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f- ifc wmmt sou m um the actonhree press huhatta iwytaithfriutwtyiyiriouw irtes prase bott targ tukje fewer morel at bmlynlt f if feme the morton twin bob bs and jerry and their older tu- ter charlotte pttiaed in the et of help ing- themsews to hot cakes end honey end eurad et tfe oldest of the morton family forever morel repeated evelyn what it ell about jerry vented to know sffetyn turned back to the nrat sheet of the eraokly letter paper ahe held and read it again in eoenoe ee if to make sure that ahe redstrtcht it from greatuncle aimer horne ehe began and whos he for petel sake aatced charlotte aadams grandson eald jerry flip pantly hey gharllv9 eaey on the honey i greatuntie aimer explained bnlyii just ee if they- did not know was grandfather home brother hes a bachelor and we ere hla nearest of kin but he wants to be fair about leaving hla fortune of course we never expected a cent of it w aimer hunt shuffled off tale mortal oou has he asked jerry no but it seems that there are some other people who might be better fitted to handle his estate so he says and he doesnt want the mere fact that we are his flesh and blood to influence him un duly flo he wants me to go out there and stay for a month and handle the moome just as we would ir it was ours to keep therell be a housekeeper and che housekeeping expenses will be hand led by her hist as if greatuncle abner was there too the income which we are to use is our personal income which will one day belong to one of us which ever he thinks made the wisest use of it itm to go pert week think you can manage the house while rm gone char lie have to said charlotte with an impish grin schools out and the twins will have to help anyway well do that for you to help you get the family for tune how much is it asked jerry ooottaess knows t gasped ffvelyn are you all going to be there to gether asked bob i dont know confessed evelyn glancing over the letter again here charlie youre the keenest of the trtmch see hat you can make out of the- let ter v charlotte read it carefully i read it the same way youve told us ahe said nueu i wonder how much the in come will be for that month well have to wait and see said evelyn beginning to eat a hot cake in a dased fashion the next few days were heotlo ones evelyn a wardrobe was not in exactly travelling order laut minute instruc tions were necessary to give to charlotte who had never managed the home before and did not know much about cooking or the routine of housekeeping the trip co uncle abner a home took two days evelyn arrived at hulcreat an the ap pointed day uncle abner a chauffeur met her and took her and her bags to the mansion on top of the hlu it was a typical southern home of prewar days with tall white pillars supporting the porch roof and very formal looking french utndowa opening onto a cloaely- cupped veh ety lawn evelyn loved it the minute ahe saw it greatuncle abner received her in the library he was a wrinkled little man with a dry whispering voice in keeping with his appearance youre matildas daughter areni you he asked looking her up and down with his bright black eyes 81t down he pushed s button milder the edge of his table and sat back m alienee in a moment an elderly woman appeared in answer to the ring ask the others to come in maggie he said a longer silence followed in hlch evelyn began to feel uncomfortable she was glad she had stopped tor a shoe shine at the city terminal she was glad of doing otherwise but she did think that it was unnecessary to be forever arrang ing his pillows and his robe she fancied it annoyed him but perhaps mrs spencer knew him better than she did tve called you here as you know said the dry old voice precisely to test which of you is most fitted to carry on my fortune afteri have gone just be cause evelyn here happens to be my flesh and wood thats no call why she should have all my money when rs gone xh dont talk of that said mrs spencer with a fluttering gesture of her hands god grant that you may be snared to us many years yet im nmetyelght said uncle abner matteroffact and it stands to reason i havent many years oomln to me have you er thought of dividing your estate ventured mrs spencer yell all git somethln said the old man waving a clawlike hand as if to brush aside the interruption its the bulk of the estate im worryln over i dont want it to run through so rm testln ye like i said the normal in come per month is two thousand dollars each of ye will have that while yere here for a month begtnnlnff tomorrer two two thousand dollars i gasped evelyn yell do with that just what yed do if it were yer own it is yer own rm glvm it to ye the one that makes the best use of it will inherit the house and that income each month the other two will get a cash settlement you mean marguerite was appar ently just grasping the facts you mean i ve got two thousand dollars all mine i no living expenses to come out of ltl oh naturally not uncle abner hastened to assure you two thousand dollars each to spend as you wish he waved a thin forefinger vaguely before him but yell need to tell me what ye done with it before ye leave the one that uses it the best win be but i told ye that afore when a feller tells the some thing over twice hes gettln old and i sin t come to that yet i he look ed from one to the -tber- and seemed to get a little inward amusement from the dosed expressions on their faces uunch is at one he said and they took the hint con you imagine it gasped mar guerite as she and evelyn went up the wide stairway together and just yes terday i was punching a typewriter in a factory it seems like a fairy story breathed evelyn i i cant imagine it i i don t know what i want to do with it she did know in her heart as the oldest of the family it had been up to her to see that charlotte and the twins had a fair chance they had taken that for granted no one had made any ob kctlon when she had thrust her high- school diploma in a bureau drawer an pitched into the housekeeping end of the work charlotte had gone to college as a matter of course on father s insurance money now she had a position teaching english in the local high school and was saving all she could so that the twins could go on to college three years hence btvb and jerry were working too and adding to the fund fovelyn dismissed the idea of making up the difference out of the two thousand she did not think uncle abner meant that somehow evelyn had an idea of her own which she had never mentioned to anyone for she knew that if she did the twins would be insistent that she should take their share of the college money and use it etclyn had a decided flair for writing advertising oopj besides a more than average ability at drawing if fattier had not died right a hen he did evelyn i would hae taken a course in advertls- i lng it was not as impractical as it sounded either she knew that all the stores in the town would be glad to let her rite their advertising copy they had told her so she did not think it was fair to do it unless ahe could give i them professional arrvloe she could tako a correspondence course which uother was a waw here for long time and the old nun toote a uklng to lurf oh said evelyn mrs spencer it developed was a granddaughter ot his boyhood friend she disapproved of marguerites method of spending her moeny and eald so frankly i intend to give mine savoy she said quietly all of it asked evelyn of bourse i intend to give a tenth of it tq hun dred dollars to different worthy causes i dont think were expected to just take a tenth of oof money and dump it into the collection plate some sunday do you mrs spencer i do not said mm spencer i think we should give all but the mere pittance it requires to keep us alive and decently clothed tm afraid began evelyn thatti what i intend to do with mine said mrs spencer with finality rm turning the whole check over to my pastor evelyn had fun spending that money i the checks for the correspondence course and for the university class were dis patched at once two hundred dollars was stretched over a number of pet charities the day nursery down in the poor section or town was remembered the library that so badly needed some new books for small children was help ed an old oiks home that needed a radio was given one an orphanage that had never had an outing was given a holiday evelyn found it was remarkable what a small sum was needed to trans port the whole orphanage children and matrons and all to the country for a whole bhsaful day a missionary friend was given on extra ten dollars mission ary work in general had to be remem bered after all two hundred dollars did not go very far and perhaps there were a few dollars over when she hod added it all up she looked at the list ruefully suppose oreatuncle abner did not approve of missions suppose fie thought an orphanage did not need outings it did look rather silly to write down the few dollars it took to give the old folks home on icecream treat after evelyn hod bought some service able rail clothing for herself charlotte and the twins and a set of books on engineering for the twins a membership in a literary society for charlotte and typewriter for herself she did not have much of the two thousand dollars left except just spending money she hoped uncle abner uould approve not that she wanted to inherit his estate but she did not wont him to feel that she bad wasted his money or used it selfishly evelyn noticed uncle abner writing one day he would write a few words and then shake his fountain pen it as an ancient pern which had seen better days apparently but uncle abner never thought of buying a new one she would buy him one not with his own money of course she laid it on his desi in place of the old one and the next time she passed the library window she saw him writing with it easily and as swtfrty as his old hand could go apparently he never noticed the difference she made a habit of going into the library to help him handing him down ii book adjusting his light on dark days reading to him when he asked her to do so toward the end of the months stay she typed his spidery handwritten manuscript uncle abner she said suddenly interrupting her typing do you know you have a valuable thing here i its a life s work lam he said with a pleased smile so ou like it hey i m getin the rest of it typed knot eome one could type it hey marguerite is a stenographer istd svelyneagerly im sure shed be glad to help you he shook his head i asked her and she said ihe was on vacation if people like their work they cant go away on a real vacation seems as though dldnt i catch you makuv cookies tother day and wasnt it you made the strawberry shortcake last night oh i like to do those things laughed evelyn and maggie said she never could make a strawberry ahortcake was your faorlte dish ah nodded the old man tts so evelyn went on wfth her transcribing that afternoon after a game of tennis with marguerite and two of the boys from the neighboring house marguerite said something which disturbed her im having a good time she said significantly and im letting the for tune go im not trying to stand in with the old man i ive been honest i dldn t give all my money away like spencer did and rift not playing on the old mans affections either rm spending this money the way i think the heiress to the fortune ought to spend it in entertaining and dressing well and being a real lady oh whispered evelyn i didnt mean that i i wonder if uncle abner thinks ive been pretending oh mar guerite does it look that way it sure does sold marguerite blunt ly then she looked at evelyn searahlng- ly i dont believe you mean it that way at that she sold in unwilling ad miration youre just plain sweet arent you never mind duckle when i own this place you can come here as often as you like show you i know howto pend how to take my place as head of a house 1 flke this yes i know he said wearily but after all my dear child if you had given it away said mrs spencer deliberately you would have it now in a broader sense but you laid up treasure on earth where moth end rust doth corrupt i know evelyn felt her heart go out to him she ran to him and put her arms around him poor uncle abner she crooned as if that mode any difference youve given us a wonderful month here and dearest isnt there anything lert not even your books he madean inarticu late sound you oan come with us uncle ho twisted around in her arms and looked at the fresh young face so near his own eh como live with you what for because we love you i uolc uncle aimer she fumbled in the pocket of hcrsweator and brought out a folded letter from the twins wo think uncle abner must be swell they had written what youve said about him and th stories hes told you and everything cant you get him to visit us some time they said that about me he asked and youd take me into your homo without a cent my doctor a bills aln t small honey remember her arms held him tlghtfer i know but if they 11 keep you with us far a long long while the twins will love the way you play the jewsharp oh that he laughed depreciating ly well i dunno he sat up stralghter and looked ab the three of them who said i lost my money at first evelyn was angry at the sug- he demanded i aln t lost nary cent gostlon that she had hcen using her x icver had nothhv but money all uncle for her own ends isid then she was hurt for she had grown genuinely fond of him during her stay there he lmd a sweetness of disposition rarely met with in a man or his age and in one who suffered so constantly his keen mind and his brilliant wit were a constant source of delight to her she had honeet- 1 heed working for him it had not seemed like work but if marguerite had imagined oh how could she the next time she sat with her uncle she imagined that he looked at her with suspicion in his eye she was embar rassed and selfconscious whereupon the suspicious look became more pronounced and he sighed and answered her more sharply than was his way she decided there was not anything she could do except to continue to show her affection after the award was made perhaps be- lare he died he would know that she really was sincere the last day of their stay came too oon he had gathered the lhree into the library again and went over their lists of expenditures none had anything ieft over that was the stipulation he read first one and then the other not a muscle of his face changed to show that he approved or disapproved 1 m afraid he said slowly that tnebbc im older n i thought i vaa not sjch a good business man or i sent for the man that takes core of my business un my aggers was wrong money aln t what it was with banks fallln an stocks roln down i doat knows much o that as i ought so when i told ye i dldn t mean to deceive ye he looked from one to the other apologetically marguerite recovered nrat you mean that thoro isn l any money after all she shrilled my sia- in here una jati a teaser to go back an alee up m job again i spent that to my life he went on after a moment of stunned silence 1 thought money was all then was to core about an then ewle come along she did somethln with her money she gave some of it away and she used some of it for plea sure and she used some for making other folks happltr and she ustd some to make herself bigger in the future besides that she give herself to me her love an her time an her youth to an old codger like me then i heerd whispers that she was just daln it ewle girl i hadn t ought to have listened but i ve never hod no thin but money in my life on i woan t just sure ao i tested ye some more olvln a fortune away aln t the way to use it throw in it away on silly gim- i cracks aln t the way to use it but man it with love to make folks happy glvln a hundred dollars of money on a thou sand dollars o love that s the way so i m goln to divide the cash among ye now but the house an the income well i guess me an evvie can and plenty lb do with them eh ewle a huddiko folincian aptitude for a political career appears ab an early age reporta a toronto ama teur psychologist whose reading of han sard jfias convinced him that parliamen tary skill is most frequently displayed in the parrying of awkward questions as an example he cites the case or hi five- yearold daughter on whom he was call ed to deliver judgment this young lady playi with her next door neighbor barbara relations being usually very amicable nevertheless on the day in question a dispute over ter ritorial rights in a erdbmrhawrt instead of relying en djtfotnajdejisjb uatlan and arbitration eg their elder and betters invariably do the young ladles resorted to direct action and were vigorously assaulting each other witb shovels when higher powers intervened as a oneman court of inquiry our heroines father began tavestlgauoas why did you hit barbara with your shovel he asked i didnt daddy was the reply as tonishing in the faee of the evidence and her habitual truthfulness lb was bar baras shovel the printed word telephone talks tub watson family muriel watson used to worry about bobs fre quent trips to the raw edges of civilisation to mining towns and construction camps where life was rough and comforts few nqw he telephones her and the children from each new location cheering them and himself in the process after all he muses youre never out of civiliza tion as long as you have the telephone rmductiotu in ttuphonn rates local and long dutanem in 1935 36 and 37 hmm affacimd in ontario and quebec of nearly ona million dollar ymorly enl irly fig rolls 2b 25 mlb pc 16c potatoes vk new hone grown good cookers lbs special 19c grapefruit special good size california delicious muvor per dozen 37c mhe had mended thrift injirr glow all oot much kaa than the two thou- though thriv iu no a hf could i dollar she could roguiur in u altob avr t somrlio hc had a frulmi unlwrilo tor night claim all winter that he u not mlaalng muih and hull l her heart bounded at the lua 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what the van holts pet from their place i dont know th van holts con- 1 fesard evelyn somewhat taken bade i don t either ff1vkd marguerite ive heard mother talk about them she vent there after she left here after i sure mkiruertte was not af all dt- 1 concerted you knew dktnt you that cucumbers 6c good size each oranges full of juk- nict size per dozen 19c tomatoes 2tbs delicious c outdoor a0c canollt dmdm tea ft 43c canollt dud coffee 23c golati tip tea canoll very bit ic 33c 9c 21c tea liptotti ortnf label tea fc 33c llptoni red lbl tea w 31 golden wax beans watermelons etc special carrolls limited mill w istreet store closed wednesday afternoons free delivery phonb 158