The evening world., 1912-02-10
lection OF jcwclry say that no woman
In America has one more valuable.
SHE re RESTING Before FIGHT
FOR ESTATE.

ttTTlNlnS At INV Eshssl fftnDllfia nplsF
In thu middle OF his mI.c.sduare place.
Just over the Babylon line In Yves. Islip.
Miss Cameron. Mrs. Crandcll and an
other woman went at once to Mr.. Ifaw-
ley's apartments. at the further end OF
tho house from where Miss Cameron
had her boudolr and bedroom. and be.
gar n systematic search of tho desks.
book shelves ana closets.
Nervous and excited. Miss Cameron
rafne downstairs after about half an
hour, and when Mrs. Crandcll wa not
tresent said to u little knot OF trusted
M pioyees and an old friend who were
there:
~. 10 all right. I have M. Zaw.
isy's Will. Z an not gelng TO do
anything about II now. I am not
going 20 . . word until those
people have said all they wan Co.
when they . all through I ara
Going 10 give them Q surprise. Int
Am not going 70 Say . word uatai
have maAs ali arrangements WITH
lawyers % my own."
Mrs. Alice McAless, the agei care
taker who lived In the house during the
winter months when Mr.. Hawley and
III hlUNO wv dt ne Wy IOIlc vi
travelling. prepared q lunch for Miss
Cameron and ner companions and
served It. During the luncheon there
was nothing SAID In the presence OF the
others Of the discovery Of any will.
There was. on tho other hand. n sad
expression of disa ppointment. assumed
ON both sides-for different reasons--that
no such document had been found.
nut when the word went forth
By the back door TO the half hundred
o. more persons employed N the
place wen N winter. there wa0 no
doubt among them that Miss Gam.
s1on had the whip hand. Because
John Williams, the superintendent
and head gardener, ana Henry
Petersen. the hsaa chauffeur, %
everybody IN the servants quar-
tiers knew, had put their signatures
~ witnesses TO . document which
they believed to 10 the m~illonaArs's
VIII not very many weeks ago.
When Miss Cameron hurried back to
New York after her brief visit. word
went through the village (where Edwin
r. Hawley was almost as unpopular as
he was with the nephew from whom he
was estranged. Frederick Crandall. who
is reported to have said to him III a
ra~ttiesnake bit o the poor snake
would die') that she had failed to find
q will and had been left out OF any
hope OF sharing In her friend and bene-
factors legacy. The servaL:s. who
with few exceptions were very fond OF
her and as fond as might be OF Mr..
Hawley with his grim. cold nature,
kept silence until to-day. Trey we-s
loyal to Miss Cansron's desire to keep
her secret until they were stirred ~
the predictions that none OF the luxury
she had enjoyed for several years was
TO be hers hereafter.
Before Miss Cameron returned to New
York last Tuesday. John. williams. the
superintendent and gardener. called
upon her. He wanted instructions re-
gardlnE his own conduct and regarding
some alterations which are being made
In the house and on the grounds.
"rHIs 10 ny PACE Now" she
TOLD SUPERINTENDENT.
Shall I stop the work. Miss Cam
eron?" he said, and let these men 80.
now that Mr.. Hawley y dead?"
"Not q ALL" said Mss Cam.
sxon. "This II my place now ana
want you TO carry II On just - -
Was planned"
There 10 . story told In Babylon that
MIR. Hawley prepared o will q year ago
by which the property here, the town
house at No. ~ East sixtisth street.
Manhattan. all Mr.. Hawley's other real
49, hl- A~sm,. u.l ..N uHllAuenna
including his wonderful gatherings Of
costly antiques and Turkish and Per-
sian rugs and suficient capital to main
tain the two Adjustments. were left to
MISS Cameron.
Miss Cameron. II u said. knew OF
The provisions of this document. but
when Mr.. Hawiey was about to sign
II several months & begged him
not to.
please DON'T she Il quoted u hav'
Ing said to him you arc not goins
to die for years and years. and II il
gruesome and frightening to think o.
your signing a will now"
Later. when she was not present. the
chauffeur and gardener were called In
TO witness the execution of the papeI
which they believed to be his will.
Margaret Cameron, who was always
addressed by Mr.. Hawley as Miss
Cameron, except In the presence OF his
most intimate friends. before whom he
called her Dolly" came to Ehinghan
Park when she was . shortskirted CIR
with her hair braided down her back
CALLED HERSELF "a SORT or
ADOPTED NIECE"
To the friends OF Mr.. Hawley and her
self who were entertained In the BIT
house. ana who knew them both well
Miss Cameron dropped all pretense o
being the railroad mans niece. ant
called .SS;rselt sort Of an adopted
niece"
Uncle Ned has been so good to m
TO- so LONG" she said. "and | love hin
20 much that ] feel as though I wa
really his niece, but there isn't tn
slightest real relationship between US"
Not all the stories o. lie In Efiing
ham Hall suggest the Ideal state O
things which the present employees O
the place Insist upon. One man, VIII
had the run OF the house for severa
years. until he left to take a hlghe
paid position elsewhere and who