The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-11-24
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II would. thank you" be answeee-
III you have another to S.,are.
He would have answered yes II sh'
had asked him "a lsut on wtgs.na nil
tens. She returned n the lot.se IN,
came back. this time bearing II whit.
zephyr wrap. and handed it to .AIbt-Fs
II will bid you good night now 81,
said, for | presume you VII sit lci'
long after bedtime"
Uncle Terry's eyes followed her bac
to the house. and then lie turned /
his guest.
II ss'pose ye'd rather r. ,a.k:n' +.
TeIIy than me out heFc Il {. :" 3,loo:
light he said biuntly. 'npN tia: ys'y
got a little acquainted. rs tie ":
o. young folks"
i've had a yery p:e.is. It s..sit X.
your daughter this afternoon
sponded Albert. ..sIe was 5000 elon;
to go with me to where ! gos icf, -
srday. II wanted 70 dn.,l Ire slSefs
l began there" Tneie sist b, De
answer, but 1T pa-.lu a. IL oi
Of the cigars t.berr Il ven i.ni
Mr.. Page" said ,uc.- i.ry
last. 1--WE worried a gosd 1 !, s-n
last night bout what We te.d me-. Z
I've made up my mind 10 "a
hull story an II ye with ~'ai'
one else knows. TO bagia w.tn. il
nineteen years ago hast .t.af.Is "
thar war a vessel Sos aft 8, = let
jest of'n the PIN iere II iess .
an all hands went degsf-sa i. :
but a little yeariin' baby t.ar g
ashore tied up tween rwo t.ntlu
beds. l is,led her out o tie 81 !.
Lissy an me has taken care on Il
ever since. an today SEES wrrsh
thousand times more'n 81. = cost. IIo'
much she thinks o. Ire I'll lot 20 .ic9.
by the w. slla tho light soa't II
comfort tonight. There was il e
trinkets came ashore with her i etr1
o. her fathes an mother, we knew. al
q locket an ring an some other tistI-
so we knowed her name an VITA
she cum from.
"Eince then we have never heard
word from no n regardin' her people
or whether any was Twin. till last WIN
ter / cum across a notice in a pape'
sayin' Information was wanted 'bou'
an heir to an estate i'll Sweden. an tel
In facts that made me sure Telly was
the one wanted. The notice was signeC
by that lawyer, Frye, that | asked 81
bout, an l went to see him. He want
ed proofs an all that an l gave EN-
to him, an, wussen that. he wanted
money, an I gave that to him. He's
KEEP askin' fer money ever since. an :
IKE a fool, KEEP sendin' 1t, in hopes
Telly had anything comm she'd gil
her dues. I've sent him the locket an
things that belonged to her, an al
I've got so far Ia letters askin' feI
more money an tellin' bout expenses
an evidence an witnesses fees an
bonds t. be fled. Lissy an Telly
know bout the case, but they dom
know how much money I've paid out
an l don't want they should That's
the hull story, an now as ye're a law
yer, an l b'lieve an honest one. l ash
ye what's best to be DONE"
II see now. Mr.. Terry. why you dis
trust lawyers, and l do not wonder a
1t. To the best of my belief, you have
been swindled In the most outrageous
by Frye. He no doubt is act
ing for some law firm who have In
structed him to find an heir. II thers
10 one, to this estate, and they would
naturally advance all expense money
Do you know the vessels name, whers
she sailed from and who her master
WASP"
..sShe wal q square figger, n the
masters name was Peterson. In the
newspaper piece the name was Neili
Peterson, who cum from Stockholm
answered Uncle Terry. i've got 1t In
my wallet now, an on the locket was
the letters e. r., an on a piece O. paper
that was pinned to the baby's dress
was the name Etelka Peterson"
And did you send these proofs t.
Fryer asked Albert quickly.
Il sent 'em six months ago." was the
reply. AN I've Jest bout made up my
mind ! was q fool to a done 1t, an q
bigger NJ to keep sendin' money"
1T would have been all right" an
swered Albert after a pause. III you
lad put them into an honest mans
hands. As II 10 you are lame-in fact,
utterly at the mercy Of Frye, who Is
rebbing you" Then. after thinking a
moment. he added: II will gladly do
what l q to help you. MI. Terry,
and 1t no cost to you for my " serv-
ices. The nrst step must be to get