The Prescott daily news., 1910-05-28
CHAPTER IV.-Continued.

CHAPTER lV.-Continued.
 "She occasionally spoke of an elder brother somewhere in this country, hut she never heard from him, that 1 can remember, and we always SUD- posed he was killed in the war"
 And his name-surely you have heard her mention his name, MT. Sten- nis?"
 "Why, certainly. It was Andrew Andrew Meleen, of course!
 The lawyers indifferent manner had disappeared. and he had leaned for ward anxiously in his chair pending this answer, but now he resumed his former position, with as much satis- faction shining in his fat face as the legal proprieties ever permitted.
 Well Mir Stennis, I am warranted in going so far as to say that this in- terview has been eminently satisfac- tory up to this point. and I am de- lighted to have made your acquain- tance I will have those little details to which l alluded looked up, and if you will do me the honor to call here at the same hour this day week I may have some interesting news for you some exceedingly interesting news, in fact"
 "But-but," stammered Wilfrid, T am not bit wiser than when I came in. You've pumped me dry, and should like to know something about the adyertisement-what it means and so would my-my friends"
 Mir. Passavant looked at the quiver- ing Wifi compassionately and dispas. sionately over his gold-rimmed glasses Your impatience is quite excusable under the circumstances, my dear sir, but until we have in our hands the collateral proofs of which I have spoken, 1t would be manifestly i'm proper for me to commit myself fur ther. Good-morning,"
 And so,' as Wilfrid ruefully told Eunice that evening, T came away hKe the king of France, who marched up the hill and down again, and got nothing for my trouble"
 Eunlce made him tell the story of the interview twice over, and then sat quetly ruminating. her forehead and eyeorows pnckered in puzzled frown. It must bel am sure of it, Wifi" sue exclaimed at length The ad- 'erusement has something to do with unat long,lost uncle Andrew of yours!"
 Do you really think so?" said Wifi uuoiously. Why, all old Passavant's .aik was about mother: he only men, uoned uncle Andrew once"
 iou silly boy!" the girl exclaimed @ "i'h pretty petulance. giving him n''e push, that's the very thing that makes me sure!"
 rum which it may be seen that Iuhice Trevecca possessed what has 'eeh called the "leaping mind"
 oo there was nothing for 1t but to "ai' the week out with what patience s ulo could muster-for Eunice and su lrevecca were equally interested ~nh Wilfrid. The time passed in all .oS oi leVerish conjectures. and Wifi, ,n must De confessed. was a somewhat week. ''- on, enee II was with beating heart anu all sorts of nameless and formless sa,pectations that Stennis presented mseil na, In Temple court at the ap- fV,n'ed hour one week later.
 s,a, ms time his reception was cor man itself, tempered with such horn heu respect as to be positively em- n;9Sing nor;eg to a youngster so inex- Thaed Th'enced in the ways of the world. alss was a third person present hon introduced as Mir. Phineas Car D., ne senior member of the firm. h,no no'h partners impressively shook on,,I With their visitor and were san ueferential in manner. MT. Pas. scr'h ran.s demeanor might even be de- wns u as parentally affectionate. ferea l' 'u sat on the edge of the prof lonna seat in some trepidation. and os fona uinnself focused by a battery glassan eyes and two pairs of eye tho ms so respectfully solicitous was span. anher of his reception. Mir. Pas rouras as led off in one of his pompously