Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-12-06


for three years, and so she seems TO
be rcsigning herself, and she has
maid, / believe"
"She must love him." Peter submit
ted Alix looked surprised.
"Why not" she smiled. 81 suppose
when you've had ups and downs with
man, and been rich and poor, AID
sick and well, and have lived in half
a-dozen different places, you rather
take him for granted" she added.
"Oh, you think it works that way:'
Peter asked, with a keen look.
"Well, don't you think sol Aren't
lots of marriages like that?
"You false alarm. You gutter" he
answered. AliX laughed, trifie guilt
ily. Also she flushed, with a great
wave of splendid young color that
made her face look seventeen again.
Your father left you-somethlng,
Alix?" Peter asked presently, with
some hesitation.
"That." she answered frankly, us
WneTe AnNo COIIeS III .
"Anne"
"Anne and Justin came straight
over" AliX went on, "and they were
really lovely. Doctor Younger and
George Sewall were here every day /;
you and George were named as execu-
tors. was so mixed up In policies
and deeds and overdue taxes anG In
tereSt and bonds"
Poor old AliX, if l had only Eecn
here to help you" the man said. And
for moment they looked little con-
sciously at each other.
"Well, anyway" the girl resumed
hastily, when it came to reading the
will, Anne and Justin sprung a mine
under US! II seems that ten years
ago, when tile Strickland patent fire
cxtinguisher was put upon the mar
ket, my adorable father didn't have
much money-he never did have,
somehow. So Anne's father, my Un-
Gle Vincent, went into it with him to
the extent of about three thousand
dollars"
Three thousand" Peter, who had
been leaning forward, earnestly at
tentive, echoed in relief.
"That was all. Dad had about
three hundred. Dad did all the work,
and put in his three hundred, and I'm
Gle Vincent put in three thousand
and the funny thing is" Alix broke
off to say, musingly, Uncle Vlncent
was perfectly splendid about it; l my
self remember him saying, Don't
worry, Lee. I'm specializing on my
own responsibility, not yours.
"Well?" Peter prompted, as she hes
itated.
"Wel. They had a written agree
ment then, giving Uncle Vincent a
third interest in the patent, should it
be sold or put on the market"
"Haw Peter calculated, struck.
(which, of course, was only little
while before Uncle Vincent died." Alix
went on, with a grave nod. "The
agreement lay in Dads desk all these
yearS-fancy how easily he might
have burned it many's the time! But
, he didn't. George Sewall says that
Anne is right. They've broken the
will"
Peter, in the silence, whStlcd ex-
pressivcly.
"Gec-rusalcm!" he exclaimed. what
does it come tO?"
At this Alx looked very sober,
gazcd down at the fire and shook her
! head.
"All he hadr she answered. briefly.
/ Peter was SILENT looking at her in
StupcfactiOn.
almost, that is" AliX Attended
more chcerfully. "As it ~as--we
! should have had more than thirty
I thousand apiece. AS it is, ArCc gets
/ it ALL or if not quite all, nearly %V."
Gets" he echoed hotly. "I:n" do
YOU mean:"
at seems to lie perfectly jus!." tic
/ girl answered, rather lifelesSly. HEt
/ Immediately she laughed. Don't :ork
/ so awful. Peter. In the first ra"",
| Cherry and | still have the hnus. In
/ the sCcord place, | am singing 2, -.
Raphael'S for five hundred y"sr, end
singing other PAGES now sa.l then.
anyway, I'm glad you're home again.
Peter" she added.
,"Horae again." he answered, half-
/ angrily. 81 should hope | au!-and
high time, too! Has this-this money
been turned over to Anne?"
"Not yet. Nobody gets anything
until the estate is clcarcd-a year or
more from now. There are some
things to be thankful for AliX added
daShing the sudden tears from her
eyes, "and one is that Dad never knew
+, itw
81 can't tell you how surprised am
at Anne" Peter said.
"Well, we all were" AliX confessed
But its just Anne'S odd little sell
centcred way" she added. ut was
here. and she wanted it. WE'LL le;
Hong 90, and as soon as can rent
this house, I'm going To New York.
"Why New York, my dear gtri:'
Gro he COntinucd)