Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-28
CHAPTER l.-continued.

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to see that 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 good deal OF
the Joy of living" observed, throwing
my smoking match into mis- waste
paper basket, to his obvious annoy
ance. well, I'm the bad boy Of the
story-books; but I'm really sorry my
inheritance has string tied to 1t. I'm
about out of money. | suppose you
wouldn't advance me few thousands
on my expectation"
Not cent" he declared, with quite
unnecessary vigOr; and | laughed
again, remembering that in my old
appraisement of him generosity had
not been represented in large figures.
"It's not in keeping with your grand
fathers wishes that | should do so.
You must have spent good bit OF
money in your tiger hunting exploits"
he added.
81 have spent all l had" replied
amiably. Thank God, I'm not clam!
I've seen the world and paid for it, and
! ask nothing of you. You undoubt-
edly share my grandfather's idea of
me, that I'm a wild man who can't
sit still or lead an orderly, decent life;
but I'm going to give you a terrible
disappointment. What's the size of
the estate?"
Pickering eyed me-uneasily, /
thought-and began playing with a
pencil. l never liked Plckering's
hands; they were thick and white and
better kept than like to see mans
hands.
81 fear it's going to be disappointing.
In his trust-company boxes here |
have been able to find only about ten
thousand dollars worth of securities.
Possibly-quite possibly-we were all
deceived in the amount of his fortune.
Sister Theresa wheeled large sums
out of him, and he spent, as you will
see, a small fortune on the house at
Annandale without finishing it. 1t
WASH d CHEAP IIOpOoiliOLl, anu III 10
unfinished condition it is practically
valueless. You must know that Mr..
Glenarm gave away a great deal of
money in his lifetime. Moreover, he
established your father. You know
WAT he left,-it was not small for
tune as those things are reckoned."
was restless under this recital My
% 20 y 10
size, and had dissipated the whole Of
1t. My conscience pricked me as l
recalled an item of $4,000 that had
spent-somewhere grandly-on an eX-
petition that / led, with considerable
satisfaction to myself, at least,
through the Sudan. But chickering's
words amazed me.
Let me understand you," / said,
bending toward him. my grandfather
was supposed to be rich, and yet you
tell me you find little property. Sister
Theresa got money from him to help
build school. How much was that?"
Fifty thousand dollars. 1t was an
open account. His books show the ad-
vances, but he took no notes."
And ttat claim is WORTH"
ct is good as against her individu.
ally. But she contends"
yes, go on"
had struck the right note. He was
annoyed by my persistence and his ap,
parent discomfort pleased me.
"She refuses to pay. She says Mr..
Glenarm made her gift of the money"
That's possible, isn't it? He was
forever making gifts to churches.
Schools and theological seminarics
were a sort of weakness with him.
We'll pass that. If you get this
money the estate is worth $4,000, plus
the value of the land out there at
Annandale, and Glenarm House is
worth"
There you have mel"
1t was the first lightness he had
shown, and it put me on guard.
81 should like an idea of its value
Even an unfinished house is worth
something"
Land out there is worth from S10C
90 $3.50 an acre. There's an even hun
dred acres. III be glad to have your
dppraisement Of the house when yor
get there"
"Humph! You fiatter my judgment
Pickering. The loose stuff there i!
worth how much?"
Its all in the library. Your grand
fathers weakness was architecture
$50 remember" l interposed, re
calling my stormy interviews will
John Marshall Glenarm over m,
choice of a profession.
in his last years he turned NOR,
and more to his books. He placed on
there what is, suppose, the finest col
lection of books relating to architec
ture to be found in This country. Tha
was his chief hobby, after church al
fairs, as you may remember, and h
rode it hard. But be derived a grea
deal of satisfaction from his studies.
/ laughed again; it was easier t
laugh than to cry over the situation.
II suppose he wanted me to sit dow
there. surrounded by works on arch
lecture, with the idea that study c
the subject woull be my only resource
The scheme is eminently Glenarmian
And ali | get is a worthless house.
hundred acres of land, $4,000, and
doubtful claim against a Protestar
nun who hoodwinked my g~andfsthe
Into setting up school for her. Bles
you heart, man, so far as my inher
lance Is concerned it would have bee
money in my pocket to have stayed
Africa"
That's about the size Of It,"
"But the personal property Is a
mine,-anything that's loose on II