Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-09-14

awake at the sound Of The honr'e snt
familiar voice. Alix fell ~ hcr q
and caught the cold ant van a
hand.
"What Is 1t, darlingr me oio u.lf.
joking maternal manner Nay al, "a
earnest now.
"Peter7" he said thickly.
"Peter's I'm China, dear. You sewrn
ber that Peter was to g. nrou, ,hH
world7 You remember tlWt, D'l'
"No1' he said musilClT. Foey
thought he slept again, bu' ne Qsr.Hu@
ly added: "Somewhere b. MHtj'H."-.
no, In Mark-Alark is the oumuu hue
Mark was as human AH ht& Man
ter"
"Shall read you from Mark -1N
asked, rs his voice sanl, Hgpn. :
shabby old Bible always sNucd D.. r.r
fathers bedside; she rcn ''Gl -"' T.
and making dcsperatn e. "a
steady her voice. began t trN0. iHn
place wns marked by aI o'd Is.
and opened at the chapte hc S.,Mtso
to desire. for as she rCuG he 90
to be drinking In the wUr@s. ' ..v
they heard him whisper. "WuNdI ~ ~
Cherry got up on the beU ,,nu .uua
the splendid dying head II her a.US,
the murky winter dawn cr"pt end
the lamp burned sickly in the dH>'.rht
Hong could be heard stirring aliS
closed the book and eXtinansheH '"f
lamp. Cherry did not mo-
"Charlty!" the old man s0!u rvr&
emily, in simple. childish zone. tytar
with bursts Of tears. In a. ,hr u-."l
desolation Of the days tht tpunwNI
Cherry loved to remembCr tbs" II!
last utternnce was her 0alNc, .i0
AliX knew. though she never sal! =
that 1t was to another Ihnrs'n :,
spoke.
subdued, looking young anG onto
ner In their new black, tie y'&'e!s
came downstairs. ten day late -,
a business talk. Peter had rrou paDcc
as one executor; but Peter VAS iar
away, and 1t was a please fnDNul
friend, kindly old surg i"', iJr
Strickfand's own age, or r'ar Il. aH|
the lawyer, George Sewall the othr'
executor, who told them aNnu. th"N
affairs. Anne, as co-heiress Nns pres
ent nt this talk. with Jus'io sittlnl
close beside her. Mnrtir, run. VII,
had come down for the f'.l...l, VIZ
there.
Tho house went to the GaH.hlcrs
there were books and ptrJ-ut% 20
Anne. box or two In, rl"'n &c 81.
Anne, and Anne was menti'w"A n IT.,
only will as equally inhe a' wi,a
Alexandra and Charity. 80. 8oWt
legal reason that the lawy"i nUH Dr
Younger made clear, Anne .bU.d not
fully inherit. but her share ,id hi
only trife less than her ,ya.uH.
Things had reached this l.o!r. when
Justin Little calmly and G"nj.,1ut!T
claimed that Anne's share Vas t. .l
based upon an old loan Of Anne's IA
ther to his brother. loan of three
thousand dollars to float Lee Strick-
lands invention, with the understand
Ing that Vincent Strickland be subse
turns. AS the patent had been sold
for nearly one hundred and fifty thou.
sand dollars, one-third Of 1t, with ac-
cumulative interest for ten years, OF
which no payment had ever been made
Anne was q large proportion Of the
entire estate, and the development OF
this claim, in Justin Little's assured,
woodeny voice, caused every one to
look grave.
The estate was not worth one hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars now
by any means; 1t had been reduced to
little more than two-thirds Of that
sum, and Anne's bright concern that
every one should he satisfied with
what was right, and her ingenious
pleasure in Justtn's cleverness in
thinking Of this possibility. were met
with noticeable coldness.
" Ammo WAS wrong, and the paper
she held in her hand worthless, each
girl would inherit q comfortable little
fortune. but II Anne was right. Cherry
and Alix would have only a few thou.
sand dollars apiece. and the old home
The business talk was over before
any Of them realized the enormity OF
Anne's contention, and Anne and Jus.
tin had departed. But both the old
doctor and tho lawyer agreed with
Martin that 1t looked as IL Ammo was
right, and when the family was alone
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