Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-09-05

praises. Then that dear. stupid old doc
tor, whenever he got letter from Lynn.
must needs show II to her and dilste "a
the fine prospect extending before . young
fellow with such manly feeling and high
aim.
1t was the end Of the second week IL.
March, and people were specializing on
the day when Lynn Yeames would make
his appearance, when something occurred
which upset everything 1t was nothing
less than a moral cataclysm altering the
entire aspect of affairs.
Coming home that particular afternoon,
| found a visitor In my Office who had
been waiting there three parts Of an hour
to see me. He was little pudEy man,
with a short throat, puffy face, and
eyes as like pigs as ever | saw. he
brecthed with difficulty, and gasped be-
fore each sentence, and in the middle also
il 1t was a long one. He had not much
hair what there was of 1t had a dirty,
sandy tint; his whiskers were hardly
distlnguishabe, they were so thinly
planted, and like his complexion. He
was dressed In a tightly-buttoned frock
coat that formed deep ridges In his waist
and seemed to increase the difficulty Of
breathing In one hand he held his hat
in the other a pair of gloves, and both
rested on his knees, which, by reason Of
their shcrtness and pudginess, were wide
ly separated.
"Afterneen, Mr.. Keene; afternoon
sir" he gasped, turning his little blue
eyes In the corner before he could screw
himself up on his legs to face me. Come
to talk with you on a matter of bust
ness. My names Bax-Smithson Bax :
with this he sank down on his chair ant
gasped again.
mot the pleasure Of knowing you, Mr.
Bax," said 1, sitting down In front o
him.
Thought you might have heard OF M
from Lynn Yeames or Mrs. Yeames.
am-friend of the family"
"a professional friend" l asked, TO
l detected the look of a pettifogger II
him.
"You may call me-professional frien
if you like-not a lawyer exactly-knoy
something about It," He gave me glanc
that was not to be mistaken, and centin
ued ITO begin with, you must under
stand that I-acting on behalf OF the fam
ily-Lynn Yesmes nothing at all to d
with it-better keep out Of it." ~.
HE does not wish to take the respon
sibility Of anything you DOR
That's It. Too generous-too carelee
/ Of his own interests-altogether too
he gasped and filled up the break with
wave OF his gloves.
~ understand his character perfect
ly, Mr.. Bax; let us come to the point"
well 60 straight at it-begin In tn
middle-save breath. DIR. Audrey Is
scoundrel--biEyest hypocrite and rascs
that ever imposed-credulou humanity
BE good enough to show how you a
rive at this conclusion" said l.
81 will. Flexmore's will. He kne'
of the conditions in the first one.
knew also the conditions in the secon'
He knew that II that were not signed
would come into two thousand year"
HE did"
Good. Tell me, please, Mr.. Keen
why that second will was not signed
81 was thrown out Of trap; that an
the fog"
Thrown out of trap. How? Al
swer me that, If you please"
by a rope stretched from one side
the road to the other"
Good | can produce a witness
prove that he was engaged by DIR. Az
drey to stretch that rope and throw yc
over -
Ito be continued.)