The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-03-05

hrnke sas s~as Of MS iass ~raaagt's Will.
rsw seS~a Minutes tst l2vsa~- -oaa on
Eainserrsyse2 fhe ssae ears ~ q srra3 fzr
justice slxzirs tArsaga iie t%cafsieai terms
ans legal complications Te hinasa5
Rcxra. kept -tgez ing 8 few II ths un~
as~r~sary Kzsd 4e1aessNs verbs with pshtsh
the 5e~-s was Eutas krdea wilts tae srna1
s~ask sz-.eA rerna hsgn lae a yad trfr@
p~etnoms seA wAicA es,4l6 not reach him
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AnNsnr tts Esther ~ilsfnne-s here was q
br@szASss~ sasysans ee sslenr~ eAnd b
eyes es rassss mess cav.Ar6sy, K1sd fixed u~
a1 'Ae hsssr avoiding. rsc*e az. GntfTse
TreaDaGaS taeF avoiding evea Nr@igSs.
too AID wA~a bir. Marshall ratsed hfs
h~aA thsurA zAgt hss cges End slfss5fy
wiF~5 his glasses baere vns ro sness
b@s POSSE relieved ~ uutt the rnoua. And
,a&k 81 THAI ia. saagier ev~r gui~ty
Mr. Tre1laar2 I hope with all TIT aesTt
fhsf 10 saeh e. p~lsasauG gask as tisis viii
eTer fnn 10 ~ shave again
Eourke had advanced IN tase rabie, and
ncw wns half sitting az Il. looking down
n,ra1 he ysHfeAurenth. AZ slSnlfea iltts
20 hlrr that The room WAS eInpryins fast
He had not waited for thas.
~Tel ne how IL IS, In vour own words
-IS words &C straightforward -cmmnn
sense- My-my head is half hewisdrred,
/ think. By those meaningless phrases you
bare been giving Us meaningless, aren't
th~yy"
Hardly. Mr.. Trenham." said ghs law
yer. naaA ins IL endaavor 70 speak Jest
4 ID ~ H. - r. Eruy~ aa-N
ingiess, ] fear"
Then yoU tell me-~shat Is itf Thst
nv fathers property has all been left by
bis widow To-
ITO Horton Newly. YES" ~reioined Mir.
Marshall. hurri~dly n tiarins injustice
bur. unfortunately. correct, and legal be
yoni dispute."
Legal :" echoed Rourke, slowly. How
can snch a deed he legal? Athol, was
she mady" For Athol We're was standing
beside him now. pale As he WIS, hut
without the restless Ere in his eyes.
Dear fellow. / never was her phys-
cisn. SIZE had Tho-ps Al first, then sent
TO London"
She wa sane and sound 81 mind be
yord al doubt, Ir. We're" saad Mr.. Mar
shall. graveay "sane-however unjust
when she left Hohve TO Horton Newisy."
Bat II is only for his life. Rourke: re
member that. put in Atbol, eagerly, as
be watched the pallor Of Rourks's face
ard the unnatural brillisnce Of his eyes;
"oIy for his life, then IL all reverts TO
roc. He can have M heirs of his own.
Ii all goes back to the rightful owner
tina
Then r. echoed Rourke. with q swift,
short laugh. Yes. then. And-and what
Use did ron read. MARSHALL
"Ay. sure enough" struck in old Digbr
| Surle. joining the group. What did the
woman will 10 her husbands o Tell
us again though for that matter | think
IL was all plain enough as you read it,
"Yes tell us again.' repeated Rourxe.
hooking steadily, though still half bewil-
dered. into old Digby's face. "What
crumbs fall 10 my share:"
Mr.. Trenham." explained TIE lawyer.
turning with relief 20 Mr.. Snrle. instead
of the young man az the table near him,
Mr.. Trenhan inherits the estate Of Win
terfeld. with an income Of five hundred a
year"
"And who-who," repeated Rourke. the
bewilderment seeming to grow upon him
in his intense suppressed excitement.
-wbo inheriis Hohye. and my fathers
property
.'Rourke. dear fellow" whispered Athol,
earnestly. Come out with me a little.
Don't talk any more Of that thief"
Rcurke turned his white, passionate
face and looked at his friend with anoth-
er laugh. is that you. .Athol? Are you
SO stirred and moved by this? Wait a
little. II will all seem quite natural by
and by. might have prepared for it. if |
had looked back upon the rest of my life
WHY did not you advise me: Where is
he;" Rourke's voice grew fierce and
quick. Where is my fathers Successor?
Let me congratulate him"
"Rourkc. dear fellow. come away. l
want 10 speak TO ron"
"Come away. 10 you say Why should
l come away? have not heard all yet
at least | have not understood It all. I
am not quick at these things. I have
never heard a will read before: and-it
sounds insane 20 me.
Il thing you understand it, Mr.. Tren-
ham"
40 II Then il is inSans-or | am
That's likely enough. too. What reason
on earth is there for my escaping the in
sauity which has been lurking in orr
family for generations: | know il has. |
have heard IL often said. But I never
guessed Until now that it could touch an
alien among n, a. my fathers wife was.
Ii must .e infections 81 well as heredi-
tary. la. ha | wonld have Newley
look out.
There j. uo insanity in your family"
said Mr.. Marshall. s5Ieuinly. in Afs great
distress
No insanity - laughed Rourk-. with
again the quick motion of his hand
across his forehead so Mr.. Marble says.
He is my uncle. and his wife vas insane,
and his home and his life miserable. We,
he says No. there was no insanity.
though there might he sin What is the
difference You may call il sin | may
c&loose to call it insanity. It's all the
same thing. All ""-Newley with a forced
mir Of Inconsistencies Was entering the
room again just then. but stopped at
Rourke's exclamation. actually afraid. as