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Durham Chronicle (1867), 27 May 1915, p. 6

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Mr. Hawkesâ€"my sister; Mr. Brentâ€"Mr. Hawkes.” Having sat- isfactorily introduced every one, he said to-Ethel: “See if the water‘s well enough to come down, like a dear, will ye? This gentleman has come from London to see her. D’ye mind? And come back yourself, too, like an angeL He says he has some business that con- cerns the whole family." Alaric hustled Hawkes into a chair and then seized the somewhat unrom. fortable Brent by an unwilling hand and shoot: it warmly as be asked: “M ust you go?" “Yes." replied Brent. with a sigh of relief. Alaric dashed to the door and opened it as though to speed the visitor on his way. “So sorry I was out when you called." lied Alaric nimbly. "Run in any time. Always delighted to see yonâ€"deiigbted. Is the angel wife :11: well?" tirent bowed. “Thank you.” “And the darling child 2" Brent frowned. 'He crossed to the door and turned in the frame and ad- monished Alaric: "Certainly. She‘ll be so disappointed not to have seen you. Run in any time râ€"any time at all." Alaric closed the door and saw his mother and Ethel coming down the stairs. “Please give my remembrances to your mother." Then he passed out. As he disappeared the irrepressible Alaric called after him: All traces of emotion had disappeared from Ethel's face and manner. ‘She was one again in perfect command of herself. She carried a beautiful little French poodle in her arms and was feeding her with sugar. "Mater. dear.” he said. “I found this gentleman in a rose bed inqmring the way to our lodge. He‘s come all the way from dear old London just to see you. Mr. Hawkes. my mother." Marie t‘ussily brought his mother forward. Mrs. Chicbester looked at Hawkes anxiously. “You have come to see me?" “On a very important and a very pri- vate family matter.” replied Hawkes gravely. Q “Important? Private?" asked Mrs. Cbichester in surprise. , “We’re the family. Mr. Hawkes.” ventured Alaric nelpmuy. Mrs. Chichester’s forehodings came uppermost. After the news of the bank‘s failure nothing would surprise her now in the way of calamity. What could this grave. dignified looking man want with them? Her eyes filled. “Is it bad news?” she {altered “Oh, dear. no." answered M r. Hawkes genially. “Well. is it good news?” queried Alaric. “In a measure.” said the lawyer. “Then. for heaven’s sake. get at it. You've got me all clammy. We could do with a little good news. Wait a minute! Is it by any chance about the “No," replied Mr. Hawkes. He clear- ed his throat and said solemnly and impressively to Mrs. Chicbester: “It is about your late brother. Na- thaniel Kingsnorth." “Late!” cried Mrs. Chichester. “Ia Nathaniel dead?” _ “Yes. madam.” said Hawkea gravely. A Comedy of Youth Founded by Mr. Manners on Hi: Great Play of the Same Titleâ€"Illustration: From Photographs of the Piay Ethel Turned and Seated Hcrself. Copyright. 1913. by Dodd. Mead 5 Company By J. Hartley Manners Mr. Hnwkes. realizing be had their complete interest. went on importantly: "X0." replied the lawyer. ”In obedl. enee to his written wishes he was ere. mated. and 110 one was preSent except the chief oxvoutor and myself." CHAPTER XV. The Will. “ 0W, in Mr. [{ingsnorth's will," went on the lawyer. produc- ing a leather pocketbook filled with important looking par pet'sâ€"“in his will”- be repeated. Mrs. Chieltester stopped crying. “Eh? A will?" - "What?" said Alaric, beaming. “Did the dear old gentleman leave a will?" "Dear old Nat!" said Alaric reflec- tively. “Do you remember. mater. we met him at Victoria station once when l was little more than a baby? Yet I can see him now as plainly as if it were yesterdayâ€"a portly. sandy haired old Duck with three jolly ohms." "Was be?" from Alaric. “Fancy that. It just shows, mater. doesn't it?” He bent eagerly over the table 51s 11:1 wkes traced some figures with a pencii on one of the pages of the will. “His estate is valued. approximately. at some {200.000." replied the lawyer. Alm'ic gave :1 lung. 10W whistle and smiled :1 broad. comprehensive smile. Ethel for the first time showed a gleam of genuine interest. Mrs. Chicbester sat‘down and silent- ly wept. Nathaniel to have died with. out her being With him to vomfort mm and arrange things with him! It was most unfortunate. Even Ethel stopped playing with Pet and listened languidly to the conver- sation. Be spread :1 formidable looking doc- ument wide open on the table. adjust- ed his pince nez and prepared to read “He was white toward the end and very. very thin.” said Mr. fiawkes softly. “How much did he leave?" And Aluric’s voice rose to a pitch of well defined interest. “To his iuunediute relations he. left"â€" Mr. Hawkes toohed up from the will and found three pairs of eyes fixed on him. He stopped. It ~nay he that constant association with the law courts destroys faith in human nature; but. whatever the vanse, it seemed to Mr. Hawkes in each of those eyes was reflected the one dominant feeling-â€" greed. The exm'ession in the family's combined eyes was astonishing in its directness. in its bzu'efat'edness. It struck the dignified gentleman sudden- Lv dumb. “Poor old Nat." Alaric said. “Eh. Ethel?” * “Never saw him." answered Ethel. her face and voice totally without emotion. “As Mr. Kim, snoxth's leg. ul adviser up to the time 0! his untimely death I have come here to make you ac. quainted with same of its contents." Mrs. Chic-luster lwgnn to cry again. "Perhaps it was my fault I didn’t see him ot‘tener." she said. Amric. unable to curb his curiosity. burst out with. “How did the old boy split it up?" "ne men ten days ago." “You say he died ten days ago?" ask ed Mrs. Chjvnester. Mr Hawkes bowed. “Why was I not informed? The fu- neml": "There was no funeral." raplied Mr Hawkm. “.\'n funeral?" said Alaric in aston- ishme‘nt. "Well? Well?“ criod Aim‘ic. “How much? Don't stop right in the middle of an important thing like that. You make me as nervous as a chicken.” Mr. Hawkes returned to the will and after looking at it :1 moment Without reading said: A momentary silence fell like a 9311 over the stricken Chichester family. "1‘0 his immediate relations Mr. Kingsnmtb left. 1 fire "ret to sayâ€"noth- mg.” Mrs. Ci.i«-hester rose. indignation flashing from the eyes that a moment since showed a healthy nope. “Nothing?" she cried incredulonsly. “Not a penny piece to any one?” ven- tured Alaric. Hawkes looked keenly at them and answered: “I deeply regret to sayâ€"nothing.” Mrs. Chlcgester turned to Ethel. whc had begun to stroke Pet again. The fa‘mtest suspicion of a smile flitted across Ethel‘s face. “His own flesh and blood!” cried the poor lady. "He was always the most selfish, the most”-â€" began Mrs. Chichester. when Mr. Hawkes. who had been turning over the pages of the document before him, gave an ejaculation of relief. "Ah! Here we have it. This, Mrs. Chichester, is how Mr. Kingsnorth ex- pressed his attitude toward his rem. tions in his last will and testament: . “ ‘I am the {only member of the Kinzsnorth family, who ever made any “What a shabby old beggar!” com. mented Alaric mdignantly. As two drowning people clinging to the proverbial straws the mother and son waited breathlessly for Mr. Ha wkes to go on. Ethel showed nn interest whatever. “When Mr. Kinzrsnurtn realized that be bad nut Very mm-II longer to live he spoke constantly ut his other sister. Angela." resumed .\1r.. Hawkes. - mODPy. A" my ”Mious re'aUVes either inherited it or married to get It.‘ .. Mr. Hawkes thought a moment. Then he said. “Under those circum- stances perbaps a clause in the will may have a certain interest and an ele- ment of relief." “Painful? That’s not the Word. Dis- gusting ! call it.” corrected Alarlc. must not on any account visit her tamer. After she reaches the age or twenty-one she can do as she oleaaea' " Continued on page 7 Alaric checked her. “Hal: a moment. mater. Let us hear it out to the bitter end. He must have been an amusing old gentleman.” “Broke!” said Alaric. “We’ve nothing!" wailed the old lady. “Dear, dear!" said the lawyer. “Bow extremely painful!" "We’re mined!" subbed Mrs. Chickas- ter. ' “Angela!“ vrivd Mrs. Chivhester in surprise. "Why. she‘s dead." “That was why he spoke ut neg," said Hawkes gravely. “A nd not :1 word at me?" asked M rs. Chivlmster. "We will come to that :1 ”Hie later." and Mr. Huwiws :agzmn rwtern-(I to the Will. "it amwnrs that this 51519:. An- gela. married at (In- age or (wentv a certain Irishman, by name O’Connell. and was out 011' by her family"- “The man was an agitator-a Fenian agitator. He hadn’t a penny. It was a disgrace”â€" Alaric checked his mother again. Hawkes resumed: ”\\‘as out otf by her family. went to the United States of America with her husband. where a daughter was born. After going through many conditions of misery with her husband, who never seemed to prosper, she died shortly after giv- ing birth to the child." He' looked up. "Mr. [{ingsnorth elsewhere expresses his lasting regret that in one of his sis- ter's acute stages of distress she wrote to him asking him for the first time to assist her. He replied: 'i‘ou have made your bed. Lie in it.' " "l assure.y0u"-â€" began Mrs. Chic-hes- ter. M r. Hawkes resumed: “ ‘Conseqnent. ly I am not going to leave one penny to relations Who are already we" pro. vided for. ' " Mrs. Chichester protested vehe- mently: "But we are not provided for.” “No.” added Ala’n‘c. "Our bank’s busted." “With death approaching." resumed Hawkes. "Mr. Kincsnm'th’s conscience began to trouble him. and the remem- brance of his treatment of his unfortu- hate sister distressed him. if the child were alive he wanted to see her. 1 made inquiries and found that the girl was living with her father in very poor circumstanves in the (-it‘)‘ of New York. We sent sufficient funds for the jour- ney. together with a request to the fa- ther to allmv her to visit Mr. Kings- north in England. The father enn- sented. However. hefnre the young girl sailed Mr. Kihgshm‘th died." “Oil-I" (Tried Ainriv. who had been listening intently. ”Died. eh? That was too bad. Dim! before seeing her. Did you let her suii, .\ir. Unwkes?" "Yes. We thnugrm it host to bring her over here and zu-qnnint her with the sad news after her arrival. Had she known before sailing she might not have taken the journey.” "He remembers :x niece he never saw, and his own sister"-â€" And Mrs. Chi- chester once more burst into tears. “It beats cockfighting; that's all I can say." cried Alari'c. “It simply beats cocktighting." Mr. Hawkes went on reading: “‘It at the expiration of one year my niece is found to be. in the judgment of my executors. unworthy of further inter- est she is to be retumed to her father and the sum of £.. 050 a year paid her to prox 1de her with the necessaries of life. if. on the otl er h:.1nd she proves herself worthy of the best traditions of the Kingsnorth family the course of training is to be continued until she reaches the age of twenty-one. when I hereby bequeath to her the sum or £5.000 a year, to be paid her annually out of my estate during her lifetime and to be continued after her death to any male issue she may haveâ€"by mar- riage.’ ” “She had disgraced the family. He was justified." bx'uke in Mrs (Inicnes- ter. “But what was the use of bringing her over when Mr. Kingsnortn was dead?” asked Amric. gun Mrs. Chichvsu'l‘. “Here is the pl'uvisinn." continued Mr. Hawkes. again. muting from the will: “‘1 hereby direct that the sum of H.000 :1 your be paid to any respect- able. well mnnevtml woman of breed- ing and famit'y whu will undertake the education and 11;.)bringing of my niece. Margaret O'Connell. in :mordnnce with the dignity and tradition of the Kings- norths.’ ” “For this reason." replied Unwkes. “1111192111211,~ " that he might never see her Mr. Kin 51101111 111: 1111- the most remark- able proxisiun {01 111-1 111 his will." Alch was moving restlessly about. “Beats anything I've heard otâ€"posi- tively anything.” Hawkes continued: “ 'On no account is her father to be permitted to visit her. and should the course or training he continued after the: first year she “Provided for her and not t’or"â€" be, gar) Mrs. Chichvsu'l‘. 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