The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-31
Copyright 1905 BY BobOs-Merrill Co.
CHAPTER Continued.

my Cigarette So9O "NN
the table.
@After you! They're made quite
snecially for me in Madrid"
aYou forget that never use tobacco
In any form"
aYou always did miss a good deal of
tbe 10y of living" l observed. throwing
NV smoking match into his waste
oonar haskell. to his obvious annoy
snce. well, I'm the bad boy of the
story-books; but I'm really sorry my
inheritance has a string tied to 1t. I'm
about out of money. | suppose you
wouldn't advance me a few thousands
on my expectation"
"Not a cent" he declared, with quite
unnecessary vigor; and | laughed
again. remembering that in my old
advertisement of him generosity had
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 of
money in your tiger hunting exploits"
he added.
81 have spent all l had" l replied
amiably. Thank God, I'm not a claml
I've seen the world and paid for it, and
I 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, L
thought-and began playing with a
pencil. / never liked chickering's
hands; they were thick and white and
better kept than l like to see a mans
hands.
Il fear it's going to be disappointing.
In his -trust-company boxes here l
have beer 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 wheedled large sums
put Of him. and he spent, as you will
see, a small fortune on the house at
Annandale without finishing it. 1t
wasn't a cheap proposition, and in its
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
What he left,-it was not a small for
tune as those things are reckoned."
l was restless under this recital. My
fathers estate had been of respectable
size, and had dissipated the whole of
It. My conscience pricked me as I
recalled an item of $4,000 that l had
spent-somewhere grandly-on an ex-
petition that l led, with considerable
satisfaction to myself, at least.
through the Sudan. But Pickering's
words amazed me.
Let me understand you" l 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 a 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 that claim is WORTH"
1t 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..
Nlenarm made her a gift of the money
"rhats possible, isn't it? He was
forever making gifts to churches.
schools and = Biological seminarics
we're a sort OF weakness with him.
Wen pass that. If you get this
money the estate is worth 100000, plus
'ne value of the land out there at
A~hnahda's and Glenarm Hous~ is
worth"
IheT- 'ou have met
II was The first lightness he had
'nown, md it put me on guard.
l SHOULD like an idea of its value.
something
Land out there is worth from 500
~ SI'o an acre. There's an even hun.
uleu acres. I'll be glad to have your
@ppIalsement of the house when you
get there"
I1utnph! You flctter my judgment,
luckerlng. The loose stuff there is
worth how much?"
IT'S all in the library. Your grand
'atner's weakness was architecture
80 re%memberl" / ~interposed, re
Jaiihg my stormy interviews with
Spnh Marshall Glenarm over my
choice Of a profession.
In his last years he turned more
Snu more to his books. He placed out
mere what is, l suppose, the finest col
iecton of books relating to architec-
ture to be found in this country. That
was his chief hobby, after church af-
AIRS as you may remember, and he
Ioue 1t hard. But he derived a great
ueai OF satisfaction from his studies"
| laughed again; it was easier to
'eugh than to cry over the situation.
l suppose he wanted me to sit down
uere' surrounded by works on archl-
'ecthre. with the Idea that a study of