The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-05-02
THERE'S MANY A SLIP.


@ HE rain drizzled down outside
| pit, pat. splutter. splutter Oh
the leaden roof. and Gordon
Clarke stared up gloomlly at the top
part OF the Office window which was
not frosted. aud which commanded a
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 10 copy.
II 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. He's
dying. The governor was there last
night with me. and | heard the doctor
say that he couldn't last more than
few weeks. And be hasn't found his
daughter yet"
Gordon Clarke looked curiously at
the will.
Hes mad, isn't he1" he asked
The other laughed.
He's been sharp enough 70 make
$3.50 900 or So" he said, and /
shouldn't call that being mad myself
But he Is a bit queer. Twenty years
ago he quaTeled 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 hlA
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 IL 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 II will serve old John.
son right II he dies without seeing her
He was cruel"
Gordon bent to his work. He car,d
nothing for Johnsons daughter. He
cared nothing for anybody except him.
self. and his face was bitter and ugIv
as his pen scra wled the first word.
on the parchment
This Is the last will and testamen,
OF me, Abel Johnson"
1t was a very short one. but there
was something In 1t that startled him
II was q description Of Abel Johnson's
daughter. who ran away twenty years
ago to marry a man named Glenny.
Gordon stared at the name, fasct-
His heart began In
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 nfty thousand dolIarsl
He clutched the pen and stared Mt
the parchment Twenty years ago
Abel Johnson's daughter had married
q man named Robert Airdslip Glenny.
Airdslip was an uncommon name and
1t was not likely that there could be
any mistake. Gordon Clarke knew a
man named Airdslip NGIenny, and his
daughter, a girl Of IS. 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 III The man he knew
the man who was starving with his
daughter in the garnet above his own
room-was the man who had married
Ellen Johnson twenty years agoI II
must bel 1t was impossible that there
could be any mistakel
Gordon rose from his stool with his
lips tight set. He had a little money |
saved. and only a 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 nm even |
ng suit. Glenny was an accomplished
musician, and an evening engagement