The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1922-01-19

he nad SAID.
Poor Allx-she was taking life ser1-
ously enough tonight, Peter thought,
as he watched her.
Tell me about Cherry" he sal1.
Cherry is well, but just little thin,
and heartbroken now, of course. Mar
tin never seems to stay at any one
place very long, so keep hoping"
Doesn't make good - Peter said,
shaking his head.
Doesn't seem tol 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
maid, l 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
man, and been rich and poor, and
sick and well, and have lived in half.
a-dOzen different places, you rather
take him for granted :" she added.
"Oh, you think ii works that wayT
Peter asked, with keen look.
"Well, don't you think so? Aren't
lots of marriages like thatT'
You false alarm. You quitterg' he
answered. AiX laughed, tritie guilt
lily. Also she flushed, with a great
wave of spie7did 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?"
"Anne 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"
"I'oor I'D Alix, IL | had only been
here TO help you!" the man said. And
for a moment they looked little con.
SClOuSly AT edCH OlIlGc
We'll, anyway" the glri 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 Tn.
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, 'DOnt
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 q
third interest in the patent, should il
be sold or put on the market"
"Ha !" Peter calculated, struck.
(which, of course, was only little
while before Uncle Vincent died." AK
went on, with grave nod. "The
agreement lay in Dads desk all these
years-fancy how easily he Nigh:
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, whistlsd ex
pressively.
"Gee-rusalem !" he exclaimed ~Whai
does it come top
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
stupefactlon.
almost, that is" Alix amended
more cheerfully. las II 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!" he echoed, holly. "How do
you mean?"
1T 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 I still have the house. In
the second place, l 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,
Peter!" she added.
"Home again." he answered, half |
angrily. 81 should hope ! am-and
high time too! Has this-this money
been turned over to Amer
mot yet Nobody gets anything
until the estate Is cleared year or
more from now. There are some