The Raymer enterprise., 1919-01-02

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NAPIER xlv-centlnusd.
Is
Precisely. And there were
Just - valueless. But We have
gradually getting those out Of
y and. listing and appraising the
nder. II was q tangie. Your
rs business methods, especially
, years. were decidedly unsys-
< and slipshod. Il mag have
he condition Of his health which
sted his attending to them a hs
! Or" be hesitated slightly, 1T
ave been that be was secretly In
trouble and mental distress. At
eents, the task has been Z hard
&or us. But. largely owing to
p and his patient work. our re.
was practically ready q month
y paused. Captain Elisha. who had
n listening attentively. nodded.
kes." 6e said; you told me twas.
~ does the whole thing tot up toi
ats the final 6gger. Mr.. Grayesr
lever mind them now. Graves," In.
<upted Kuhn. The amount rough.
speaking. is close to over our orig
u estimate, half q million"
he captain drew a breath of relief.
Vell." be exclaimed. that's all right
en, amt 1T That's no poorhouse
onsion."
Sylvester answered. "Yes," be said,
that's all right as far a. 1t goes"
"Humphl Well. I carlate l could
bake 1t 90 to the end Of the route
md then have enough left for q re-
nrn ticket. Say" with another look
1T the solemn faces Of the three, what
= the row? II the estate Is wuth hat
= million what's the matter with ity"
That Is what we are here this morn.
ing to discuss, captain. A month ago,
a. ! said. we considered our report
practically ready. Then we suddenly
happened on the trail Of something
which upon investigation upset all our
calculations. II true 1t threatened,
not to mention Its effect upon the es.
tate, to prove so distressing and pain
ful to US, Rodgers Warren's friends
and legal advisers. that we decided not
to alaym you. his brother. by disclosing
our suspicious until we were sure there
was no mistake. ! did drop you a hint,
you will remember
Il remember. Now we're comm to
the rockv'
Sylvester was evidently disturbed.
Captain Elisha. regarding him intent.
ly, nodded
II Judge It's sort Of hard for you to
60 on. Mr.. Sylvester" he said. I'n
help you all can. You and Mr.. Kuhn
and Mr.. Graves here have found out
somethin' that amt exactly straight
In Bije's doin's-somethin's he's done
that's-well. to speak plain, that's
crookedr
I'm afraid there's no doubt Of It"
"Humphr The captain frowned.
His cigar had gone out, and he idly
twisted the stump between his fn-
gers. "Well." be said. with a sigh.
''our family, centrally speakln', has A.
ways held its head pretty high. Dad
was poor. but he prided himself on
bein' straight az q plumb line. And, Is
for mother. She sss Then, look.
ing up quickly, be asked. Does any.
body outside know about thisr
mo one but ourselves-yet."
yeti Is 1t goin' to be necessary
for anybody else to know ity
I'VE hope not. But there ID posi-
btlity."
Il was thinkin' about the children"
"Of course. 30 are we all"
"Um-hm- Poor Caroline! She put
her father on Z sort Of altar and bow.
"a down afore him. - you might say.
Any sort Of dissrace to his name would
about kill her. Az for me-" with an
Other sigh. II amt 70 much surprised
a. you might fhink. ! know that
sounds tough to'say about your own
brother. but I've been afraid oil along
You zee. Bile always steered pretty
closs to the edge Of the channel. He
had ideas about honesty and fair deal.
In In business that didn't jibs with
nina. We split on Just that, q told
you. Mr.. Graves. when you and fust
met. He got some South Denboro folks
to invest money along with him-sort
Of savin's account, they ngsered IL
but found out he was usin' Il to
speculate with. 30 that's why we had
our row. / took pains to see that the
money was paid back. but be and I
never spoke afterward. Fur q my
own money was concerned, l hadn't
any kick. but - However. I'm
talkin' too much. Go on, Sylvester.
I'm ready to hear whatever you've 81
to say"
Thank ycu, captain. You make Il
easier for me. II seems thst your
brothers first step toward wealth and
success was taken about nineteen
years ago. Then somehow or other,
probably through . combination Of |
luck and shrewdnees, be Obtained 4