The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-23

ing ideas. Sister Theresa isn't the
one l mustn't marry is she? It's the
other ecclesiastical embroidery artist,
the one with the x" in her name.
suggesting the algebra Of my vanish
ing youth"
| read aloud this paragraph:
provided, further. that in event
said John Glenarm aforesaid shall
marry the said Marian Devereux, or
in the event of any promise or con-
tract of marriage between said per-
sons within five years from the date of
said John Glenarm's acceptance of
the provisions of this will, the whole
estate shall become the property abso-
lutely of st. Agatha's School, at An
Mandate, Wabana county, Indiana, a
corporation under the laws OF said
state
For a touch of comedy commend
me to my grandfather Pickering.
you always were a well-meaning fell
low,-Ill turn over to you all my right,
interest and title in and to these an
gelic Sisters. Marry. l like the ideal
/ suppose some one will try to marry
me for my money. Marriage. Picker
ing, is not embraced in my scheme of
lifei"
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 it with her.
And the other lady with the fascina-
ting a1gebraic climax to her name
she. too, is impossible: 1t seems that |
can't get the money by marrying her.
I'd better let her take it. She's as
poor as the devil, 1 dare say
Il imagine not. The Evanses are a
wealthy family, in spots, and she
ought to have some money of her own,
IL her aunt doesn't coax 1t out of her
for educational schemes"
And where on the map are these
lovely creatures to be found?"
Sister Theresas school adioins your
preserve: Miss Devereux has. l think,
Sister Theresa Is her nearest rela-
tive, and she occasionally visits St
Agatha's-that's the school"
II suppose they embroider altar
cloths together and otherwise labor
valiantly to bring confusion upon
satan and his cohorts. Just the PEG
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 a winning way. She certainly
plucked your grandfather"
Nuns in spectacles, the gentle edu
Gators of youth and that sort of thing
with a good-natured old man for their
prey. None of them for me-"
81 rather thought So remarked
Pickering he pulled his watch
from his pocket and turned the stem
with his heavy fingers. He was short
thickset and sleek, with a square jaw
hair already thin and close-clippeC
mustache. Age, l mentally reflected
was not improving him.
I had no intention of allowing hin
to see that was irritated. I drew out
my cigarette case and passed it acros;
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 good deal o
the Joy of living" observed, throwing
my smoking match into his waste
paper basket, to his obvious annoy
ance well, I'm the bad boy Of thu
story-books; but I'm really sorry m.
inheritance has a string tied to it. In
about out Of money. l suppose yol
wouldn't advance me few thousand
on my expectation"
mot a cent" he declared. with quit
unnecessary vigor; and I laughe
again, remembering that in my oil
appraisement of him generosity ha
not been represented in large figures
It's not in keeping with your grand
fathers wishes that l should do Sc
You must have spent a good bit c
, money in your tiger hunting exploits,
: he added.
'I have spent all I had" I reptile
amiably. Thank God I'm not clam
! I've seen the world and paid for it, an
l ask nothing of you. You undoub
! edly share my grandfather's idea {
! me, that I'm a wild man who can
, sit still or lead an orderly, decent life
but I'm going to give you terribl
disappointment. What's the size {
the estate?"
Pickering eyed me-uneasily.
9 thought-and began playing with
pencil. l never liked Pickering
: hands; they were thick and white an
better kept than I like to see man
: hands.
II fear it's going to be disappointin
\ In his trust-company boxes here
;. have been able to find only about te
thousand dollars worth of securitie