Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-04-16
THERE'S MANY A SLIP.
60 HE rain drizzled down outsid

GO HE rain drizzled down outside
pit. pat. splutter, splitter OIL
the leaden roof, and Gordon
Clarke stared up gloomily ut the TOP
part Of the office window which was
not frosted. and which commanded q
view Of dull sky and telegraph wires
He bit the top Of his quill pen and
looked down again at the mass OF
papers on his desk. Another will to
copy! He was sick of wills to copy
1t was his business morning, noon and
night, copying out details Of other
peoples fortunes; and as he was not
likely to have a fortune himself he
detested everybody who was.
This will to-day. however, had an
unusual interest, and the man at the
desk next him leaned forward.
you've got old Johnson's will to
copy, haven't your" he asked. Hes
dying. The governor was there last
night with me. and heard the doctor
say that he couldn't last more than a
few weeks. And he hasn't found his
daughter yet"
Gordon Clarke looked curiously at
the will.
Hes mad, isn't hep he asked.
| The other laughed.
Hes been sharp enough to make
$25O.OOO or So" he said. land
shouldn't call that being mad myself
But he Is bit queer. Twenty years
ago he quarreled with his daughter
and she ran away. He swore she
should never come back, and that she
might die before he'd look At her again
and all these years he has kept his
word. He has lived alone. never men
toned her name. and willed all his
money to charities.
"Now he's dying and has altered his
will. and is advertising and searching
for her everywhere, and can't find her
That's fate, and serves him right. He
only Quarreled with her because she
wanted to marry someone he didn't
approve Of. But it will serve old John
son right If he dies without seeing her
He was cruel"
Gordon bent to his work. He cared
nothing for Johnson's daughter. He
cared nothing for anybody except him
self, and his face was bitter and ugly
as his pen scrawled the first words
on the parchment.
This is the last will and testament
Of me, Abel Johnson"
1t was very short one, but there
was something in it that startled him
1t was a description Of Abel Johnson's
daughter, who ran away twenty years
ago to marry man named Glenny.
Gordon stared at the name, fasci
nated-Glenny! His heart began to
throb and the blood to run through his
veins. The fortune might be nearer
him than he had thought. He might
get it himself-if he were careful. Two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars
He clutched the pen and stared at
the parchment. Twenty years age
Abel JOhnson's daughter had married
man named Robert Airdslip Glenny
Airdslip was an uncommon name and
1t was not likely that there Gould be
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man named Airdslip Glenny. and his
daughter. a girl Of 1S, was called Min.
ME Johnson Glenny.
His hand began to .tremble. His
heart throbbed heavily. Two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars.
He stared up at the leaden sky and
tried to think. There surely could be
no doubt about it? The man he knew
the man who was starving with his
daughter in the garnet above his OWL
room.was the man who had married
Ellen Johnson twenty years ago! 1,
must be! 1t was impossible that there
could be any mistake!
Gordon rose from his stool with his
lips tight set. He had a little money
saved, and only few days ago Glen
ny had asked him to lend him some In
order to pay a doctors bill for Minnie
who had been i'll, and to get an even
ing suit. Glenny was an accomplished
musician. and an evening engagement