Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-04-04
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Pickering's letter bringing news of
my grandfather's death found me at
Naples early in October. John
Marshall Glenarm had died in June,
leaving viii which gave me his prop
erty conditionally Pickering wrote,
and it was necessary for me TO return
Immediately to qualify as legatee. 1t
was by the merest luck that the letter
came TO my hands at all, for 1t had
been sent to Constantinople. in care
Of the consul-general instead of my
banker there, and 1t was not Picker
ng's fault that the consul was friend
,f mine who kept track of my wander
ngs and was able to hurry the eXecu-
or's letter after me to Italy, where
had gone to meet an English finan
:lerewhp had, / was advised, unlimited
noneysto spend on African railways.
am an engineer a graduate of an
American Institution Familiarity known
A Gsfhe Tech, and as my funds were
slnning low 1 naturally turned to my
profession for employment.
But this letter changed my plans,
and the following day L cabled Pick
sring Of my departure and was out
ward boundA}on steamer for New
York Fourteen days later. sat in
{ Chickering'S office in the Alexis Build
ing ana listened intently while he
read, with much ponderous emphasis,
The provisions of my grandfather's
will. When he concluded l laughed.
Pickering was serious man, and
was glad to see that my levity panied
aim. had, for that matter, always
ocen a source of annoyance to him,
and his look OF distrustSand rebuke
lid not trouble me in the least.
reached across the table for the
paper and he gave the sealed and be,
rbboned copy of John Marshall Glen
arms win into my hands. ] read it
through for myself feeling conscious
meanwhile that Pickerings cool gaze
was bent inquiringly upon me, These
ire the paragraphs that interested me
most;
q give and devise unto my said
grandson, John Glenarm, sometime a
resident of the city and state of New
York, and later yagabond of parts
unknown, certain property known as
Glenarm House. with the lands and
hereditaments thereunto pertaining
and hereinafter more particularly de.
scribed, and all personal effects, goods
and other property that may be
located in the premises and on the
land herein described, the said realty
lying in the county of Wabana in the
state of Indiana, upon this condition,
faithfully and honestly performed;
THAT said John Glenarm shall re.
main an occupant of said Glenarm
House and of my lands appurtenant
thereto, demeaning himself meanwhile
In an orderly and temperate manner.
Should he fail at any time during said
year to comply with this provision,
said property shall at once revert to
my general estate, shall become, with
out reservation and without necessity
for any process of law the property,
absolutely, of Marian Devereux, of the
county and state OF New York"
"Well," he demanded, striking his
hands upon the arms of his chair,
what do you think of it?"
For the life of me | could not helm
laughing again. There was, in the
first place, delicious irony in the
fact that should learn through him
OF my grandfather's wishes with re-
snect TO myself Pickering and had
grown up in the same town in Yer
mont; we had attended the same pre-
paratory school, but there had been
from boyhood certain antagonism
between us. He had always succeeded
where / failed, which is to say, must
admit, that he had succeeded pretty
frequently. When I refused to settle
down to my profession, but chose to
see something of the world first, Pick