, 1908-01-30
I read aloud this paragraph:

Al TIC event OF any promise or con-
tract of marriage between said Der
sons within Ave 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 raid
state"
For a touch Of comedy commend
me to my grandfather Pickering,
you always were q welImeaning fell
low.-In turn over to you all my right,
Interest and title In And to these an
gelic Sisters. Marry! like the idea!
1 suppose some one will try to marry
me for my money. Marriage. Picker
ing, 10 not embraced in my scheme Of
life!"
II should hardly call you Q marry
ing man" he observed.
Perfectly right, my friendi Sister
Theresa was considered . possible
match for my grandfather in my
youth. I'm quite out Of 1t with her.
And the other lady with the fascina-
ting a1gebraic climax to her name
she. too. is impossible; 1t seems that I
can't get the money by marrying her.
I'd better let her take 1t. She's as
poor as the devil, I dare say"
II imagine not. The Evanses are a
wealthy family, in spots, and she
ought to have some money Of her own,
II her III 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, I think,
some of your own weakness for travel.
Sister Theresa il her nearest rela.
tive, and she occasionally visits st.
Agatha's-that's the school,"
II suppose they embroider altar.
cloths together and otherwise labor
~valiantly to bring confusion upon
satan and his cohorts. Just the PEG.
pie to pull the wool wei the eyes of
my grandfather"
Pickering smiled at my resentment
You'd better give them a wide
berth; they might catch you in their
quite a winning way. She certainly
pluckeu your Srand1atner.
Nuns in spectacles, the gentle edu.
Gators of youth and that sort of thing.
with a ~good-natured old man FOL their
prey. None of them for mel"
"T rather thought So" remarked
Pickering,-and he pulled his watch
from his pocket Inc turned the stem
with his heavy fingers. He a short
thickset and sleek, with a square Jaw
hair already thin and a close-clipped
was not improving him.
I had no intention of allowing him
to see that I was irritated. I drew out
my cigarette Ease and passed II acros,
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 q good deal OF
the Joy Of living" I observed, throwing
my smoking match into his waste
paper basket, to his obvious annoy.
ancs. well, I'm the bad boy of the
story-books; but I'm really sorry my
Inheritance has a string tied to it. I'm
about out of money. I suppose you
wouldn't advance me . few Thousands
m my expectation"
Not a cent" he declared, with quite
unnecessary vigor; and laughed
again. remembering that in my old
appraisement of him generosity had
not been represented In large figures.
IT'S 20 in keeping with your grand
fathers wishes that l should do so.
You must have spent 4 good bit q
money in your tiger hunting exploits"
he added.
a" have spent all I had" l replied
amiably. Thank God, I'm not a 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 hfe:
but I'm going to give you . terrible
disappointment. What's the size OF
the estate?"
Pickering eyed me-uneasily.
thousht-and began playing with q
pencil. l never liked Pickering's
hands; they were thick and white and
better kept than I like to see q mans
hands.
81 fear it's going to be disappointing
In his t~rust-company boxes here ]
have been able to fnd only about ten
thousand dollars worth Of securities
Possibly-quite possibly-ws were al
deceived in the amount Of his fortune.
Sister Theresa whesdled large sums
out Of him and he spent. as you will
See, 4 small fortune on the house at
Anhandale without finishing IT. II
wasn't q cheap proposition. and in its
unfinished condition 1t is practically
valueless. You must know that Mr.
Glenarm gave away a great eal oil
mona In big ufetimA MarenYer he