Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-02-02


pass the win again, Pickering,
while make sure grasp these divert
ing ideas. Sister Theresa isn't the
one / mustn't marry is she? It's the
other ecclesiastical embroidery artist,
the one with the *" 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 touch Of comedy commend
me to my grandfather! Pickering,
you always were well-meaning fell
low,--I'll turn over to you all my right,
interest and title in and to these an
gelic Sisters Marry / 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 friendl 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 algebraic climax to her name
she, too, is impossible; it seems that
can't get the money by marrying her.
I'd better let her take 1t. She's as
poor as the devil, dare say"
Il imagine not. The Evanses are a
ought to have some money of her own,
If her aunt doesn't coax it out of her
for educational schemes"
And where on the map are these
lovely creatures to be found?"
Sister Theresa's school adjoins your
preserve; Miss Devereux has, think,
some of your own weakness for travel
Sister Theresa is her nearest rela-
tive, and she occasionally visits st.
Agatha s-that's the school"
Il suppose they embroider altar
cloths together and otherwise labor
valiantly to bring confusion upon
satan and his cohorts Just the peo-
ne fx, ttD e
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 good-natured old man for their
prey. None OF them for met"
Il rather thought So" remarked
Pickering,-a he pulled his watch
from his pocket and turned the stem
with his heavy fingers. He was short,
thickset and sleek, with square jaw.
hair already thin and a close.clipped
mustache. Age, | mentally reflected,
was not improving him.
| had no intention OF allowing him
to see that was irritated. | drew out
my cigarette case and passed 1t across
the table.
after YOU! They're made quite
specially for me in Madrid"
You forget that I never use tobacco
In any form"
You always did miss good deal OF
the JOY of living observed, throwing
my smoking match into his waste
paper basket, to his obvious annoy
ance. We'll, I'm the bad hoy of the
story-books; but I'm really sorry my
inheritance has string tied to it. I'm
about out of money. l suppose you
wouldn't advance me few thousands
on my expectation"
Not a cent" he declared, with quite
unnecessary yigor; 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 l should do so.
You must have spent good bit of
money in your tiger hunting exploits"
he added.
Il have spent all 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
eddy 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 terrible
disappointment, What's the size of
the estate?"
Pickering eyed me-uneasily.
thought-and began playing with a
pencil. l never liked Pickering's
hands they were thick and white and
better kept than I like to see mans
hands.
Il fear it's going 10 be disappointing
In his trust-company boxes here
have been able to find only about ten