Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-08
CHAPTER Xl
c- CI1,ts Arrives

WAS not long after this that MT
u smith found tall. gray-ha'reu ''''"'
-,,n vrav eyes. talking with Mrs Jane
p,.,saer and Mellicent In the l'o"'
r,op, over the grocery store. ,,,
.well-" began Mr.. smith, Joy -,
.,,vbt Of recognition in his eyes ne"
.,,aa.r,v he stopped and picked "p
..hing from the floor. Wheh lie lie
.,,,e wright his face was very rev ,red
css"e s Ionk at the tail, gray tLa
,,,op again as he advanced i'''
room. , .o him. eagerly.
Me-, Mes''oe Nj smith. it's the lawyeeir-nne
On A., hrd as true. 1t is true !, ,,,,,r-
.aThis is Mr.. Smith, Mr.. Nor'Vbb, tba keen
rnured Mrs Jane Blaisdell no NO apparent
eyed man; nsd Thoi Sro@n ais0' very red, Mir ;,dr
reason. mao dn,aisdel, too--distant;. you
snnw sm,.n He,s doing Blaisdell pGS% HOW are
SIndeed How interes'iIas .rhs IaWyer smiled
you, Mr,-Smit,h;ha i,f hand ns but there was an
adS ana constraint as,s in his manner so SoO
= pIaisdell. too. are you e,i,b smiling
.E,r-1yes,' said Mr. smitn' a
straight into the , lawXsr te come in on
but no. ~ course" explained n a.
the monff isn't Hillerton flaisIitteo,, &C.
Hes just boarding here "''''e It"
his oh book, see So he isn't near This snqnEe time
:. On; on,,a inNon the money. ms hss,,iiinp ling
~ WAS the lawyer wh" Was
y aratsht into Mr. smith eyes. sud-
But he did not smile IfDt for I9ns Seemed to
den question ,f,n from IN TG his lips.
iresns ns Norton. please, what was "a
c.aniav q Fulton like" she oegseuh a
aWby-er-you must have ed ssed the
pictures in the papers s''i'''''
ia%yer' syes what was he like? Do tell srJIie nS;
,roed Mr.. Smith, with pianu e''''''
as he seated himTe,t' Tht LAWYER came to a
still more uphappy pauSe seaH his pictures"
nrote in Mellicent. but those u"m ,
tell us anything And, you knew new, IH,.' IKE
60 won't YOU tell us what ne was ~ w.
please. while were % Wa'tIhs wa nies and Jolly.
or was he Stiff and naughty? What was
eyes. what was he like" c3axed MI MI,
Smith again; Mr. bs Sh!fh, hirblv amused, am
The LAWYER lifted his head suddenly
A. odd flash came into his eyes.
Like? oh, just an ordinary, man;
vou know-somewhat concelteu' u
course" Ca queer little half-gasp came
Sr"n, Mr. smith but the lawyer was
mot looking at Mr.. Smith.( 'Eccen'rIc
you've heard that, probably. Ana ne
has done crazy things, and no 1hlstahe'
or course, with his money ana posi- posi- IT,
we won't exactly say he had paiS u, II
his belfry-isn't that what 'neS can -
Mr.. Smith gave a real gasp this
time, and Mrs. Jane Blaisdeh eJaHu-
.sThiere, I told you so! I knew, some
thing was wrong And now he'll come
back and claim the money. You see
If he don't And If We've sone ana
spent any of it A gesture OF usspa'i
finished her sentence. .o.
ssGiye yourself no uneasiness on tnat
score. madam" the lawyer assured her
gravely. Il think l can safely guaran-
tee he will not do that ,,
.'Then you think he's-dead? -,
81 did not say that, madam sald
I was very sure he would not come
back and claim this money that IS 70
be paid over to your husband ana nus
brother and sister. Dead or aliNe. ne
has no further power over that money
"oh-hr" breathed Millicen:. Then it
is-ours !"
"It is yours" bowed the lawyer.
"But Mr.. Smith says we've probably
got to pay tax on it," thrust in
Mrs Jane, in a worried voice. TO you
know how much We'll have TO pay? And
isn't there any way we can save doing
Before Mr. Norton could answer a
heavy step down the hall heralded Mr.,
Frank Blaisdell's advance, and in the
ensuing confusion of his arrival, Mr.
Smith slipped away. AS he passed thr
lawyer. however, Mellicent thought she
heard him mutter, You rascal - But
afterward she concluded she must have
been mistaken. for the two men APP
peared to become at once the best OF
friends.
Mr.. Norton remained in town severa
days, and frequently she saw him anC
Mr. Smith chatting pleasantly together
or starting off apparently for a walk
Mellicent was very sure. therefore, tina
she must have been mistaken in think
ing she had heard Mr. Smith utter 81
remarkable an exclamation as he lef
the room that first day.
During the stay of Mr.. Norton II
Hillerton, and for sone days afterward
the Blaisdells were too absorbed in tn
mere details of acquiring and tempo
rarily investing their wealth to pa,
attention to anything else. Under tn
guidance of Mr.. Norton, Mr.. Rober
Chalmers and the heads of two othe
Hillerton banks the three legatees Sc
themselves to the task OF finding
place to put it," as Miss Flora breath
lessly termed II.
Mrs Hattie said that, for her part
she should like to leave their share al
in the bank then she'd have it to spen
whenever she wanted 1t. She yielded t