The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-24

we all pronounced her There was
| lot OF papers lost and round ana los
( again | am In q deucedlN delicate posi-
I tion BroXtun. Confound "a! WIsn yot
felt more kindly toward me. Not mat
would in your place But, you sec, II u
Just this way. really would like tC
/ discuss this matter freely with you as
between Interested parties and yet
4 Tom relaxed a little under the evident
/ distress i'm the handsome face before him
! n think / see where the difficulty
( comes in / gather that the paper you
hold I'm your hand has some bearing on
the old house. You are afraid that It's late
discovery will cast .discredit on the father
of your future wife. II makes you hesi-
tate"
Precisely This paper contains Infor-
nation upon which the lawyers could
build up a very formidable case Of Brox-
ton versus Westoyer. IL is entirely at
your disposal ! will not keep You In sus-
pensc while I explain how It came into
my possession. That part Of the story can
wait ''
He laid the paper I'm Thomas extended
hand and walked away toward the dusty
paned window. II there was an atom OF
vindictivencss I'm the fellows nature. he
reflected arixiously. here was a golden op-
portudty to get even with everybody.
Furtively watching the contracted brows
that were bent studously over the short
document that had so excited Miss NAL
vina, WestOver continued his mental
notes.
His self control is superb. 1t is really
beyond his years. That square lower jaw
Of his is set like steel trap. Failure is
impossible To a man with a jaw like that
The world will hear from Broxton yet
what young Hercules he is. He would
be a handsome dog If the gloom in his
eyes would lift"
AT which point I'm his summary Thomas
turned grave eyes toward him, tapping
the paper with one finger
Then, according to this. no one had a
right to sell Broxton Hall. I could not
have sold il myself"
Exactly so. II is entailed / suppose
that came from the primogeniturc notions
OF it's English builder
'I suppose So" Tom asserted :The hall
was built by an Englishman who was my
grandfathers partner In business. lie
lived there. and several members of his
family lie in our family grounds"
Westover seated himself and brought
his head close 70 fum's- to inspect the pa.
per again. And You perceive that this
document Is "A signed and properly attest
ed agreement between your grandfather
and the said Englishman that its condi-
tions shall be binding upon his successors.
l take IL that bold, handsome signature
under the first grabbed one Is that OF
your father. Rufus n. Broxton."
Yes. written by him. I suppose. when
he came into possession OF the property.
binding himself not TO sell and binding
himself TO bind me" a
And when you came in you would have
done the same thing"
Most assuredly. The conditions were
not at all unreasonable. IL simply binds
each successive BroXton not TO sell Brox
ton-or as IL was then called, Wraxall--
Hall 10 any one but n Wraxall. this by
reason OF the several members OF the fam
lily left on American SOIL
Clarence nodded his head impatiently.
"A sort OF revised entail"
They were entirely within their rights
to make such conditions as they chose.
MY people were at liberty to reject or in
dorse them"
And no one but a Wraxall acting I'm
concert with q Broxton, could give "A good
title To the property"
So it would seem from this paper"
THAT makes things interesting for
father and me"
1T Is strange tn atmy guardian should
never have known OF the existence of this
paper"
CTo be continued)