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The cat That wouidnite Scat
(Continued From Page 6)
and putting his hand upon Lawrin;
shoulder, “! was darned sorry to read
at it. old man: darned sorry
“Come in and look things over. Jack.
Sit down. Have a cigar. own-
right glad to see you. Expecting Essie
here in a minute. llow'd you know I
was here?" ‘
"Read the news in the papers and beat
it straight to Mrs. lualone's. She sai
you had gone over to ‘the house’.
There was 3 courteous hall-hour of
condoiing. after which Jack ever so
gently hinted at the prospective manner
ol payment for these furnishings that
had recently been installed.
“Why, that will come out 0! my uncle's
estate. of course," said Lawrie, "W0l"l'-K ll?"
"Are you his heir?" asked Holden.
"Why. no. Not his heir. I don't be-
lieve. His telegram said he was going
to make out his will to me as soon as ‘
There was a will in
In 3 dt of dis-
he reached land.
I
have the house and money for the turni-
re.
"It wouldn't go in law, you see," came
"As tar
admit, any one could
have phoned in that telegram.
Lawrle stared as tho paralyzed. Sud-
"VVl'iat will
Holden started, then realized that the
last remarks were addressed in a frenzy
to it little black, white and tan cat sit-
ncross the room upon the
"Why I'll put it out, Lawrence,“ said
Holden, stooplng over to stroke the little
nnlme. who responded in loud purrlnszs.
He picked her up and carried her out-
side. closing the door after her.
"Don't like cats, eht""he remarked on
returning. -
"I'd rather say I don't believe in them
as members of households. The useless:
ness oi the house can is my pet eubjcct.
That creature rniist have come in wit
you. Pleasant little anlrnaimbut I don't
believe in them. That cat has sauntered
in her; with Essie and me every time we
have coma to receive and arrange things.
I'll be blasted it it gets in next time!"
Mr. Holden strolled over to a’ chair.
lighted n cigar, and sat down. ,
"When'were you to have been married,
llutchins?"
The pain on Lawrencgs Iace was heart-
tending.
"l'omorrow," he answered.
front of the hearth." Then, Suddenly:
"There mill! be I,wili, Holden. Really.
man. There must be. Uncle could never
have been so shortolghted, once he had
made up h min ." . .
“Oh, no! There's no will," came a
strange. harsh voice. , ‘
Both men looked up, startled. nnd saw
a heavily coarse, feminine lace looking
In rat the window. "There's no will." was
repeated. Then tollowed loud knocking:
upon the door. '
"If you‘ll open. Holden. I'll see that
that cut, by gad, doesn't get in,“ moaned
Lawrence.
“Here, in
FAT, Iruvvsy lady Ind a dark, keen-
taced man were given entrance.
“I am the late Mr. Wilhersby‘s law-
yer." proffered the latter. "and this lady
is Miss Sheldon oi the Sheldor'i'Gir1s’
Academyyhlr. Wlthersby's first cousin
andronly livingrelatlve. lllr. Withers-
by died intestate. You gentlemen. I
presume. arrtroin the press’
‘l nwrence llulchinsjhlr. Ma
tin.’ Don‘t you remember Uncle 1-"rnnk's
so you are! Why, how are
Lawrie?” Lawyer Martin pressed
Lnwrle‘a hand on he whispered, "Des-
perately sorry, Laurie; I can‘! tell you
how sorry am."
‘What a delightlul place,” Miss Shel-
don had begun to enthuse. immeditely
making herself at home. "it looks as
tho Cousin Frank had this designed es-
pecially for me. It’: almost my taste.
lie was really 3 millionaire, wasn't he.
hlr. Martin?"
Lawrence. unobserved, turned away.
"l‘ve got to hunt up Essie," he mut-
tered simply. "How can I tell her. liai-
den? And what is left lorj me After I
have broken the news to her.
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flushed. nolicitous, holding the
llttle cat in her arms.
Placing his hand upon Estl"ier's. young
Dr. llutchlns looked gravely into her
2 ‘vs. -
"Esther-in lleaven‘s name, not now!
Not the cal."
VViUl 3 wistful "mew." kitty was ile-
iloon he was launched upon an exposi-
tion of all these recent developments.
"’l'i'iere must be it will. demand a
search for a will." snid Esther Franklin
sonly when everything had been ex-
plained to he
"And I demand that every one of you
leave my houn immediately!“ nnlihd
Miss Sheldon, overbearing her and cust-
ing her own hat upon the borrined Ara-
bian Girl lamp. . ,
Miss Sheldon is right.-dear. There is
no will. 5 is a trick oi I-‘ate-not
the only one that that unfair lady has
played." v
“R Lawrie!" whispered Essie in
quick brzathfuis. “I am convinced. Oh.
it for 1 am urging. I
know how you have dreamed of me and
liomwulways together; our
home, lust ruaterializing and about to
be snatched away from you, And I
know one other thing: Mr. Withersby
hung on every word I said. when it e
no vaguely concerned you. I am sure
he has not been careless when your
fortuue was at stake. No-I'd feel over
every-inch or the wall papenbeforc I'd
artlu?"
u
Miss Franklin, but not exactly prudent.
A will is never hidden for the purpose
of not being tound. As 1 said before,
however, you are within your rights"
Esther glanced with her brave little
hushed lace toward Jennie Sheldon. The
latter exploded immediately.
‘f you miserable little upstart!
Search to your heart's content. Search
rn go-
Frank wrote me [W
favor.
erlrontery to
this female. into his home and try to
drag Irom him dead wh
drag in life. ()I'i-search!
course! But you'll tlnd nothing.”
this she threw open the door
leading to their potential sacred bed-
room. taunted into it and turned the
bolt. '
R. HOLDEN took his leave here with
grim lace. Having seen him to the
door, Lawyer Martin asked permission
to withdraw to A little spinet desk in
the corner, to look over some notes. with
which he always kept himself supplied.
"Thus we come to the end or a per-
lect day.!‘ he "and it you kids
want to look around a bit. I can remain
here occupied but accessible."
so, Esther drew Lawrence dawn beside
her on the davenport.
2 must plan our search now."
Yet.
hurt anything. Just
Mr. lilartin, have you
m afraid my little bird Will
5..
‘red-researched and
searched again. after which he decided
e was out vii’ matches.
"Never mind." said Esther. "”l'he cold
will keep us alert. New first we'll move
the Iurnlture from the east wall, lee]
over all the wall and then get down;
then the south wall; than above the fire.
place there."
As she said this and pointed to the
wall before her, something happened;
"10 W5" SPOKE. or rather. l'aBDed. All
three had a start. Then, all laughed.
"some cinder: dislodged from the chlm.
vney.” was other-‘s verdict. "and listen!
it's raining-and how hard it is blow-
ing!" - "
Eguanlmity was restored. Mr. Martin
turned back to his work and ssie re-
connlmenced her plan ot attack upon the
3 S
w . .
She had not gone very tar when the
mailing sound came again; a peculiar
scratching or grating, and they decided
it could be no Cinders from the chimney,
it sounded rather like some one walk.
lug. stealthlly. within the well. They
at as it entranced for many seconds,
Suddenly, the sound ceased, and, as be-
fore, sac of themAvery uncomfortably
ridiculous, laughed it oi‘! and shlvered.
Lawrence wanted to cull "Who's there?"
and, had he been alone, should have
done so. ,
Presently Essie piped up. "VVhy, we've
targotten our good old electric stove in
the kitchen.‘ We can warm up in n min.
ute.”
an
hy. so we can," cried Lawrence. and
accordingly the three med lcily into the
kitchen
They had not been there very long
when some one came shuffling toward
the kitchen, the door opened and Miss
was still completely attired, and hugged
her coat tightly about her. The wind
was hlowlnz a dirize outside in a whin-
lnr minor key.
'Yery free you are with my electric.
ily, -he sneererl. "Mr. Martin, there's
no bedding in this house. That won't
hump" "19. tho: I'll stay the night thru.
nny when a person can’: have her own
house to herself without a lot of wolves
hanging about to steal it from her!"
She settled borsolr in a chair in (mm
of the Oven. closed her eyes and was
soon nodding. v
Lawrence was looking very hollow.
eyed and tortured. Essie pressed his
hand. ‘
- "Come on,” lhe whispered.’ “Mr. Mar.‘
tin has started his work on the kitchen
table, snd- we have work to do also‘.-
Let's start in now, in the living-room.
Sneak that kitchen chair out to stand on."
N THE living-room, Lawrence- moved
the furniture from the east wall as
Essie directed and together they ran
to the next. Thus tor hours they worked
from wall to wall. from ceiling to floor.
Then they righted the room and sat
down. ’
The wind. was moaning like u. thou-
sand sick children. Lawrence imagined
they were stretching their little hands
toward him, pleading with him to give
himself to them.
“Now some one's getting gloomy again."
chlrruped Essie. "The dining-room is
next. March!"
re ce, with little heart, and Essie.
the search thru
the bedroom. It
night. The
heard snoring thruout the entire search
and Mr. Martin had long lain his term
over his coat on the floor beside her,
risking a landslide. '
lit o'clock poor- Essie’: courage
. gave out. The wind was weeping dole-
Vfully. The cold gusts came out of the-
llreplace sickenlngly. ’
" spoke Door’ Lawrence, "it's
likfthe sick babies calling me. am
selfish to want you, a home, all this.
ll must be decreed that I have my H19
for the little pale hands that always
reach toward me.
"Oh. all get matyredly morbid
when we're tired to death.” was her an
tempt at being cheerful.
hey had strolled into the living-room
where the soft light, from the Arabian
Girl glinted over the polished surfaces
and sunk softly into the stuffs.
“Our beloved home,"
as she seized n davenport cushion and
buried her race in its yieldingness. It's
like 9. piece of ourselves." Then. alter a.
silence: “We'll alwaysmave these five
wondertul days to remember."
was a shocked tension in the
silence again. There was-there was
some one moving behind the wall! 1-
was it this side of ii? lfseemed Just
now to come this side'o1 it. '
Slowly trorn under the log in the tire-
place came whirring
moistened her .
caught his breath, then crept toward the
log. swallowing air. ‘
Suddenly he spoke in everyday ac-
la
in
"Now I am going-to drown you!" he-
sald as he pulled horn under the log‘
the relaxed, purring body or the little
cat. ’
But what was this other sound? A:
tiny mew or protest came, not from the
cut in ]Awrence's hands but from the
ashes upon which kitty had been lying.
Essie was down upon her knees in an
instanat beside Lawrence.
"Why here‘s an nnimalcule at a lap-
racen kitten." he 1 , picking up the
squeellng palmrul and holding it, belly
up, under the H3 "Hello! Whs.t‘s all
7'
' this on
1'1‘ WAS a ilake at burnt paper. Big
kitty was. alternately strutting and
lunging herself against Lawrence’s and
Esther-'5 ankles, and purring to Heaven
They then discovered that one side of
her was covered.with l‘lakea.o1'burn!
and scorched paper.’ ,
Essie ran to the log: nngered and tin-
gered under it in the blue-gray ashes.
reached a spot and stopped, rooted out
from its buried depths on oval‘lurnD.
covered with ashes and dripping nukes.
It must have-been made up ofj. con-
siderable packet. oi documents before It
had been consigned to the names. Cure- ,
tuliy she hngered the lump. The cen-
tral papershnd only been singed on the
Esther
almost wept, and laughed at ‘the ‘same
time. ‘You qiieenly little being?” ' '
,Kltty>hei-eupon purred to the Seventh
Heaven, grunting Ihe Seventh is still
‘higher than the First.
"How did it get In‘'.''' was all Lawrence
could say, helpless] .'
“I! must have been thru the ash-chute
back here!" ’ or . -
"So that‘ was the ghostly sound we
heard back or the wall! Where's a
match. dear? apt to burn this rat
article or‘mim.>. Allhaii Kitty."
Esther's. jaw (ell open and A look at
horror tinged her race.
"Lawrence!" she cried. "ll we had stt
lire to that log tonight everything
would hove been ruined! Vvhat Godrle-ta
of Fortune decreed that neither you nor
lilr. Martin should haven match!"
"And that we didn't think of lighting
it when Holden, who
lldren now,
‘ it will not be scold, vvhlld
it will be a retreat. It will by!
she whispered '
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