Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-02-16

One evening Horace called on Mary
and seemed very much aggrieved. He
said that the transaction on account of
which his father had been unjustly
diaRraced was turning out to be i'm
mensely profitable. Mr.. Drummond
was entitled to one-half of the pro.
ceedH, but there was no prospect Of
his ever being indicated, to say moth
tl2 OF reaping his legitimate profits.
lust think" said Horace ruefuiiy,
had It not been for the rascality OF
old Haskins you and could now be
married and living In clover"
what was the nature or the trans
actlonT Mary asked.
1T was patent right The patent
was onered 10 tne nrm OF Drummohd
hhskms py tne inventor MY ia
tner approved Oh IT. out haskihs ae
eiareu mat ns mouiu he'e! put hiohey
.nlo pa'ens iSn- Ha.ner was III
'olmeu ~ lne ,n'en'or ,nat aho'ner
palty nau asIeeu " .ain'sn .no money
neeueu 1ol n''ouue'ion ana ue'eiop
DN., US ~ ~ ','No;
hu.,na tha ,Ioh, CO.. .ha Ar, WI
HosLins re,urnod ba cIo,mod that sn
thor hoa usad Tho ern,,a nonar Co..
b,s own ind,v,dro, nurnosos whIoI,
woa Acknowledgement Eotbar bod tatou
the preIjminarv stems IN h,s own name
but had made the contract IN tina name
of the Arm In Duplicate one COPY for
the firm. the other for the inventor
Haskins got hold OF the preliminary
agreement and the contract, He with
held the latter and produced the for
mer. which alone laid father liable
criminally."
"What became of the contract drawn
for tho inventory" naked Mary
"ue died while the trouble was f,rst
broacbed Father asked bis widow FOR
~ but sha eaIl under tho inf,uenco ~
UasLtns or prohahlv wos orrarea nm
inducement N w,thboId n Fother,s
-. -. ~.
look for II. hut the woman must hive
been warned. because nil her hus.
bands papers had been removed from,
the honse."
n seap,s IN ma soid MARY thouoh,
euiIv chat nv father had sono,hL.
IN do with TINT motter"
"your father and nipo ha,ng cous,,s
and very FOND NJ eoch otber n is
ou,ta ulkelv Fotber hos told mo ,hot
vour eo,hor ,oarnod ,,,ha,, ,ho ,o,,,,..,
baa 80, h,,,do,, 49,, - ,.esaa..',a,, %
,ba,r h,,. no dId 60 ,I,a.aIIy o,,a ,,,n,
ohI,oad 80 h,do .ho,, 80 avo,d IT.,
n,,,ser,,ed cr,m,nalIv r, wes ,ntend'
al that when no could 40 90 IN saso,y
tbav would ho nroduood M. ,nh,'
tho tina como thov ,,oro no, q, III
hiding nlaeo WHARF bo h.d mn, ,ho,o
Ue heIievad that son,a ono On NJ
nudlon0,e interast bod stolen ,han"
"RudIonor' said Mary az have sa.,,
or heord that mama aomawboro"
"PossibIv Won heard vour soth.r
mention n wban taIL,no 90 ,his nat
terD
D,,u, A.. 800. . u, -.
No. e,,,1 40. a. A., - n',,I
49,. 90 - 80 S,'
a.. -. - "en' :" peu
80 50 - ' WY"
49, - 4. 49,. - - d,
sons on ~ ""' 'ne 'nal sue reih"'neu
a"aAo 'iii SUI ncu'u 'he ueep tones VI
'o"h ''o'A stliAe 'he hour VI niu
isn.i .nen Suuuen'y sue renelnDereu
'uo puuiohs Pupe'S'
Anfo"ihe ou 'he coNers' she Juihpej
Jul oi peu'
mary ma packed trunk OF odds
nT0 en0A flut she Uln NOT pnTn IN nuTi
with ana had carried them away with
her when she left her home. Having
now but one ROOM this trunk and the
one used for her clothing were kept In
It. Lighting n lamp. she opened the
trunk first named and. getting out the
bundle OF papers, opened II and spread
the contents on the table. BY o'clock
she had opened and read many papers
few minutes after 1 she opened one
which proved TO be Il contract for the
sale Of certain patent rights to the
firm Of Hasklns a. Drummond.
Mary went back to bed, but not 10
sleep. She could hardly wait for da,
to come, so eager was she 90 carry the
news 10 Horace that she had found
the missing contract.
The next morning Horace Drummond
was awakened by a maid, who inform
cd him that Miss Hartwell was below
and wished to see him on a very I'm
portant matter. lie arose, nude a
hasty toilet and went down TO the
living room. There stood Mary with
beaming eyes holding out 10 him
pnDer Az soon aa ha Ind read anouob