The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-07

neaFd iOoul " dG- ulSCot cries
Yes, certainly rather sensational.
too. Upon my word, | was in mud
die for days after they told me OF
them.
OF course. I don't need to ask how
Mrs. Norton feels in the matter
you don't. stephen My wife
agrees with her mother. and her moth
or agrees with Mrs. l>andray She al,
ways has and she always will"
II suppose. then. the facts. If We
are 10 consider them facts, are As Wen
known to you as they are 10 me"
"rObdbly. yes. They are hard 20 so
back of, stephen. said Norton, with
grave kindness
What are they going to do?" ask
ed Stephen.
II suppose il viii mean a lawsuit;
II certainly will II Wade can bring il
about. Have you seen your aunt?"
mot recently
IL think you should Stephen.
Well, perhaps: but look here, eith-
er | must stop this thing coming TO
trial. or | must leave Uncle Jake's
house. ! think IL | asked her TO. my
aunt would drop the whole matter;
and If remain in my present rela'
ton with Uncle Jake. | feel It's my
duty TO ask her TO do this. And If |
don't. it's my duty 10 leave him. Now
cant we'll ask her TO abandon what
may mean a comfortable fortune 10
her. something's due her"
VERY much Is due her" said the
banker decidedly.
We'll, yes" admitted Stephen. But
see, it's not that | fear TO lose any
benefits that some day may come TO
me from Uncle Jake, don't care the
snap of my finger for all his money.
but what | do care about is having
him think that I'm base, ungenerous
brute. Mind, | don't for one minute
admit that | think he's ever taken adj
vantage of my aunt don't, can't
won't"
Naturally said the banker kindly.
You have the greatest regard for
him You'd be singularly unworthy TX
you hadn't; but really. Stephen. he is
not acting as man should who
knows he is in the right and has moth
ing to fear. II he can explain the
transaction, he can explain ii as well
now as later on, and save himself a
lot of annoyance into the bargain: you
must realize this Now We know Mr..
Benson, and II he is one thing more
than another, he is dispassionate ana
reasonable: he has neither false
pride nor weak vanity; he is cool,
level-headed man OF large affairs who
has lived long time In the world,
and who must be fully conscious or
the folly and weakness or the stand
he has taken In this case; he Is silent
then because there Is nothing he can
say"
Then you agree wholly with
Wade?"
II am sorry to have to say it to you,
Stephen, but | do. And you can
question your aunt's right, her per-
feet right. to go ahead with this mat
ter. You must try and see it as she
sees It, All her affairs were In his
hands, and he took the basest and
most contemplate advantage of her
trust"
II can't believe IT." cried Stephen.
MY dear boy, some facts are so
plain and simple they can not be
doubted The facts Wade has gather
ed are absolutely convincing in them
selNts, anu YOU uoh hoNOb 'HNA'
really you are only unwilling 10 be-
lieve them AT first | felt much as
you feel, but after one or two talks
with Wade | had to come around 10
his way of thinking; there was no
help for it.
We'll. | wish | knew what to do,
said Stephen gloomily He had Sc
cretly hoped that Norton would be ua-
persuaded.
- think YOU should consider your
aunt somewhat. Stephen; she has no
more land 20 sell unless she sells the
cottage. In way, you owe her more
than YOU do Benson. for when General
Gibbs brought you here, you went to
her Bensons ecinterest in you was
aroused later; and just fancy what a
wrench il was to her when she rein
pushed all claim upon you"
II never quite understood that she
did, said Stephen.
That was the condition Mr. Ben