Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-07-27

Auss Is n9t tuAui &reU 10 my SCutLhc u
hfei"
Il should hardly call you marry
ing man." he observed.
Perfectly right, my friend Sister
Theresa was considered a possible
match for my grandfather IN my
youth. I'm quite out OF IL with her
And the other lady with the fascina.
ting algebraic climax 10 her name
she. too, is impossible; e seems that ]
can't get the money by marrying her
Ia better let her take e. She's as
poor as the devil dare say"
"T imagine not The Evanses are a
wealthy family. in spots. and she
ought to have some money OF her own.
~ her aunt doesn't coax IL out OF her
for educational schemes.
And where on the map are these
lovely creatures to 20 found?"
Sister Theresa's school adjoins your
preserve: Miss Devereux has. I think.
some Of your own weakness for travel.
Sister Theresa is her nearest rela-
. tive. and she occasionally visits ST
5 Agaths's-thst's the school,
Il suppose they embrolder altar
4 sloihs together and otherwise labor
, valiantIy 90 bring confusion upon
satan and his cohorts. Just the PEG
{ pie 20 pull the wool over the eyes Of
nay grandfather"
Pickering smiled az my resentment
You'd better give them a wide
berth they might catch you their
net Sister Theresa IS said 10 have
( quite a winning way she certainly
I p4ucked your grandfather"
Nuns in spectacles, tho gentle edu.
Gators Of youth and that sort OF thing
with a good-natured old man for their
prey. None Of them FOR me-"
ct rather thought So" remarked
Pickering.-aud he pulled his watch
from his pocket and turned the stem
with his heavy fingers. He vas short
thickset and sleek with a square jaw.
hair already thin and a closeclipped
mustsche. Age I mentally reelected,
was not improving him.
had no intention OF allowing him
70 see that was irritafed drew ont
my cigarette case and passed II across
( the table
AFTER YOU They're made quite
I aINtAatN TOT me ia NalEAA.
you forget that never use tobacco
IN any form"
You always did miss a good deal %
| the Joy Of living" I observed. throwing
my smoking match into HIS waste
paper basket 20 his obvious annoy.
ance Wen I'm the bad boy o. the
story-books: but I'm really sorry my
Inheritance has a string tied TO H. I'm
about out OF money. I suppose you
wouldn't advance me a few thousands
on my expectation"
Not a cent" he doolaro-s. with quite
unnecessary vigor: aud laughed
again. remembering that IN my old
aspraisement OF him generosity had
not been represented IN large figures
IT'S not in keeping with your grand
fathers wishes that 7 should do 60
You must havo spent good bit o.
money IN your tiger hunting exploits.
no added
II have spent al I had I rcplleg
! amlsbly. Thank God. I'm not clam
/ I've seen the world and paid for 70. an,
I ask nothing OF you You undoub,
eddy share my grandfathor's idea O.
me. that I'm wild man who can
sit SIN or lead an orderly. decent life
but I'm going % givo you terribh
disappointment what's the size O
the estate?"
Pickering eyed me-uneasiiy.
thought-and began playing With
fpenci mover liked Pickeringr
hands; they were thick and white an,
better kept than Ike 20 see man
hands
4 fear IT'S going TO be disappointing
In his trust-company boxes here
have been able 20 find only about lei
thousand dollars worth OF securities
| bly-quite possibly-we we're al
deceived IN the amount OF his fortune
Sistex Theresa wheedled large sum
out Of him. and he spent. as you vii
see a small fortune on the house a
! Annandale without finishing f. I
| wasn't a cheap proposition, and IN II
unfinished condition II Is PRACTICAL
Valueiess. You must know that MI
Glenarm gave away a great deal O
money IN his lifetime. Moreover. b
established your father You knoy
what he left.--it was not a small fol
tune as those things are reckoned."
I was restless under this recital. NJ
| fathers estate had been OF respectabl
size. and had 6issipsted the whole q
/, IL. Ny conscience pricked me as
recalled an item OF $40. 900 that I ha
spent-sOm0where grandly-on an az
petition that 7 led, with considerabl
satisfaction 20 myself. az Ieas
through the Sudan. But Pickering
words amazed me.
Let me understand YOU" / saiC
, bending toward him. My grandfathe
was supposed 20 be rich, and yet yo
, tell me you find little property. Siste
I Theresa got money from him 20 hel
build g school. How much was that9
b Fifty thousand dollars. It was a
; open. account. His books show the a.
vances. but he took no notes"
! and that claim Is worth"
'It is good as against her indlvId
!, ally. But she contends"
, Yes, go on"
!. had struck the right note. He We
Y annoyed by my persistence and his a
parent discomfort pleased me.
:, she refuses to pay. She says M
: Glenarm made her gift OF the money