Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-06-07
CHAPTER XVllI.-Continued.

IL
"Rut You have. Not in words. per
haps, but you have told me | know
Please "a on and tell me all II you
don't" with determination. Il shall
make Uncle Elisha tell me as o n,
he comes. | shall
Sylvester sighed We'll. by George"
he repeated fcelingiy. III tell you
pue thing, young woman, you're vast.
ing your talents. You should be a
member OF the bar. Any one who eau
toad a battle SCARED veteran of cross
examination like myself into n trap
and then spring it on him, as you have
done, is gifted by Providence. | ought
not 70 say another word on the sub
jcct." he declared emphaticaily. what
Captain Warren will say 10 me when
he finds this out is unpleasant to con.
slider. What Is It you want me to tell
your"
Everything, I want you to sit down
here by me and tell me the whole story
from the beginning. Please"
He heSlta:ed n moment longer and
then, his mind made up, returned to
his chair, crossed his legs and began.
'Hcrc 1t is he said.
"Caroline, about twenty years ago or
mch matter your father was a com
,lratively poor man poor, ! mean,
compared to what he nftcrward be
anne. But he was n clever man, an
bile business man, one who saw oppor-
mnitics and grasped them. At that
time he obtained II grant In South
america for
81 know" she Interrupted. "Thc
Akrac Rubber company was formed
lou told steve and me all about that
What | want TO know is
"Wait. | did not tell you ail about
{. said that another man invested
10000 with your father to form that
company. That man, so we now
tnow, was your uncle, Captain Elisha
Warren"
Il guessed that, or course 1t must
have been he"
at was. The captain had saved
io!nc money; also at that time he idol.
zcd his brother and believed In his
lhrewdncSs and capahility. He invest.
vi this $4,000 on Rodgers Warrcn's
Nord that the investment Was likely to
,c Il good one, that and to help the
after in business. For II few years
he company did nothing, During that
lime your father and uncle disagreed
concerning another matter, quite IN
connected with this one-and they did
not see each other again while Rodgers
lived, In that long period the Akrac
company made millions. But Elisha
supposed 1t to be bankrupt and worth
'SS, because well. to be frank, be-
'ausc his brother wrote him to that cf-
,cct.
"Now W. come to the will. Your IN.
icr, Caroline, was not a bad man at
heart, He realized how he had de
,raudcd the brother who had been so
Kind to him, and he kept promising
aimSclf to some day repay the money
nc had taken. TO insure that he put
Int note with the other papers Of the
company. II he did repay 1t could be
destroyed; IL he did not, If he should
iic, II would be there to prove-what
I did prove. liul always In his mind
was the thought of YOU aud Steve. the
children he loved, He had quarreled
with his brother. 1t is true. He had
cheated him. bat restitution for that
rhcat he had provided, But what
would become of you, lcft-iu case he
died without making restltutiou-pcu-
nilcSs% lie knew his brother. as
said, knew his character, respected his
honesty and believed in his consciru-
%liousncss and his big heart. So he
made his viii. and in it, as you know,
he appointed Elisha your guardian.
tie threw his children and their future
upon the mercy a1d generosity of the
brother he had wropgcd. That is his
reason. aS we Surmisc II, for making
that will"