Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-10-31

tention to his instructions.
'What did you tell them?'' asked
Philip.
81 said that you impressed me as the
kind of young gentleman who would
pay well for services given unsparing-
ly."
did that satisfy them?"
Perfectly. Such clients do not
abound in these hard times"
Three hours later letter came for
Philip Arson, Esq, by hand. 1t was
from the solicitors and read:
We are in receipt of your esteemed in
structions Although Saturday is a day
on which it is difficult to do business, we
lost no time in inspecting the premises in
the Mile End road, accompanied by a
surveyor. We found that the news stand
approximately on an area of $500 super
ficial feet, while the shop tenanted by
O'Brien has frontage on the main road
of eighteen feet, with probable depth
of thirty or thirty-five feet The owner
of this shop is a resident in the neigh
borhood, and he will accept R450 for the
freehold.
We were fortunate in finding the man
aging director of the Cardiff and Havre
Coal company, limited, at his Office. AL
though the company require the news
for the purpose of a depot, they are not
unwilling to sell, with a stipulation that
the premises shall not be used by any
competing company during q period Of
twenty years from the date of transfer
We stated that the site was required for
philanthroptc purpose, but the latter
stipulation is insisted on. The price asked
is e2,20O which we consider excessive,
there being a very inadequate approach.
Moreover we wish to point out that
O'Brien's shop does not adjoin the news,
and 1t would be necessary to purchase
two other houses to make the entire
property compact one.
However adhering to the letter of your
instructions, we have pleasure in inform
ing you that the two properties can be
acquired, with very little delay, for a2,65
The legal and other charges will not ex-
coed 3150 We trust, etc.
Philip Immediately wrote:
tude in the matter of Johnson's News
and the shop. 1 inclose check herewith
for &2,S00. The purchase of the other
houses can stand over for few days.
This he dispatched by special mes
senger, and in a few minutes he held
a formal receipt
A telegram came for him. 1t was
from Mr.. Abingdon.
Can see you after at my house.
Then Philip enjoyed his first real
breathing space during hours of day
light. He went by train to the GENE
terry in which his mother was buried,
carrying with him a beautiful wreath.
1t was remarkable fact that this
was the first visit he had paid to her
grave. During the days of misery and
partial madness which followed her
death he never lost the delusion that
her spirit abided with him in the poor
dwelling they called 'home."
Hence the narrow resting place be-
meath the green turf in no way appeal
ed to him. But now that succession
of extraordinary external events had
restored the balance of his mind he
realized that she was really dead and
buried; that what he revered as her
spirit was in truth a fragrant memory;
| that he would be nearest to her mortal
remains when standing in the remote
corner of the burial ground allotted to
the poorest of the poor-those removed
by one degree from pauperdom and
parish grave
1t happened by mere chance that
since Mrs. Ansons funeral no one had
been inferred on one side of the small
space purchased for her. There were
three vacant plots here. and a sur
prised official told Philip there would
be no difficulty in acquiring these for
the purpose of erecting suitable mon
ument.
/
The boy filed in the necessary forms
there and then. 1t was some consola-
ton to know that he could perpetuate
her memory in this way, though he
had formulated another project which
should keep her name revered through
the ages.
On the site of Johnson's News should
arise the Mary Arson Home For Des-
titute Boys. He would build a place
where those who were willing to work
acc learn would be given a chanee
and not driven, starving and desperate
to pick up an existence in the gutter
He was too young to de'ise all the
details of such a splendid institution,
but he had got the idea and would
possess the money. He would leave
the practical part of the undertaking
to older !heaGlS.
The one essential feature was fnas
generations yet unborn should learn to
love and honor the name of Mary An
son. Provided that were achieved, he
knew the work would be successful
Soon after leaving the cemetery he
came face to face with Bradley, the
policeman, who was in plain clothes
and walking with a lady, obviously
Mrs. Bradley, judging by the matronly
manner in which she wheeled a per.
ambulator containing a chubby infant
well, I'm blowedw cried the police
man. "Who would have thought of
meeting you? looked in at the news
last night but you had gone Some
one is looking after you pretty well,
eh?"
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