Gilpin observer., 1918-11-14

Sylvootofs head 0f Graves arm.
CHAPTER -centlnved.
sHA, ha r. he croWed. 'T1At,s good
EAsn, from your Questioning Of ths
eA1ldren, you've leaInedT-
Not such IN awful lot. ] think I've
lsaInsd that-humi that good guard.
I'm might b . handy thing to have in
ths house. A reglar legal guardian,
0ean. Othefwise-
~Otherwisef
sOtherwise there might be too many
Interested volunteer substitutes for the
-. Maybe I'm wrong. but doubt II. !"
"Have you made up your mind 10 be
tAat guardiaAr
mot yet. I haven't made up my
mind 10 anything Jet Now. Mr.. syl-
vester. while we're waitin' for what
comes next-you've ordered enough
grub b victual Q ship-4pose you Just
run over what your iirm knows about
1ije-that q. II I amt askin' too
much"
''Not at al. Thats what I'm hero
ene. You have . right to know. But
warn you my Information Int worth
much"
He went On briefly and with the Con
o0eness Of the legal mind to tell Of A.
RodgeFS Warren, his business and his
estate. He had been Q broker with Q
seat on the Stock Exchange.
That seat u worth crnsi6ee'blA
ain't itT' interrupted the ca sa.s.
Between eighty and one hundred
thousand dollars."
'Yup. Well, Il reminds me Of q pic
tuye I saw once in one Of the comic
papers. An Old feller from the back
woods somewheres-good deal Ike mo
~ was and Just about a. grsen-was
pictured standin' along with his city
nephew in the gallery Of the exchange
And the nephew says. Uncle says be.
10 you realize that seat down there's
wuth $7b000r 'Gosh.' says the old
man, no wonder most Of 'em arc
standin' up.. Ho, hoi Il that seat OF
BITES part Of the 100000 you hgger
As's leftr
"Yes; In Q way Il u. To be truthful
Captain Warren, we,re not sure a. to
the amount Of your brothers tangible
assets. Graves made . hurried exami-
nation Of the stocks, bonds and memo
Elnda and estimated the total, that's
T0ee. Well, heaye ahead
! "What w6 propose, provided you do.
eide 10 accept the trust, the executor.
chip and the rest b to get together
Jon and Graves II he IL well enough,
yUu and II he = not-and begin q
careful examination Of the stocks,
bonds, assets and debts Of the estate.
This must be done hrst Of all"
'0raves hinted there want any
Debts to amount 10 anything"
80 far ~ We can see there arc none
sEeept few trining bills"
"Yss, yes. Humr Captain Elisha put
Gown his coffee spoon and seemed to
b. thinking. He shook his head. ~
was puzzled afore left home, and I'm
Just a puzzled now"
"What puzzles You, II may askr
Everything. And, II you'll excuse
my sayin' 30, Mr.. Sylvester, 1 guess 1.
puzzles you too"
He returned his hosts look. The lat.
tar pushed back his chair, preparatory
to rising.
TT is all SO perfectly simple on the
face Of It, Captain Warren" he said
''Your brother realized that he mus
die, that his children and their money
must be taken care of; you were hi.
nearest relative; his trust in your hon
esty and judgment caused him to over
look the estrangement between you
That's the case, isn't itT'
Eyes. That's the case, on the face OF
It. rs you say. But you've forgot tc
mention one item"
whats thatT
"Bije himself. You knew him pretty
well. can see that. So did I. And !
guess that's why we're both puzzled
The big lounging room OF the club
on the FIRST floor. Fifth avenue side
was almost empty when they enteret
Il. The lawyer drew two big chair
near the open fre, rang the bell ant
ordered cigars. After the cigars wer'
lighted and the fragrant clouds o
smoke were rising he reopened the con
versation. And now. in an easy, diplQ
matte way he took his turn at Ques
t1oning.
Meanwhile the room had been film
up. Around each Of the big window
overlooking the avenue were gathere,
groups Of men, young and old. smoh
ing, chatting and gazing idly out. Gag
tain Elisha regarded them curiously.
'This aint hsl'day, - itT - aahe'
sitter awh1lA
NE. WAyr