Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-29

thing more than a signature to legalize
them. l don't believe in this. trick of a
later will. Mr. Cavanaugh"-here he
indicated gentleman accompanying
them-"has done my fathers business
for years. and he assured me that the
paper he holds in his pocket is the
first. last and only expression of your
brothers wishes. II you are in a posi-
ton to deny this show US the docu-
ment you mention: show US 1t at once.
it can be found
That, for-for reasons L cannot
give. l must refuse to do at present.
But l am ready to swear"
hooking laugh cut her short.
oh" she falteredN may God have
mercy" and was sinking before their
eyes. when she heard her name called
from the threshold. and. looking that
way. saw Hetty beaming upon her.
backed by little figure with q face
so radiant that instinctively her hand
went out to grasp the folded sheet Of
paper Hetty was seeking to thrust
upon her.
"Ah!' she cried in a great voice.
you will not have to walt, nor Clement
either. Here is the win! The children
have come into their own" And she
fell at their feet in dead faint.
Where did you find 1t? Oh! where
did you find 1T? 1 have waited a week
to know. When, after Carlos sudden
departure. 1 stood beside Clements
death bed and saw from the look he
gave me that he could still feel and
understand. I told him that you had
succeeded in your task and that all
was well with US. But I was not able
to tell him how you had succeeded or
in what place the will had been found.
and he died. unknowing. But we may
know, may we not. now that he is laid
away and there is no more talk OF our
leaving this house?'
Violet smiled. but very tenderly. and
in a way not to offend the mourner.
They were sitting in the library-the
great library which was to remain in
Clements family after all-and it
amused her to follow the dreaming
lady's Elances as they ran in irrepres-
sible curiosity over the walls. Had
Violet wished. she could have kept her
secret forever These eyes would never
have discovered It.
But she was of sympathetic tenn
permanent. our Violet, so after a mo-
ments delay. during which she salts
fed herself that little. II anything, had
been touched in the room since her de-
quietly observed;
you were right in persisting that
you hid 1t in this room 1t was here I
found It. Do you notice that photo
stand exactly straight on its easel?"
Yes"
"Supposing you take it down. You
can reach 1t. can you mott"
"Oh, yes. But what
Lift 1t down. dear Mrs Quintard. and
then turn 1t round and look at its
back"
Agitated and questioning. the lady
did as she was bid, and at the first
glance gave a cry of surprise. II not
of understanding. The square of brown
paper. acting as a backing to the pic
ture. was slit across, disclosing a SINH
la one behind 1t which was still intact.
"Oh! was 1t hidden in here?" she ask
ed.
very completely" assented Violet.
Pasted in out of sight by a lady who
amuses herself with mounting and
framing photographs. Usually. she Is
conscious of her work, but this time
she performed her task in dream"
Mrs. Quintard was all Amusement.
II don't remember touching these pio-
lures" she declared. IT never should
have remsmbered. You are a wonderful
person. Miss Strange How came you to
think those photographs might have two
backings? There was nothing to show
a viii tell you Mrs. ouintard You
hslpsd-Ms