New Britain herald., 1929-12-19


 Eoale. with whose love he trirlcd. "ggy makes this disc Ovcry with the aid of Julia and an old Bible. prov ing Stanton was inc trcaChcrOuS lever Of the sister of Comm. JHmi"- son Sinclair, named 10 inherit Her bert Prcscotts estate if Peggy fo"- trit's her rights. philandcr Cha"a. "Nccutor of Prcscotts will vists Peggy 10 tell her that of th" va tt estate left 3y her uncle. onlN >cW Lodge remains.
 Chapter "S
 HEH HOUSE OF CARDS
 The shock of the uoWs stunned H"Egy and Pniland"r Chase looked a, her symplthotically. Her forum" vanished or at least that rart of il with which she had planned 70 make her Iathcr and mother happy m their declining years
 A moment of SiIcnc" and thcn Peggy looked up. anxious for fur thcr details.
 "Whcn did you discover this. Mr. Chaser"
 "Whcn was m"hin~ an ao- praisal Of Dh" estate for my rcpo,. 10 the probate count So that Nou will understand. perhaps better start at the beginning.
 As | told you when | SAW you iu Now York. your uncle was nI Nry wealthy man. When he ra- tired he placed a small fortune iu building and furnishing this plac.'. After it was bujlt he turned al other real ,stat" holdings jn:o negotiable securities. These he put into a. lock boN in his vault in the Guarantco Trust company in New York. was not only prcscn, but an official of inc bank. the vice. president to he exact. was present also"
 "Wcl?" questioned Peggy: ror throat felt dry and parrhcd. "Go on please"
 "prcscous forum" wa4 o~ti- mated, then. and We haNr d list or inc securities al morc than &l.n0U. .O0U
 "Thursday. in tho presence of an official from Inc registrar Of wills office. and the vice. -plcHjd"nr of the hank, opened tn" safe deposit hoN . and found not one accuit! !-not 70 much as a dime" Peggy eyed Chase in despair
 "But," sin" exclaimed. 'u'nc;o must hay" put tho securities in au- other bank"
 His will. Miss Prescott staD.~ 1. that in thai box would br rouul all his earthly poSscssions." bro',,. in Chase. and tn" Wil remember. w"a drawn up two months bcforc his drarh." "E11 then. somc on" must ha.c . broken into ih" hoN-gaiurd access . to it in som" Way--by trichcry-- f"rGorN," as Chase shook his heal. . "lu"rlN Impossible" hr drclarr,l. . with dishoar,"njn% rirmurse. 'A i thief could as well break into fine Rock Of Gibraltar aS get into q .a,r . doross box in in" vaults Of )h.t courpany. Eosid"s," he paused and l took an cnN"lop" from his porl,cr. This paper uas lying in I'rcscott's hoA-alI that il con,uiHrd. Read ii, . NJNG fItSHOll.
 Peggy stared ar hrr uucl,'~ l. @ihl". handwriting.
 The Lord @ivrtn. and th" Iord 'akcth awa%: nl"sycd hr rh, name "f the Lord"
 She repeated the quotation in hWshod voice.
 "oh, Mr. Chase. what does t
 
 Mad" rrcHm" 70" tIc looked at ucr pttyiuglN "I wa# most reluctant 10 tell you this"
 "nh, hui il was right 10 do 70. quickly. "I--' she swallow cd hard "I''s hard 10 comprehend"
 surely; 10 have q fortune slip HNHy.' he sighed "lt's doviish rou@h Miss Prescott"
 Peggy closed her eyes: rHas,. must not, shorld not see the bliud- ing fears. Oh. the man did no; tnow how dreadful it was: hvr plans for her father - her invalid mother and Jim. Chase's yoic,. came to her from far off-What WAS that he was saNingH Gamcly, desperately, she pulled herself to- g,thor "rhcrcs no telling what yoHr mcIe djd with the securities" he h'%an; '1hro"n them in )h" rfyor-- given them away piccrmcal-to churches; you know h" went dippy on religion after lis WifrS dcath.r ; "l wasn't awHr" Of if. roor Uncl" N' rbort" Sha drew long. lon; breath. "ls there no way 10 trace. , ih" serurjt>c= '' "I'vc called in rjuh,rron d"tr,.- l'N"s." answered thuy". IVY" rIru q consultation with lhr bank orn- i r,aIs on Monday li>" you 10 b, in New York 'hcn." 'Oh, but can't leave here for more than an hour. until artor l!,.. seventeenth Of Junr." she rN- ? claimed, "If do. Jamicson Sin clair mhorita Ncw Lodge" Chase regarded her duhiousIN T believe any court would excuse ! }onr absence on such an crrand." : h" explained patiently, "und that it would not inNdIidHto your claim to lh" inheritance under 'hc will. "hirh, if your uncle Was ma l. :, would be set aside anyway" ] Peggy stared at him. "And who :, would inherit thcn?" Your uncle's next of kin" :, That's athcr. mtcrruplrd ]NggN; she hostatrd. < 'ion ar" sur" th" property would 4 hot go 10 Commander Sinclair if 5 'h" will was set aside or brokcu"" { "euiic sure: Sinclair is I'rcscott's F wji"s relative. and Sh" prrGrcrasrI ,
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