Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-05-23

ing. is rot embraced in my scheme OF
life!"
81 should hardly call you a marry
ing man" he observed.
Perfectly right, my friend! Sister
Theresa was considered possible
match for my grandfather In my
youth. I'm quite out of it with her.
And the other lady with the fascina'
ting a1gebraic climax to her name
she, too, is impossible; It seems that |
can't get the money by marrying her.
I'd better let her take it. She's as
poor as the devil I dare say"
Il imagine not. The Evanses are a
wealthy family. in spots, and she
ought to have some money Of her own,
if her aunt doesn't coax IT out OF her
for educational schemes"
"And where on the map are these
lovely creatures to be found?'
"Sister Theresa's school udjoins your
preserve; Miss Devereux has, | think,
some of your own weakness for travel.
Sister Theresa is her nearest rela-
tive, and she occasionally visits St
Agathas-thats the school,"
81 suppose they embroider altar.
cloths together and otherwise labor
valiantly to bring confusion upon
satan and his cohorts. Just the peo-
PIE to pull the wool over the eyes Of
| my grandfather"
Pickering smiled at my resentment.
You'd better give them a wide
berth; they might catch you in their
net. Sister Theresa is said TO have
| quite winning say She certainly
| pluclted your grandfather
! Nuns in spectacles. the gentle cdu-
/ Gators of youth and that sort of thing,
with a good-natured old man for their
prey. None of them for me-
Il rather thought So remarked
! Pickering.-and he pulled his watch
from his pocket and turned the stem
with his heavy fingers He was short,
] thickset and sleek, with square Jaw,
hair already jhin and q close-cipped
/ mustache. Age. | mentally reflected
was not improving him.
| had no intention Of allowing him
! to see that I was irritated. | drew out
my cigarette case and passed it across
the table
after you, They're made quite
specially for me- in Madrid
You forget that never use tobacco
in any form
you always did miss a good deal OF
the 10Y OF living" observed, throwing
my smoking match into his waste
paper basket to his obvious annoy
ance. We'll, I'm the bad boy of the
story books: but I'm really sorry my
inheritance has a string tied to it. I'm
about out of money. ] suppose yor
wouldn't advance me fow thousands
on my expectation"
mot a cent" he declared, with quite
unnecessary vigor: and I laughed
again. remer1 bering that in my ole
appraisement Of him generosity hat
not been represented in large figures
ITS not in keeping with your grand
fathers wishes that l should do so
You must have spent a good bit o
money in your tiger hunting exploits.
he added.
81 have spent all ! had" 7 replied
amiably. Thank God, I'm not clam
I've seen the world and paid for it, an
] ask nothing of YOU. You undoubt
eddy share my srandfather's idea o
me, that I'm wild man who can
sit still or lead an orderly, decent life
but I'm going to give you terrible
disappointment. What's the size o
the estate?"
Pickering eyed ma-uneas.Iy.
thought-and began playing with
pencil. never liked Pickering
hands; they were thick and white an
better kept than like to see man
hands
81 fear it's going to lie disappointing
In his trust-ccUpany boxes here
have been able to find only about tie
thousand dollars worth of securities
sihly-quite possbly--we were a
deceived In the amount of his fortune
Sister Theresa wheedled large sum
out Of him. and he spent. as you wi
, see, a small fortune on the house a
Annandale without finishing It,
wasn't cheap proposition and in it
unfinished condition it is PRACTICAL
valueloss. You must know that NJ
Clenarm save away a great deal {
, money in his lifetime Moreover h
established your father. You kno'
, what he left.--it was not a small 70
tune as those things are reokoned."
was restless under this recital. NJ
r fathers estate had been Of respectabl
size, and had disspated the whole {
, ii. My conscience pYicked me as
I recalled an item of $4,000 that I ha
spent somewhere grandly-on an @
: petition that | led, with considerably
, satisfaction to myself, at leas
through the Sudan. But Pickering
. words amazed NE.
Let me understand you" I sal
4 bending toward him. MY grandfatht
l. was supposed to be rich and yet yc
= tell me you find little property Sistt
@ Theresa got money from him to heI
!. build a school. How much was that
4 FIFTY thousand dollars. 1t was {
| open account. His books show the a
:. vances, but no took no notes.
: and that claim Is worth-?'
@ ut is good as against her individ
ally Bilt she cOntendS-"