The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-07
CHAPTER VII.

! IL seemed to me that Miss Dalrympie va
entirely occupied with the music, AM
doubtless no thought Of anything els
could have entered her head without be
Ing suggested to her. BIT that Was no
the cas- With Lynn E1amsA He VA
carried away ~ the rood looks Of Ms
Dalrymple, ana psscsivine thAt - va
| the best woman 81 the throag, both II
appearance and lamily eonneeticu, b
ma unanimously resolved to efnk TIE con
sideration Of her bsinS poor and resolves
to secure hsf ct any price, 10 watfW how
rich be might b. By the death o. hi
uncle.
Somehow Or other he proposed to hel
| that night---between the parts, perhaps
when he led her into the adjoining room
for refreshments, though more probably
| the old woman, his mother, slammed
deep In the brougham to give her son thu
opportunity A. they were taking Miss Dial
rymple home.
Two mornings after the concert DR.
Awdrey called on me, looking ~ yello"
as an old title-deed
"You must 60 up to Elexmore Houst
at once" he said, without asking mo how
was, or any other preliminary civility
"Fle1more Is in a critical condition
there's not a moment to spare"
What does he want me fort" i asked
He wants to see you about that fool
Of will you drew up for him. Get into
my trap. tell you there h no time to
waste
Aren't you coming with meT asked,
as he put the reins In my hand.
mo; have another case to attend |
can do nothing for Flexmore at present ;
Miss Dalrymple has my instructions, and
| can rely on her carrying them OUT
l drove over to Fle1more House. sus-
,ecting mischief. I>found my old friend
In bed, but perfectly calm and collected.
Miss Dalrymple was in the room with
little Laurie, who chung to her hand rs
though she felt that soon there would be
but that to protect and befriend her.
Fle1more took my hand with smile
q silent greeting that was more touching
than words.
my DEAR he said to Miss Dalrymple,
you must leave US for few minutes,
please we have a little matter OF busi-
ness to discuss, my old friend and 1. J"
well, what is 1t, GeorgeT l asked,
going to the bedside.
TONY, you must alter that will or
draw up another at once. You thought
right to tell DR.. Awdrey of the provis-
ion had made He refuses to be Laure's
guardian or trustee for her fortune"
He won't get out of 1t II you let the
will stand; we shall see
But the will must not stand; he has
shown me that: For the child's sake,
for that dear girl Gertrude's sake, 1t must
be altered They must not be separated
The money must be left in trust, and her
guardian and trustee must be my nephew,
Lynn Yeames."
Nonsense As soon as Lynn Yeames
finds he has nothing he will cease to pes
ter Miss Dalrymple; he'll never marry
her If he gets the money; and then how
Is your little Laure to live with her? A
proof that he doesn't mean to marry her
is that he has been hanging about her for
months, but has carefully refrained from
binding himself to any engagement"
You are wrong, Keene. He proposed
to her night before last"
This took my breath away, and left
me no ground to stand on.
"And she accepted himp I gasped, af-
ter an interval of silence.
"She did. Yeames told DR.. Audrey
yesterday morning. He came at once to
me, and arrived at the very moment
was seized with the attack-otherwise l
might not have survived it. He was
with me all night; and this morning,
finding me sufficiently recovered to listen
to argument, he had this out with me. He
has the highest opinion of Lynn-so has
Mis-, Dalrymple, or she would certainly
not have accepted him. | myself see no
reason to disbelieye in him. IL fact,
it's only you, Tony, who stick out so
obstinately against him. and you, as
every one knows, are man of strong pre-
judices-very strong prejudices."
'I man of strong prejudices?' l gasp
ed. 81, a lawyer, whose business it is
to weigh both sides of the question and
decide impartially? /, an old man of
the world"
81 don't care what you may be; know
you are an obstinate, pig-headed old fell
low. But you must let me have my way
Il know l am right. No argument will
change mel must have my way"
Good" said 1; "Ill draw up another
will. 1t shall be Just as you WISH
As l left the house l spied Lynn
Yeames coming down the road but had
no patience to speak to him, and jumping
in the doctors gig, l drove off as quickly
as l could. l kept the gig at the door;
and then, going into my Office. | fetched
out the draft of the old will and sheet
Of foolscap to write the new one upon.
lust at that moment my housekeeper came
In 10 say that my lunch was served. |
had an hours work before me; it would
take another hour and half to carry it !
over to Flexmore, get his signature, and |
return.
Just as / was finishing, there was a |
ling at the bell, and my housekeeper |
brought in word that Mr.. Lynn Yeames |
wished to see me. "Ah, ahl thought l, |
he wants TO pump me again, does hep
All right; so he shall" So l babe the
show him into my Office, and
,ay I would be with him in minute or
wo. l emptied my cup, and rose to join
nv visitor In the next room.
In that moment 1t struck me that had
eft the draft of the old will on the
flee table beside the sheet of fresh fool
cap. l went on tiptoe to the door and
,eeped through the green tafety blind
.ynn Yeames was standing by the table.
boxing round him curiously; could see