monTiilv macjazine skction.
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' ".' I c mt with
tiir t.rit t uiic, urn
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f that I "in
i,
1. I deniea my
with .Mr. M ui:l
t sin-h named ill
, again,
her we had
,m ; lift w lien 1 ''
,r i,inc ch'tln- M
r, m'tll ol 1 1 1 V Aa'
1 1 1 . i . iti Wi.'.i 'i'i- '""
, .i, ., i .-,u him next,
v a i-)t "i ' u'u' .1:1'S ,0 a
l-V CXClU'd.
after that. Here are the autographs. l.t trv.
at a few copies." tr "r lianj
i
c.'tmg walk. We went out
,,, J that Chatham was getting
downtown ianoi a
iiin, I told mm
i,l a coolness re-
prijiriinciit d
... outside f.-r
hi
. ,ik- evciini
I'ady ha,! gmt-.
in the country
;i ,,," he sahl,
; i uncle, Henry
- I1'
mi 1 was
strati
1 made a dozen attempts, and arrived at
itation, which satisfied Chatham.
"Come along now," he said eagerly, "Wi.
soon as we are a safe distance away."
"Hut I haven't agreed," I expostulated.
"Come on, you fool!" said Chatham.
for agreeing. It's acting wc want now."
And I went.
At last we reached the house. A soh-.,,, n , ..
respectable individual at once appeared in the' '"My
"Clayton, explained Chatham. -tway.
Passable in,.
M a hack a,
IM1'1 the tilt
hi as iif
.Linn, dii'
1 1 :"
1,11' ,
tor, '
hi-
-el:'."
"i'.i.'.
w !io!,'
1 . mil rr
T. '
made
,rry to lid r tin
at ui' Kii'Jiv ,,:
v had jo!.. So
,':! ho in the
,. :! world !ri:
': I e sai.l won','1
.', can I In-1; '
a ':"
: iinan that
.',- i !,air ncarei
lie. -,i , him i i
danger
. hi, pt-rvuia:
in :! h.
Clavtot:. a'ld
wa in my sitting
p, night an hour
bad job for
fti i i.: . . i . . -.i.
we ionowcu nun iipbi.uis wuiiout a woi.j i .
..,,1. " "'UIOliI
ouma ,..
, i . us. It will he a
will is correct.
;luh so that it you do not help
.--io;:e in a month. 1 have
i!,.- im-crab!e pittance lie allows
to'i with his lite."
Vuii k t"w I can barely pay
,,: ilcij,." ,-.-i ' Chatham. Then
i ,'inm,' ami lowered his voice.
- ..ite'iiooi, an. I saiu mcic ,o
, io.U- kn.'.As that lie is
dead
nil;, i "I
.;..r!d wi!
that '
kilo'
it
. , then ill' IHU-t ::ai e
ii. ther will."
. afraid I don't nii'h-r-v.,,i,"
I an-wend.
:'iv that Mr. Mann is
iai
statin
"Von
dead."
Ch.i.
upon i
me w i
expre-
v-
vi .u .,:
ii,gl
In n.
upon tin
iinper-oii.
"V.ni v
i. irnti v .'"
Til' m
w bile ."
iiow :"
"l!y the will "ii mu-l
make tonight in nn.'li s bed
von have me .f'.nu.ni.o.
hi- hand
arm and I Hiked
a -iranue, nervous
n on hi- t.u'e.
mi.'lr i- dead, but
not," lie -aid mean-
.oinent .'. all ila-hed
lie wanted me l '
ate hi- lllli'le.
,i-h me to eotiiimt
ga-ped
e it wo
th
nr
meeting a soul, miauy we reached the bed ,. ""."otit
apartment with a four-posted bedstead 1
if 'I at ill-IP 11
door at tne lar siue me aressing room, ! R.j ' " a
A sandy bearded man jumped up as we i itorJ
"Dr. Vane," said Chatham, while Clay, ,, ,3
position with his back to the fire. " "m P a
We bowed and shook hands.
"Jt is, indeed, a remarkable resemblan -c
"Now, Clayton, you must send for .Mr. G;. ,'rv Tt
Send Collins to his house and wire to hi, c "ce
Sterling, I must trouble you to change i'ntli-, r
better go altogether." ' ' '-d
I must confess the doctor's authorative anj i, .
like methods gave me confidence. I follow . ,t i.:. i'5"105-
tions and i tl. " ; "f;
M "-3 I
. r- Mann
111 Ins bed
was clad m
nightshirt and
Then Dr. Vane
face and rubbei
late
brothers
All Right, Gregory," I Answered. 'You
May Put Yourself Down for $15,000"J
Vane
ill ha e $ .11,000 f, .' your
:e
My brain reeled at the thought,
to l.e rich; and .'ill bv a lew
and C'lavton will be paid tor
their assistance, and i"3
of the tronlile."
I iity thousand dollar-'
To be independent nav
stroke- of the pen. I'm! -(
'hatliain watched tne keenly.
" There's no time to be lost," he s;iid. "Wc have put
uncle in the dressing loom. V"ii must return with me
at once, Clayton has tin- ca-t clear. The moment you
are there we shall send t"i' iregory -uncle's regular
lawyer and you will have to dictate a fresh will to him.
Von will have to sign your name, of course, but any sort
o! a -crawl will do as ymi are ill. I've brought you a
lew oi hi- signatures, which ymi had belter copy, so that
ymi may get somewhere mar them. Von won't have
much to ilo. and you'll be paid onn for doing it."
"lint it's forgery," 1 expostulated.
"It's something like it," Chatham admitted, "but you
don't attempt to copy bis signature exactly. A smart
conned might get you off on that ground if it came to
trial, but I don't see bow it could. W'e are going to
-.plat e i iregory," he added triumphantly.
"Siiiiia (iregory!" I exclaimed.
"Vc-, old man, that's a master .stroke, and it is you
who must do it. Von must lead up to it touchingly. Tell
him ymi always intended to remember him, and put him
d'.wm for $l(i,(HiO. See bow he takes it. Double it if you
don't think ten enough, or if he doesn't. We can afford
t.. be liberal at times like these. That will clinch the
n'lt'er I'M n if he -nu lls a rat he'll iicwt up-et the will
It in . '
dure tho .!. ., . . "u PfO-
desirabie. K"'y efl
Mr. Mann , doii J
you are. By the bye I
pose Edward i primed
up about the Mann family?
No, not particularly ji.
has mentioned earious men,
hers of it frotn ,,,,10,0 lin,
Confound l,, then, fr
a fool! ou o,,,,, t0'hav
the family tree at your ii
ger ends. Listen tft mp T,,.
Mr. Mam. n,i V.
- - mice
and me tlct..
John James, K ipert, Marv
Kbzabeth- and ,e wen
, didnt attempt t0 folw
bun after the first sentence
J'inally the door opened
"Mr. Gregory, sir," whis.
pered the d.scteet Clayton.
Ihe doctor held ,,n .
warning finger and advanced
to meet him.
"Mr. Mann wished to see you, Mr. Gregorv," ,eur(j
him say. Then, in reply to a question: "I hope' not. Still
I thought it better to send for you, even at this late
hour, as Mr. Mann has asked for you several times."
"Unite right. Is he awake now?"
The doctor came over to the bedside and leaned ever'
me.
"Mr. Gregory is here, sir," he said.
1 nodded feebly and stretched out my hand. I fdt a
gentle pressure and opened my eyes. So that was
(iregory. The face seemed familiar, yet 1 couldn't slv
where I had seen it before.
"Perhaps Mr. Mann would rather wc were alone, doc
tor," said Mr. Gregory.
"Now, sir," said the lawyer, when the door had closed
behind Vane.
"I'm bothered about my nephew, Edward Chatham," I
said in a whisper scarcely more than audible, "lie's
Mary's son, after all."
"Klizaheth's," corrected Gregory.
"Elizabeth's. Did I say Mary? I can't concentrate my
thoughts Gregory, somehow. Yes, Edward is Elizabeth's
boy, as you say, and I don't want to leave him penniless.
The secretary won't miss it, you know."
"The secretary?" queried Gregory.
"The secretary of the treasury."
"0, the secretary of the treasury. lie won't miss it, as
you say. How much did you think of leaving to your
nephew?"
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