The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-12-02
CHAPrER XXI.

man, eagerly. LET N get TO work. oh,
yOu waste half the morning; let N get
on At this rate" be sighed. I'VE shall
take months before get back the prop
srty"
There win be no trade this morning.
uncle" David replied. standing In the
doorway. 1t was a week after had told
him the truth. He had been turning 1t
over In his mind in the interval
why nOtr David, II you were near
" seventy ysu would be aRxieus to get
on: you wsHld not shilly-shally over a
single bit Of paper. Let Us get on, Da-
vid- Oh, you've got all the power now,
and am In your hands. won't grum-
bic. David. No. take your Own time,
my boy; take your 0wn time"
The p@or old man was strangely al
tered in four or Eve weeks. that he
shsuld thus humble himself before his
nephew. But David had all the pswer so
long as he had any Of those coupons left
You little thought when / came here
that l was going to give you % much
trouble, did you. Uncle DanIel7 You
thought you had the whip hand ever me
always SidA't your But you see, Grst
the fall from ySur pony. then the loss Of
ySur papers thea the strSks. thea my
all part Of the judgment-and new
there's more to fellow
What msre3 Oh, David. what norsY'
the helpless cid nAA snly ErsaRed
Teddy, uAels. have Gene to talk
abSut NJ aaHrs will WIN NSGhsreets
ted ne. Ysa did net. You thouEht that
a. seen as eur little business was aAlAh-
81 sAsuld 90 away AID never esAs
back any more. You thought ySu WSulA
keep the money. ala ysu7 Not 90. uAcls:
not SEP
Il thought ysu would never aRd Il
out, David" Mr.. LstehaA eoRksssS1, with
somewhat surprising eaBasr. Il seen
fouAa tAat yOu knew hsthing absut II,
GRd that you never 90 about and talk,
and was pretty certain that y0u WSuId
never And cut Well, new yOu know.
what difference does It makel You arS
no nearer the Money"
I'VE shall see. Ny aunt might jusr
as well have left Il to me as to you
To Be sure, l never thought she had half
20 much. She begaA with q thousand
She must have Pinched and saved. She
left 1t 70 Mary. en- the condition Of her
marrying with Jour consent: and, II not,
the money was to 90 TO me. And II 1
was dead, the viii said nothing. SO you
thought you could stick to the money.
Uncle, you're a foxy enc Ysu ought TO
be in the States. and thirty years young
er. There ySu would hnd yourself at
home, with plenty Of opportunity. Well.
am wiser new than I was And see
now, uncle. 1 don't mean to 20 away
until this question is settled What are
you going to do?''
why should I tell yo1Y'
Keep it to yourself, then. I win tell
you what ron thought you were going TO
do: I've worked il all out First, if you
let George and Mary get married before
the law lets you take Sidcots you will
lose Sidcote." He began, IN his slow
way. to tick Of his points upon bis en-
gers. That's the first thing After
You have got Sidcote. you will be still
loath to let the money 90. and you will
keep Mary waiting On. You think that
shall soon 60. Then you will keep the
money a. long as you live. But suppose
they were to marry without your consent,
all the money comes to incomes 70 ne
That sticks, doesn't Il? You can let
them marry now-and yen will lose Sid
cote; you can let them marry after you
have got Sidcote, and Jon will have 70
pay up: If you keep % refusing your con
sent, ysu can keep the money as long as
you hke-unless they marry without.
Then you've got to give It to me. You've
had a taste Of me already"
He waited a little. His uncle said
nothing, bRt watched him from under
his long. white eyebrows-nst contempt
uously. as on the first interview after his
return, but with the respect due to the
strength Of the situation.
Very we'll then: you would rather
give that money to Mary tkan to me.
But ysu wsuld Ike TO get sidc0ts: you
hate the thought Of giving It to me. yen
intended to keep ii yourself Yet there
Is no way cut Of Il il you want sidcots
Perhaps you think you would give 1t to
Mary, after you have got Sidcete. But
suppose she marriss bsforel Then You
would be obliged 10 give it all to me-"
Go on. David; perhaps you arp going
TO propose something"
Il have been thinking things over. IN
Gle. You are getting old you NAV die
any day then Mary would be free II
Is true that she might marry tomorrow.
In which case / should be entitled 10 sy.
srythinz. But | don't think she womb
be such fool. II | were Mary. | should
walt. You are seventy now. and VOW
lost the use Of your legs. You can't last
very long l should wait. If were
Mary. Yes; Il might be a year or two.
II couldn't be longer"
His uncle heard withou, any emotion
this argument ia favor Of his approach |
ing dsnise-country people use plainnsxs
Of speech about such nattsrs-but b. |
felt himself very far from dying. az mas
terful men always do up TO the very end
We'll, David. supposiEE that what you
say Is common sense. what next? n
MARY marries at oncs she is a fool. and
then have ysu to reckon with. There
h gssd bit outstanding on the old az.
eoant, and | doa't suppose there would
be much csnlHg to you when compound
interest and all comes to be rsckonad
up"
AS fer your outstanding accounts. we
shall see when the time Gomez And az
for compound interest. Il vi. be for
A.. H.