San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-04


days the property will be yours
"Formalities echoed Stacey.
and saw by Mr.. Soamvs'S expires
sion that he was going to describe
them in simple language, as to 4
child.
Eyes. | shall draw up for you
a document which will show thg,
the property is yours. You Will
have one copy; another is filed i'm
the official records"
81 see, said Stacey, 4 little un-
comfortably. at has to ho in NY
name? thought that YOU jus,
had the title deeds of place an.
that-and that-anyOnv who h~H
the title deeds had the place, if
you understand what | mean "
Dear me, We don't DO thirg~
quite as casually a, that, Miss Sta
cry. Oh dear me, no, Somoonr
might steal the title deeds, for in
stance"
That's just it, said Stacey.
Experience had taught her that Z
was absolutely necessary to intc,-
rupt Mr.. SoameS and that he dill
not mind it in the least you Sc.
| don't want Monks Yielding for
myself. | want to give it to Somr-
one
OH said the solicitor. He WIS
drawing lines on his blotting paprr.
Stacey guessed that he was pom
dcring her previous statement th"'
she wished to live i'm il and felt
her checks grow hot. How vcl,
obtuSc he was, If he had an in
tuition-but perhaps il was cor
lrary to professional etiquette to
use intuition in business hours.
She braccd herself.
"NeS," she repeated hluntly, 81
want to give it 20 someone"
Him! That can be done, Of
course. But you know, my dear
Miss Stacey, you cannot handle Il
house and grounds in the sam
manner that you can handle ~
poCketknife. That is to say, YOU
can't pass it from hand to hand J..
the literal process of passing docu
mrnts. \ legal transaction is nee
cSSary in each case. If YOU wis.,
to give this house and grounds f."
someone, it will he necessary tn
draw up a decd of gift. Othcr
wise thc--ah-intcndcd recipient
would have no title"
Again Stacey felt a little uncon'
Portable. Mr.. Soames was spoil
ing things. Then she noddcA
gravely. After all, it didn't really
matter. Nothing, nothing mattered
hut that tomorrow afternoon-at
three O'clock
"Thon, please, do that for me,
Mr.. SoameS."
"Ccrtainly," said Mr.. Soamcs.
"Thcrc is no conflict of interests
and may safely act" He picked
up his fountain pen and drew the
pad a little nearer. "To whom do
you wish to make this gift?
Staccy'S flush dccpcncd. Mr..
SOamcs had seemed to know at the
time she had bought the option
lust why she had bought it, and
why Peter was to be kept in igno-
rance of her identity. But law
yCrs, she knew, asked formal qucS-
tons. A lawyer would ask you
whether your name was your name
when he had known you from in
fancy.
81 want to give it to Mr.. Peter
Yelding-the present owner of the
house, of cOurSc-he's coming back
to England"
Dear me, I'm very glad to hear
itr' said Mr.. Soames. It was i'm
possible to discover whether he
we're surprised or not, because he
was asking a number of unintclli-
gent questions about Peter and his
success. 1t was quite a long time
before he came back to business.
"a deed of gift from Miss AnaS-
tasia Evelyn Drew to Peter Ken
nard Yielding, Esquire" He wrote
it on the pad: "Ah, yes. Now a
deed of gift, Miss Stacey, must
contain moro than mere state
ment Of the giving 1t must state
the purpose Of the giving-the
Considerations as we term it."
Considerable" Stacey was
becoming impatient. 81 think
you'd better say in consideration
Of the fact that his family has al
ways lived in it."
A very good reason, dear lady,
in logic-but no reason at all in
law. There is often an apparent
hiatus between the two fear !
must explain. There must be some
valid reason why the recipient Of
a gift should -ah-,thc recipient
of a gift. Otherwise the decd has
no effect. The donor should be
in some way deeply indebted to
the recipient. That is a good
consideration. There are many
grounds. There must be some con-
SideratiOn."
But there isn't in this case"
said Stacey blankly. "Do you
mean to say | cant do it because
of that? ,"
'Wcll, its little awkward. If,
for example"-Mr SOamcs drew a
truly amazing curve on his blot
ting paper-"you were engaged to
the proposed recipient"
OH
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