The Washington times., 1913-09-29


she ,ansgsrsd., There is an
other. but cannot and it."
But how do you know it exists?'
She halted for a little space, as If to
arrange certain facts in orderly fash
ion.
Uncle Rufus died under peculiar cir
cumstances," she said. Il told You that
read of his last illness in a newspa-
per, and that when l reached here he
was dead. He had some form of heart
trouble from which ne had suffered a
long time. During attacks, for hours
at a time. he would be completely
prostrated, while at other periods he
seemed entirely we'll. The doctor who
attended him during HIS last attack
must have seen that it was bound to
terminate fatally, but he did not realize
that Uncle Rufus might rally sufficient
ly to leave his bed for short time.
Yet that is just what he did. On the
afternoon that he died, and less than
an hour before his death, my uncle got
out of his bed. put on dressing gown,
and went from the front room on this
floor into the one We are now in. This
was where he did all his work. There
was an old butler in the house named
Howard, who had been employed for a
good many years by Uncle Rufus, and
who was acting as his nurse. Howard
had gone out of the bedroom for a few
moments and did not know that my
uncle had got out Of bed until after
he came into the study.
Howard was shocked when he re-
turned to the bedroom and found Uncle
Rufus gone. He ran into the study.
AS he entered the room, my uncle was
slowly slipping to the floor. from his
chair Howard ran and caught him,
and, as he did so, he saw that Uncle
Rufus was trying to say something.
He lifted him up in his chair and put
his ear close to my uncle's lips. All he
could hear wasS'Another will-now.'
And the next moment my uncle was
dead .s'
She shuddered and rose from the chair
involuntarily. 1t was the same in which
Rufus Jennings had breathed his last.
And that was all9'' I asked.
Just as he spoke my uncle made a
gesture with his hand as If he was
trying to point at something; but How
ard was too excited to pay much at
tention to that. 1t is my belief that
Uncle Rufus was trying to indicate the
place where the other will was kept,
Howard"
Have you made a search?'
Everywhere"
"Downstairs?"
mo; it is somewhere in this room,
II anywhere. Ny uncle did all his work
here. kept all his records here
But how do you know that the will
which Vinton has is not the one of
which your uncle spoken
because it Is dated nearly two years
ago And he said Another will-now'
Howard had seen the old will. and my
uncle knew it. He would not have told
Howard there was another one. there
fore, unless he had made a new one.
And when he said now he seemed to
mean, as far as We can terpret it,
that II was of very recent date
And does Einton know of this other
will?"
spent hours trying to find it-Howard
and myself-but 1t Is Of no use. 1t Is
net here.
And where is Howard now?"
HE has gone back to his home i'll
this city. Vinton would not let any nf
the servants remain after my uncle
had been buried"
He took charge OF things?'
Yes" She hid her face for a mo-
of me. but I've tried to give you an
idea of what he can do
] remembered the vivid demonstration
that had taken place in the library not
more than an hour before.
so. II you DO not find This other
will" I began. the one now In Vim
tons possession will
will stand as the last one"
Have you any reason to believe