The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-23
ByliFLORENCE WARDEN.

1t was on the second Jay Ter Sir q
Wilfred's denth that Mr. Sorrol came ne
down, and 1t was at luncheon thnt he
asked Dcvcrill II no had hotrreau me
Will.
mo- answered Devcrill in an irritable
tone. tive not read either the ono thai
was destroyed or the one that exists. 1 We
loft all that business for YOU, Mr.. Sorrel.
I've found a tin decd box In my tnlcles
room" a{ sg,y ii&
.'rhats It,. put in Mr.. sorrel.
II guessed that II might be. So took
1t down into the library and locked IT
up III. the roll-up desk, went on Dcverill.
{"And Ill let YOU II have unces Keys
presently so that you can lttake the
whole business In hand. I'll have nothing
10 do with At. I'm out Of 3it,'@as you
know" S s f 3a
shrug of his shoulders He was bcglh,
ming to feel the bitterness of his changed
position, and he shranl1 from getting con-
flrmntion Of tho ugly truth.
After luncheon, Deveril was going up
stairs to fetch tho keys Of his late uncle,
which had been givon him by tho valet
on tho morning after Sir. Wilfred' 8 death.
As he had said, the whole affair sickened
and shocked him so much that he had
neither heart nor curiosity to make more
,investigh ton than was necessary, 1eel-
Ing that such n delicate task as 1t had
now become was best left In the con1pe-
tent hands of Mr.. Sorrel.
But, before he had crossed the hall he
was over aiken by tho major, who had had
an attentive ear open to the loW-Voced
converse ton between tho lawyer and the
young baronct.
"a word with you, Dcverlll" said the
Major, as he hooked his arm into that
of the young man and led him towards
tho long conservatory and palm house
which ran from end to end of the man
sion ntRthe back, and formed one Of the
features Or tho place. 7 don't want YOU
to tfink megunduy interfering. but Is It
wise to trust everything to8the hands Of
an outsider? If i were you-pray don't
think it importinent to suggest-but l
would open that tin box myself in the
first place. Surprising there should pc
some mistake after all. Surprising there
shoilld be no will there went on the
Major, with Il most suggestive intona-
ton. ut would be n good thing for every
body except the beastly charities,
wouldn't IT. 3 IN
"You would have the satisfaction Of
knowing that your uncle's real inten-
tons were then carried out, for If there
IL,
inherit. And you can have no doubt,
by what you yourself said, that II your
uncle had lived n few hours longer he
would have made amends TO you for his
hasty action, by destroying the will that
now stands"
Devcrll hcstnted one moment only.
What the Major said was undoubtedly
true; Sir Wilfrcd would have destroyed
tho will made In caprice, and thus have
rcinstnted the nephew he had ruined IN
a moment of#pldue IL only he had had
the power as he had the will to do so.
But absolute as his knowledge OF this
fact was, there remained another absolute
fact, and that was that the will OF a
dead man cannot be tempered With. al
tered or suppressed by honest pconlc, no
matter what their motive may be.
SO he withdrew his arm from the genial
Major and said very coldly: II prefer
to leave the matter In Mr.. Sorrels Hands.
can trust him"
There was just enough suggcstivcness
about his tono for the Major to draw
himself up Indignantly.
"And you can trust me" he said
superbly. II have nothing at heart but
your good-and, of course, my daugh-
tter's." s
ooh, yes, of COURSE said Dcverll
dryly. "And 1t was In the interest Of
both OF us, no doubt, that sou and Claudia
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