The Washington times., 1919-10-15
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m ~ Eefme1 - uhdergtand az
that Was Aall
oHtwaFdlV ~ uas calm. InwarG-
iT BE mlnd Wa Oh q turmoil
At we almost 90 hour since lne
tFHtb hal been eomllunlcated e.
hlm, he Eeaegte1. gianeing at the
eieeE o. ths fe6k near which he
hea 49, An hear since hs bad been
TOD that hig uncle. Francis Do
Lalne, Oh dying had LEFT 8 large
fortune, sad that BE-. David Gmltn
De Lalne. vac the only heir.
NJ EFaneig - Lalne had lade
explained But. strange % say
only q few weeks aro ~ wrote -
ne about q little business trance
ton had with him years ago. III
that letter be told ne that Be- was
not WelL and Eaid be supposed that
When ne died his brothers con
would pe hig heir. He added that
the law would make q coed enough
VIII Tor him, and that n1fhourh
he knew little about yea. ha auHs
posed you were All rlght--that De
got what he went West % get. ana
cared very little what Became ~
% after be was dead. He was very
eccentric, you know"
Yes, 90 7 have heard my aunt
say" David replied.
He was glad he could speak
short sentence sodatelY. He starte1
nov az Andrews turned % him
with
y hope make All these matters
plain 70 you. Mr.. De LaineF
'Oh-ah-yes hope So he said
with q half smile. "To tell the
truth, Mr. Andrews, can scarcely
grasp what all this meana But ]
want to put my affairs iu your
hands-and later hope % Be more
elear-headed than I am today"
Henry Andrews flushed with
pleasure. I thank you, Mr.. Do
Lainel ] shall do my best By YOU
a. tt was always my pleagufs %
DO By your aunt I feel houoref
that you and she should rsDo1e %
much confidence IN me. And
congratulate you on the acquisltion
Of this fortunte. my dear sir.
only wish that your aunt could
have known Of e."
san ln the AIR.
But the lawyer was not given %
Bpeculatfons on the state bf those
who had passed from mortal life,
50 he changed the subject
you know that the matter 81 the
settlement Of your cunts estate
must hang IRE for some tine 20
come. You are her possible heir
until two years after her death
Then, if you have not complied
with the terms she named, the
property passes 60 various chart
ties"
"Fes, know" David said quick
~. y authoFiEe you % pas 90 On
noW-sO far as am concerned.
Andrews shook his head. That
. something you have nothing .
DO With5 ny dear sir Unless
with a meaning smile) you Intend
% comply with your aunE8 re-
quest"
David flushed hotIy. aTfv aurt
vas aware that I had never nef
the young lady in question whaa
she made that VIII he said. u
cannot understand her suggsstinR
such an arrangement
Wen, she had an eoeentris
streak IN her makeup, as her
brother, Francis, had-ff you win
allow me 70 speak frankly. I nav
add that have never seen q sien
Of IL in yOu-except with q little
laugh in your neglecting TO meet
the girl Of whom your aunt vas g
fond I understand that she q very
lovely"
Il have no doubt OF it, was ne
reply. But the fact that ny aunt
was determined to throw me at her
head vas enough to make me wish
to save the poor young lady thu
trouble OF dOdEingn
He felt a strange delight IN talk
ing OF this girl whom ne loved 20
a man who did not suspect that Ne
had ever seen her.
We'll" the lawyer said. conhden-
tally, there is now no harm in my
telling you that your dear aunt
complained 60 me that Miss Leight-
ton seemed quitelas aysrse TO meet
ing him"
abr
The inteFrogative eLclamau0u
was noncommittal, but % was the
only word that David could say at
that instant. Then he added lamely
and with an effort at a laugh:
L can hardly blame her"
He Thanks the Lawyer.
After listening to a few more -
marks on business matters, David
arose and held out his hand
Il thank you very sincerely for
the trouble you are taking for ma,
Mr.. Andrews"
He had never had q lawyer BE-
fore and did not know 10 this Wa
the kind OF thing one should say 90
MS legal adviser. Yet he did Feel
grateful to him
What are your plans for the
= .
ask" Andrews questioned.
TO tell the truth, David con-
iessed. Il do not know. I have
made none"
. "Why nos take a run out Were
and look over some OF your uncle's
there: You know you can
well afford 10 travel now'-with 4
smilc-"and il would undoubtadIv
complete your restoration to health.
IL you are not entirely
well now appearances are certainly
deceptive"
"I might go West" David 70
Joined. Il must thirk Il over
must take a few days in which 70
learn to believe that Z ara q man
0f property who can 60 and coma
- he pleases. But 1 must not get
aZy"
"If you look we'll after your IN
7cstments you viii have enough
10 do to keep you out OF usscnfef.v
Andrews assured him. Cool dave
David returned to his hotel think
ng deeply. Rut what was uppe--
most ir his mind was not his nsN.-
.y acquired wealth, but the flct
hat Dcsireo had been as anxit;rs
10 avoid seeing him IN byrone da,.s
lA he had been 70 nvnil seeinr- -.