The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-06-23

ago he had seen Mary and anothe
. man-Dick Marlone-together. an
their attitudes told him something tina
Mary would not have confessed 70
worlds. He remember 1t now, an,
! that Dick was poor; and he frownet
again.
A few minutes later some one cam,
from the sickroom TO tell him that Mr.
Kaye was rousing. and he and Mary
went In together.
His keen eyes told him at once that
the change be had expected had oc'
Cured Mr.. Kaye was sinking fast
His hands Travelled restlessly over the
counterpart. Mary bent over him.
The WILL" he cried feebly. II want
to sign"
He pointed to table ON which were
some papers DIR. Grey brought them.
and pen and ink. and putting them
before him held him up while he
scratched his name feebly ON the
| parchment.
Dying men have strange fancies
sometimes, and 1t had been Mr.. Hayes
fancy during the last few hours TO
make a fresh will and to do II without
a lawyer. No one could understand
why, but he had been unaccountably
restless until it was done. Now his
dying eyes stared dimly at his feeble
signature. and his fingers dropped the
pen.
Read It," he said slowly. and DIR.
Grey obeyed. 1t was apparently the
same as his other will, which was at
the moment in his lawyers office. and
this had only been done in order to
humor dying man.
DIR. Grey read 1t carefully.
1.-The last will of me. Godfrey
Kaye" the sick man repeated slowly.
"Yes-everything- my daughter,
Mary-everything to my daughter.
Mary"
He fell back and stretched out his
hand.
Take 1t away now" he said. Put |
1t in my desk yonder. shan't be long
now"
DIR. Grey obeyed. and Mary took her
hand
Ou, Idl idiuci. BIC Siic0 uHNci
her breath.
He looked into her face
MY good little GIRL" he said slow
~. MY good little girl. You'll al
ways remember. Mary want you to
be happy7 You'll remember that?"
Mary's eyes filed. and she put her
head down on the pillow beside him to
hide her tears
A few days later Geoffery Kaye was
lead, and a few days later still Mary
nat facing a small group of people In
he library in Treherne Court She
ooked whittier than ever In her black
frock. and her eyes were
,eavy and red trimmed
II suppose 1t is all right" she said
Yearly. IF Mr.. Guest Is satisfied l
hall not dispute It oh, couldn't dis
ute it"
The woman who faced her lifted her
ead boldly. She was dark, thickset
roman, as unlike the late Godfrey
laye as 1t was possible to be. Yet.
evertheless. there seemed to be not
he slightest doubt that she was his
aughter. Mr.. Guest, the solicitor, and i.
Id DIR. Grey had tried to find some
aw In her story, but 1t seemed right
1ough-
Twenty-Five years ago Mr.. Hayes
ife had deserted him. taking with her
,r 2-year-old baby They had been
Try poor, and Mrs. Kaye hated pow =
ty as fiercely as foolish. empty head :
women do sometimes hate II. 1t =
as Mrs. Hayes one strong emotion =
tired of the poverty which kept her a
ON the luxuries Of life. and she left -
for what she stupidity believed was y
r better.
When Mr.. Kaye got his divorce she :.
arried again, only to plunge some -
ars later, when her second husband -
d run through his fortune, into pow :. -
ty deeper still. Apparently it broke -
r heart, for she died leaving her ~
lid to the care of her husband-an :.
venturer, swindler and thief. .
How they had lived since her moth
8 death Claudia Kaye did not care =. n'
say, but she had come upon Ire ~
rne Court by accident $50 she in ~
-med them, had probably tried to ~
lckmail Mr.. Kaye, and would no ~
ubt have tried again had he not met -
tn the accident. She had seen him ~
d spoke to him, she said. and he had
ned her as his daughter.
Vow she claimed the estate, and 80
Ii Mr. Guest and DR.. Grey were dis -,
irtened and troubled for the last ~,
i Mr.. Kaye had made had upset q.
.rything and played straight into
hands of the woman before them. h.
he had distinctly written his i,
Iughter" instead of his adopted -.
lghter,v as he had meant to do. His ~,
er wills each had adopted" prefix 10
but this last-that strange fancy to 80
rite his will-had undone every 49,
~. 20,
md it was so absolutely unneces- e.
y-unless, indeed, the memory of
past had affected him and made -,
wish to reinstate his own daugh-
ct they could not believe that, for !,