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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Signal, 1889-11-29, Page 22 16M -1-3Y HIMSELF. THE HURON SIGNAL. FRIDAY, NOV. 29. 188 "Whir r this letter beta, leakiest" "1 deal lune, air. The male who besought M is wants i. !line front 'M fee ea enema He tank like a weeping wan deemed up in bis .emit ahtbess the Mr Joint loam, e.YeNm1 :u, A Be= Ui y, es w.. in linnets j sad reed ' s Bows.., 7tYs7, g a.m.—Dna Sia : 1 no is /rat Imelda. Mr Meaklua was found �Md is the library Ism sight .hoot sin •'olon. The muse of death wee heart slles.s. Ovoid yoe mine down bete to- day mid remota till after the funeral, sad advise tae with regard to the foaer- 1 arraasamaote mod other things 1 1t lea grist deal to ask, l know ; bet you sea I have no right to interfere in throes matters, es I es no relative of Mr Moskto.'., and I do not know what to do. Yoe were always kis chief triad se well as legal adviser. I mm afraid of hie brother e,mieg bare when be hears of the'teeth. I sod ee .tins which 1 will thank you to gat teserted is the varies. s.wspapers. I seed this letter by onewho will bring back your y. Yours truly, Kanfaants Anat.'s." Mr Barnet appeared very much at - footed on reading this letter. "Mr Mo.kton i. dead, Jenkin," he said. "Fond dead to his library lest might. How very sudden ! He was ben only two days ago looking as well as ever I saw him. This letter is from Mr. Ash- ley. She wishes me to go to Bidereate today. I have nothing particularly pressing for the nest few days,have "No sir ; I don't think sit " "Then I .i11 be able to wait over et SWergmte till after the funeral, as Moe Ashley wishes. I will give you a mote to the sae. I don't know when 1 got monk m shock." The note dispatched, Mr Barnett stat down to think over matters. Mr Monk - too and be had been friends of many year.' daratiun, andehariug been often at Moredun House, Mr Barnett was wesU acquainted with Mies Ashley, who was an orphan niece of his friend's late wife. Mr Moukton had no family of his own, and Mies Ashley bad lived at Mor.dun House for the past ten years. Her aunt, Mrs Mathieu, bad died a few yeas before. By the terms of Mr ookton's will, which Mr Barnett bim- aelf bad drawn, the latter knew that he, along with Fir Andrew Dmwsoo, a wealthy neighbor of Mr Monkton's, was appointed an executor and a joint gusrvi- lan of Mies Ashley until sive could attain the age of 21. This she would not reach for nearly three years yet, and in the interval some arrangements must be come to with reference to her. "I hope that brother of Mookton's doesn't come upon the scene, for be is a thorough scoundrel, if ever there was one,' he said to himself. "He will give ns some trouble if he can. However, be need not try to dispute the will, al- though I believe he would do it in a into the Mtn rn el saws., and Wee Leh- heywhit W `has oat to her tea at Mir Auden 1Dr.ecm'e, eon Msse at sin eissb When she west isle the nom v Wet hed ha ham m dein°k fee whet t" ",e had inneently bass looking oyer trees papers and lettere. fee thew were a let bin/ a+ the inn. The dosser helines he Was hag kiln dead whits M tree diessvered." " Weil, wail, I meat eve abet things in the seursiog. It is quite awkward Hairy Mohktun beteg bore. Yoe know the reason at his last quarrel with his brother, I dare say r "D ted I do. I ken that Hairy Moak. toe has been • neer-do-wed his days, and his brother was aye far ower aide to Lim. He paid his debts ewer sad ower spin ; and to think that after a' be would try to rob his brother o' his sin mossy be- hind his bask. 1 reckon Mr Kookiest nimbi bim is the very ant o kelpie( biassed' to his twemey oat o' the sate." '•Yes ; sod after that he ordered him oat of his boom, which be should have done loog beton. Bet, as you say, be was far too good to him. They have never spoken siege.' Next merei g, when thesolioitor ease down stain, be found Mies Ashley in the breakfast roost. She was • slight, fur -haired girl with very bright face. She won a dark -blue morning gown. Her eyes looked heavy and bore the traces ul meet team She greeted Mr Barnett with out -stretched bead. "Oh, it is such a relief to have you hen !" she said. Mr Barnett ate his lreakfas us eom- psrattve a..... He was debating with himself se to the advisability of impart- ing to Vies Ashley the terms of Mr Monkton's will at the present or of leav- ing it till later. She had said nothing on the subject, and judging by appear- ances, the thought of the will or of how ate herself might be oocceroed in It did not seem to be troubliog her. Had she shown soy signs of anxiety with regard to .bat she should do or whereat' should go after the Nona", Mr Barnett would have felt it his duty to tell her she was wnply provided for, but as it was, he thought it better she should retrain in ignorance in the meantime After breakfast Mia Ashley went sp- umes. Left *Ione, Mr Barnett decided that he would wait until he had seen Henry Monkton before beginniug his work in the library, and went out in the garien to stroke. He was in the full enjoyment of his cigar when a step com- ing down the gardens path cawed him to turn round. The comer was Henry Monkton, who held out his hand with apparent fnenuline.. He was a tall, sellow cc mplexiood man, not bad look- ing, !with • restless look in his black eyes. He had • moustache but no beard. Saving in his complexion and his restless locks, he had • great re- semblance to his dead brother. The solicitor took the offered hand and bade him good m,rniag to as friend- ly • toile as he could muster. minute if he thoogbt he had s ghost of • "I have to apologize for not appearing chance." at breaifast," said Mr Monkton. He left Euston statijo at eight o'clock had a headache and went out to walk it eD route for Eldergste, which was des- uff. I am suing in no.. I believe you Mot from the metropolis about two Dame last night r" boon' journey by rail. Mr Monkton'. "Yea. You were in bed, I think. I ',anises was in waiticg at the stettoa, saw no One save Mrs Crawf rd." and be was soon being driven up the "She would keep you in talk, at any avenue to the house. rata How her tongue does go ! I A footman, who appeaied to he the never can make out half she says. 1' n only one awake in the house, opened the found tease Roar relations, always crop - door to him. But as he entered, an old ping up ! Have you seen Mies Ashley lady, whom Mr Barnett recognized as • this morning 1 She was Dot very well distant cousin of Mr Mookt,n, met Lim yesterday." in the hall. She was a sturdy old "I saw her at breakda.t. She has Sootchwoman, hale sna hearty, though gone to her roost now. You would be Dpwsrd of 60 years of age. sorry to hear of your brother's death 1' "We're very late. 1 was thinking ye "I have good reaeu. to be dorryo A might've be hen the night now, and I better brother esa5 five. TisT am advised Mise Ashley to gang awe' to her afraid I was sorry trouble to him. I bed and I would look after ye if ye •m glad, however, that our last quarrel came. Yell be nada for some supper, was made up before he died. I should I'm thinking. ('.orae this way into the Dever have forgiven myself ctherwiee." dining room." 'Then you have seen him lately r - Mr Barnett f.,llowd the loquacious asked Mr Fl.rnett in surprise, which he old lady into the unite where the supper did not attempt to hide. was immediately brouebt in. "I sin "I sew bim to the city on Tuesday surprised to see you, hire Crawford," he and spoke to him. He had been at your ..id. "I did sot know yi o were here .Rine. He was rather mere at first, but Min Ashley did not mention you in her he had always • waeui side to we, bad as letter this morning. 1 ass. "Because she dtdns ken I sae coming. Mr Barnett depleted Mr Mooktnn's I to slaying in London wi' my sou Peter statement stere much, but did not test D ow, and 1 came down here this morn. him so. He only remarked : "It mitt log OD • Visit 1•y chance. 1 found every- be • great comfort to you now as things thing at almond 'levy'', end that puir lassie greeting like to break her been ; so I just stayed en till ye would come." "Yon were quite right. 1 would have been here earlier, as I told Mi. Ashley 10 my letter, but I was detained. But 1 n eed hot keep you out of your bed, Mrs Crawford ; I can •trend to myse;f. 1 know the way ti my r• ore. I have been often here before, you knew." "Oh, I'tn in no holey," said Mrs Crawford. She bed dismissed tie ser- vant, and had herself waited to attend to Mr Barnett's wants. He hid scarcely begun to do justice to the supper. how• ever, •hen she suddenly lent forward sod whispered almost int. his ear: "He's here " "Who is betel Whom do you meant" seised the "elicitor, almost dropping hu knife and fork in his surprise. "Whom should I mean but Henry Monktoe, of course t Came hen in the middle o' the afternoon and intends wiifir.g till after the funeral, he says. But he may span hens.' the 'nub!' for e.ything he'll ret, I h. pe "But bow did he come to hear of hie brother's death so speedily 1 it wi:1 not ha in the newap..pen till tomorrow Atm Ashley surely did nut seed him Notice r "No. alts• dines. She's ewer frirhted for him to du the like that. She's kespn her room ever since he come, or elm she would h.. hewn waiting here to sea ye. Bet yell see her in the m ori It right smooth. He met Blake, the gardener, by .esidewt, at the London. etailoe this freenenn ani rot the news has him. 1l' heel • grade stook o' ism he some ben at the present whew he kens brevity he damn." bee 'bowed his ease had his brother been li ing. Dear, deer ' aie s abates a hie des will make 1n this tomes What's 1. Waren ve that tees.* t Merely he avesad min bee is hi. yip r ' Vine hes .s.d to hay. beg. Uma. Agan trlmo he was fossil f Who was Om fret tii disensv 11. t Wee Mae r Ar 1 tie w*a the Gra 6s hit gess have happened." "1 -es, it is • comfort, as you say. Will you be good enough to have $ look through my brother's papers, and ar- range them of they need arranging. You u,,derstand much things. He w.00ld have liked you to do. it, 1 know." He .puke ae though c•Dscious that by hie own wicked conduct in the past he had For- feited all right to iuterfere in his broth- er's affairs. Mr Barnett, although wondering not a little at the pisition Henry M.ukton was Ukiah up, wise!, refrained from making any remark. He merely said : "I was just wasting to see you before 1 1 gee. I wdl go in now," and left Mr Monition standing alone. Bebe* he could begin his work among the doeumenta the arrangements for the toners vomited to be seen to, and the shaman was pretty far advanced also when he at length set himself down to work in earnest Ile fire of all opened the mate, took nut the papers which he had wrapped in the newspaper the pri- vilege sight, sod placed them ion the desk is the middle .of the I•"or "I bed batter End the will in the Arte place," thought he "1 cant ender - stand Henry Monktom'a belie vier at all, ,o different fens his tun.l style. One would thins that h• already Inas .n idea bow the will stands, or be would he set- ing differently. He most hays enure down here simply is a tit of bravado, and with the let/ration, perhaps, of de- oeiviag the potpie around by a pretense of tease lur the brother he hes I et. Ile en't 'sheet me, however, with hie b . pooritteal tale. I wonder it he kno that the will wee u his brother's poems - mien, or if he thought I bad rt. Here is a handle of titles ; that will may he .room them I have saes Memktoe take it out trim Ole oe these drawers i serere, f think. The, is half empty. Seise of thea. n os the desk pr..bs- h y have twee lifept is it ., Re hen a tiuipt'd se dillmelty is ttsdis* bat lata frts.d'e will; bet the Ionlattb bion be d be mawe iodganef* al- - ine OM. be hell ao int ef awing it . binalily. Mases prised and still Ike �e▪ ' )uS 'shiest�deskyhed B 10 y nerhasisil, Wein there ton sere sorrel desenee *Melt he Mei 1. diss.vst. Thou wee se ether Oen Mit is the ream wheels Mr Meek - Ion weetd be likely its keep the will that he send east Celst it by any eines he ie hie mem gsbint Nit wits nut dia.awmed then the memilseies seemed lserilabie--that the will was tont. *1. "]les Mrs Crawford gone .petain to her roam yetr It was Mr Berson who ▪ ••loo, sir." "Would you tell bar, please, I wish to sea her is the library." "Very well, sir." The servant departed, sod in • short time Mrs Crawford made her appearance. It was now Monday analog, and on the morrow tie femoral of Mr Mosktoo would take place. As yet the miming will had mot beet found, although every likely and unlikely place bed been searehed, with the excepts.* of the book- cases ie the library which Mr Barnett .as ..gaged inHe bad not top to this time nee to anyo.e the feet of the will having dimppesred. Bet fur alarming Mies Ashley he would have taken her into his eo.fdeoce. "Sit down, Mn Crawford," he said, addressing that lady. "Close the dour, please; I do not want anyone to hear what 1 em going to my. "Darr me; I bops there's nothing 'moue seid abet "I was just thinking o' got g to jay bed. Mies Ashley is away upstage, and Henry Muskiest to his. What was it ye were wantimgr' "I want you to give me a hand In looking through these bookcase.. I have had some of the books down already. The fact is, Mrs Crawford, I can't find Mr Moakten's will; and I have searched every place that I ens think of. I know he used to keep it in this room. There was a dance in the room for a considerable tinie•while the search west on. Eleven o'clock struck. They were the only two awake in that large house. Mr Barnett was the first to speak. "Did Henry Monktoo tell you that his brother and be were on friendly terms before the death happened" he inquired. "He said he met hien last Tuesday in town, and that they 'peke to each other, but I can't believe it.' "This is the first time I've heard u that; but I've spoken to Henry Monk - ton as little as I could." "I asked Mw Ashley if Mr Mook•oo had mentioned it to her, and she said he had not. He would surely have told her if it had been the case." "It's as likely to be a lie as no. I wads& trust that Henry M'rnkton nae fair than 1 could see bim. But what's this inside o' this big bock 1 It's the will, I do believe!' Mr Barnett drupped the book he l.n1d and crossed the room to the side of Mrs Crawford. "It is the will!" be c• .d joyfully. "Thank Providence! 1 was afraid it was lost altogether. 1 oneht to have had you to help me sooner, I see. You have been more fortunate thea I." "Last will and testament of George Monkton, dated 5th of April,'' read Mr Barnett from the back of the document. "It most here got in there Mat as I sup- posed." He opened out the will and glanced hurriedly over it, and as he did so the expression of his face changed. "Then tI tome mistake hero This is not the will I meant. This one was re- voked by another, executed s. me months tater; in August, instead of April, Dow that I remember, but in the s.me year This should have beau destroyed lung I thought Mt 1tcoTttos d t-ee- taiyed it." "And what's the difference :between that one and the other ener asked airs Crawford, not a little disappointed at hearing the will fiend was Dot the one sougbt for. "The legacies to you and the servants am the same. The difference is that Mise Ashley, instead e.1 geeing the re- maind'et, gets only one third. His brother suoceeds to thhe,ther two, This will was drawn and n prior to the quarrel between the brothers. The ,ane I want was ezecuted after that time." "I would be very sick sorry 1u bee him ret onything at., much Is.. two-thirds. We hae fend ne will at onyrate. The other may not be far .11 Well finish what we're .t, 1 reckon. L that will fon nae ase at al" "Ill the sweat of us reit Ending the other it will be. It contains a provision for Musa Ashley,whteh is one good thing. If there was no.will she wnolu get noth- ing. If the other is not furthooming we mud act on this one " 'Do ynu think ?Ir Mn ktnn would ken o' that .i11 inside the book." "Ne; I don't think lie would. That boo k does not seem to have been dis- turbed for a long time. He most have tbuueht be had destroyed it. But yet —" The solicitor stopped short in inn speech as • sudden thought struck bim "if it be tri. Oast hie brother and he had bosoms friendly sgsin,he may have burn- ed the lest will, intending to make • new one; or he might be aware of the exis- tence of thee one, which would do per- fectly well," be esti. "He may have even hurled the will on the &sewing in, which he died. Was there any appear- ance, Mrs Crawford, of his having burn- ed any paperer' "I heard the huosekeeper say he !ot,l been burning some papers ; I.ut. of course they .night be Moms auM letters cr tv4gii o' no conseooetr.te," ''Quite poesihle. We will not &MUMS that it is horned yet, till we esu. Then goes 12 n'eloek. Another tweet min• o tos and we will have finished. What's that r' it wee • noise like the faint yr&eking .4 a deer, distinctly heard through the e if)nass of the house, emetingly enuring from flee ed the nom, on the deer immediately ahoy,. Mr Rao met and Mrs Crawford Moth strained their ears 1., listen. For she spae. of early a minute they head nothing. "Perhaps Mia Ashley or the hose. keeper Isr.ckier eat to see if the hall tree ism at1 ht, or if we are agetsin ' Kr Berman said- "I Mope it is son that nether *prise alien, to sit what we are shirr. If he hid happen/ te he outside this dose a Nets white we he mf�bt bass head es tslkl.g d the 1914 lore it le scat. swell. epelair.. • ittebeiag latently they tow heard a sight send, as of a footstep emoted ani dews the Metre step by step. The Lein' seemtos ed to be s light to he that of Mesktes; it meet he Silber M1s , se the himeekeeper, llfiae Beidiwg. "They're t.k Ug their brew time, who- ever it is," W b e.Oeserfwd is a whisp- er. "They have ghat to the Wet el the. maim sow. They're eumisg Os here. The Lord preserve .e; it's Mr Mosktes kimeel' r Someone r oerlai.lI tau i. whish Beery Maim W get snie. yells eeriest. He bed fond it es lir ltuoktus's desk pipers, the other pers, and atter seed - tag it was eosin to make .p this ivied wbeeber te destrey it or lem.e it semen w here where it .night be teed by Mr Bernet. Kis Crawford Iced' distseb.d lam is the library Wore he W had lame M rated it, been hs hastily folded it Ie. mid earned it with bim W bus roues till tumid .id twit it u Waste. Thu doer bad opened sod a tall figure in whim walked slowly into the room. Mrs Crawford, ab nest Meatus with ter- ror, towered dime on the 1uor sed *left to the tads of the satiates', fresh coat. Both were opposite the side of the desk from the apparition, which admitted with tw,isdw tread into the worn of the room, and there paused, regarding them with • bled share. It held soz•etbisg in ire richt ,band like a bat Mee packet. Kt Barnett, his blood freesia` In his rein, stood liter- ally paralysed and incapable of moth's. He tett hie hair nes on hie bead. Fur the spam of one dread moulds he mileally believed that the spirit sit his bead friend Vocal before him. Then same • wild feeling of relief se be reoog- nied the apparitkeL It was not the deed time pa the spirit, bat his brother At the flesh, whom he beheld. It was Henry Mooktun in • tit of som- nambulism. Then he stood. clad in nothing but his long nightshirt, Ins feet ban, his eyes wide open and unseeing. utterly unconscious of when he was or in .hoes preemie. It was the first time in his life that Mr Barnett had be- held any one tkus walking in hu sleep. The sight was to him something ghostly and terrible— s sun of lite and dbath. What was the steepen; man g,tug to dot What was that whicb he bold in to handl Mr Barnett steeped dose and w pered his discovery of who the apps tion was into the air of the terrified Crawford, who speedily recovered fr her fright, and both to¢ether este the movements of the somnambul who seemed uncertain what to do ne First he laid :limn the blue packet carried co the desk, which the .Mori now saw to be a !cog envelope, °video containing something. Frum this en lope the sleeping man drew forth adoc ment, which he opened out sod seem to glance over, after which he retold and returned to the euvelop.. This laid on the desk, lett it there a walker' forward to the fireplace, wbe he stood for a minute or two leant against the mantlepiece, appareu wept in thought. Struck by ,a sndl thought, Mr Barnett leaned across t desk, took op the envelope, drew out the document eucloed and hast scanned it over. A single glance w sufficient. It was the musing will. Quick as thought he snatched no t wilt found by Mrs Criss—feed, which w lying beside ham, thrust it intro the en lope and slipped the newly discover one safely into his pocket. Next leaned over and softly placed the en lope with its 'sew inclosan back whet had lain. It was but the work of a and or two, Mrs Crawford .stcliing him the while with bated breath, half see oecting what the envelops had contain ed. -Prior to this meeting with Mr Ba, - molt is the garden be bed. •iter mesh Mean diseuwns, dst.rsatnsd to destroy the will ; Riad as he keels /b agMoitec w be well awe. of ire ex' .IsSef) he had teveoted the glory of hawse* met be late brother in London end of having breame reausetied to brut, b order to raise • belie( in Mr Barnett's miod,wbeu he found the will nut forthcoming, thea Mr Momktun might himself have de- atruyd it, iulesding to make • sew oto. He was made aware of his brother's visit to town oil Tussey through an s.ri.atat- eaoe, who had met bim eumirg few. Mr Barnette office About half an Boer after Mr Barnett Mid retired to hie room Henry Mouktue suddenly awoke from the deep situp into which he had fallen and sat up in bed, unaware that he had ever left it. His room was not smite in darkness, for a small Acme suddenly sheeting up from the fin dimly Itt the sorruendiugs. The light attracted ba aUeotiou. ''I have been drowning of that cursed will again," he mattered, tbrwting his hand under his 4IUow to feel if the document were safe. "Fully fifty times bare I resolved to destroy it, sad as of- ten something bas held me beck. The fin it still hurtling. I will be torment- ed no longer. This very minus it shall be censignd to the tains; then surely I shall have peso,. It is an un- just will. It ghoul! never have leen made. The girl, an utter stranger, to get .verythiog and I nothing ! Not while I live to prevuui it." bis. Not allowing himself one instant for re. redaction, he rose and tressed the nom Ohs quickly to the fireplace. The done was one stilt burning invitingly. By its light he hod road the writing on the beck of the an - re, metope, to make himself certain that It 11, was the one centatning the will, then he threat Moth envelope and its °entente tor into the heart of the fire With glitter tie tog eyes he watched the creeping drum speedily devour thea. For sumo se- ve- u. .wads the whet. room was brilliantly ed illuwiwted And then carne darkt►ess. ad Thar incubus was removed ; the will was he . gene forever ! 03 • s • • re Mr bleukton's funeral was over. Dust ng - had been coon ned to ¢ nest, to aitch the tl7 final rgsurnteeen. The next act in the Sinn drama was the rending el the deed man's will, an event (usually .axieusty loathed • tet dam te ..ytki.R l the Emu' ol ►r He Mtwdaie tae Aeon. N twoaterfeit eseniee Aim leo will w ben This will whin I bead is my bead is the eve take. ling. the tibwry 115�/ shat OWL Up till lest eight al is 'Week to w is W poeseasitn, u w ►in Wss it lima its way lake toy Owe" Not one of the hearers wee hell is meek eetasisbd et bevies this spiss as .as Haar, Mosktus. BeM.vino that he W horsed the will whin he W fond be wee amend at whet he haat Bet he abused he taw at opening Ie prom the falsity el suss* part at hath of tato 'abettor's MMemest. "You will eburs.," mid he, rising and geimiog inertge, "that this geed.. aim gams me Ira of stesbag my brother's will, then sppsreettly restoring it again. This reetorstio., seeoldiag to his story, would sees to have taken pine Imo sight st midnight. At that time I was to my bed and sales"he, for aught I know, sae the mesa I did ad she bum after dioher yesterday. The whole tale is a bass fabrication. "It is true. I have a witness Mn Crawford, will you kindly Wh we both me last *eche Perhaps yes . 111 eunvtooe bun." "Deed, 1'll soon tell, and DO be boa- tyard either,' .aid Mr. Crawford, slid .he pruteeded to relate u.t detail what she had seen ; the white figure enneing the library ; her terror when she taw, as .he thought, the apparition of bot dead relative ; the packet whioit it ser - rid in it. hand ; h..w the figure tamed oat after all to he Hairy llonktrw him- self walkiug ill his sleep. .rad hew Me Barnett bad succeeded in sukststati.g the one will for the other. The company heard the relatio. *4 the story with amasement. As for Moak - ton, he was simply stricken dumb. Every one in the room termed to look at him ; he was pale as death. Aware that he uroasiotully walked in his sleep, be had no doubt of the troth of whet Mn Crawford had jest narrated, or of the fact that he had been tricked by the solicitor. Hs did not 'peek. Failed by bim.eif, by his own uneonscioos sag, be slunk out ul the 'win arol shortly after lett the ham. All those beating and itching humors of the setlp, .o tn.ubleeome to many per- sons, are effectually cured by the use of Ayer's Hair Vigor. If Dot attended to in time, thew disease are very liable to result in loss of the heir. Kind teeline may he paid -oh klsd feeling, but debts must be paid in heed cash ■l ,.'4 s aantmeN it the Hese. forward to by eager prospective legatees ley in the drawing room after the funeral a" were assembled Mrs Crawford, Mies Ashley, Henry Monkton, Sir Andre. he Damein, Mrs Crawfo rd's son Peter, who no was a clerk to the city, and Mr Barnett. ve Several of the principal servants were red 1880. Haz per's Magazine. ILLUSTRATED. alta pressor. Henry ilunkwn, in spite Sown • A. A�r he wised e be o/ bis beat snorts, could nut wholly con- any of w&Yes Ill a re mita abis atgitetiun.. Mil Ashley appe.r- ,A.dr.w aaraa'sax. a,. e it d calm and composed. She was think - nig resat a witrr tee. Carvel sec iso¢ mors f the kind h had '^ "r the exclusive o e is guardian s s lost than of what he had left behtud bim 11r Barnett. she had the will in his pocket, now nose tc speak. '-You all know, of costae, it is eos- in ternary for the will of a deceased person or to he read immediately after the fune- he rat," he began. filing his eyes ou Henry to The somnambulist, after standing the same position at the fireplace f some seconds longer, returned to t desk, took up the will, went again the fire -place and befd the enveln and its contents above the now burned -out fire, as though about to drop them into the fig which he imagined helmet. Thea he tinned hur- riedly and ¢lanced towards the door, as if wubsne to hide it horn the gaze of some one, stood for • minute in that poitien and then slowly wa ked tut sit the room, closing the door behind him. Mr Barlett darted after hive and follow- ed him osutioualy upetairi. He watched Inv antic be saw ban go along the coni W 1 dor and enter his room in safety; after that the solicitor returned t, the room . below. "Mercy on us! Did ever any serial ace the like o' than" This exclamation bunt from the lips of !ars Crawford es Mr Barnett joined her in the library. The good woman had recovered the use of her tongue and was inclined to laugh at her recent fears. "I reel!), thought it was the dead man him.el'," continued she. "Eh. but he was sorter like him, though! What psper was that ye toe 1 Wu it the will. and bad he got it alter a'" O "Yea, it was the will. Here it is, safe and send. He may do what he likes with the one he has got. I will take etre this one does not fall into his hand" a„ain. ' 'But how would be come to get it, think yet' "That is quite easily understood. Mrs s Crawford. Mr Menkton moat have had it bestde bim the night he did, and it it would be Tying among the i..oe papers 1 on his desk. His hrother, hunting &ming there papers on his arrival ben, t had found the will, read it, and, know- 1 ins that if it were destroye.l or put oat n of the way he himself would be hair to everything, resnlved to repress it. I re- 1 member you said he seemed a little cin- h heed when you entered the Hann. roe 1 had probably distnrhed him while per. a tame the loll. He hes had it to his 1 p.e".•evsa,n all along. 1h. wonder is t that he by not berried it before this. Perhaps he multi not make up his mind whether to dolt: or it or give it .p 1 can sodomised now hie non-interference oukens, who quailed oiler their kern glance. •'But before I say more I wish to knew, supposing the, principal will net be at hand, if I lily be atlnwd to read from the °raft which i have here 1 Draft and principal Inc precisely slake in substa,•ce ado .ane spoke for some emends. No one, indeed, had any interest to speak save Henry Munktun. Mos Ad,1ey mu nu relation to the decwsed. and Mrs Crawford and her son were but distant relation.. Mr Barnett was about to rectum, when Henry Menke n interrupted hem "What is the good et reading frim the draft r' said he "We most have the will itself. Where is it 1 Why nave yon not gut it r' "Them inquiries, Mr Monition, you are probably in • better pusiti.n h, anger' than myself. Have you m• idea where your brother's will u 1" The question waw put so direct that Monktou tort bis tewper. 'What do you mean 1' he said ir, an angry trmve. "How should I know anything ab,,ut it 1 It a not likely i shall gain anything by t. You "cold take core of that while framing et, I'll bet." bit Barnett, without taking nieioe of this iunues,do, simply said : "Then you know molting of the will 1 You here not seen it r' "ala, I have not seen it ; if that .ill satisfy you; and now, kiedly proceed. 1 uppre the upshot of all this is that here is no will r' "Oh, no. Yoe are mistaken ; tL' will • here all right enough," Mr Barnett said, prodocieg it. "Bort I have to hank you for its restoration a. we;i as or its disappearance ; 1 way gut it last ighL ' Henry Monetcn, messed and non oun.ld.1 the pr.oductioe ef a will which e could only conclude to be a later "ne halo that which h•- had burned, had not w•,rd to say. He wrist buwever, at a CMS t, understand the One scot, nor Ml - Bred by Mr Berl Mt. "I do not under- stand you," bo loud at length. "I have so u,nuasiion with the will whatever. 1t tt was seer lust it m .videatly found amain. Be kind seueeh to I..ve me out .d the matter altogether ; 1 Meer noth- ing shout it." "My friend.," avid Mr Beset, "L".k et this man He comes down bore, pre tending regret 1..r the brother h. Isis 1°d, and with a lying story nn his lips that AY Meths, end he, rhe for a wog time had set spokes n. each ether, lead Weems bait) sgasin • week today—three days hoboes that brutber'e death. no �e Ms brother's will in the library, reeds sod, seeing that he hie,rif is left .les,'. assthier. and Nen 10000,nt Mill here ie befits nerythirg, resolves either te M• atrwy ear emeriti it. I. this poliey be dam mat .seems the .astereaip here ; he ht.re.r,a with goons• !nein wolf that hew bide ha tuna ; Mrd tat he the perpse e/ with tains. He knew the tame was in, hie own band." ' It mann tow preyed on his mind to a ternble extent, the. igh That may ce what roused bim to walk in his sleep." ' Re doubt He meow' to he •Sting .ewer .ni..het ose.arrerl in this roma whoa he footed the .111 Yoe saw him look towards the don,, se 4 heard some- one eosins. and then pat his hoed be- hind kite, apparently to hide the whir ye, he jest looked seseetteng like that A wheel saw him the Mit day stand ing by the Are. ill not fnnat what I law seen for eight is s hurry. Tare ayes that's the debt win .oar "Teat then'* es tl.aht e1 K lib Ilan it i. demi Hugest $, lin, meetly Med seethe h a My lager thee the other." 141aw*'i, U Llties tette thr eta 1e•es. of . hs.orese worry so he malitl.d "flba (.natal. of Tarseesm : the Lest Adv. '(the Famoas Tsrtarin" 11e seem �4 manstatee Iso denry James. and IHestw*s! WR Rossiadwill�enet,Ibate a a ia three heart.. end Weald* Hear. a sig t• sue in two parteenetied °YounsaOlimilleisme 17 WmirateeL carnet ieterretms. aa4, and PIS In illustrated papers eeMae is d �tOtt arwmal taialttio well-lemmaarticle*. standard. er HA &PER'S PERIODICA iS. 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