The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-19

small head tenderly, administered q
swallow Of water, touched the rosy |
cheeks with his lips and saw the gen.
tie, sleepy eyes close again in slumher.
Then once more he began that restless.
tireless pacing and kept it up until the
curtains that shrouded the windows
became transparent with the advent OF
dawn, gray light stole into the room,
sparrows began to twitter on the win
dow ledges, and the world slowly
awakened to a new day.
After breakfast, while the child stood
elinging to n chair between them or
sat upon the floor In the midst Of an
agglomeraton of parlor bric-a-brac
that had been hastily provided for its
amusement, Richard Maxwell and his
attorney concluded the conversation Of
the preceding night.
"Ive thought 1t all out" he said,
land have fought 1t all out as well.
My course Is laid as certainly as Is
that Of sen captain who sails for a
distant port, and l shall follow 1t as
bllndly, depending only upon my chart
and my compass"
you have not slept, Phil
"Call me Richard. No, have not
slept"
"Nor rested"
'No."
II know you too well to argue with
you" said the lawyer gravely, 80
| will not attempt to do so. Give me
your Instructions, and I will follow
them to the letter There is only one
suggestion that will make"
what Is thatY'
| Your affairs In the future, which you
cannot fully prearrange, may require
| reference "a personal reference,
mean. Since you have chosen to take
the same name as mine, let 1t be un-
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"
II have thought of that. Max-vague-
| ly. 1t Is kind OF you to suggest 1t.
WIN you uT&W tuS Whit
Yes"
Everything to the child at the age
of 81; yourself as guardian and sole
executor. You know better than i do
how TO arrange it."
Yes
81 have thought better OF the cash
ier's checks. prefer to leave no trace
behind me that may be followed.
will draw what | need for immediate
expenses. will give checks TO you for
the balance and viii draw on you when
have selected place Of deposit. The
securities you win convert into cash
and repurchase others In the name OK
Richard Maxwell. They can be for
warsieti to me at any time when l need
them"
what IN 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 have thought Of that also
shall give her name now"
Tell me what IL is TO be-"
my mother was Llsle: let that b'
! the name OF my child"
at is a mans name"
aNot necessarily. IL may belong fe
either: n man or woman. AT all
i events, II suits my purposes. Let nei
. be named In the win Lisie Maxwell
child--not daughter-CHlLD OF hicn
ard Maxwell"
why that wayT
"pacause I desire 1t. Llsle shay IN
I INV son and my daughter In one, ana
Il shnli educate her to be both. sne u
the only child win ever have. want
ed a son: she shall be my son: vii
/. rear . as a son. ] VIII train her y
3 face the world as a man would race II
e I will teach her the ways OF the work
?. as a man would learn them; VIII IN
II s,ruct her In all things as man shoui'
1 he instructed, and until she Is Oh
q onourh to know for herself she shai
70 not discover that she IL not masculine
a She shall not know that there are VIC
| men In the world"
. "You had better cut her throat u
e once" said the lawyer gruffiy.
d MAX" replied the father slowly lie
4. there be no argument or comment upo
II anything or concerning anything ina
In have decided to do. Nothing shor
NJ nv own death can alter plan tina
II have made"
I Every well. What more have you
say now"
,r "Only this: My wife win apply to 20
,r for information concerning me. 10
will tell her all that Is necessary col
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