Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-09-30

LOOK the paper nanueQ TO MIN ana
read the momenrous advertisement
through twice. Then, handing back
the sheet:
We'll, what about it?" he said.
"The name-my mother, you know!"
exclaimed Stennis; "her name was
was from Cardiff, too, now | come to
think of It'll"
THE devil you say!" calculated
Stanley Matthews, dropping pair of
pajama-clad extremities over the edge
of the bed. Read it out loud, will
your"
Wilfrid complied.
Seems as if you were the descend
ants right enough; guess you're the
fellow they're after, wifi. When are
you going to surrender yourself?"
"Nonsense!" exclaimed Stennis
testify. what does it mean, any.
| how?"
Doesn't say anything about return
and all will be forgiven does it?" in.
quired the incorrigible Matthews.
You go to the devil! said the
badgered Wilfrid as he flung out of
| the room, banging the door.
''I'll take it around and show 1t to
Eunice," he said to himself; its just
about time to catch her coming home
| from church, she'll be able to guess
what 1t means" Which was very
sanguine estimate of the girls powers
| at divining the hidden significance in
a purposely blind advertisement such
as that which Messrs. Carboy, Passa-
want & Cozine had cautiously inserted.
Naturally, Eunice was no wiser
than Wifi at solving the temporary
mystery, but his excitement proved
contagious, and with an unwonted
flush in her pretty cheeks she scanned
the lines over and over again.
"Oh, we can't tell what it signifles!"
she at length exclaimed. You will
see these people in the morning, Wilt
It's of no use worrying or exciting
ourselves in the meantime"
This was such an eminently sen
sible view of the matter that Wilfrid
was fain to acquiesce. Yet this tenn
porary shelving of the difficulty did
not prevent them from recurring again
and again to the fascinating topic all
through the remaining hours of that
momentous Sabbath.
Under the rather skilfu1 question
ing of Eunice Wilfrid recalled many
half-forgotten fragments of his moth
er's history, but nothing that seemed
to shed any light on the possible OF
| nhoh hn
per notice.
Bright and early on the ensuing
Monday morning, on his way to the
store, Wilfrid called at Temple court
OF course, he was hours too early; 8
sulky and stupid boy was the sole rep
resentative of the majesty of the law
in the quarters occupied by that emf
nent trio, Carboy, Passavant & Cozint
of New York, Chicago and San Fran
cisco.
So there was nothing for 1t but tt
curb his Impotence and wait for thu
noon hour, when he would be at lib
erty for brief spell.
At the second attempt he was more
fortunate, and had the satisfaction o
sending In his name on slip of pape
10 the resident member of the firm
Mr. Horatio Passavant, with the state
ment that he had called in answer t.
the advertisement in the paper of thu
day before. He was immediatel!
ushered into an inner Office.
This is a quicker nibble than W.
dared expect, Mr.. - ah = Stennis,
quoth the great man, putting ponder
ously. and waving him to seat Ma!
inquire in what way you are inter
ested?"
81 am the son of the late Marth;
Meleen," said Wilfrid simply.
'Ah, yes, very pertinent, of course
Glad to know you, Mr.-er-Stennis
But the proofs, now. In such a cast
as this, you see, with colossal inter
ests at stake, we have to proceed witt
the utmost circumspection. You fol
low me, do doubt?"
If by proofs you mean to question
that / am what | say" began Wilfrid
getting hot under the collar, why
Mr.. Horatio Passavant deprecating
ly waved fat hand literally studded
with rings. I'm the law, young sir
every statement must be substantiateC
by proofs-unless it be automatic
You assert that you are the son o.
, Martha-er-Ste born Meleen.
ask you for proofs-such as the Ger
tificate of your mothers marriage, the
, register of your own birth and par
entage, the official evidence of YOU
mothers death-all very simple mat
tiers in these days OF carefully KEEP
statistics, but vital, my dear sir, es
sentially vital"
, This old fellow likes to hear him
self talk" was Wilfrid's irreveren
inward comment as he listened to the
, deliberately well-measured periods, de
livered with due oratorical effect, al
though the speaker were addressing {
.. Jury But aloud he said, with 1
smile.
/ Il haven't brought them with me
E not knowing what might be required
, or, indeed, what was the object o
your advertisement; but all the thing
{ you speak of ought to be easily OBJ
tanned My mother was married II
this city was born here, and herr
, she and my father died"
J Very sensibly put-could not hav'
| presented it better myself" said Mr.
| Passavant scothingly, nodding hi
bald head like mandarin image
thereby bringing into prominence M