T is injudicious, at least. You will
make your daughters death an object
to be desired by the one who will be
enriched by it."
Nonsense, Mr.. Sansome!" said her
{adyship, rather warmly. 81 tell you
chat nay husband is one of the most
noble Of men. | must, should my
daughter unfortunately die before me,
leave the property to some one. To
whOm better could leave it than to