The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-06-05
CHAPTER ".
Continued.


Don't be in hurry. There may be
a will. The property can only be ours
If there is no will, because Tom
would certainly have given it to that
girl"
Harriet sunk back in her chair.
Il thought" her husband continued,
before he went away that there
would be no money, after ALL"
'sNo money? Why? With all your
uncle's fortuneg'
Because it seemed at one time as
If there were liabilities that would
swallow up all. Why should he make
a will when he had nothing to leave7
There was not even an insurance; there
is next to nothing in the bank; there
are his books, but what are they
worth"
mo will, you think, Tom? Then
mo will, am nearly sure. But for
the present we cannot be absolutely
certain
But then he may not be dead, after
ALL"
For my own part, have been GER
l
dead. The party were surrounded and
attacked. A few escaped. When the
place was visited again the other day
there was nothing but the skeletons
left. / have no doubt at all that he is
killed."
"Ohw It was a long and rapturous
intersection. "Are you sure, Jem? Oh!
And no will Can no one take the
property away from us?'
"There is no will, Harriet. 1t will be
all NINE" He spoke with an author
ity which commanded faith.
How much is it, Jem? oh, tell me
how much it is"
There's a house in Russell Square.
beautifully furnished, where my uncle
lived"
"Ohl but there's more than d house"
There is property of all kinds-free-
hold houses, lands, investments-w which
come to, wen say, fifteen hundred a
year, dare say. Harriet, Wen go at
once and live in Russell Square,"
1--WE will, Jem."
wen give up this measly little
villa"
1--WE will-oh! we will; and Jem--
dear Jem-promise me you won't play
ducks and brakes with this money as
you did with your own"
"No, my dear, l will not. I've done
with betting, don't you fear. It's all
over, Harriet. And / say, old girl,
we've had our little tiffs about the
money, and own we've been hard up
once or twice"
"Once or twice only? 1t seems to
me that it's been nothing but q stand
up fight ever since we got married.
Hardly a day but / wished myself
back at my stall in Soho Bazaar. Once
or twicel And you led me to believe
that you were so well of. :"
We'll, Harriet, was in love, you
know. But that's all over, and what /
wanted to say was that it's all to be
forgotten now, just as we shall sink
the stall when we go into society and
take our proper place"
Poor Tom Addisonr' she sighed. IT
shall put on mourning for six months
not Grape, of course, because hate it,
but half-mourning for six months.
Half-mourning is always becoming.
Poor Tom Addisonl And shall al
ways be sorry that never saw him. l
could have grleved for him so much
more truly if | had ever known him."
ooh! never mind that said her hus-
band, brutally. "Sit down and enjoy
good cry over him, just as If you
had known him. You'd like him back
again, wouldn't you? Nothing we
should either Of " like better"
Don't, Jem. OF course, it makes
wonderful difference to u.s. But we
may have our feelings, and there's a
proper way Of talking about things"
Feel away" Jem grinned, land talk
as much as you like, but don't talk
him back again. Yes, you can talk,
know, as well as the tinker who talked
of the donkey's hind leg"
'Then there's that poor dear girl who
was engaged to him. What's become
Of her? wish I'd known her, too. /
could have called upon her and con-
doled with her in black silk"
tShe is a governess somewhere, /
believe. It's rough on her, isn't it2
hope she'll get another lover"
Lovers are not to be had for the
asking, Jem. There's not enough to go
round, as everybody knows, and very
few girls get more than one chance;
unless, Of course, they are more than
commonly attractive" She smiled,
feeling herself to be one of the excep-
tons.
This conversation makes the resi-
dcnce Of Mr.. and Mrs, James RoIfe in
Russell Square Ineligible. 1t also
explains why Mr.. James Rolfe sat
every day in his uncle's Office in New
F Square, Lincoln Inn, his own name be-
ing put up instead Of his unele's, and
there carried on his business.
When James Rolfe was an articled
clerk there came. to the Office once a
quarter, to receive on each occasion
the sum Of seventy five pounds, in five
pound notes, gentleman named Cap
tain Willoughby. He was an elderly
man Of distinguished appearance and
excellent manners. The. senior clerk
received him, gave him his money, and
took his receipt. The whole business
did not take more than five minutes.
On the last quarter day Of March. com
monty called lady day, Captain Will
lOughby had not called for his money.