The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-05-03

Lord Radcliffe is alive. the young man
has no claim
only" he rejoined. that Of kin
ship"
Lord Radcliffe need not do anything
for him.
Already there was a note of hostility
in Louisa's even voice. The common
place woman vas DOMINIC armour
against the man who talked of usurp-
ing the loved ones privileges.
Il WISH" he insisted, that l could
have got the letter from Uncle Rad 10
show you. 1t was so simple and SO
sensible. All he asks is just to see
| Uncle Rad personally, to feel that he
has kindred in the world. He knows,
he says that. beyond good will. he has
no claim now. AS a matter OF fact. ne
has something more substantial tnah
that, for Uncle Arthur had a little per.
sonal property. about $4,000, Wnlcn
he left to us FOL children-Jim ana
Frank and Edie n me. and when !
for one wouldn't touch IL l knew lot
certain that this Philip was his son..
But" she argued, you say that the
man does not speak of money.
She hated the talk about money.
for she had all that contempt Tor \.
which women have who have never Ieit
| the want of it. 1t would have been SO
| simple If the intruder a only wanted
money. She would not have cared a
little bit il Luke had none, or was not
going to have any. 1t was his right
which h would not hear OF being
| questioned; his right in Lord Rad
clyffe's affections, in his household, and
also his rights in the future when LORD
Radcliffe would be gone.
You are sure" she insisted, "t2at ne
does not want money!"
II don't think he replied, that re
| does. lust now. He seems to have a
he came over from st. Vincent and Is
staying at a moderately good hotel In
| London. Nc. He wants to see Uncle
Rad, because he thinks that. IL Uncle
Rad saw him. blood would cry out IN
response. 1t appears that now he mas
| lodged all his papers of identification
| with a London lawyer-a very good
| firm, mind you-and he wants Uncle
! RAIDS solicitor to see all the paper ana
to examine them. That seems fair to
me-. doesn't 1t to your
Very fair indeed" she unused.
What mean" he added with great
conviction, lis that if those papers
weren't all right, he would't be so anx-
Iious for Uncle RAIDS solicitors to have
a look at them, would heT"
NO"
And after awhile she reiterated more
emphatically:
Certainly not"
II must say" he concluded that the
| whole thing simply beats me-"
But what does Lord Radcliffe say
now?'
Nothing"
How do you mean nothing"
Just what / say. He won't taik
He won't answer any question which l
put to him. My dear boy, the maj Is
a palpable, impudent impostor. a black
| mailer and that's all l can get out or
him"
HE won't see the man."
Wont hear of it."
and won't he let his solicitor-Mr
| Dobson, isn't it?-meet h other law
HE says he wouldn't dream of vast
| ing old Dobson's time"
Then what's going to happen?
/ don't see," he said, what is going
to happen
Won't you have a talk about 1T all
with Mr.. Dobson. and see h he
saysT c.r,o,,,.
speaking it's none of my business-as
yet. I couldn't consult Uncle RAD
lawyers, without Uncle RAIDS consent.
Another one then"
He shrugged his shoulders, obvious
" undecided h to do. He had
| thought very little about himself or his
! future in all this: his thoughts had
dwelt mostly on Lord Radclyfe-father,
mother. brother. sister to them all.
| Bless him. And hen he had thought
of her. He looked round him with eyes
that scarcely saw, for they really were
| turned inward to his own simple soul,
and to his loving heart. Right up
against that very simplicity of soul. a
duty stood clear and uncompromising.
A duty yet to be performed, the real
aim and end of all that he a said so
far. But he did not know how best 10
perform such a duty.
Simple souls-unlike the complex
psychological phenomena of modern
times-are apt to be selfiess, to think
more of the feelings of others. than OF
Analysing their own various sensations;
and Luke knew that h he consid-
cred his duty would not be quite so
obvious to Louisa. and that by fulfilling
it he would give her pain.