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HOKE COUNTY JOURNAL. EABPORD, N, 0. CAPN WARREN GETS A SURPRISE WHENJlRAVES DIS- CLOSES REASON FOR HIS VlSTT Atwood Graves, New YorkX^wyer, goes to South Densboro, Cape Cod, to see Captain Elisha Warren. Caught In a terrific storm while OD the way, he meets'Cap'D W'arren by accident and goes with the lat- to his home. I CHARTE« •—2— II. K*.- K: B- m Th« Will of Abijah. *VT>H1S is your room. Mr. Graves,” said Miss Abigail Baker, plac ing the lighted lamp on the bureau. "And here's a pair of socks and som.e slippers. - They belong to .SHisha—Cap'n Warren, that is—but he’s got mem. Cold water and towels and soap are in the washstand over yon der, but I guess you’ve had -enough cold water for one night. There’s plenty hot in the bathrocun at the end of the hall. You needn’t hurry. Sup per’s waited an hour and adialf as'’tis. ’TwMi’t hurt it to wait a spell longer.” Sbetwent away, closing the door aft er her. The bewiWered, wet and shlv- »ing New Yorker sfared about the room, which, to his surprise, was warm and cozy. Radiators and a bathroom! These were modern luxuries he would have taken for granted had Elisha Warren been the sort of man he ex pected to find—the country magnate, the leading citizen, fitting brother to the late A. Rodgers Warren of Fifth avenne and Wall street. But the Captain Warren who had driven him to South Denboro in the rain was not that kind of man at all. Ills manner and his language were as far removed from those of the late A. Rodgers as the latter’s brown-stone residence was from this big, rambling house, with its deep stairs and narrow halls, its antiquated pictures and hid eous, old fashioned wall paper; as far reuMwed as Miss Baker, whom the cap- tafai bad hurriedly introduced as “my cousin keepin’ bouse for me,” from the dignified butler at the luanakm on Fifth avenue. Certainly this porticalar Warren was not-fitted . to be elder brother to the New York brakcr who bad been Sylvester, Kuhn ' 4b client . ft erndd not be; it could not There be some mistake. In country there were Iftelj^ to be several of tliesame name. There must be another ' ISialia Warren. Meanwhile Miss Abigail had descend- - ed tbe stairs to the sitting room. Be- fone a driftwood fire in a big brick fire place sat Captain Warrenj in his shirt ateerea, a pair of mammoth carpet slip- pas on his feet and the said feet stretdied luxuriously out' toward^^the Uaae. * “Ahbie,” observed the captain, “this Is solid emnfort. Every time I go away frmn home I get into trouble, don’t I ? I^st trip I took to Boston I lost ?30, and”— "Loat it!” interrupted Miss Baker tartly. “If tendin’ Tim Foster ain’t giv- Irf tt away, then I miss my guess.” "Well,” with another chuckle, “Tim don't feel that way. He swore righ^Up and down that he wouldn’t take a cent —as a gift. I offered to make him a present of $10, but he looked so shocked that I apdlc^ized afore he could say na" ^JJi^and then lent him that thlity. I'SiRel! The only thing that would .shock that gooi^-for-tiothin’ Is bein' set to "When you get back a copper € that money I’ll believe the milleiN nium's stmek, that’s all.” , **Hum I Well, I’ll help you believe it —that la, if I have time afore I drop dead of heart disease. What I started to aay was that every time I go away tram home I get-into-trouble. Up to JBcston ’twas Tim and his ‘loan.’ To- ni^t it's about as healthy a sou’wester . as rve ever b'een out in. . Dan fetched in the team; has he?" "Yes; it’s in the stable. He says the buggy dash is pretty well scratched up and that - it's a wonder you and 'that Graves man wa’n’t killed., Who Is he, anyhow?” "Land knows; I don’t.” “You don't kno#! Then wh'at’s he doin’ here?” “Qmngln’ his duds, I .guess. That’s what rd do If I looked as much like a drowned rat as he did.” ' "Lisfaa Warren,^ If you ain’t the most provokin’ thing! Don’t be so un- .. likely. You know what I mean. '*'Whafa he come here to this bouse forr •> “Doirt know, Abbie. I dlddtt know be was eomih’ here till Just as we got asked him who ne was iopkiu iui; he i said, ‘ftlisfaa Warren,’ and then the tree cared in on us. Oh, come right In, Mr. Graves. I hope you’re drier from tbe who was Oaptaia Warren sprang dialr to greet bis visitor, atondbig in the doorway.«, ‘Taa, oome right in Mr. Graves,” he dtjped eordlaUy.. “Bet down by tbe flaeand nsakd yourself conoftable. Ab- Ue*!! bave somet&ih‘~/or qs td~eat In^s PpR up a chatt.’”'^ _ The lawyer came forward besitat- "Thank you, captain." be said. "But httOtv I accept more of your hospital! ty I feel I should be sure there is no mistake. I bave come on'important business, and”— “Hold on!” The captain held up a 6lg hand. “Don’t you say another! word. There’s Just one business that interests me this minute, and that’s supper. Set right down here, . Mr. Graves. I’ll try to keep you supplied with solid cargo, and Abbie’ll tend to the moistenin’. Hope that teapot is full up, Abbie. Hot tea tastes good after you’ve swallowed as much cold rain as Mr; Graves and I have. • • * Father, we thank thee for these mer cies set before us. Amen I • • * How's your appetite when it comes to clam pie, Mr. Graven?” Mr. Graves’ appetite was good, and the clam pie was good. So, too, were the hot biscuits and the tea and home made preserves and cake. At last, when all the biscuits but one were gone and ‘the cake plate looked like the desert of Sahara, the captain pushed back his chair, rose and led the way into the next room. Miss Baker remained to clear the table. *' ' “Set down by the fire, Mr. Graves,” urged the captain. “Nothin’ like burn- in’ wood to look hot and comf’table, is there? It don't always make you feel that way—that’s why I put In hot wa ter heat—but for looks- and sociable ness you can’t beat a log fire. Smokec do you?” " . “Y’es,f occasionally. - But, Captain Warren”— “Here, try that. It’s a cigar the Judge gave me over to Ostable. He smokes that kind reg’lar, but if you don’t like it throw It |way. He ain’t here to see you do It, so you won’t be fined for contempt of court. I’U stick to a pipe if you don’t mind. Now we’re shipshape and all taut, I cal’late. Let’s see. You wanted to talk busi ness, I believe” “Yes. I did. But before I begin I should like to be sure you are the Elisha Warren I came from New York to interview. I am an attorney. Hate you—had you a brother in business in New York?” ' “Hey?” The captain turned and looked his gqest squarely in the eye. His brows drew together. “I’ve got a brother In New York,” he answered slowly. “Did he send you here ?” “Was your brother’s name A. Rod gers Warren?” “ ‘A. Rodgers?’ No. His name Is Abijah Warren, and—wait! ^is'mid dle name is Rodgers, though. Did Blje send you to me?” "A moment, captain. Was your brother a broker?” “Yes. His office is or used to be on Broad street.*' What”— “Y ou have' iiot heard from him for some time?” “Not for eighteen years. He and I didn’t agree as well as we might. Maybe ’.twas my fault, maybe ’twas his. I have my own ideas on that. If you’re lookin’ for Blje Warren’s broth er, Mr. Graves, I guess you’re come to the aight place. But what he sent you to me for or what he wants—for he wants somethin’ or he wouldn’t have sent—I don’t understand.” “Why do you think he wanted some thing?” “Because he*s Blje Warren aofd I was brought up with him. When we was young ones together he- went to school and I went to work. He got the frostin’ on the cake, and I got the burnt part next to the pan. He went to college, and I went to sea. ’Twas later on that we-^ Well, never mind that either. What is It he wants of me after eighteen years?” “He wants a good deal of you, Cap tain Warren, or did Want It,” “Did? Don’t he want It now? Is Blje dead?” “H® died ten days ago very st^ddenly. In a way it was a great shock to us all, yet we have known that hla heart was weak. He realized it too.” “So Blje is dead, hey?” Captain Elisha’s face was very grave, and he spoke slowly. “Dead! Well, well, well.'” He paused and looked Into the fire. Graves, saw agaip that vague resem- jUlajace^iieJmd--aeugfet-oa -had forgotten. He knew now why he noticed it Captain Elisha cleared hfs throat. . “Well,^ well.^’ he sl^ed. “So Bije has gone. I s'pose ydu think it’s odd, maybe,” he went on, “that I ain’t,more struck down by the hews.. But, to speak truth, he and I have been so apart and have had nothin’ to do with each otl?€r for so long that—that—well, I’ve come to feel as if I didn’t have a, brother.^ And J know he felt that way —yesTaad-wnnled .to feei-st^^-^fcnow that. There was a time when I’d have got down on my knees and crawled into partnership together on a—« fool South American speculation that,dldn’t pan out for nothin’. I. didn’t care for that. I took my chance same as be did. We formed a stock company all amongst ourselves, and I’ve got my share of the stock somewhere yet It may come in handy if I ever want to paper the barq. But ’twan’t business deals of that kind that parted us; ’twas another matter—somethin’ that he did to other folks who’d trusted us and— Humphii This don’t Interest you, of cours^ Weil, Blje was well off, I know. His wife died way back in the nineties. She was one of them fash ionable women, and a 'kgyseed salt herrin’ of a bachelor brSi^er-ln-law stuck down here In the sand heaps didn’t Interest her much—except as somethin’ to ffM'get, 1 s’pose. I used to see her name in the Boston papers occasionally, givln’ parties at Newport and one thing another. I never en vied ’em that kind of life.” “Your brother had two children by his marriage,” Mr. Graves after a -moment of silence. “Hey? Two children? "Why, yes, I remember he did. Boy and girl, wa’n’t they? I never saw ’em. They’vegrow- ed up by this time, of course.” “Yes. The eldest, Caroline, is near ly twenty. The boy, Stephen, is a year younger. It is concerning those chil- dreiit' CITStaln Warren, that I bare come to see you. In spite of the es trangement it is evident that his confi dence in your Judgment and -Integrity was supreme. His children were his Idols, Captain Warren, and he has left them in your charge.” The captain’s pipe fell to the hearth. “What!” he shouted. “Left his chil dren to—to me! Mr. Graves, ypu’re- you’re out of your head—or I am!” “i say that your brother has left his, two children In your care until the youngest shall become of age—twenty- one. I have a copy of his will here, and”— . “Walt, wait! Let me think. Left his children to me—to me! Mr. Graves, had Blje lost all Ills money?” “N'o. He was not the millionaire that many thought him.aAMiss WarreJi and her brother will be obliged to econ omic somewhat in their ma:nDer of living. But with care and economy their Ihcome should be quite sUffldent without touching the principal to”— “Hold on again! The income, you say. What is that income?”'' “Roughly speaking, a mere estimate, about $20,000 to $25,000 yearly.” “Mr. Graves—Mr. Graves, are you era— No; I asked you that before But—but $20,000 a—a year! For mer cy sakes, what’s the principal?” “In the neighborhood of $500,000, I believe. Of course we had no authori ty to investigate thoroughly. That will be a part of your duties, but”— “S-sh! Let me soak this into my brains a lit^b at a time. Blje leaves his children $500,000, half a million, and—and they've'^ got to economize! And I’m— * •- * ♦ would you mind readin’ me that will?” The attorney drew a long envelope from his pocket, extracted therefrom a .folded- document, donned a pair of gold mounted eyeglasses and began to read aloud; “ ‘First, I direct my executor here inafter named to pay my Just debts and funeral expenses as soon as may be convenient after my decease.’ ” “Did he owe much,, think likely?” asked Captain Elisha. “Apparently nok-very little beyond the usual bills of a household.” “ ‘Sddond, I give, devise and bequeath all my estate, both real and personal, to my brother, Elisha Warren, if he survive me, in. trust nevertheless for the following purpose—to wit, to in vest the same and to use the income thereof for the education, and mainte nance of my t\^ children, Caroline Edgecombe Warren’ “Edgecombe? Names for some of his wife’s folks, I'-presume Ukely. Ex- cuse me for puttin’ my oar in again. Go on.” —“ ‘and Stephen Cole Warren’"*’— “That’s his wife, sartin. She was a Cole. I swan, I beg your pardon.” —‘“until the elder, Caroline Edge combe Warren, shall have' reached her twenty-first birthday, when one-half of the principal of said estate, together with one-half of the accumulated Inter- est, shall be given to her and the-trust continued for the education and main tenance of my son, Stephen Cole War ren, until he shall have reached his twenty-first birthday, when I direct that the remainder be givan tr. hTin as testamentaj^ guardian of my said children my said brpther, Elisha '^nrren. “ ‘Fourtli, 1 appoint as sole executor of this my last will and testament my said brother, Elisha Warren. ‘Fifth, imposing implicit trust and confidence lu Elisha Warren, my broth er, I direct that he be not required to give bond for the performance of any of the affairs or trusts to which, he has ■been herein appointed.’ ‘.^iw-rema’ der,” concluded Graves, refoitliug the will, “is purely formal. -It4s'dated^May 15 three years ago. I come to acquaint you with youinbio^ er’s last wishes tod to ascertain whefh- from here to New York to help Bije i er or not you are ■willing to accept Warren. I lent him money to start in ' tlie trust’ and responsibility he has laid buslress. Later on-him and I went onon you. As yoii doubtless know, the state provMoi a legal > rate- si roim- bursement for such services as yours wUl or may be. Ahemr’ * / ’ “Maybe? Tou’ mean I ain’t got to do this thing unless I want to?” “Certjilnly. You„ have the right to renounce the varloua appointments, in which case another executor, ^$nstee and guardian wUl be appointed, I realize, and I’m sure that your broth er’s children jviU realize, your hesi- tance in assuming such a responsibil ity over persons whom you bave never even met” , “Ye8,''L,toesB we’ll all realize it. You needn’t wbsry about that , Look here! Do the children know I’m elected?” “Yes.' Of course the will has-been read to them.” “Hum! I s’pose likely they was ovei> come with Joy, wa’n’t they?" Graves bit bis lip. Remembering the comments of Miss Caroline and heF brother when they learned of their un cle’s appointment, he had difficulty in repressing a smile. “Well, what would you advise my doin’?” asked the captain. “I’m airald that must be answered by yourself alone, Captain Warren. O^f course the acceptance .Of the trust wt necessarily lirtolve much trouble an inconvenience, especially to one of your-er—settled ond-^r—conservative —I Judge merely from what you have said—your conservative* habits. The estate Is large, the investments are, doubtless, many and varied, and the labor of looking Into and investigat ing them may require some technical skiU and knowledge of finance. Yes.” “Um-ml WpU, I Judge that that kind of skill and knowledge could be hired If a feller felt like payin’ fair wages, hey?” “Oh, yes, yes I Any good lawyer could attend to that under the super vision of the executor, certainly. But there are other inconveniences to a—a”— • , “Country Jay like ine. I dnderstand. Go* ahead.” “I mean that j^ou would probably be required to spend much or all of the next two or three years In New York.” “Would, hey? I didn’t know but bein’ as a guardian has entire charge of the children and their money and all—I understand that’s what he does have—he could direct the children fetched down to where he lived If he wanted to. Am I wrong?” “No”—tee lawyer’s hesitancy and an noyance were plainly evident—“no-o. Of coirse that might be done. St^l I”_ '' “You think that wouldn’t cause.-no more rejoicin’ than some other things have? Yes, yeS; I cal’late I under stand, Mr. Graves. Well, I guess you’ll have to. I have built and launched this. Tbe whole honse is yours. Help yourself to It. But \lfcen I’m caught In a clove hitch I Just haVe to set down and think myself out of it. I have to give ipe tonight to chew over Yhat iltay, I ^ess, and may^ you'll excuse^ me.” It was after two the next morning be fore Captain Elisha rose from his chair by the fire and entered his bedcham ber. Yet when Atwood Graves came down to breakfast, he found his host In tee sitting room awaiting him. “AfoSB . We' ta^lw~AlJbtS‘y“T)¥ht:akfe'3° and flshballs,* Mr. Graves,” said the captain, “let me ask you one more question. This—eiv-er—Caroline and Stephen, they’re used to livin’ pretty well—fashionable society and the like of teat,'hey?” “Yes. Their home w^ on Fifth ave nue, and the family moved In the best circles.” • ' “Hum! I should imagine^life on twenty odd thousand a year must be pretty much 4I1 circles, one everlastin’ 'turn your partners/ Well, Mr. Graves, my circles down here are conslder’ble smaller, but they suit me. I’m worth twenty odd thousand myself, not In a year, but in a lifetime. I’m selectman tod director In the bank and trustee of the church. When I holler ‘Boo!’ the South DenborO folks—some of them, anyhoT^—set up and take notice. I can lead the grand march down In this nMgbborhood once In awhile, ahd I cal’late I’m prettier leadin’ it than I wouid. be doin’ a solitaire Jig for two years on tee outside edge of New York’s best circles. And I’m^mlghty sure I’m more welcome. Now my eye sight’s strong enough to see through a two foot hoi® after the plug’s out, and I can see that you and Bije's children won’t shed tears if I say no ttf that will. No offense meant,” you know; Just common sense, that’s all.” This was plain speaking. Mr. Graves colored, though he didn’t mean to, and for once could not answer offhand “So,” continued the captain, “I’ll ease your and their minds by sayln’ that, the way I feel now, I probably sha’n’t accept the trust. I probably sha’n’t. But I won’t say sure I won’t, because—well, because Blje was my brother; he was that no matter what our dllTrences may have been. And I know—I know that there must be some reason bigger than ‘Implicit trust’ and the other May baskets for his, ap*- pointin’ me in his will. What that rea- .son is I don’t know—yet. But for a beginnln’ I cal’late to run down to -New York some time durln’ the next week, take a cruise round and sort of look things over.” Cap’n Warren causes conster nation when he arrives in New York to look over'the situation. The next installment tells what happened when ho appeared In the metropolis. (TO BE CONTINUED.) I HoiVv Butchers Sharpened Knives, “In tee" sepulchers at Thebes, Egypt, 'butchers are represented as sharpening their knives on-a round bar of metal at tached to their aprons, \yblch from tfc blue color is supposed to be Jxom Victim of Chance. tlejected by events in Russia, a young Russian officer, Capt, Nicolas Washlchofst, who was staying In -Paris, has committed suicide in tbe presence of a friend. He first with drew five bullets from his revolver, teen, after giving several turns to th® barrel, said: “I leave it to fate. I shall press tee trigger twice. If one, of the chambers is loaded I must die; if not, I shall liv^ At the second pull the hammer fell, and the bullet struck the officer in the heart. - Rheumatism Relief ?*25q. -ji' ‘ * ■ 'i Ratiira's Ratnady (RR fablaia), Ara Nalplag Thauaanda Wha Triad Es- panalva Thlaga Withaut Rasult lt*a Ouarantaad. COULD HARDLY GET HER BREATH 0n Account of Tight, Smothering Feeling, Caused From Aching Lump in Stomach. Black- Draught Relieved This Lady. j Kings Mountain, Ky.—^Mrs. Belle Jenkins, of this town, says: ‘Vor about four years I suffered with stom ach trouble. It seemed like a lamp formed In my stomach "and I could hardly get my breath for tee tight, sinotherlng feeling. This lump, or whatever It w'as, ached constantly. I couldn’t sleep at night. I .had no appe tite and I began falling off. 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