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Show ( A NOTABLE SHORT STORY I BY A FAMOUS WRITER I J i leatator. who wee lately dereaeed In an accident Nazi day John and tha agent called together, tha former etetlng that tha ea-late ea-late of great value had been placed in hie hernia Tha agent eeked for tha will, which waa delivered to him. and tka two departed. Thai t.iai.t In lha back room of a downtown cafe, the two reformed apond-thrlfte apond-thrlfte aat at a table Preaantly enured John Ha unden and tha egant. who had a Bull caoe In hie hand. "If you boy don't mind." obasrved Ihle gentlemen. slreantly polishing a gold detective badge with ha handkerchief. 'Td Ilka to know what tha devil you've bean up to It may go a long amy toward to-ward the aolullon off soma criminal tnye-tery, tnye-tery, and I'll ne hanged If I can make heada or tails of this se at praaant Ona of tha ilh young men promptly explained the cln uinstaiica of Bounders Inheritance "Now. John here." ha oon-tlnuad. oon-tlnuad. Indicating the model youth, who had ordered a drink end lighted a pipe, "lute deceived our fathers, who were executor! ex-ecutor! He has led them In believe that ha ha fulfilled lha clause of that will relating to good bahavlor while actually painting tha town rod on tha quiet." "The olrrumstancaa would make A hypocrite of anybody." affirmed John, skillfully manipulating a pack of cards; "to be given a roll of money and told to carry It up and down tha etralght and narrow path or forfeit a great ratal' I did It for two deya and than had to blow off steam "That's exactly what we erleh to prove lo our respected fathere." aald tha other. "Bo," Interposed the detective, "you, muat have put up a job on tha old bo ye THI ANONYMOUS WILL AND TBAV TAJcairr. By Cajvta Johnston Ouo afternoon lo Mr. Bltvena gud his erenlee entered Profeaaor Blighter, tha county historian, mill) a ohoaf of menu script under Ma arm Ik ayewiee dteconoerted av A somewhat hilly creatine, ha aat hie rusty high upon the counter and began to speak deliberately Ton gentleman have preferred to lurk la obscurity rather than to ahlne In the pegea of a historian whom mudeety for- 'dais to nam I am positive that the -meat of printing - -oo per page has not influenced tble decision It must be that ertalti dasda of your past require a merciful oblivion I can sympathise, having had my own misfortune, though not at pteaant a fugitive from Justice." Oenere! Wampum and Major Brown -low Clay looked closely at their crony. Too might aa wall pay your monev now and have lha facta published. Blivene," i bey urged "Although your pe rennet btstory would not bo a guidebook to nora'a. It might aat you forth ae a horrid eianypla.' "This 1b beside tlia question.' interrupted inter-rupted Professor Blighter, unfurling his nenuaorlpi threeter Inalv : "though you gentlemen, wisely, no aotrbi do not wish vour records to appear In print. 1 Ain aura t hat you are concerned In tha sub-lost sub-lost matter af this hlatory. It will brighten or blacken lha character of your county." Major Cxy replied uyurteoualv: "Of course, you will select those incident mod phaeee of Ufa which moat truly sst In tha flrat place sent soma fallow to than, with th threa thousand and tha blank will?" Tli x-prod l at nodded: "We oho ta Inveat aotne monev w had made In a atock filar In thla way. Now w can maka Jolm thatr modal, 'feaa op. and prove they have tha wrong- dope on otina men In ganaral. "Thla will la not a faka. either." ha added "John cornea Into aa aetata of rraa I value, and wa got tha tnonjrmoui daa from a book or hla In which wa have rurntahed eaveral tntaraatlngj chat-tera chat-tera for tha nelghbora." Ha hald a match under tha documett tn quaatlon and tha signature In Invisible Invisi-ble Ink appeared In large lettera 'r perlwnce!" "A rood trick a very ahrewd, re-riigfiil re-riigfiil ink on the old aentlemen.'' aald the detective drjty. '1 will now run for my train, leaving you to figure tiff profit or proving to them that all young men are frauda." He hurried out. and the threa .-oung atare, left alone, gaaed at one another. "Tour fathera v. Ill be more lenient . you can ape nd a a you pi an aa, " aa Id John; "! have had run for my money and won't need th third degree to make me con feaa " Hla companions stared with strangely drawn faces. "Why. It will deetroy tha faith of those good old bovn In everything and everybody." aeld one hoaraelv "It -isn't be dun." declared the other. "If I have to work In that darned bank at a hundred a month for tan yearn It ahan't be done " "We can't extort twine and spend It hypocritical!) . either." eahl both and forth our character. Then becoming s ware af a ainteter glare In the other's i uety black eyes, ha paused a brunt l. "My judgment i not infallible1' ad nit ted Blighter. telutanil . 'o be kind ewntgl to paaa upon tha Incidents hare written aad decide lor me whether that- altovid ba lnriudd In my hlatory." With which he begaji reading aloud In a al). cynical manner, wshlle Major Clay leaned forward with ever Increeelng In-(ereet In-(ereet A young man named John Saunders name slightly disguieed for obvious raaaoaa kept a email shop with a atock of tnoldentala, upon a aid street eaveral veara ago- Among hla customers ware two elderly men who ranked aa amng tka waahnlapt in thla atata; they would atop at John comer to wait for a oar Or buy a clajar, and In time tiecame gratl interested In tha young man. He waa Industrious had no vires and so dla- reel that he Immediately wrote down the goeelp of tha neighborhood aa It came hia way In aa anonvtnoua book which anybody might read. Thue no one could acouae nlm or scandal monglng and ever' Craon wished lo trad at a Plane whr could read end cenror all tha news -.bout M merit Each of the rbm men told the other "Ttila vming man reminds me strangely of what I waa at hla age." Then they greed It waa a Taty that John alone, of tha voung men of thla town, ehould ao remind them "What a difference between him and our spendihrtfi sona, " they would elgh. and It was not unlikely that at the very moment of thla lament the two epend-thiifta epend-thiifta would be toaallng each other! downtown ir playlia, hottl pool at 1 a shook bands as over e com pa t John looked at them good humoredly. "1 II ba a partner to that. ' be aald; "my estate .-oiiidn t atand the atraln of a apendthrlft hypocrite." Npw It was evident to all, lon before be-fore the profeeeor finished, thai Major Clay waa one or the rich men In question, ques-tion, and tha grlne of hla cronies upon learning how hla son had put one over on Mm had not escaped the major. But the latter gave a moment s silent reflection re-flection to the son, who after sit bad refiieed to scors his point st th pries of his father's peace of mind Then he aald deliberately "T do not hellev this .n-Mdent anh J c matter for hletor?. profeaaor. and would rather see the apace It fills da voted to the highly honored and Interesting Inter-esting ca rears of M esara Bit vans and Wampum If anv of the obecur dale for their Motyraphlee Is missing 1 am sure you can round them out from your own experience In a manner worthy of the subject. Here la M on account and you may aend me a bill for the balance." Aa Profeaaor Blighter withdraw. Intent In-tent upon tha banknote, the major looked triumphantly at hla eronlea, who shuddered islblr. "Now that old grafter will print some ghaat ly libel at tha a ipenae of our characters." begana Bllvena Indlgnantlv. "It la my resolution to put him down at once."' declared Wampum, pounding with his nana. "1 move that the resolution be made anonyinoua." augeesteil the major, and walked out laughing eiaeperat.ngly at hla own Joke --(Copyright. 1911, by J Q. Uoyd1) oorner. Preeentlv John was held up lo them aa a shining xa mpl. ao persist en 1 1 y that they became unaffectedly tired uf It aad resolved to remove so annoying an obetruetton In the bred, crooked ilghway to a good time. Ho they tempted tempt-ed him. but he rouid walk blindfolded among pitfalls, than thav wrote a Judicial Judi-cial opinion of htm In t he third book of oaatp "It la a huRKtvous nompoaltlon," aald John, "and your father wilt leave a la ugh. It la eomet hlng now aday to 'oaks those ..Id mgu glad " Whereupon others talked veherro-ntty between themselves them-selves and lore out the leavea About thta time tbe mtlllonalree Inquired In-quired with rising tempers "How .en ou two prodigals ever manage eetate of million when you don't even know what Jo do with hundreds? Reform or e disinherited ' The latter being stone hrok wer Inclined to sdmtt the worst, .ind eventually losing all hops of compromise, com-promise, consented lo go to aork on small salaries After s period thev settled set-tled down sa a matter of coura and It waa conceded everywhere that Jnhn'a example ex-ample had bean the making of them Now nobody knew anything about the aundera connectlona, John hlmeeir having hav-ing only hair emerged from obscurity far In the van of hla family. And nothing noth-ing would ever have been thought of them tied It not been for the aenaatlnnsl elfalr of the anonymous wttl. about a year after the tnridt-Mta narrated above. Ona evening while th two wealthy flnda v era engaged In a atrictly scientific scienti-fic game of plnothte a etrangsr entered through th library window, and lo dispel dis-pel sfl suspicion of being a robber Immediately Im-mediately laid a packet of bank bills on tne card tame. "Rich ami reapectabta as you are, 1 will ii. k being held up," he aald, "In fact, the money la In tha nature of a truest to a young man named John aundera. with whom, according to my asrt . report, yon are well ar-ouelnted " Aeeured of thla, the stranger pnrdured a document bearing tha eeal of a notary and continued: sVelng a hunted man, 1 do not wlah to make myself known to John and make hits apprehensive or disgrace. Ho I re-quest re-quest that you be not only wltneesee, hut tha aaaeatora of this, my last will and lastsmsnl. It devlaee to him the whole af my large eetate, which will he turned over to him within a veer The only provtetari Is that he maintain the character char-acter which you now believe him to noa- After tha two friends had willingly sc-eapted sc-eapted thle trust, tha unknown Inatructed thasn to deliver Ihe packet, amounting to tsoog, at once. "At tha and of a year my agent will SS and upon your report that Jolih Jeundere has compiled with tha one pro-vlalon pro-vlalon of the wilt. pW. the eetate In his r land a -Bomehody come. ha gasped aud-denly. aud-denly. and tbruetlng pen and document ' hal r bands begged them to etgn nulekly Thar did so n much excite-meat; excite-meat; than scrawling hla own signature at the bottom, the etranger eaid alg-nlfloa alg-nlfloa ntly : "Now I wa a daad man," and want out tha wag ha bad coma. The others Immediately looked for tha signature, but to their Indignation discovered dis-covered that tha testator had signed with ths back of tha pen. The two prmcltoel man were witneeeee and executors ex-ecutors to an anonymous will. Said one "Though thla man who -vldently expects to meet death In some violent manner- -haa dona thla fool-hardy fool-hardy thine la an asoaaa of caution, wa .new hla Intention to be that John He and era Inherit hie eetate So ere' II 'ollow inatructlana. and If the agent shown trp at tha and of the year report that John haa fulfilled the provision of be will It Is Incredible that he do i.thereruss." On tha following day they placed the inorrsy tn John'a hands ana acquainted 'urn with hi magnificent prospects They alee drew ble attention to the .leady business chain tare of their eons, who were now shining examples to all youthful hair to fortune. John Saunders thanked them for their t hotxghtfulnoas and aocepted the money without batting aa eye Tha -ill waa Hhown him with some trepidation. "It la not elgned." he observed "Nevertheleee," they explained, "It eing manifestly ths intention of thla etranger to make you his hair, wa lwpe that tha egent, having tha aama In-t In-t ructions, will deliver the estate to yoo." Now these friends, confident as they war of John's good character, fait under un-der obligations as executors to keep an eye open to his conduct. Bat It waa ax-empiary: ax-empiary: ha did not change in any particular par-ticular or depart from hla ateady. modest uuree of llfa. "Why. II Is cinch that hs will gel I - ihe eetate." they declared, and tha agent, calling at tha and of the rear, was satisfied satis-fied with their report. Tha elroum- HSb' ataaoe af the unsigned will puaaled hlni (err a moment, but he resolved at ones a oarer out the wish of hi Mend the |