New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-21

sir 70 marry a rogue and deserted BY him altar a
1eW months OF unhappy welded life. she died soon
OF the boy ana brought him Up under his own
one heritage his father had left him the burden OF
bitter memory which the child might know IN man
hood would be Iessened Well my client grew
very fond of. and in all respects did well BY his
adopted SON But Harold-fOr his name was the
same yours. sir-repaid his kindness in III fash
ion He had barely come TO mans estate when the
The LAD learned FOR the rst time that his name r
his 1cIe 80 eesSTor be aiIovTed bises 70 Be- s-
PIsLely drawn under the influence Of his newly
lound parent ana when asked 70 choose between
the two men he left without coInpUncriou the one
who had saved him from the wOrkhouse 70 so with
ne one whose action mlght nave sent MIN there
nus ne Vent out OF t-ngland and OUT Of James
PERFECTLY. said the listener; he was keenly IN
The next chapter of the story continued AI-
East opened with the serious illness OF my client
years back, his disposition had sosgse ed. and he
Maidstone % see him I realized at that he
frasH ,l 30 N,- IN nc reC S 81 H's>lls a
would not listen TO ne There was plenty Of time.
ooy-would repent and come back TO him Thai
which he sustained himself grew into pt1vins bfs
loneliness, and in the end did what perhaps
IN ~ 5at his uncle V Was ve s Sg and se
E EAg % see Nm expect ne srneed money; any
York at once on the Celtic. The news gave the old
man further strength for the dogged fight he wa1
wire ~ from on fb e 5 n9s S5 0St9 bTes Ne aat
erDooi, It ran somstning ike this: Landed this
rooms ms KINGSTON Hotel GheaPsids7 VIM come 40
The message was signed Harold Byyott.: -
was cute enough 70 remember that ne ola mao
Mr. East paused in his narrative
Exactly You inadvertently imDsrsonatsd -
And the real nephew
Has not been heard OF since -
matchmaking
Mr. East smiled ''Cn the night you arrived rns
being put finally out q eeIion. saw mat the md
--ou- . 80 1850 ost
ne up ana nd out VII s 6o bad askss a.
Know know The old man al ed Sp SsSurs ds9s.a bu
Sne mean time haG drawn ID a. Ma ciTeccnn a-E
The solicitor tossed q roned PAGER aross to.
This e the last viii ana tsssaznsat q sasass
BY give devise and beSJ1eaTt 70 EfrSId TSxtr -.
On the night Of the 24th OF Ogto5sr Isa stayed A
executors and admiuistrators. Cor his and I'D
oTa use and senet aSsOlutely and rorsvsr az ~
sosver and wsrssos ever and q What naT, u
Hereby d s S 6e Sas IN @ a aes 40
A19 OF s-S J5a9oery I 3S London ny soic.su.
sole executor OF this my VIII.
hand this twenty-eourth day ot October, nlnstss15
JAMES WILLIAM syoorr-
a5ygots ga not trouble 70 rad Ne wttnss..r
and 1sss6 me 1oy0 s ro4sd 10 the docu1nsn>
yoT you siE pndeEst sa gGertsd ne iseesn
DID you advise the sentence Of idsnEiacasir1 ~
Z did not advise; 7 aoquiezc=d-
..5gr why that, instead OF stating TIA relations.
.I5s was not his son and was nos recognized a.
,L sggQts began TO read the dying mans mind
that his boy HaroIa was ae tS n Rn sun
Hotsl7'. he asked
and you did not hear me say that was neithes
no said Mr. Eas 8 a caa I 9e tbs4 I9I
trying 70 say something after the wire went wrong.
There was another pause. broken this time BY tha
PERHAPS It is all for the best" he said From
my my, snort acquaintance with you should say YOU
man would have done"
-, bGt ny dear sir It IS yours BY law and one
1T was not meant for me. 1Ir East said Bvrot.
rrr11y, and an not going 70 have IL. WI YOU
euE by which transfer the Whole Of the tesscI
10 .9-. Harold Bygoet nee Qaw6sr. nephew OF the
The lawyer stared at him n surprise. but hs
realized the hopelessness OF protest So he SET
himself 20 his task, and for the next few minutes
When az length the document was completed he
reached across for IL and signed his 1s--e IA, -,
bottom right hand corner. He had Just put down
ms pen. when there was 4 knock az the door and
Mr. Bowen has asked me TO direct your a-tsn-
couple OF news2a Ders.
The hrst paper he glanced az hErrtedly. but thz
second rtveted his attention.
how strange We should not have seen thar be-
Iore- he said nustngly. after minute SO u
SILENCE. Then looking up. This concerns yol-
Mr.. Bygott."
Bygott, took the papers that were nand-d tor
aim without comment he getting used 10
surprises. The first The Daily Telez-aphiN 80
October Is. Marked with blue pencil was a Isrztfy-
report OF a terrible railway accident near BirS-
mingharl the previous day, IN which the r-ver-
pool 10 London express had been in collision wfthr
goods train There was = long Ese OF killed and
wounded ar the end. and special attention wan
drawn 70 paragraph which said that ons OF thaI
bodies had been identified. Bygotr rarraerrl-l
oered having read about the accident before. ~
passed on 70 the second paper, which was '-rnl1
Daily Telegraph OF the following day. A shorT
paragraph dealing with the accident raarksd.s
II read:
In clearing away the debris yesterday sou,x
baggage recovered which e IL thought 49,
tabshes the identity OF the only one OF ths vsr.I
TINS who remains unclaimed HIS q prs-s
sUnahly Harold ByEotr- and he travelling
from Liverpool to London A Liverpool cor-s-z
spondent says that Mr. Bysott landed the sarns.
morning from the NeW-TOrk liner Celtic"
"Well?' querted Mr. East. as 8ygotr put down.
the paper
For answer the other took Up the document ~
had Just signed and tore Il into small pieces.
tier.