New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-09-16

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Peters returned with the key. Hen
ley dropped 1t into his pocket. 5.i8
''rhat will be all.' he said. You
can co..
/; As the door closed again behind Pc
tiers. the fellow rose to his feet and
held out his hand. You are the kind
like. Craig" he said cordially. eat
first | had my doubts about you and,
no doubt. have been harsh. Did you
see her face when you first sided in
with me? She wilted completely.
Well. that will make the rest easy
Sit down again. and l will explain
! what want you for. The legal pa
/ pers which absolutely establish my
ide.tity as Philip Henley are in the
I, hands of lawyers who represent me
at Carrollton. The case will not come
up for adjudication for several weeks
! yet" speaking slowly and with care
full choice Of words. "but my conten-
ton as heir to the property is thor
oughly established. 1t had to be, for
as you know. the judges son had been
away from this neighborhood for
years. practically ever since boyhood.
He was almost unknown to the local
inhabitants, even to the servants. He
was even reported as being dead.
This state of affairs made identified
J ton the most important thing to be
considered Consequently all docu-
ments bearing directly on that point
| are at present out of my reach. You
understands"
Yes: only you must have retained
something to substantiate your word"
Precisely. l was coming to that
have letters from my father which
should be sufficient. You have seen
Judge Henley's writing?" and he hand
ed me a half dozen mssives. They
were without envelopes. each begin
ming simply, my Dear Son." relating
! principally to local conditions on the
! plantation, and occasionally express
ing desire for the wanderer to re-
turn and assume the burden of man
| agement. That they were in the crab
bed and peculiar handwriting of the
! old judge was beyond all question. and
the dates covered several years. l
read them through carefully. puzzled
by their contents.
There are no envelopes?
mo; l never keep them-why?"
''Only that no name is mentioned:
they begin all alike. My Dear Son."
Il never thought of that" he ad-
mitted. Stimulating surprise, "but can
supplement- by showing you this pic
ture. taken three years ago at Mo-
bile. OF course you will recognize
myself. but may never have seen a
photograph of Judge Henley
Il never have"
"Well. that is his likeness. and there
are those on board who will identify
it. Does this satisfy you that am
what l claim to beg
/ In truth it did not. for would
have believed nothing in opposition to
the positive statement Of the woman
that he was not Philip Henley. Yet
under other conGitions-d from
.
conclusive. Were they really addressed
to him or had he stolen them? If the
latter. then how had he succeeded in
getting his picture on the same plate
with Judge Henley's? Aware that
even the slightest hesitancy might
awaken suspicion answered quickly:
ut would seem to be unanswerable.
What hurts my pride is to have been
made such fool Of
That's nothing. Craig We have all
had that experience. i stand ready to
give you u chance now on the winning
side. There will be more money in it
for us both. What do you say??''
II should prefer to know more about
your proposition.
1T has nothing whatever to do with
the Henley matter. That is practically
! settled already. SO you will not be fur
ther involved with the girl
"You would oblige me by leaving her
name out Of the discussion then" In
terposed coldly.
He chuckled, we'll satisfied with his
diplomacy.
I'VE cannot obliterate her entirely.
Pretty enough to be useful, too, i'm.
agine. if she can ever be brought to
view this affair from the right angle
I gazed directly into his eyes. barely
able to keep from throttling him.
Drop it, said sternly. The girl
is to be left alone if have any part in