Show I NYN q F9IA any 5TRV r e I I kot r ore T i shlDDey 1 I elterttN THE HOUSE OF n < < ongt A THOUSAND b Ofke CA N D LE Son S-on he the dim dl By MEREDITH NICHOLSON rn h UUhtj lher d T TDC I MAIN CIJANCI ZELDA omptl11 DAMERON Ele Ing lu I I 1 tracks ruDrtlyht 1m by UobbttUrrUl Co old Can CHAPTER I N 8 qoailtj g Will of John Marshdll Glenarm grade q I Pickerings letter bringing nows of up grandfathers death found me at ov mi nJ pies early In October John king allf irsball Glenarm had died In Juno TIns a will which gave me his prop Calumet conditionally Pickering wrote be kd d I It was neccssaiy for mo to return odlately to qualify as legatee It uartey the j by the merest luck that the letter o e to my hands at all for It had 1 bet t on the a sent to Constantinople In care tho consulgeneral Instead of my during there and It I ker was not Pickers Picker-s fault that tho consul was a friend ones who kept track of wander Hi mine V lVJ b bl U < V UL my TTUllUUi ra tnajl s and was able to hurry tho oxecu I as tart y letter after mo to Italy whore tie sit sd gone to moot an English finan T is one who had I was advised unlimited ledge k aey to spend on African railways eragera m an englneor a graduate of an erlcan Institution familiarly known Sandstoj The Toch and as my funds were MchLofc nlng low I naturally turned to my i took p I esslon for employment ellevcd at this letter changed my plans caso oa II l the following day I cabled Pick Webb Pai ag of my departure and was out fur fees rd bound on a steamer for New li runstra rt Fourteen days later I sat In ierngs office In tho Alexis Build In Cote and listened intently while he d to lji id w th much ponderous emphasis tbol pre Islons of my grandfathers led at Ii I It ion ho concluded I laughed ass In lt kerln was a serious man and I or 65 pc is glad to see that my lovlty pained e of jrlc n I hid for that matter always 02 In IK 1 en a s < irco of ann anco to him d his li k 1 of distrust and rebuke hick not tro bio mo In the least on ab reached across tho table for the city abir Vernon l per and LJ gave the sealed and bo boned copy of John Marshall Glen he rs Idodtob ns will Into my hands I read It aatlc ugh for myself feeling conscious n anwhlle that Pickerings cool gaze they oast 9 bent Inquiringly upon me These fine id the paragraphs that Interested most > mo-st t being n stI I give and devise unto my said s brio ndson John Glenarm sometime a o mind i tdent of the city and state of Now ilnln to rk and later a vagabond of parts Ih unua mown > a certain property known as mining narm House with tho lands and coal nla edltaments thereunto pertaining r fall hereinafter more particularly de bed and all personal effects goods lent ot other property that may boated tenpin bo-ated In the promises and on tho C3 la fc d herein described tho said realty a state c ng In the county of Wabana in tho the pub te of Indiana upon this condition ty of te fully and honestly performed the sad That said John Glenarm shall re slow titS In an occupant of said Glenarm ugbU use and of my lands appurtonant reto demeaning himself meanwhile he folio an orderly and temperate manner anelal uld ho fall at any tlmo during said erit r to comply with this provision not nfl1 d property shall at once revert to I comma general estate shall become with jnillM reservation and without necessity ly I W any Process of law tho property if the TI olutoly of Marian Dovereux of tho ii as ty and stato of Now York yore his ds upon the arms of his chair p at do you think of it meth or the life of me I could not help king again There was In the trrani it t place a delicious Irony In the s of a t that I should learn through him low p my grandfathers wishes with rot aiy0c ro-t to myself Pickering and I had elog WIl up In tho same town In Vet ness nl we had attended tho same pro tory school but there had been a III boyhood a certain antagonism d for weep us Ho had always succeeded he ere I failed which Is to say I must sod oil that ho had succeeded pretty m not f uently When I refused to settle ock as a to my profession but chose to atthou something of tho world first Pick s Boon ng gave himself seriously to the rcial db fi and there was I know from the odder fnnlng no manner of chance that would fall 0dp0di am not moro or less than human ne cM I J 1 I remembered with Joy that onco I IfliUBid thrashed him soundly at tho lee olU P school for bullying a smaller boy 0fU our score from school days was mi fo without tallies on his side Ho j 1 cDY easily the better scholarI grant that and ho was shrewd ando and-o peyl l islblo You never qulto know tho use IbJ nt of his powers and resources 1 he had I always mantalned the Islay 1 9t t amazing good tuelas witness tS IhI fact that John Marshall Glenarm naa fbi taken a friendly Interest In him the I Was wholly like my grandfather 0 was a man of many whims to DY opet s hIs affalra Into Pickerings keep Belli and I could not complain for I log cot missed my own chnncp with him eta was I know readily enough part of jaatiai punishment for having succeeded Abe Ignally in Incurring my grand of tel ers displeasure that he had made necessary for mo to treat with it jAt ur Pickering In this matter of tho to pit Ii and Pickering was enjoying the totir nation to tho full legit at there was something not wholly ccoptp est In my mirth for my conduct elr tN g I tho three preceding years had J brtt II reprehensible I bad used my grandfather shabbily My parents died when I was a child and lie had cared for me as far back as my memory ran lIe had suffered me to spend the for tune loft by my father without restraint re-straint he had expected much of mo and I had grievously disappointed him It was his hopo that I should dovoto myself to nrchltectuie a profession for which he find the greatest admira tion whereas I had Insisted ou engineering I am nor a n apology for my q life and I slit v tcrapt to extenuate extenu-ate my conduct n going abroad at the end of my course at Tech and making Lauranco Donovans acquaintance sot tlng off with him on a career of adventure ad-venture I do not regret though possibly pos-sibly It would bo more to my credit If I did tho months spent In leisurely following tho Danube east of tho Iron GatoLauranco Donovan always with me while WO urged the vlllnirnra and Innloafers to all n manner of nu sedition acquitting ourselves so well that whon wo camo out Into tho Black sea for further pleasure Russia did us the honor to keep a spy at our heels I should like for my own satisfaction I at least to set down an account of certain affairs in which we wore concerned con-cerned at Belgrad but without Larrys consent I am not at liberty to do so Nor shall I take time here to describe our travels In Africa though qur study of the Atlas mountain dwarfs won us honorable mention by the British Ethnological Society These were my yesterdays but to day I sat In Arthur Pickerings office In the toweling Alexis Building conscious con-scious of the muffled roar of Broadway Broad-way discussing tho terms of my grandfather Glenarms will with a man I whom I disliked as heartily as It Is 1 sate for ono man to dislike another Pickering had asked mo a question and I was suddenly aware that his an old friend of hlalIlss Evans known ns Sister Theresa Miss Dovor cux Is Slscr Theresas niece I whistled I had a dim recollection that during ray grandfathers long wtd oworhood thoro were occasional reports re-ports that ho Was about to man j Tho name of Miss Evans had been men tloned In this connection I had heart It spoken of In my family and not 1 remembered with much kindness Later I heard of her Joining a Sister hood and opening a school somewhere In the West And Miss Dcvercux Is she ar elderly nun too I dont know how elderly she Is but she Isnt a nun at present Still shes very much alone In the world and sho and Sister Theresa are vorj Intimate Pass tho will again Pickering while I make suro I grasp these divert Ing ideas Sister Theresa Isnt thE one I mustnt marry Is she Its tin other ecclesiastical embroidery arUst tho ono with tho x In her name suggesting the algebra of my vanishIng vanish-Ing youth I read aloud this paragraph Provided further that In event said John Glenarm aforesaid shall I marry the said Marian Dovereux or I In tho event of any promise or contract con-tract of marriage between said perSons per-sons within five years from the doto of said John Glenarms acceptance of tho provisions of this will the whole estate shall become the property absolutely abso-lutely of St Agathas School at An nandale Wabana county Indiana a corporation under the laws of said stateFor For a touch of comedy commend mo to my grandfather Pickering you always were a wellmeaning fellow fel-low Ill turn over to you all my right Interest and tltlo In and to these an r I 1 I t t r 4 i I C b Well What Do You Think of It eyes were fixed upon me and that ho awaited my answer What do I think of it I repeated I dont know that It makes any difference dif-ference what I think but Ill tell you If you want to know that I call it infamous in-famous outrageous that a man should leavo a ridiculous will of that sort behind be-hind him All tho old moneybags who pile up fortunes magnify tho importance im-portance of their money They imagine im-agine that every kindness every ordinary ordi-nary courtesy shown them is merely a bid for a slice of tho cake Im disappointed dis-appointed in my grandfather Ho was a splendid old man though God knows i bo had his queer ways Ill bet a thousand i thou-sand dollars If I have so much money In tho world that this scheme Is yours Pickering and not his It smacks of your ancient vlndlctiven and John Marshall Glenarm had nine of that In his blood That stipulation about my resldonco out there Is fantastic I dont havo to bo a lawyer to know that and no doubt I could bra ik the will Ive a good notion to try t anyhow any-how To bo sure You can tlo up tho estate for a half dozen years if you like ho replied coolly Ho did not look upon mo as likely to become a formidable litigant My staying qualities qual-ities had been proved weak long ago as Pickering knew well enough No doubt you would like that I answored But Im not going to give you tho pleasure I abide by tho term of the will My grandfather was a fine old gentleman I shant drag his namo through tho courtsnot oven to pleaso you Arthur Pickering I declared de-clared hotly The sentiment is worthy of a goodman good-man Glenarm ho rejoined But this woman who is to succeed to my rlghtsI dont seem to remember remem-ber her It is not surprising that you never heard of her Then shes not a connection of tho famllyno long losi cousin whom I ought to remember No she was a late acquaintance of your grandfather Ho met her through gellc Sisters Marry I I llko the idea I suppose some ono will try to marry me for my money Marriage Pickering Picker-Ing Is not embraced in my scheme of life I should hardly call you a marrying marry-ing man ho observed Perfectly right my friend Sister Theresa was considered a possible match for my grandfather In my youth Im qulto out of it with her And the other lady with the fascinating fascina-ting algebraic climax to her name she too j impossible it seems that I cant got tho money by marrying her Id better let her take it Shes as poor as the devil I dare say I imagine not The Evansos are a wealthy family In spots and she ought to have some money of her own If her aunt doesnt coax it out of her for educational schemes And where on tho map are these lovely creatures to bo found 7 Sister Theresas school adjoins your preserve Miss Devereux has I think some of your own weakness for travel Sister Theresa is her nearest relative rela-tive and she occasionally visits St Agathasthats the school I suppose they embroider altar cloths together and otherwise labor valiantly to bring confusion upon satan and his cohorts Just the people peo-ple to pull tho wool over the eyes of my grandfather Pickering smiled at my resentment Youd better give them a wide berth they might catch you In tholr net Sister Theresa la said to have qulto a winning way She certainly plucked you grandfather Nuns In spectacles tho gentle educators edu-cators of youth and that sort of thing with a good naturod old man for their prey None of them for mol I rather thought so remarked Pickering and ho pulled hla watch from his pocket and turned tho stem with his heavy fingers Ho was short thickset and sleek with a square Jaw hair already thin and a closeclipped mustache Ago I mentally reflected was not Improving him TO BE CONTINUED I |