The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-08-21

on the top floor of the Colander build
/ ing In Cortlandt stree waiting for the
\ youths appearance. Since young
| Cavendish had consulted him before
! in minor matters Mr.. Enright had ex-
! pected that he would call voluntarily
soon after the murder, but in this he
was disappointed. Realizing that
Broadway was very dear to the young
man. Enright had made allowances,
until, weary of waiting, he decided to
get into the game himself and to this
end had dispatched the note, to which
Cavendish had replied both by tele-
| phone and note.
HE ought to be here now muir
INJURED Mr.. Enright sweetly, looking at
his watch, and soon the expected viSi-
tor was ushered in. Arising to his
feet the attorney extended a moist,
pudgy hand.
quite prompt, John he greeted.
Take the chair there-and pardon me
for a moment"
AS the youth complied Enright open
ed the door, glanced into the outer
room, and gave orders not to be dis
turbed for the next half-hour. Then,
drawing in his head. he closed the
door and turned the key.
John" he resumed smoothly, 81
have been somewhat surprised that
you failed to consult me earlier re-
garding the will of your late cousin
Frederick.
''His-his will" John leaned for
ward amazed, as he stared into the
others expressionless face. ''Did-did
he leave oneT
"Oh! that's it." the attorney
chuckled. You didn't know about it,
did you? How odd. On the night of
his death drew up his will. Incident
ally, l am the only one living aware
my position?'
Young Cavendish didn't; this was
all strange, confusing.
"The will" resumed Mr.. Enright,
"was drawn in proper form and duly
Witnessed
There can't be such will. None
was found
Possibly not" said Enright with
quiet, sinister gravity. st was probably
destroyed and it was to gain posses
sion of the will that Frederick Caven-
dish was killed.
John leaped to his feet, his face
bloodless: my God" he muttered
aghast, "do you mean to say"
"Sit down, john this is no cause for
quarrel Now listen. / am not ac-
cusing you of crime; not intentional
crime, at least If an accident happen
ed, that was your misfortune. l
merely mention these things because
I am your friend Such friendship
led me first to inform you what had
happened over the phone. l realized
that Frederick's hasty determination
to devise his property elsewhere was
the result of a quarrel. l believed 1t
my duty to give you opportunity to
patch that quarrel up with the least
possible delay.
81 have, 1t is true, performed an I'M
professional act which, il known,
would expose me to severe criticism,
There is, however. no faint Of criminal
intent upon my. conduct and, no doubt.
| my course would be fully indicated,
| were l now to 60 directly before the
court and testify to the existence Of a
will"
"But that could not be proved. 1t
has never been found"
"Ouite true-or rather, it may have
been found and destroyed. 1t chances,
however, that 1 took the precaution to
make carbon copy"
"UnsignedT'
Eyes. but along with this unsigned
copy / also retain the original memo
randa furnished me in Frederick Cav
endish's own handwriting. / believe,
from a legal standpoint, by the aid Of
my evidence. the court would be very
apt to hold such will proved"
He leaned suddenly forward, facing
the shrinking Cavendish and bringing
his hand down hard upon the desk.
do you perceive now what this will
means? Do you realize where such
testimony would place you? Under
the law, providing he Died without a
will, you were the sole heir to the
property Of Frederick Cavendish. 1t
was widely known you were not on
friendly terms. The evening of his
death you quarreled openly in public
restaurant. Later, in spirit Of
friendship, l called you up and said he
had. made q will practically disinherit-
ing you. Between that time and the
next morning he is murdered In his
own apartments, his safe rified, and
vet the only paper missing Is this
will. to the existence of which can
testify. II suspicion is once cast upon
you, how can you clear yourself? Can
you prove that you were in your own
apartments, asleep in your own bed
from one O'Clock until eight? Answer
that"
Cavendish tried, but although his
lips moved, they gave utterance to no
sound. Enright scarcely gave him op-
portunity.
$50, the words won't come. /
thought not. Now, listen. No living
person-not even my partner-has
been Informed Of what has occurred.
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