The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-07-03

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rtnlas family" heard " y"uhI nnd';
! remark 10 I<cnneIy. as my ICY tu'''t"
/ IN he lock At! III !nh"rat"ry door.
As swung the doc: open Jaw Il
! young man pacing up anu down ~ -
! huratury ncrvuu>ly. To-" lr"-"%r"pi"" ~
,yru notice III. slight n"I~" | had .na"',
! he paused IL his n'rN"uS WALK an"
! faced Kennedy. his back /" me. :,
! >"kcnncdy." h" said huSkiII. Il ""I'd
not carc if there was insanity III h't
! Iamily--tur. m? G"d.--th ira S"d! "I
II all now !"v" her.
! Instantly | recognized from tn" pc
lures had s''n IN N" m"WSl%'l % ,,
) Young quincy .\Ihrrl"n. tn" last at thlS
! famous line "f The family. NH" hid III
! trucIrd 4 great deaf II attention S"N-
cral months previously 10y what 'h,'
, NEWSPAPERS had called his H"hrcm
! through s,rIcIy for a 'ruGrnir birdie. "
! To nfus2 ncw blood INTO In" Athert"h
stock.
/ YOU need have NJ fear lhal Mr.. Jam
{ iSnn will be Ink" thu other newspaper
men,. rrnSsurrd craig. as h" mi rpuu','"
us. mindful If IN" prrJudl"" which Inc
Unpleasant nnt"ri";y Il: Ath"rl"Ii mar
iriaSc had already cngcndcrcd IN MS
, mind.
| must say that ! rather liked young
| Athcrton IIc had Il frank open face
!, the most prominent feature or when
was his somewhat aristn"ratlc nos".
h. told il story of how his family haul
/. d"g"nrrat"d from the strong stock OF
! his ancestors until h" was tho last OF
! the line. He told uf his education. how
( h. had fallen. Il rather wild youth. bent
! in the footsteps at his father, who had
, been Il VIGOROUSLY good club FELLOW. UNI
! dor the influ"nr" Of Il college professor
| DR. Crafts. Il classlnatc nf his fathers,
, Of how the professor had carefully and
! r"rslstenlly foStcrcd i'll him mn idea that
! had completely changed him.
/ Then Athcrlnn launched into a de-
/ Scripliun of how he had strivcn 10 find
a girl who had the Sronc qualities his
! family germ plaSm seemed TO have lost,
maiuly | gathered. resistance 10 Il faint
! much like Oppressive insanity.
! In his search for a bride. DR.. Crafts.
! who had founded Il sort Of euGcn!cs bu-
| rcau had come To advise him. Others
may have looked up their brides in Rrad-
+ streets. or At lcnsi the Social Register.
Anterior had cnn" higher. had been over
| joyed To find that girl he had met IN
! the west, f.uEcnia Gilman. measured up
! to what his friends told him were the
| latest TEACHINGS of science. He had been
/ oycrioycd bcrause. long before Crafts
| Fad told him. hc had found out that he
| loved her deeply
| And now. l." went on. half choking
! with emotion. she is apparently suffer-
! ing from just tn" sam" sort Of depres.
| sion as ! myself might suffer from II
| tho rrrcsSivc trait hcram" active.
| What 10 you moan. for Instance?
! asked Craig.
Well. for. ono thing. she has the de-
fusion that my relatives arc prosecuting
/ her"
Il soc" remarked Kennedy th"uGhtful-
| ly. "But don't you think this is case
| for a-duclur. rather than detective?
| Anterior glanced up quickly. Ken
needy" answered slowly. where millions
| OF dollars are involved. no one can guess
| TO what lengths the human mind Will so
no one except you.
Then you have suspicious Of some
thing worse"
| take This case. II should dir childless.
after my wife. the Anterior estate would
I descend To my nearest relative Bur
/ ruughS Athcrt0n. COUSIN.
| Unless you willcd ii TIL
| Il have already drawn will. ne In
! trrrupled and in case ! survive lu-
, gcna and die childlcss. the money goes
I to the founding OF larger EuEcnlcs hu :
rcau. To prevent in the future. as nucn
: as possible. tragedies such as this OF
which | find myself . part. II the cas-,
! is reversed, EuCcnia will get her third
: and the remainder Will go L. tho bureau
! or the foundation. as call the new ven
ture. But" and here young 'lhrrl"n
! leaned forward and fixed his large eyes
| kcenly on us. Burroughs might break
| the will He might show that | was W
junsound mind or that Eurenih Was. 100.
! Are there no other relatiN"S?
burroughs is the nearest he re-
piled then added frankly. Il have a sec
, nnd cousin. young lady named Edith
I Athcrton, with whom both Burroughs
! and I used 10 bc very friendly.
/ II was evcidcnt from the way he spoke
| that he had thought great deal ahou
: Edith Anterior. and stl!l thought we'll
of her. --,,,, -, =
! is prrsccutlng her. asked Kennedy.
/ Athcrton shrugged his shoulders.
Does she gct along badly with Edith!
She knows her. l presume
"Of course. The fact is that since the
death of her mother Edith has been ny
| ING with us. She is a splendid girl.
and all alone in the world now, and l
had hopes that in New York she might
meet some one and marry we'll.
Kennedy was looking squarcly nj Atm
| erlnn. wondering whether he might ask
n question without seeming impcrtlnent:
| Athnrton caught the look. read II. and
answered quite frankly. TO tell the
truth. l suppose ! might have married
Edith before | met EuEcna. if Prof,
Crafts had not dissuaded me. But IL
wouldn't have been real love-nor wise.
| And when T met EuGenia all the -t'h-
rrtnns on the family tree couldn't have
buckcd up against the combination.
, He was deadly in earnest as he arose
/ from tho chair into which he had
| dropped after ] came in.
''Oh, it's terriblc--this haunting fear
this obscssion that have had. that. In
spite of all | have tried To do. som"
! one, somehow. Will defeat me-"
Anterior was again pacing the labor
| atorY.
| Il have my car waiting outside" he
I pleaded. Il wish you would 50 with me
to see EuScnia--now."
al 10 tn let i'm n n
ncdy rose and | followed. not without
! a trace Of misgiving.
The Athcrton mansion was one Of the
old houses Of the city, a somber stone
dwelling with garden about 1t on
downtown square. on which business
was already encroaching. We were ad-
mitted by 4 servant who seemed TO Walk
over the polished floors with stcalthy
step as If there wer" something sacred
about even the Athcrton silence.
Eugenia Anterior was reclining list
lessly nhcr hoom in a deep leather
easy chair. when Anterior took us VI
at last.
She had been beautiful girl. knew
| In fact. one could see that she must have
| BEEN Now. however. she showed marks
OF change. Her eyes We're large. anc
| protruding. not with the fire OF pass iur
which is often associated with large
! eyes. but duly. set in puffy face. =
trifle florid. Her hands seemed. wh'r
she moved them. to shake with an lnvol
untary tremor, and. in spite OF the fac
that ono almost could feel that her hear
and lungs were speeding with energy
she had Inst weight and no longer har
the full rounded figure Of health. ~
her attractive western breczinoss wfs
gone. One felt the tragedy OF it only too
kcenly.
Il have asked Professor Kennedy.
specialist. to call. my denr." asid Athcr
ton gently. without mentioning what tht
speciality was.
Another ono?" she aueried languor