The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-03-19

| tall, hard-fnccd woman. who madc
| three strides 10 the h"arthSid". ana
said IN II grating voice.
You know me, reckon i;"'SH
| Hines that house Kept for Madam"
Crime. aud nursrd her to tlc end
! with the help Of The Carys tn" rector
ana his wife, You know. You know
too about the VIII the fine church
built with madam''s money the mis-
/ >iou~ and MI thal Iiut yoH don't know
what's behind it all | do the robbery
Of a child unborn in the name of the
Lord with me fool enough to help IL
! on"
"Slt down." Cousin Sarah inter
rIptcd. Betsy Hines shifted: IN"
| time. You" turning to Ann Iouccz".
"hnvc halfway promised TO clopc with
GrnySon Cary know heard MIN
over my phone fixing things with the
clerk In town. That set me TO THINK
ing know the Cnrys, root, stem ana
branch. They've fattcncd on stolen
! moncv-now they mean TO have II all.
! Explain, please. Miss Ectsy John
| interrupted. Miss Betsy laughed NJ
tcrly. Il Will" she said. "t'nd"rstnnd.
madame had two Wills ready she got
So wrought up over no baby she
signed the one you know But tw"
nights later she couldn't sleep THINK
in Of what she'd done. Around MIA
night she signed the other will leaving
everything to the baby If II was porn
! alive. | Witnessed it-So did the 'hrNS.
After that she had Sinkin spell ana
wasn't ever rightly herself again. Ana
we three agreed II would be wicked I"
| cheat our church out of the money Tor
n child that might be already d'Au-
! SO was told to hide the new VIII III
we saw If she rallied If She died II
| would he safe 70 make away WIN u.
| But after the funeral Mr. cary wanted
/ The Will to make sure II WIS burned
| he said but even then | didn't trust
! him fully. So | gnvr him duplicate
| with traced signatures, ana kept me
| original here il is thrustinG upon
| Ann Louccze yclloWed legal looking
b paper. We. NY '''iEN ~ -
| huntin' me so | have 10 do ths The
Cnrys want everything; with GrnyS"n
marrying this child" nodding nj Ann
Louccze. they'll have everything.
They sla'n't If the church has got to
| lose
| BE sure there was comInotion thcil-
II phone ringing mndly- Grnyson dc
handing that Ann-Loueezc come In
stantIy to the appointed rendezvous,
| Cousin Sarah I'm Mysteries, Cousin Ma
ria weeping happily-the new hciress
white ms IL ghost lingering the hclated
will and murmuring: Il never can
make those bishops and things give
back the money
| "Maybc YOU can't-but | will find
men who can" John Tucker said in
busincsslike voice. You needn't mind
letting me-you may pay all the cost
of it-aftcr the settlement. Don't
| think there will be much trouble over
it-cspccially II you're willing to com
promise on, say. half million.
There was compromise--engcriy
agreed TO by the church authorities,
after hearing fine fairy tale OF
mislnid will miraculously discovered,
The Carys gracefully acknowledged
their signaturcs-Bctsy Hines was for
disgracing them, but higher power
would not have II so. Inside OF
| three months Ann-Louecze, luxury-lov-
ing and whimsical, knew she need not
scnnt herself ever again. "You can
have anything, whatever you want,
John Tucker assured hcr-to which
she answered Immediately: EVEN
your
And that was the end Of (which
oddly enough suited everybody.