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THE FORTUNE TELLER
I”: was an ancient diary in a faded
leather cover. The writing was
line and delicate and the ink yol-
low with age. Lionsieur Jonquelle
turned the pages slowly and with
oars. for the paper was fragile. We
Had dined early and come in later to
his house on the Fsubourg St. Ger-
ain in Paris.
lie wished to show me this old
' :ry that had come down to him.
.' m a branch of his mother's fami-
in Virginia—a branch that had
i we out with a King's Grant when
cinia was a crown colony. The
.iteral ancestor Pendleton had
in a Justice of the Peace in Vir-
vi. and a splnstcr daughter had
~ nun down some of the strange
r-s with which her father had
Mon concerned. Monsieur Jonquslle
zllnved that these cases in their
: Halo details. and their inspirational
.iotive hundUng equaled any of
lern times. The great library
Hooking the Faubourg St. Ger-
.» on was curinlned cm from Paris.
is Ilsleul' Jonquelle read by the tire;
i. i i listened. returned as by some
r . -r.-sslon of time to the Virginia of a
\ :llshed decade. The narrative of
' -~ diary iolows: ‘
it was a big sunny room. The
‘ ‘ng windows looked out on a formal
turden. great beech trees and the
now of the river. Within it was a
sort of library. There were book-
cases built into the wall. to the
might of a man's head. and at in-
- rvaie betwacn them. rising trom
.. floor to the cornice of the
lves, were rows of mahogany
were with glee knobs. There was
. a flat writing table.
was the room of a traveler. a
of letters. a dreamer. 0n the
w were an inkpot of carved Jude.
.1 : mt'rknife of ivory with gold but-
,. set in; three bronze storks,
"Heir back together. held an ex-
. o Japanese crystal.
» room was in disorder—the
\ rs pulled out and the contents
:4 min-d.
- {other stood leaning against
moment of the window. looking
The lawyer. Mr. Lewis. sat in a
cut: beside the table. his eyes on
:.:--lolated room.
i'indleton." he said. "I don’t like
f.“ i-anllshmnn Gosford."
‘ n words seemed to arouse my
11‘ hr out of the depths of some ro-
an. and he turned to the lawyer.
' ‘ Lewis.
:ostordl" he echoed.
Ho is behind this business. Pen-
nin. ' the lawyer. Mr. Lewis. went
"Mark my word! He come!
ire when Marshall is dying: he
rces his way to the man's bed: he
: its the servants out: he locks the
Hmr. Now. what business had this
lingilshman with Marshall on his
tloahtbed? What business of a col
crecy so close that Marshall's son is
barred out by a locked door?"
He paused and twisted the seal
ring on his finger.
"When you and I came to visit
the sick man. Gosford was always
hero. (is though he kept a watch
upon us. and when we left. he went
always to this room to write his let.
tors. as he said.
"And more than this. Pendleton:
Marshall is hardly in his grove ho
Tore Gosford writes me to induire by
that legal process the dead man's
: more may be examined for a will.
.\"d it is Gosford who sends a negro
T:ng. as if the devil were on the
upper. to summon me in the name
" the Commonwmlth of Virginia. to
hI'DO-‘ll' and examine into the circum-
runces of this burglary.
“i mistrust the man. He used to
"it about Marshall in his life._upon
no enterprise of secrecy; and now
‘alh s posession and leadership in
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his slain. and sets the man's son
aside. In what right. Pendleton.
does this adventurous Plugiishrnan
teel himself secure?"
My father did not reply to Lewis' I'
discourse. His comment was in an-
other quarter.
"Here is young Marshall and
Gaeki." he said.
The lawyer rose and come over to
the window.
Two persons were advancing from
the direction of the stables—a tall.
delicate boy. and Ii. strange old man.
Tho old man walked with a quick.
Jerky stride. it was the old country
doctor Gaeki. And. unlike any other
mun of his profession. he would
work as long and as carefully on the
body of a horse as he would on the
body of a man. snapping out his
quaint oaths and in a stress of effort.
as though he struggled with some
invisible creature for its prey. The
negroes used to say that the devil
was afraid of Gaeltl. and he might
have been. if to disable a man or his
horse were the devil‘s will. But I
think. rather. the negrocs imagined
THE ROOM WAS IN DISORDER
—DRAWERS PULLED OUT AND
CONTENTS RAJN'SACKED.
the devil to fear what they feared
themselves.
"Now. what could bring
here?" said Lewis.
"It was the horse that Gosford
cuerheated in his race to you." re-
plied my father. "i saw him stop in
the road where the negro boy was
leading the horse about. and then
call young Marshall."
“It was no fault of young Mar-
shall. Pendleton." said the lawyer}.
“But. also. he is no match for Gas-
iord. He is a dilettante. He points
little pictures after the fashion he
daeki
or vigor in him. Ills father was a
dreamer. a wanderer. one who loved
the world and its irivolltics. and the
son takes that temperament. soft-
ened by his mother. He ought to
have a guardian."
"He has one." replied my father.
"A guardian!” repented Lewis.
"What court has appointed a guar-
dian for young Marshall?"
“A court." replied my father,
"that does not sit under the authori-
ty of Virginia. The helpless. Lewis.
in oheir youth and inexperience. are
not wholly given over to the
spoiler "
The boy they talked abo'ut
very young—under twenty.
would say. He was blue-eyed and
fair-haired. with thin, delicate fea-
tures. which showed good blood
long inbred to the loss of vigor. He
had the fine. open. generous face of
one who takes the world as in a.
fairy story. But now there was care
and anxiety in it. and a. furtive
shadow. as though the lad's dream
of life .had got some rudeawakeu-
ing.
At this moment the door behind
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learned in Paris. and‘he has no force.
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violently open. and e men entered.
He was a person with the planner ot:
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a close-cropped heard this
out the hard lines of his mouth.
hustled to the table. pl". downs
of portfolio that held on
writing-pad and pens. end
a'ichair like one about”
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the post. and to make on”. bed
ried them to the tavern himself. g»
"And new. airs. let us get about -
this business." he finished. like one:
who calls his assistants to a labor.
M'y unha- turned about and mu:
at the invi-
"Is your name Oosford‘i" he said
in his cold. level voice.
“It is. sir." replied the English;
man. "—Anthony Godordi"
"Well. Mr. Anthony Gosford.” re-
plied my father. "kindly close that
door that you have opened."
Lewis plucked out his snuflbu'
and trumpeted in his many-colored
handkerchief to hide his laughter.
The Englishman. thrown oi! his
patronising manner. hesitated. closed
the door as he was hidden—and
could not regain his line air.
"Now. Mr. Gosford." my father
went on. "why was this room violate,
ed as we see it?” .
“It was searched for Peyton Mar-
shall's will. sir." replied the man.
“How did you know that Marshall
had a will?" said my father.
"I saw him write it." returned the
Englishman. "here in this very
room. on the eighteenth day of
October. 185i."
"That was twouyears ago.” said
my father. "Was. the will here at
Marshall's death?”-
"lt Was.‘ He'toldnme on his death-
bed." '
“And it is gone now?"
"It is." replied the Englishmen.
“And now. Mr. Gosford." said my
father, "how do you know this will
is gone unless you also know pre-
cisely where it was?"
“I do know precisely where it was.
sir." reutrned the man. "It was in
a row of drawers on the right of the
window where you stand-the sec-
ond drawer from the top. Mr. Mar-
shall put it there when he wrote it.
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it remained there. You can see. sir.
that the drawer has been rifled."
My father looked‘cesuslly at the
row of mahogany drawers rising
along the end of the bookcase. The
second one and the one above were-
open: the others below were closed. x
"Mr. Gosford." he said. "you
would have some interest in th
will. to know shout it so precisely.
“And so I have." replied the man. .
"it left me a sum of money."
“A large sum?"
"A very large sum. sir."
father. "tor whet purpose did Pey~
ton Marshall bequeath you a large,
sum of money? You are no kin: nor
was he in youn _d_ebta"
'iihe Englishman on down and put
his lingers together 7with a Judicial
air.
"Sir." he began. "I am not advised
that the ‘purpose of a bequest is
relevant. when the bequest is direct
and unencumbered by the testator
with any indicatory words of trust
or uses. This will bequeathes me a
sum of money. I am not required
by any provision of the law to show '
the reasons moving the testator.
Doubtles, Mr. Peyton Marshall had
reasons which he deemed excellent
for this course. but they are. sir. en
tombcd in the grave with him.”
My father looked steadily at the
man. but he did not seem to consider
his explanation. nor to go any fur-
ther on that line.
"Is there another who would“
know about this will?" he said.
“This effeminste son would know,"
replied Gosiord. a sneer in the epi-
thet, "but no other. Marshall wrote
the testament in his own hand. with-
out witnesses. as he had the legal
right to do under the laws of Vir-
ginia. The lawyer.” he added. "Mr.
Lewis. will confirm me in the legali-
ty of that."
Another installment oi “The For-
tune Teller" will appear in our next
issue. .
mymtherand ”wt-"thrown.-
"Mr. Anthony Gosford." said my <
and he told me on his deathbed that .
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‘ JACK DAW. IN HOOPLAND
Drawings by Leslie Elton
Story by Hal Cochran
, Alithe Hoopsy Daisies came rollin
tail and before Jack
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Then a hand of four little Hoop“! Daisies formed in a. circle in front of
. Jack and tartcd t sing and play on musical instruments. .
asked lack. And Igloo”. Hoop told him that the little quartet was 'the Hoop-
la-las. who always sang and played together.
Suddenly. just as Flip made a. leap (or the I-I/oopsy
girl turne'd sideways and Flip went nailing right through her. This brought
a cheerful howl from everybody, inclu ding Jack. and it so surprised
he. returned to his master's side and slunk down.
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CHICAGO. Doc. 12.—K. M. Landis.
commissioner of baseball.
eadsy' and Mrs. P§ddy Make the Best or ‘4 Bid Matteo
By Thornton W. Burgess -, .
When everything seems going my
, And not a thing seem right.
. Just try your best to do your best
And work with all your night.
—Psddy the lssv'c‘.
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lit-s. Paddy swam down to the new
darn with. log for the food pile down
In the d pond. She found Paddy
swimming back and forth just above
the crossing oint on the den and
scolding an 1y.
,swhst’ ’the matter!" she do-
mended
“Matter enough. to deer! Matter
enou i" re lied Pa . “Don’t you
see t at pigb ceded nus sauce blocking
our way over the dam 9"
Mrs. Paddy looked up and for the
first time ssw Prickly Porky sitting
right where they must haul those
legs over the darn.
“Have flan asked him to move?”
inquired rs. Paddy.
"Of course. I hsve. I’ve not. only
asked him to move, but explained to
him how necessary it is that we
should get these lo s over the dam
and down he our loo pile as soon as
possible. He doesn't pay any more
attention to me than as if I were a
stick or a stone.”
Then Mrs. Psddy tried. The result
was just the same. You see. Prickly
Porky was so pig-headed that just
because they wanted him to move he
didn’t want. to move. and wouldnt
move. All his life he had done just:-
ss he had wanted to do. end not as
others had wanted him to do.
At last Paddy started to drs
log over the dam at a point tort er
along. It was not a good place and
when he got the log over it did not
fall in the Laughing Brook, but had
to be dragged there. He left it to
float down the Laughing Brook and
went: back to help Mrs. Paddy get her
But Mrs. Paddy had been
some thinking.
w‘fie must use our heads, Paddy."
said. she. "it is too hard work and
it takes too long to drag the logs
the way on took that one.
Prickl Porky Tsn't analog to stay
here orever. thing for us to
do is to get: all the. logs and branches
we have cut down here to the dam
and leave them. Then when that stu-
meve on we can go
dam and into the Laughing
In that way we will lose as tiss‘e.‘
other end of the po
had been cutting nd,
Paddy iollowed. They Reach
a log down and left it “all
ds‘m at the point where it was to ho
carried over.
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Prickly Porky remained right
he was and gnawed
a stick. just as it that was tho
important thing to be done is all
Great We r.ld
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Prickly Porky a Bath.
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led Paddy. Ihete to give'i
that fellow, but Itime is praising...“
we cannot sd’ord to westeit.
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fishes-hire:
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nied reinstatement of George (Buck) ister Tohitcherin of Bud: yes-
Weaver. former star third baseman of terday submitt I. note to ihe
1079-2 the Chicago White Sox. Weaver was Near East co renoo Dishing
one of those dropped as a result of the against the exclusion a! the
271 ’ scandal in which it was charged cer- Russian experts from tie interru-
taln baseball players and
plotted to throw the 1919 world's ser-
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al discussions between Tut-kids and
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