Show R BURN BU V T W A N THIS THE STORY allram butterworth miser decides to leave leae ills his fortune to ller faier clarke a poor young nephew lie ile tells absolom Mcle McI leake sike ills lawyer of ft deal forty years OKO eago in which he is dwindled oled EL a man mail out of and tirra tires for r pay payment tie t with interest Intel cst nutter butter worth dies suddenly through a gossiping telegraph 1 operator the town of 0 Pilar eltos henra ienus of elmers fortune before lie he doam nellie cathcart Catl icart miners elmers sweetheart 1 tolls tells him blin his his i inheritance hereta nee 1 Is mo more re th than a 0 a million 1 ll 11 on color Lolo iano do chart charley Y and his pa partner aner t mac 1 7 decide I 1 to 0 pluck elmer N noelle 1 1 1 e insist that elmer see more man of the world word before their marriage unknown to liner nellie 1 la heiress of the mail inan 13 swindled CHAPTER V con continued linued 6 slip she sat lon down fit at her typewriter trevi liter tint nnie rattled off at a letter of thanks hi inks to ali ab boldin incidentally in formed him film that her hei mother hall li ill been dead ive five years and seven months i find nd that lier her estate ila ind never been imp bated for two very en sufficient reasons r one Inc because enuse site she lind nothing to probate and two because site lind when tal en the precaution some two years ells before her ier demise from a ling lingering wring illness formally to gle give issen iss ln rii transfer find pet let over unto liei her daughter nolle grille catheron catheart till all of the right light title and interest which she he had lit in 14 halted front from her or father lit in find and to ill unit that certain mortgage and deficiency d jul judg ment et cetera nellie opened opined that ali it tile the statute of limitations in lier her cise case c ise was ns in perfect working order older find and that flint even tile lie wolves lit fit washington could not by any possible interpretation of the federal income tax 1 fi ife federal leral ln lit tax laws lans constine con coir it a girt gift as a tin an inheritance unac at a mill nellie now figured the lie Inter ert nt at 8 per tent cent annually an nill compounded semi annually on lopoo from tit an KM gus 30 10 to auant abie 10 lIl bililc ilc completed complete liei let site he was as aware a ire that in forty two to years liep lied mothers gift had grown to lie be worth oll oh masterpiece of mimi iula tion 1 exactly rile autho of tills tille t do ha lias ills billil twice so lie he knows I 1 nos the aru art correct cornet nellie knew hiie that her hei figures 1 were not the product of it a bisoi tiered dered lin imagination site lint w tint that if allram Butter estate could fir af ford to pay lier her that til it sum it would III nn dor der the dot definite hilte bernis of the will line hale to pay her there ans room for in neither cither legal leaah quibble nor ic uron upon completing her hei corn imitation ini tation nellie went into tile vil ault tilt to mit 1 t her cash amity aia hut lit lit in reality n to sul alin 1 lin tears of sympathy for alm r butterworth chaile bics s antly slie rile bucked up tip find and her p ac lien tacal mind leaped to lo tit alie pr of ascertaining approximately the hie suit huni tint that a rapa rapacious clous and predatory ineil government would mould bite out of elmer s blikre of llie bie estate when site she hall had made a fairly accurate accurti te if rough estlin estin into or tills this she dept aln upon recovering lier her emotions she deducted a further sum which might reasonably include the funeral expenses or unc amle ie Ill rani the probate fees alie lie app it ners afeei and executors fee tile specific helu pst of ten thousand thou dollars dol lais s stile t ate ind and county taxes and ordinary delts of alie h R estate she wits as still further illo apo tit at tills this total will and I 1 dept lit 11 time ioor Ili Eli nerl slie rile sobbed to tiling tint lie wits w is miot twice tv ice all anil gassed 1 icle i cellilli for his country conn tri oil and now look 0 ok aliat ills his country auntry does to him oil oh flailing your poor pom tac ir r lind hend Is going ians to he be fill all bloody hut but if iiii II 11 annl swep I 1 bep it unbowed how much innie imore your sweetheart la Is going to I 1 loe ove y il N fore rile ein erred from the alt remembered the jole joke which fate in fit her case is hit biad played pitied on oil the wolves solves or of 1 ashing she lit at least aas ill goton ini to get out of tile reck I 1 all binl tile the hows howls of tile wolves voles would IP ile sweet music to her cars they coul int t touch her alth lilt a bugy buggy whip ns as illmer would have it let fite fate do its worst vorst to eimer almer haile clarkel what aliat liat did nellie cathcart care caie when lien the alie tumult fin and the shouting died when vi lien tile the smoke of bittle battle drilled from the alie scene tt it would reveal recil ll 11 I 1 italo e falt it fill smiling happy and onn dent HIP iha possessor of elmer clarke cl alse lint and a I 1 bulk ink roll that a greyhound jump over oer CHAPTER VI meanwhile rimer elmer Cl arkes final re pe rind of service at the smoke was drawing to a close during that two weeks one incident alone itself in elmers consciousness as it a pleasant variation from the orderly procession of morning noon find night on the third day following tile hie great news the editor of the clarion fathered a thought truly bucolic ite morse tor for the light manner in which lie had once offended llmer elmer clarke in ills his local brevities brevi ties column now overtook him what tt if elmer should take a notion to back some smart metropolitan journalist in a n new paper rund and run the clarion out of business t horrible 1 A vacancy acance occurring on the board of trustees of the union high school nt at tills this time the clarion came out with an editorial blast in fit cola bell brevier with a three column hend head suggesting the election to the board of that sterling ant and distinguished citi zen elmer butterworth clarke Clarl te the proponents of another candidate to the offic which was without salary by peter B kyne aby 0 by H n bye st stice service ice promptly prompt lv pul minted rite out tile the ilia d isab it of shattering ins in fill ancient and welles well es clis eai tolli of electing to tile school bonal only those men and worn om en ell who hall demonstrated their latness to superintend ant end tin the education of the voting oung by bj in inkling the lie community with will loon to educil ite te in nn fin fill roundabout way v a y eliner it 11 oart covert ianni lit in tb alii at an iny i site it brou ed till of lilg his newborn if to provincialism E ged on lit ity lilt ills blends it decided to demons nn p to 0 o allart that n young nill ITI 11 ell 1 I man should hoi ild find would function rn ili that board or know the r reason v a s f it why immediately lip lie mi fill nou iid irnise bilm bif 1 us its it 11 candidate for foi tile hie like nellie neille wis ans delighted hohall p tills pl demcil in it diners Klinc rs part aint it subconscious do elsion to continue to to live in ello mid anol gri diw taw ii with will if alir town tow sit she nd nelm lil ailin to 0 i a n furious tin till of fl gg 0 W 1 oh 01 masterpiece 0 of manipulations exactly 1078 COO tile hie community to prove that lie hid hall its tit lit heart as truly as did ills glenry elionor Tl lc lenor who was is the father of twelve children indeed lit in midst of her subtle MandIsh ni ants she suddenly conceived once lied it alip itlen of ic ninnor aimor the leading illen citizen of tile hie county it if not of the state sante in ili one fie illuminating instant she 11 that hint caused her to tremble liNn ble As the sole proprietor of El inizia Ini iners eia place she knew her man mail nt be 11 town ilog catcher but as s president rif of the corn com trust find savings bank site she elect him mayor tit nt the primary elect lin from ninor mayor to the hie state legislature from the state e to lieutenant governor Kler Ilor from that to goer gobernor nor to to united santos senator pc to the vice ilee presidency to the white while louse flousel I 1 its a big dream slip reflected hut but only those who have the ability I 1 to 0 big bl dreams ever amount to biti thing athing lust just as easy aisy to dream big biff dreams d enins us as little onos and ansel 11 I 1 moody litis has battened on oil tills this community toil ino eno tigh elmee Is right lies fies it pawnbroker not a binler banker and n banker should be the big man lit in any anny community lie HP should know bettor better than any other in man inin in its needs its as and ills duty tomira tovia idl it when tit alif time comes ill tell ansel P moody fluiro lie gets olt off blell sell tits his controlling interest in that hanic bink to me lit a full fair price or ir ill start ht rt it new bank ank and run lun filin and his competitor out of ba babines sines lit in ten years with iab she repressed ropi essed 1 1 chebi ill open my ni bank 1 ink with etli a hundred thou dollars capital fully paid up ill stint start with my iny own nn deposit atit of fit at least tour four hundred thou sa hand fit dollins s fin and ill become it men member of ohp lie federci reserve bink bank which no banker in ili tills town lins ills selm to tn become bee oine ill take over every limn imn anse noody moody lias in it falls due ill tilt cut the HIP intel pt t rate on oil those two tun blomi suckers find ill tell lend money on it honesty and industry in the toil lon run ill consolidate the other oilier to iwo banks in ili tills town with mine I 1 I 1 nean elmers and mine oil ilmer fl arling youre pl plains ayling into my 1115 hand and hint means wear war out your jour life not drug drag it out arid and rot it out I 1 and it nobody shall mei ever know who ft ho put up ill tit the naine at their next net eefting after incel chiting in ili umer elmer such a sense of power sis as lie had never known knon before nellie adroitly shifted ill to a subject which la Is never very ver fur far from plon pleasing sing to nine men out of ten tell to wit himself Dear dearle lp slie site charged cli arged suddenly do you know that suit stilt youre ft wearing earing Is bez beginning inning to look 1001 just a little bit shabby I 1 dont like to see my nimer elmer let tins ting himself go like tills you should he bp the best dressed man in town and witia usually usi ally lly you are im afraid youve youe been trying too hard to save sae money to equip EIf kamera ners place lie ile squeezed her hand gratefully the ideis of that business of my own obsessed me nellie lie admitted 1 I have been scrimping more than usual lately I 1 wanted to get going to be independent and make enough money to enable me to marry yo you u und and give you everything everi thing you desired but dining darling I 1 would have married you on far less I 1 would have been a help to you not a source of expense 11 1 I know it old lovable cut but yon jon were doing as well in ili your job as I 1 was doing in mine and it a particularly ticul arly striking evidence evid enve of unselfishness when a mail asks aska a woman to gi give e up financial independence to scrimp and sale and sacrifice with him hh I 1 want you to do that lly bly mother lind to do that nil all lier her life and it hurt me I 1 swore tit that at when I 1 married my wire wife should never have to say to me file 1111 elmer mer dear may I 1 have a dollar find and a half to pay the gas hill ill 7 or elmer ill id like illie eight dollars to buy a flow new lint hat nettle nellie that tl int sort of thing Is disgraceful I 1 want you yon to haven have your own private checking checkl chec ting nir account and I 1 never want to know what you do with the money nellie now flow squeezed its ills hand never ever fear jimer elmer ill have my own checking account and nobody shall ever 1 it ow it what lint I 1 tin do with the money I 1 agree with willi yon thoroughly there nut elmer were on off our subject I 1 want you yon to go tip to san sai francisco find and got get conr it lf a complete wardrobe you must tithe take a vacation elmer 1 I will if take it with me 1 I 1 shall not on a vacation id ile he a nuisance nul sance be working hard jut trying to in assure yourself chrit your wife was having it a wonderful time 1 and ill im not ready to anat marry ry you toil yet dear d ea r Iten really lly you must not bother yourself with a wife and her trunks and bags not to mention your own sure you cant be persuaded to change your mind and marry me before I 1 go nellie Eini pir clarke im not even P engaged nelmer to you yet Ite member that I 1 lieve already explained to you why ile he surrendered youre a mean woman lint but I 1 love you yon so I 1 suppose till all of my life ill he giving you your own way about every everything thIn the only comfort ill draw out of that will be the knowledge that youre wiser wl wr than a tree full of owls find and probably jv know now more about everything than I 1 do alt omit the alia compliments mr fr clarke please are arc you going goltl on eliat vacation yes after ivo ive cleaned up Tl chenor in tilt bis school election hy the way vay nellie ive made one new resolution since that lawyer I 1 me A re beake wired me I 1 was ivac a 1 millionaire millio nair C ive decided not to cool cook my own breakfast brea ic hereafter andio and to refrain from eating cating aly luncheons and dinners in restaurants tau rants ive engaged a i smart gentleman of color to look after tie me and the dogs ills name Is jasper and lie swings a I 1 menn skillet lie can buttle bt ittle drive a car and play piny tile banjo goedl elmer ehner I 1 think you ought to buy yourself another nice present youve beon been good for ever so long and you deserve it want it a new house of course if you intend to rf remain in lonz long enough to complete your term of office odice as chairman till and member of lif tile lie board of trustees of tile union high school what do you want for your bun bungalow alov and lot ton ten thousand dollars hot got a customer for me file nellie yes but im afraid my customer cannot meet inept your terms I 1 know a bj party who might ile be induced to buy bay your house home it if you will accept two thousand dollars down with a first mortgage for two years on the remainder at seven per cent sold id the alie word popped out of eumers elmers mouth in much the same manner lie formerly employed when giving orders to ills his patron 1 I suppose want a commission nellie lie suggested with what anse would bave termed ill concealed hil not front from you slie she replied breath le cesily they were lunching ut at tile the time little in a booth fit at the palace grill nellie glanced around saw that for the moment they were unobserved kiss s me niel site she commanded fiercely elmer dutifully obeyed now go forth fill n nd make your fight for school trustee nellie ordered see to it that you win will it if youre defeated I 1 d ill cl cry CHAPTER VII I 1 having nothing else to do that afternoon elmer concluded to kill two birds one stone istone lie he re resolved solven to go fishing ila I 1 n route to the llie breum and back lie planned to visit half a dozen formers farmers and solicit their support at the coming school election lie ile recel icil assurances of support from every vot voter e r upon whom lie called and four out of the six expressed pressed ev profound satisfaction nt at tills signal evidence of El miners Iners intention despite ills recently acquired million to remain in Illar eltos take fin an active interest in civic chic affairs and grow up with the alie county in III fact one of them bliem went so far as to tilt flit him it a hearty swat few at on the back find and say day elmer youre nil 11 right lo 10 swelled head about you sou 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