The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-29

"He has often treated me with con-
sideratjon; not too many people
have" returned Julia. with dignity.
Mr.. Almy looked at her hard and
smewdy. Suddenly he shot out:
"What did he go to Darrews to
get for you on Thursday night?"
Her eyes dilated with surprise and
horror. She shuddered, and gasped:
"For me? For me? Well, If he wants
to tell you. let himl There are some
things | can't dol"
Her lips snapped shut just as they
had done the previous evening In that
very room, when, after all the abuse
she had received at the hands of her
cousin, when 1t was utterly useless
to try to withstand the search for
him, she would do nothing to betray
him. Her loyalty was again making
faithful return for treachery. Equiv
ocal as her position was, she was
so admirable that, forgetting all about
Mr.. Almy, ] broke out uncontrellably:
81 heard your cousin last night,
you know. He offered you a liberal
settlement In exchange for something
he wanted He treated you with great
contempt, In such contrast to
others, almost strangers to you'll They
prOffer you their aid freely; why do
you spurn II just as you have spurned
his offerf'
"I'm not ungratefull I'm not !"
cried Julia, clenching her hands. But
you see. it's different. What
Charles offered me was a bride out
of my own money, for all | know!"
She had started to talk, at last
And not because of my appeal. but
because | had unwittingly hit on
grievance. But Mr.. Almy was quite
Indifferent to cause. being interested
orly In effect:
'You think you have a legal claim
on property your cousin calls his,
do you. Miss Grosvenor?" he de-
manded swiftly.
81 dol" she cried, intent on her
wrong. Otherwise why should /
have been ignored and rebuffed SO
pointedly all my life? If ] had really
been of illegitimate birth, If | had no
claim on the estate-wh,ch was all
my grandfather cared about, except
Charles, and everything in the world
that Charles himself cares abont-
why should those two men have spent
their time trying to safeguard them
selves by repudiating me?"
"Did you ever do anything to try
to prove your claim?"
"Not until the last fortnight. You
know I've been home from abroad less
| than year; and | came to the con.
clusion I've just explained. only
few months ago, and gradually"
"And how did you try to prove your
claim within this last fortnight?" .
With a grOan, Julia cried:
81 went to RichmOndr and then
! fell upon despairing silence. The
grievance had cut deeper. In min
ute, Mr.. Almy asked gently:
"Why did you 60 there"
"It's such long storyr'
stake your time. Just begin at the
beginning, and go on
SWELL" began Julia. YEARLY, yet
| with a sort of relief. ga week ago last
Tuesday evening was reading the
| paper to my grandfather, as | some
times did. He liked especially to
hear all the news Of book sales and
auctions. And read the notice of the
auction of Judge Leavitt's library in
Richmond, the coming Thursday. OF
1 h. nf int
was of special interest to him. par
ticularly as this notice named many
important books"
Among them, no doubt, Clarihew's
'NctesY" inquired Mr.. Almy.
"Yes; it was the last on the list,
and it seemed to interest him espe-
| cially."
did he say anything"
"Not until | had finished reading
the description of the book, or rather
| of the bOokplate, for the book was
briefly described as clean copy In
good condition. But of the book.
| plate the notice said: Pictorial book
plate inside first cover. No owners
name. Undated And / saw he was
very much interested In the whole
description, so said, in perfect In
nocence then, / ought to mention !:
You know I'm going to be In Wash
ington anyway for the studio on
Wednesday, / was taking down
some designs for church window
there and can easily go over to
| Richmond, and buy that book for you
on Thursday, If you want it. To my
utter surprise, he was much startled;
for q second he seemed suspicious
and angry then saw him glance at
Charles"
"Oh, your cousin was present, was
he?" put in Mr.. Almy.
eyes, we were all in this room.
Charles was studying. at the other
end of 1t. And then my grandfather
suddenly changed his attitude and
said, very pleasantly, that he was
| much obliged to me. but had bet
ter simply attend to my employers
business. be thought; anyhow, he
didn't know how suitable it would be
for me to go and bid alone at a pub
lie auction in a southern city. But
he admitted, frankly, that the sale
did interest him; and turning to
Charles, he asked him If he could ar
range to go for him, as he had done.
by the way, on number of other oc-
casions when my grandfather couldn't
leave home"
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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