Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-14
CHAPTER x.

handy rawer'-a good large drawer
that slides easily and fastens with a
patent key, and divided into a score of
compartments. In this l put away any
thing that l think may come in handy
at some future time, and an alphabetical
index on a side of paper tells me at a
glance in which nest to find what l want.
recommend a drawer of this kind to
any one of a practical and methodlcal
turn Of mind he will have recourse to
it more frequently than he anticipates,
and find it occasionally Of inestimable
value.
Well, into this drawer, Nest Y, l put
that pellet of paper after making care
full examination of it, and indexed 1t
thus: "Yeames.-Pellet of paper jerked
out Of his pocket, day of Flexmores
death, Dec 10, 1855" l shall have
more to tell about this later on--a good
deal more.
In the evening of that day l saw DIR.
Awdrey he came to me with a face as
long as a fiddle.
That's an unfortunate accident that
happened to you this afternoon" he said
at might have been worse" said l.
feeling my nose. 81 came plump down
on it. Wonder l didn't break it."
I'm not speaking of that" said he, put
ting down his hat and seating himself
"Oh, you're thinking of your prop
erty." The poor old nag had put his
shoulder out and had to be killed, and
both shafts of the gig were smashed.
well, If your old horse had not been
thrown down, you would have been thou
sands out of pocket"
you know what l mean 1t is an I'M
fortunate accident that prevented your
arriving in time for Flexmore to sign the
new will as he wished"
"There we differ. l do not regard the
accident as unfortunate from that point
of view"
"Well, what is to be done about It'll The
old will is virtually revoked"
But actually it stands as good as ever
1t was, and so it shall stand"
Surprising l refuse to accept the
guardianship of Flexmore's childF
you can't refuse. Common sense will
not let you; humanity will not let you !;
l will not let you. Have you seen Lynn
Yeames since his uncle's death?"
mo; he had left the house five minutes
before l arrived. l hear he called at
| u.
Since then have been unable to find him
anywhere"
THAT'S a pity. ! should have liked
you to see him as l saw him. He Is so
confident of being his uncle's heir that
he has thrown off all restraint, every pre-
tense of decency, and shows himself the
hectoring bully, the heartless rascal |
have always believed him to be-"
Impossible p he exclaimed, looking in
credulously at me, whom alone of all men
he doubted and looked upon as misguid-
ed by prejudice.
~ tell you it's a fact. He was brutal
to little Laure, and he insulted Miss Dali
rymple before my face. Why? Because
now that he believes himself master OF
his uncle's fortune, he wishes to break of
his engagement with her. He has nc
more intention of marrying her now than
,, he had the first day he came to Coney.
! ford"
II can't understand you-a man sc
clear in judgment on most things"
. Get that nonsense out of your head
! doctor. l tell you that l am no more
prejud.ced against him than l am il
EaEoP Of you. He is a selfish, heartles.
scoundrel."
"You will never make me believe tina
of Lynn Yeames."
HE shall make you believe it of him
salf Abstain from letting him know how
FlHxmore's money Is TO be disposed of
: and watch him between now and the read
ing of the will. He already talks of send
ing the child away to a boarding school
and, as l tell you, reproved Miss Dial
: rymple before me for beng too sympa
s thetic and kind to her."
+ "But why should he believe himself t
7 be his uncle's heir?"
l Because he fell into trap, and wa
+ led to believe so by me. And I'll tell yo
g something else, doctor. He believed tina
this new will was to revoke an existin
= will in his favor and l am convince
e that he stretched the cord that threw tn
{. gig over and delayed me, that this wi
d might not be signed; and nicely he ha
% defeated his own ends by it. I'd forgiv
a him tor that if my nose had been broken.
e ~ think | can upset that theory, g
e least" said Audrey. What time was
y when you were thrown from the glg?"
a about two o'clock, as nearly as l ca
reckon" said l.
II Good. He left Flexmore's house I
a. fetch me at one O'clock; he was at m
le house at half-past, and he waited thel
q for me until ten minutes past two"
1t He had proved an alibi for Lynn, on
d had to admit l must be in the vror
on this point.
=. And SO you are, l am sure, on othi
1t points respecting him." said the doctor.
IL I'VE shall see that. Keep your mir
Id unprecedented and watch that young ma
. during the next four or Eve days." sal
lg 1, as l opened the door to let him out.
10 Unfortunately, this chance of clearir
X his mind was denied to us. The ne,
morning, when l called at Flexmo
Mt House, l heard that he had not been SCI
", since he left, shortly after my dspartur
lie to fetch DR.. Audrey and in the cour
rs of the day l learned that he had gone
London. This did not surprise me. he
lie gone to see London solicitor about tn
" affair."" l thought; "and may be BIZ
~ pretty freely by my learned friends !"
IL Betimes on Thursday | called aga
h at the house, for had made up my mir
* to visit the inmates there every da
he knowing how Icing and dreary the da.
must be for them in the darkened hous
n and that the child. at least, looked upS
me as a protecting friend. Miss nalrTz