Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-05-05
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An Embarrassment
of Riches
~ M AIRY S. PADEN
Copyright, BY Short Stories Co., Ltd.)

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Copyright, by Short Stories Co., Ltd.)
The student gazed with bewildered
blue eyes at the lawyer. The lawyer
repeated: Eighteen hundred thou
sand dollars in your own, unlimited
right. You lucky dog!"
The student seemed to be weighing
the literary value of the phrase 'lucky
dog" Personal application of any
thing seemed out Of his line, so the
impatient lawyer began to think. The
idea Of young man taking such an
announcement in such a way!
II should not know what to do with
It." the student said slowly, with al
most q frightened look, which molli-
ned tho lawyer. 49,.
THAT wouldn't worry most young
men; It wouldn't worry me-"
What would you do with it,"
why, rd-oh, I'd have a good
time" It really was not so easy to
specify, at a breath's notice, what
ono would do with eighteen hundred
thousand. He felt nearer to the
dreamy youth. r gs|
But would that mean the same to
any two peopls-having good timer"
Really, the young man had a way
of asking questions whom he was
awakened. ".,'asr
MOO" said the lawyer doubtfully.
ITO old Booze over there. it. would
mean all the bad whisky he could
pour in; to young Snob yonder, q
card to the Millionaires' club, and
London fashions; to Miss Mincing,.
sealskins, diamonds and her coach; to
me, perhaps, after I had had little
ordinary ding and had let the good
wife burn few greenbacks, the pro-
fessional honors l have missed; to
you, I suppose" glancing from the
general shabbiness of things to the
few books that even he, a Philistine,
could not but see we're rare and
precious Of date, binding and author
ship-'more books"
What would books be to me that
merely bought with my uncle's
grudged money? Adopted children,
dear perhaps for their merit; but the
books I have are flesh of my flesh,
bone of my bone, blood of my blood"
But he didn't grudge it. Only for
his last words, they would never have
guessed your existence" 49,.
What did he say?"
This was, at least, human curiosity:
the lawyer grew confidential
He said: No, no will. I've had the
good OF my money In my way; let my
fool Of nephew, Searle Kynett, have
it in his. He'll spend it patenting a
new way to bind books or in digging
up Billy Shakespeare's rent receipts,
perhaps; but If there is any blood in
those watery veins of his, it is my
own brothers. Let him have it, Not
very complimentary, but you probably
knew his way. l mention it for the
hint it gave his administrators Of a
relative. They traced you to this city,
and the odd name and hint at your
tastes did the rest, / having the honor
OF bringing the search to this-ah-
happy conclusion"
YES" the student mused. II knew
bis way. He wanted to help me, but
We could not agree. He sent for me
to order his library. 1 would have
given him one fit for Solomon, but
what he wanted was binding to match
the cases and furniture of a barbaric
modern chamber of upholstered hor-
rors, and he wished the popular au-
thors! Didn't care for freaks, in
books or persons he said" K
The lawyer sighed.
The student intuitively answered:
"You find me a troublesome client. I
realize that am unlike other young
men. don't say that in a Pharisaical
manner" he fastened to add, "I'm
not better, but I suppose rm-queer."
Then he, too, sighed. -.
After ten days of fruitless thought.
the problem was but little nearer so
luton. The student cried despalring-
ly: II cannot simply invest that
amount and have preposterous in
come tumbling upon me in successive
shocks, like Tarpeia's bracelets. /
cannot have my solitude and study
broken by specious pleaders with
their worldly schemes, of which I
have little understanding, even were
they most practical. I shall be forced
to leave even these obscure lodgings.
since there is but one way of egress
and no escape from these harpies."
The lawyer grinned. There was =
chance for his assistance, after all.
Send them to me, my dear boy"
Find me place, retired place
yet safe. with many doors and win
dows; place suitable for-for
books" - s. i. =:.... MAJ
/ Jones found the place and reported
to his client. *#s.. & #@
But, do understand that the won
an sells to me outright, Or
She Is widow Of 60 and over. ;,