Democratic messenger., 1911-11-25

| Providence having taken the intend.
cd bridegroom. no Wife interfered with
Peters LEGAL possession. \ will alone
Gould dc that. \ search among Iiar-
Sey's paucrs revealed no document
Fearing u..0n the disposition of his
property. Peter was recognized rs the
soie heir b. The court " chanecry, but
was astoni he'd 10 find none of those
,,euri'es That lis cousin was rcputed
10 have POS csfcd. not even n deed 10
the Homestead. appeared among the
ileCeased's papers. However. this was
n valuable lie - Of property. and Peter
Brown moved into IT,
Cicily i.onrdman was overwhelmed
by her loss. ~ first her mind dwelt
solely on the blghting OF her life. II
was not till later that her loss Of for
tune Occt srel 10 her. Even n compe-
tenry would have made n great differ
cnce 10 her and her mother who was
In feeble health. But gradually she
rose above both these nlsfortunes so
FAR us 10 take hold of the world again
md perform the work Providence had
cd n position as teacher In the county
school. After her finnce's death she
resumed Il.
Cicily knew little about the Brown
estate. exccp, that Harvey had told her
that Il was of considerable value.
When she had resumed condition to
enable her to think about worldly af-
fairs ard heard that the estate had
turned oui 10 he Of much less value
than had been expected she was sur
prised. Could her lover have misrep.
resented the matter to her! The SUP.
position was not 10 be entertained for
n moment. She had dwelt almost To
brooding on ihc words she had heard
In his voice. or voice very like his.
ns In some way connected with his
death. but no Interpretation to them
had occurred ta her. When she was
told that Harvey had left no fortune
except The Brown homestead an ex-
planniion OF the message tclephoned
to her on the day of his death flashed
into her brain
TITS In the northeast corner Of the
mokehOuse"
What smokehouse? There was no
smokchouse on the Brown property.
She and her mother occupied a few
acres of Ground that had formerly
contained the buildings Of farm. 4
smokehousc was. besides the dwelling.
the only building left. Had Harvey
while waiting for his wedding been
seized with u presentiment that he
might die unmarried and. remembering
that IN this case his cousin would gct
all his property. buried something for
her in the smokchousc? Taking NJ 4
pick Hnd shovel. she went into the
smokehOuse and hegun TO dig.
She had but to remove n few inches
Of earth when she came to one OF
those tin boxes commonly used for
keeping documents. Taking II up, she
ran with Il into the house and m
into her room The box was locked.
but the key was tied 10 the wire han
die on the ILL. Opening the box. she
took ont bonds. stock certificates and
lastly deed TO the Brown homestead
One paper remained on the bottom.
contained In an envelope sealed with
wax. II was addressed TO Clcily
Tearing II open. she took out folded
paper !n;iorscd in printed letters.
Last win and testament Of" and in
writing ''Iohn Harvey Brown" Tn
folding the document. Ciciiy read
few words bequcathing all the tesla
tors possessions Of every kind 10 her
But why had her lover not told her
that he had left the box in the smoke
house? Gradually Il probable explana-
tion came 10 her Harvey reared that I
In the event Of his death before his
marriage his cousin. even II Harvey (
made will in her favor. might get |
possession ot the document and de- /
stroy H. Harvey was a secretivc man I
and might not have intended 10 speak /
Of the buried box il no necessity arose
for doing So
And here came up the mystery OF I
the telephone message. Had not IIar-
vey when caught in the storm been
aware OF his danger. gone into Il house |
where there was telephone and sent I
the message: But this theory would I
not hold. for If he could 80 into
house he might remain there and he
ont ~ danger Moreover. IL Harvey |
had sent the message from any house
on the route lc was known TO have
travcrsed the fact could be ascer
tanned
Cicily handed the will into the court |
OF chanccry aud was put In possession |
OF her property. one day she drove
over the road from the Brown home
stead to the place where llarveys |
dead body had been found looking for |
houses IN which there We're telephones.
The only instrument was In Farmer |
Hardwick's She interviewed Hard |
wick. heard his story, and the two
stood face 10 face with deeper mys.
terry than the one that had thus far |