Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-23

With all my heart" cried the Squire,
whose eyes were full again of life and
| hope.
CHAPTER Ky.
Mr.. Sharp leaned back in his easy
chair, after making an excellent supper
| and gazed with cOmplacency at his good
wife. He was really glad to be at home
! again, and to find his admring household
| safe, and to rest for a while with a quiet
brain, as the lord and master of every
thing. Christopher had been sent to bed,
| as if he were only ten years old: for.
instead of exhibiting the proper joy, he
had behaved in very strange and alb
sent manner; and his father, who delight
| ed much in snubbing him sometimes. had
| requested him to seek his pillow. Kit
had accepted this proposal very gladly.
Now, darling Luke" began Mrs.
Sharp, as soon as she had made her hus-
band quite snug. you really must be
amazed at my unparalleled patience and
self-control. You ran away suddenly at
the very crisis of a most interesting and
momentous tale. And from that day
to this l have not had one word; and
how to behave to Kit has been a riddle
L
dinner-I am sure-and of sleep | have
scarcely had fifty winks, between my
anxiety about you and misery at not
knowing how the story ended"
Very well, Miranda, | will tell Won
all the rest; together with the postscript
added since l went to London Only |
must know where l left off. With all
have done since, quite forget"
1of+ oer3
covered the real man who was called
Jolly Fellows the man Cousin Fermit
age left his will with"
ITO be sure! OF at least it was a
codicn Very well, l found him in the
wine vaults of the company. | was
admitted without a word At length
l got chance of speaking alone to
Senior Geloflos, a tall, dark. gentleman
ly man, of grave and dignified manner.
lie at once remembered that he had re-
ceived a paper from Mr.. Fermitage; of
its nature, however, he knew nothing.
not being acquainted with our legal
forms. He had kept it, ever since, in
box at his house, and if l could call upon
him after office hours he would show it
TO me with pleasure. Accordingly, took
hackney coach to his house near
Hampstead in the evening, and found
that old 'Port-wine' had not deceived
me during our last interview.
Il held in my hand most important
codicil to the old mans will, duly ex-
ecuted and attested, so far at least as
could be decided without inquiry. By
this codicil he revoked his will, thus far,
that instead Of leaving the residue after
payment of lega eies, to his widow abso-
lutely, he left her a life interest in that
residue, after bequeathing sum Of
20000l., duty free, to his niece, Grace
| Oglander."
'Out of my money, Luke" cried Mrs.
Sharp, Indignantly. Twenty thousand
pounds out of my money! And what
niece of his was she, l should like to
know? Was there nothing whatever for
| his own flesh and blood?"
Nothing whatever" answered Mr..
Sharp calmly. But wait bit, Miranda.
wait. Well, all the residue of his es-
| tate. after the decease Of his said wife
Joan, was by this codicil absolutely given
to his said niece, Grace. He said that
| they both would know why he had made
the change. And then the rest of his will
vas confirmed, as usual"
Il never heard such a thing! 1 never
| heard such robbery" exclaimed Mrs
| Sharp. with a painting breast Il hope
you will contest it ALL my dear. If there
is law in the land, you cannot fail to
| upset such a vile, vile will. You can
show that the fungus got into his brain
MY dear. it is my object to establish
that will. or the codicil rather, which |
| thus discovered. l am obliged to proceed
very carefully, of course; rash step
would ruin everything. Unluckily the ex-
ecutors remain as before, though he
would not trust them with the codicil,
! Well, one of them, as you know, bought
such a lot of port, half price, at his
testator's sale, that in three months he
required an executor himself. The other
took warning by his fate, and is going in
for elaret and the sour Rhenish wines.
| This has made him as surly as q bear,
and he is a most difficult man to manage.
| But if any one can handle him l can;
and he has deadly quarrel with that
naughty Joan. | had first ascertained,
| without any stir. that the attestation is
quite CORRECTIVE stupid bottle-men, who
gave no thought TO what they were
doing, but can swear to the signing, and
the codicil itself, though 'Port-wine' drew
it without any lawyer, is quite clear and
good. At the proper moment l produce
tie codicil, account for my possession
OF it, go TO Mr.. Wigginton, and make
him prove it: and then l think We turn
the tables on the proud old widow"
"Oh, Luke, what a blessed day that
would be for me. The things have en-
dured from that odious womani OF
course. It will mortify her not to have
disposal, and have TO give up 20.000l.
The filthy silk stockings / should bs
ashamed to own, But. darling Luke. I
do not see how we ourselves are bi.
the better off for it. Poor Grace being
dead, of course her father takes the
money"
suppose. for moment. that. instead
Of being dead. Grace 0glander is the
welded wife. by that time, of a certain
Christopher Fermitage Sharp, and with
out any settlement"
What" exclaimed Mrs. Sharp jump
ing with astonishment. rs it possible :
Is it possiblef"
1T is more than possible. it is proba-
BILE; and without some very bad luck, it
is certain"
"Oh, you darling love!' she very near
" shouted. giving him a hug with her
plump white arms. ''Oa. Luke. Luke.
it is the noblest thing / ever heard. And
she is such nice girl, too, so sweet. and
clever, and superior, The very daugh-
ter / would have chosen out of fifty
| fbausand And with all that money al