Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-14


 fore the Deppinghams surren- dered to the Brownes. They - were obliged to humbly admit | In the seclusion of their own councils that It was to the obnoxious but en- ergetlc Britt that they. owed their pres ent and ever growing comfort
 Late in the afternoon of the day fol- lowing the advent of the Brownes, Lord and Lady Deppingham were la boriously flaming themselves in the midst of their stifiing Marie Antoinette elegance
 ! By love. Aggy, it's too beastly hot here for worlds" growled he for the hundredth time. Il think we'd better move into your grandfathers rooms"
 Now, Deppy. don't let the Brownes talk you into everything they suggest" she complained. determined to be stub born to the end. They know entirely too much"
 That's all very good. my dear, but you know quite as well as l that we | made a frightful mistake in choosing these rooms, It is cooler on that side of the house. I'm not too proud to be comfortable. don't you know"
 The next day they moved into the west wing. and that evening they had the Brownes to dine with them in the banquet hall Deppingham awoke in the middle of the night with violent cramps in his stomach.
 Don't say word to Lady Depping- ham," he grunted, sitting up in. bed and gazing wildly at his valet. but I've been poisoned. The - serv- ants-ouch!--don't you know! Might have known. Silly asst See what mean? Get something for me-quickw
 For two hours Antoine applied hot water bags and soothing slrups, and his master, far from dying as he con tinually prophesied, dropped off into peaceful sleep.
 The next morning Deppingham. fully convinced that the native servants had tried to poison him. internationally dis charged the entire force.
 Of course there was great upheav- al. Lady Agnes came tearing down to the servants hall, followed directly by the Brovnes and M- Nr,,t
 "SA>p. sEs cried "D3apy. what gre you doing? Discharging them after we've had such a time getting them? Are you crazyT
 They're pack of snakes-I mean sneaks. They're assassins. They tried to poison every one of us last"-
 Britt smoothed the troubled waters with astonishing ease The servants returned to their duties. but not with out grumbling and no end os evsye glances, all of which were leveleu as the luckless Deppingham
 Why poison?" demanded Britt. They've got knives and guns. haven't they?"
 My dear man, that would put them to no end of trouble cleaning up after uS." said Deppingham loftily.
 Meanwhile it may be well to depict the situation from the enemy's point of view the enemy being the islanders as unit. They were prepared to abide by the terms of the will so long as 1t remained clear to them that fair ! treatment came from the opposing in | terests. Rasula the Arafat lawyer, in | mass meeting had discussed the docu- | ment. They understood its require | ments and it's restrictions: they knew by this time that there was small | chance of the original beneflciaries coming into the property under the provisions. Later came the news that | between the heirs was out of the question. Then the islanders laughed as they toiled But they were not to be caught mapping. Jacob von Blltz. the superintendent, stolid Ger man that he was, saw far into the fu- ture. It was he who set the native la wyer unceremoniously aside and urg- cd competent representation in Lon don. The great law firm headed by Sir John Brodney was chosen A wide awake representative of the distin- guished solicitors was now on his way 10 the island with the swarthy com