The Coolidge examiner., 1936-08-07

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er and that | am steady going
young gentleman with no bad hab-
it's and the ability to make Deborah
happy"
"Oh. no, she isn't" Tubby con-
tradicted.
Isn't she?"
Tubby Strengthened. He put his
hand on Bryn's arm. Look here,
Bryn," he said, whats the use Of
your trying to hold out on me? Why
don't you come across with the
whole story? I know what it Is.
anyway. It's another of those crazy
quixotic notions of yours. What
are you trying to put over nOw?"
Nothing"
"You lie. The girl can't be mar
rying you to get her grandfather's
money, because you're not Stuart
Graham, and you said yourself that
the will stated specifically that nm
less she married Graham and era.
ham only, on or before her birthday
today - she wouldn't get the
money. Didn't you? and you're
not Graham"
We'll" said Bryn at last, mot
specifically Not very specifically.
I've read quite few legal dOcu.
| ments this was a ferOciousIy
| legal document, Tub, with a lot Of
whereases and in-aS-much-ases and
| party-Of- the-secOnd-parts. and that
kind of thing. If Deborahs grand
| father hadn't told me what it was
that he intended, l wouldn't have
been too sure"
But is it ambiguous, after all
the fuss? Why make a will like
! that and leave it ambiguous? Can
the girl get around it? Marry any
body at all and still get the money!"
"Well," Bryn admitted slowly,
no"
mo? No? But :"
"But we told her she could. I
told her. Holworthy told her. OF
course, if she's gone off and tried
| marrying anyone else, he'd have
been forced to explain to her that
on second reading and so on"
49," Tubby said with the man
ner of a talkie villain.
"WeL," Bryn said for the third
time, what of it? 1t gets her out
of a jam, doesn't it?"
And you pay over a million of
your own dollars at the end of a
year, and she gives you fifty thou
sand for your services. Is that the
way it works, noble Sir Galahad?"
"Oh, | don't know. l think we
can break the will. HOlworthy's go
ing to do his damnedeSt. And, if
he can't well, the money
means quite bit to her. If-when
you meet her you'll understand a
little better, Tub"
"Humph," Tubby said.
They both stood up. Bryn looked
at his watch. Ten minutes past
nine. The grandfather clock choked,
muttered, cleared its throat and
gasped out that it was nine o'clock.
Just the same" Tubby said ex-
plosively, shaking down his trouser
leg, Just the same. year is too
long. An ignorant, unsOphisticat-
ed, dowdy backwards country girl,
who's never been anywhere or seen
anything milk and water, as
uninteresting.. after Pillar !" -"
Ssh " Bryn said quickly. He took
three steps toward the door at the
end of the long room. Tubby stood
up, too. The door was opening.
A tail gentleman in black pushed
the door open and held it. Behind
him came Mr.. HOlworthy, his smile
astOniShingly serene and content
For years Mr.. Holworthy had
guarded the Golden Fleece; yet
here he was, calm and undiSmayed
lending his arm and his moral sup
port to this menace of Bryn's peace
of mind, this girl who could wreak
the most dire havoc in Bryn's affairs.
Tubby looked at the girl He
choked. Bryn stood without moving.
She was finishing a remark to
Mr.. HolwOrthy as she came through
the door on his arm. Tubby did not
hear the words, but he caught the
melody of her voice. 1t was like
that of a very young child, with an
appealing break in it; one thought
of small birds learning to sing, of
hyacinths in spring gardens, of sill
yer bells at twilight.
She was a very small girl as she
stood hesitantly there. A very small
girl, and she was dressed in white.
Her skirt was so full that it stood
around her in a circle. and only
the tip of one tiny white slipper
could be seen below it. She held it
off the dusty carpet with the tips of
careful fingers. The bodice was slim
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have been spanned by mans two
hands. There were little puffed
sleeves below her white shoulders 4;
the neck of the dress was low, and
above it her throat was creamy
white and soft. She had pinned
rosebuds against it in front, after
hasty, flushed look into the mirror,
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