Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-07-17
CHAPTER III.

showed tnat the ldea was not uncOnSld-
cred. "She Is worthy of a better man
than 1 am, and have no wish to mar
ry."
THAT isn't much of a reason. You
have to think of what Is best for your
daughter and Miss Dalrymple. Your lit
tie one ought to have a mother-some one
from whom she will be inseparable when
you are gone and there's not a soul in
the world better fitted to take the place
of a mother than that girl
"She must marry Audrey that is the
husband for that sweet girl"
DIR. Awdrey 70 / exclaimed in aston
ishment, for had never thought of him
as marrying man.
1es. He loves her-I know he does
Who could see her and know her, and
not love her? And he Is an excellent
fellow. l wish he were a little lighter
and better looking; but 1 couldn't wish
him to have a better heart, or more
iovable disposition. He's a fine man,
Tony
He won't marry her, for all that. It's
as much as ever he can do to keep his
head above water now, and fool as he is
in worldly matters-he wouldn't tie a
milestone round his neck"
Miss Dalrymple is not a milestone"
said poor old Flexmore, warmly.
Il know that. She's good woman and
would work herself i'll to help her hus-
band, or worry herself i'll if she couldn't.
That is what Awdrey would not have his
wife do, and the only way to prevent it
Is to keep single. And single he'll keep"
No, keene, no; he must marry Ger
trude. l have thought it all out. My
little Laure must have a father as we'll
as a mother when I'm gone-and 1 don't
think that is long hence, Tony. l shan't
see sixty-four."
tried TO combat this notion, though
myself was far from thinking it improba-
BILE; and then to turn the conversation,
I said:
well, to go back to what you have
been thinking out-what's your idea?''
Il wish to put Audrey in position to
marry Miss Dalrymple. 1 know he is
poor, but l am rich. 1 would leave him
every penny l have on the condition that
he adopts Laure as his daughter"
Il see your notion. There will then be
second inducement for him to make
Miss Dalrymple his wife in the fact that
the child is inseparable from her. l think
the idea is an extremely good one, so
good that l wish 1 had thought of it my
self"
VERY well, then; draw up a will in
accordance with it. Settle everything
upon Awdrey, subject to deduction for a
few smaller legacies that 1 will write in.
Let me have the draft of it in a week at
the outside, Tony" he said eagerly.
l promised to do this and went home,
turning the matter over in my mind 1
considered it from time to time during
the week, and finding no material objec-
ton to the scheme, l put Flexmore's
notion into legal form, with certain mod
ihcations, and then took rough draft
Tor his inspection.
us your master at homer" l asked the
girl who opened the door.
"Yes, sir he's in the library with Mrs.
Xeames and Mr.. Yeames."
"Mr. Yeames? what Mr.. Yeames?" 1
asked the little maid, sharply.
Mr.. Lynn Yeames is his name, think,
sir; young gentleman"
Mrs. Yeames' son. 1 know him."
said 1 /; and then stood, rubbing my feet
on the mat and wondering what on earth
brought him upon the scene for. No
good, l felt sure.
Mr.. Lynn Yeames was the son Of Mrs.
Yeames by her second marriage. This
was not much in his favor, but the rest
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been twice employed by Flexmore on his
account; once to settle some college debts
which Mrs. Yeames declared she could not
meet, and a second time to stay an action
for breach of promise, threatened by
townsman's daughter with whom he had
got entangled- Fellows brought up by
foolish women on bad principles are al
ways either getting out of scrapes or get
ting Into them, and l asked myself which
purpose had procured his uncle the doubt
tul pleasure of this visit.
l shook myself together, and went into
the library with my wits on the alert.
Lynn Yeames was at this time about
four-and-twenty and his looks would have
deceived anyone but a lawyer. sturdy
young fellow of average height but very
thick-set. His skin was very fair, his
eyes very blue, his lips very red his hair
was combed down on one side of his fore
head, and he had a small carroty mus
tache. Most people, l believe, would
have been favorably impressed with him,
but / did not like him.
He had come down, ii seemed to spend
a few days, and he had only been here
day and was awfully bored already-not
a decent billiard board in the place, and
not light to be seen after ten-thirty.
He wanted to know II there was any
fishing or shooting, or any mortal thing a
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