The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-04-11

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tor, whenever he got letter from Lynn,
must needs show it to her and dilate on
the fine prospect extending before a young
fellow with such manly feeling and high
adm.
1t was the end Of the second week II.
March, and people were specializing on
the day when Lynn Yeames would make
his appearance, when something occurred
which upset everything; it was nothing
less than a moral cataclym altering the
entire aspect of affairs.
Coming home that particular afternoon,
found visitor in my Office who had
been waiting there three parts OF an hour
to see me. He was a little pudgy man,
with a short throat, a puffy face, and
eyes as like a pigs as ever I saw. He
breathed with difficulty, and gasped be-
fore each sentence, and in the middle also
if it was a long one. He had not much
hair; what there was Of it had q dirty,
sandy tint; his whiskers were hardly
distinguishable, they were 80 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 shartness and pudginess, were wide
ly separated.
"Afterneen, Mr.. Keens; 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. Ny names Ba1-Smithson Bax :"
with this he sank down on his chair and
gasped again.
mot the pleasure Of knowing you, Mr..
Bax," said I, sitting down in front Of
him.
Thought you might have heard Of me
from Lynn Yeames or Mrs. Yeames. l
am-friend Of the family"
"A professional friendT' l asked, tor
I detected the look of q pettifogger in
him.
you may call professional friend
if you like-not a lawyer exactly-know
something about it." He gave me glance
that was not to be mistaken, and contin-
ued: ITO begin with, you must under
stand that I-acting on behalf ct the fam
ily-Lynn Yeames nothing 1T oil to Dc
with it-better keep out Of it."
He does not wish to take the sespoo'
sibility Of anything you doT"
That's 1t. Too generous careless
Of his own interests altogether too-'
he gasped and filed up the break with a
wave Of his gloves.
II understand his character perfect
", Mr.. Bax; let us come to the point"
well 60 straight at it-begin In tho
middle-save breath. DR.. Audrey is .
scoundrel- biggest hypocrite and rascal
that ever imposed humanity y
BE good enough to show how you A.
rive at this conclusion" said I.
II will. Flexmore's will. He knew
of the conditions in the first one. He
knew also the conditions in the second.
He knew that if that were not signed he
would come into two thousand a year"
He did"
Good. Tell me, please, Mr.. Keens,
why that second will was not signed"
II was thrown out Of trap; that and
the fog"
Thrown out of a trap. How? An
swer me that, If you please"
by a rope stretched from one side Of
the road to the other"
Good. I can produce witness to
prove that he was engaged by DR.. Aw-
drey to stretch that rope and throw you
overw
(To be continued.)