Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-04-22

NO" Alix had answered, decidedly,
Perhaps if l were madly in love with
you / should say yes, and trust to
little fingers to lead you gently, and
so on"
He remembered ending the CONVEX
satiOn in one of his quick moods OF
irritation against her. If she couldn't
take anybody or anything seriously
he had said.
Poor Alix-she was taking life seri-
ously enough tonight, Peter thought,
as he watched her.
'Tell me about Cherry" he said.
Cherry is well, but just little thin.
lin never seems to stay at any one
place very long, so l keep hoping"
Doesn't make good!' Peter said.
shaking his head.
doesn't seem to! It's partly Cher
ry, / think" Alix said honestly. "She
was too young, really. She never
quite settles down, or takes life In
earnest. But he's got contract now
for three years, and so she seems to
be resigning herself, and she has q
maid, believe"
"She must love him." Peter submit
ted. AliX looked surprised.
"Why not?" she smiled. II suppose
when you've had ups and downs with
a man, and been rich and poor, and
sick and well, and have lived III half
a-dozen different places, you rather
take him for granted" she added.
"Oh, you think it works that way2"
Peter asked, with a keen look.
swell, don't you think so? Aren't
lots of marriages like that?"
you false alarm. You Quitter!" he
lily. Also she flushed, with great
wave of splendid young color that
made her face look seventeen again.
"Your father left you-something,
Alix?" Peter asked presently, with
some hesitation.
"That," she answered frankly, "iS
where Anne comes in!"
''Anne?"
Same and Justin came straight
over" Alix went on, land 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 and in
terest and bonds"
"Poor old Alix, if l had only been
here to help you'll" 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 mine
under us! 1t seems that ten years
ago, when the Strickland patent fire
extinguisher 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 Vincent
was perfectly splendid about it; / 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.
"Well. They had a written agree
ment then, giving Uncle Vincent o
third interest in the patent, should it
be sold or put on the market"
Hal" Peter CALCULATED, struck.
(which, of course, was only little
while before Uprle Vincent died." Alix
went on, with grave nod. 1.-THE
agreement lay insDad's 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, whistled ex'
pressively.
"Gee-rusalem !" he exclaimed. what
does it come tor"
At this Alix looked very sober,
gazed down at the fire and shook her
head.
"All he had! !" she answered, briefly.
Peter was silent, looking at her in
stupefaction.
almost, that u.s." Alix amended
more cheerfully. "As 1t was-we
should have had more than thirty
thousand apiece. As it is, Anne gets
it all, or if not quite all, nearly ALL
"Gets y he echoed, holly "How do
you mean?"
at 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 / still have the house. In
the second place, am singing at st.
Raphael's for five hundred year, and
singing other places now and then.
Anyway, I'm glad you're home again,
Peter!" she added.