The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-09-22

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the extent of about three thousand
dollars"
Three thousand" Peter, who had
been leaning forward. earnestly at
t~entive, echoed in relief.
'That was all. Dad had about
three hundred. Dad did all the work,
and put in his three hundred. and In
Gle Vincent put in three thousand
and the funny thing is" Alix broke
off to say, musingly, "Uncle Vincent
was perfectly splendid about it; | my
self remember him saying, Don't
worry, Lee. I'm specializing on my
own responsibility, not yours"
"WellY' Peter prompted, as she hes
itated.
"Well. 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"
"Hal" Peter calculated, struck.
(Which, Of course, was only a 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
nave burned 1t many's the time But
he didn't. George Sewall says that
Anne is right. They've broken the
WILL"
Peter, in the silence. whistled ex-
pressively.
"-Gee-rusalem y he exclaimed. "What
does it come tor
At this Alix looked very sober.
gazed down at the fire and shook her
head.
"All he hadi she answered, briefly.
Peter was silent, looking at her in
stupefaction.
almost, that is" Alix amended
more cheerfully. GAS it was-we
should have had more than thirty
thousand apiece. AS it is, Anne gets
it all, or if not quite all, nearly ALL"
'Getsl" he echoed, holly. How do
o mean?"
st seems to be perfectly just the
girl answered, rather lifelessly.' But
Immediately she laughed. Don't look
SO awful, Peter. in the first place,
Cherry and l still have the house. In
the second place, | am singing at ST.
Raphael's for five hundred a year, and
singing other places now and then-
anyway, I'm glad you're home again,
Peterl p she added.
Home again." he answered, half
angrily. 81 should hope | am-and
high time, tool Has this-this money
been turned over to Amer"
Not yet. Nobody gets anything
until the estate is cleared-a year or
more from now. There are some
things to be thankful for" Alix added,
dashing the sudden tears from her
eyes, s'and one is that Dad never knew
i'll"
81 can't tell you how surprised am
at Anne" Peter said.
"WeIl, we all werei" Alix confessed
but it's just Anne's odd little self
conferred way" she added. 1T was
here, and she wanted it. Well let
Hong go, and as soon as l can rent
this house, I'm going to New York"
"Why New York, my dear girl?"
Because / believe / can make a
living there, singing and teaching n
generally struggling with life!' she
answered, cheerfully. CHERRY gets
most of the ~money-they are always
somewhat in debt, and l imagine that
the reason she is able to have a nice
apartment and a maid now is because
she knows it is cOming-and l get the
house, and enough money to keep me
going-say, a year, in New York"
DO you want to go, Alix" he said,
affectionately.
"Yes, l think l do" she answered
But her eyes watered. 81 do-in a
way" she added. THAT is, | love my
singing, and the thought of making a
success is delightful to me. But, OF
course, it means that | give up every
thing else. / can't have home life, and
and the valley-for years, four or
five anyway, I'll have to- give all that
up. And I'm tw~enty-seven, Peter.
And I'd always rather hoped that my
music was going to be a domestic va
riety-" She stopped, smiling, but ne
saw the pain in her eyes. George
Sewall most kindly asked me to moth
err his small SON" she resumed, cas-
ually. But although he is the dear
est"
"Sewall did!' Peter exclaimed, rath-
er struck. "Great Scott! his father is
one of the richest men in San Fran
CISCO"
81 know it," Alix agreed. and he
is one of the incest men, she added.
But, Of course, he'll never really love
any one but Ursula. And | felt-oh,
I felt too tired and alone de-
pressed to enter upon congratulations
and clothes and family dinners with
the Sewalls," she ended, a little drear-
lily. Il wanted wanted things in
the old way-as they we're she
said, her voice thickening.
81 know know" Peter said,
sympathetically. And for a while
there was silence in the little house,
while the rain fell steadily upon the
dark forest without, and soaked
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