Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-06-02
CHAPTER IV.-Continued.

u IN
"Shc occasionally spoke of an elder
brother somewhere in this country,
but she never heard from him, that !
can remember, and W always sup.
posed he was killed In the war"
And his namc-surcly you have
heard her mention his name, Mr.. STEM
nis?"
why. certainly. It was Andrew
Andrew Mclccn, Of Counsel"
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 salts
faction shining in his fat face as the
legal proprietics ever permitted.
"Wcll Mr.. Stcnnis, ! am warranted
In going so far as to say that this In
tervicw has been emincntly satisfac-
tory up to this point, and I am de-
lighted to have made your %acquain-
lance. ! will have those little details
to which ! alluded looked up, and II
you Will do me the honor to call here
Mt the same hour this day week | may
have come interesting news for YOU
some TX cccding.ly interesting news,
I'm fact"
"But-but," stammcred Wilfrid, 81
am not n bit wiser than when I came
in! You've pumped me dry, and |
should like to know something about
the adycrtisemcnt-what It means
and so would my-my friends"
Mr., Passavant looked at the culver.
Ing WIFI compassionat"ly and dispas.
S%ionately over his gold trimmed glasses.
Your Impotence Is quite cxcusable
under the circumstances, my dear sir,
but until we have in our hands the
collateral proofs of which | have
spoken. It would be manifcstly i'm
proper for M to commit myself fur.
Their. Good morning"
And So" as Wilfrid rucfmlly told
Eunice that evening. Il came way
like the king of France, who marched
up III" hill and down again, and got
nothing for my trouble"
EuniCc made him tell the story OF
the interview twice over, and then sat
quietly Eliminating, her forehead and
eyebrows p]nckcrcd in n puzzled frown.
II must be- am SURE of II, WIZ"
she exclaimed at length. THE ad.
VcrtiSem"nt has something to do with
That long lost uncle andrew OF
yOurs!"
DO you really think SOP" said WIN
d~nbiously, why, all old passavant's
talk was about mother; he only men
TONED uncle Andrew once"
You silly boy" the girl exclaimed
with pretty pctulance, giving him a
little push. that's the very thing that
makes me sure!"
From which II may be seen that
Eunice Trevecca possessed what has
hcen called the 'leaping mind"
So there was nothing for IL but to
wait the week out with what patience
the trio could mustcr-for Eunice and
old Trevccca were equally Interested
with Wilfrid. The time passed IN all
sorts of frverish conjcctures, and WIN,
II must be confessed. was n somewhat
lido and careless apprentice all that
week.
Hence II was with n beating heart
and all sorts of nameless and formlcss
expectations that Stennis presented
himself In Temple cour at the ap-
pointed hour one week later.
This time his reception wa. cor
diality itself, tempered wi.h such
marked respect as to be positively EN-
barrassing to a youngstcr SO mex.
p@ricnced in the ways of the world.
There was a third person present
also. introduced as Mr.. Phineas Car.
boy. the senior member of the Arm.
Both partners impressively shook
hands with their visitor and were
quite d%efcrential In manner. Mr.. Pas
s%avant's demeanor might even be de
scribed as %parentally a~ffectionate.
Wilfrid sat on the edge of the prof
fered seat In some trepidation, ant
found himself focused by a battery
o. four eyes and two pairs of eye
glasses, SO respectfully solicitous was
the manner of his reception. Mr.. Pas
savant lea or I'm n of his p0mpously
rounded periods: