Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 62, Decatur, Adams County, 14 March 1927 — Page 3

—— — I The Understanding Heart By PETER B. KYNE Vi should <:•!<• » '• b "'" ,, ‘ ■ .J aU'd will. Jethroe would Induce j h Pnhli. Administrator to contest ft 1 11 ..mi that the estate Is very . ' °® ,h f‘| g 7lrii it was known to Monica i ’‘‘A it !s v*r“ valuable, that she,' J’* * < tha < undue Influence on the old at moreover. Uncle Charbelieved to boos un- i 1 y 1 Ind Old was not competent to 91IU '“ will That action could not. I mg Lfullv be withstood. My only | is to prove that Ashforth Dale < i that land at bis death; that In* Vh, if from Uncle Charley and > for iC that Uncle Charley issued 1 ’’ A hfort'h Pale a deed which has lost and which has never been < 'Tltn find that deed everything ■ -m be lovely. If I cannot find it. 1 can find evidence that such a I was Riven, I will have a basis 1 gainst the Public Admin.,- 1 rttor 1 may not win such a suit, but I . least it will hold up the probate of Vgcle Charley's estate until 1 have ex- i haunted every hope of finding the lost ' Xd I'm a great hand for banking t un m y luck and the future. Thurlow ” 1 “1 think vou're right. Garland. If jethroe can get the Public Administrator busy he will do it. hoping—and not without vast justification—to be able to buy the land when it becomes the property of the State of California, which it will in the event that no legal heirs shall be found. He < would buy the land then for its api praised value, and it would lie appraised as grazing land, not mineral I land Os course, out of sheer cussedness. I'd see to it that the price was run up on him. but in the end he'd win. He can ontgame me.” "Why did you urge me to induce Miss Dale to file for record that deed p to Mason's ranch?” "It constitutes a trump. Uncle j fharley’s land is no good to the Her-; cules people unless the company can also secure Honey- \ alley in which to impound the debris. The cheaper the company gets Unde Charley’s land the greater price it should be forced to pay. proportionately, for HoneyValley." “Well, that will be nice for Bob Mason, if he ever gets out of prison, and if he should not, it will be nice for Bob's son. But Monica Dale does not shart in that profit." A look of childish helplessness overspread Thurlow's plain features. He was silent for several minutes. I still think that if you file that alleged will you can get away with it,” he persist-; ed, doggedly. “Now that Jethroe ! knows Miss Dale controls Honey Valley he will not I* likelyMn-xiiuiyronize her by opposing the will.” But Garland only shook his head. “It's a great temptation and we could get away with it if we didn't balk at perjury, but—” “I wouldn’t balk at hell to help that girl," Thurlow declared. "I wish you'd trust me. I’ll never betray you.) Garland. 1 give you my word of, honor I am no longer in the Hercules | employ nor will I ever be again, while Henry Jethroe is its controlling owner." “What are you going to do?” “1 don't know. It behooves me to j seek another position quickly. It seems I cannot be of any help to you, so I think I'll be off in the morning, ill write you my permanent address later, and in the even that Miss Dale should succeed in establishing her right to that land. I wish you'd communicate With me before accepting any proposition from Jethroe or his company I may be able to do much better by Miss Dale. I want to. very much, if possible.” He gazed out a.ross Tantrum Meadows, his big, useful hands clasping and unclasping. “I want to make a call on Miss Dale,” ho announced presently. “Would you mind loaning me your horse for a couple of hours?" you may have my horse, Thurlow. Garland answered heartily, and went to catch the horse and saddle him. . N° w . I wonder what that strange ap is up to,” he soliloquized as John muriow mounted and struck out across the meadows toward the Bo Ms trail, “Well, I suppose I may as il u . nmas k the enemy’s batteries. ng ,0 Uncle Charley’s nunwil! an(l see w hat develops ‘"the Jethroe camp.” bour » later. Monica Dale, hearvn. i le souni ' hoofs in her front I J' I came t 0 ,ler cabin door and c°i d , oat Urom the back of Tony 8 horse a stranger lifted his ..p° ber w ’th great respect. mo u- , you 1,0 not readily recall me Miss Dale.” he said. "I’m John tendon?' U . ntil recen tly the superinMininJ o° f ~le Her cules Hydraulic M ® Coni|>a ny at Dogwood Flats.” 1 remJ Ca K Bmilert a welcome. "Oh yes, was ber you now - Ton y Garland Have vm? 8 about y° u recently. erencoW? e(i t 0 see me with refit vonh that minin ß land? Because abruptly■ -Tti’V Thurlow -” sbe added Mr. tlaHand." h3Ve t 0 refer yoU t 0 repuJ. T |° J 3 , not a ''nslness call,” he to the’,M nd ’ lllsm ounting, walked up bee J ° r ' of mind has ° r leBS ( l* i, trubed since I, shot aw"', Miss Dale - Dan Cupid yhole in my heart that. day. I PWicula? im* 8 nOt news of any Pea ie of m£ t i er . eßt to you ’ but my terest to ~ nd Bof c °nsiderable in-( question me ' 1 want to ask you a' of mv buq?i 3 Bu^GCt w hich e is none tasking M SS ; and my only pxcuso when irf ‘ beea use I’ll feel better you answer "t We M d ’ 1° matter how tion? i ,i n ay i the quesnent.” not mean to be impertila m certain of that, Mr. Thur-

low. Ask youFquestlnn." "Are you in love with Hanger An- , thouy Garland?" Monica flushed. "Yes, I am, Mr. l Thurlow.” | He grinned—a twisted grist. "Well, that lets me out. May I not congratulate you on your tact in'placing your affections in such a responsible, reliable, decent, manly quarter? I wish yon all the happiness in the world that robs none other, Miss Dale. Thank you.” ‘ | He lifted his hat. climbed on Gar land's horse and without further ado, rode away. He had reached the little gate before the girl could recover her wits. Then she called to him and he looked back. "Thank you. Mr. Thur-, low." she said. "I think mighty nice. If anything should evert happen to Tony, won’t you come ‘ buck?” And she threw him a kiss. "God bless you and keep you," he] called, and threw the kiss back to her.'] Monica sighed. “Men are such strange creatures,” she decided, and I returned to her ironing. As for John Thurlow, hesitation and I doubt were no longer his portion. He I had come straight to headquarters for I certain information necessary to his I peace of mind and he had received I the information. Even as he disappeared around the shoulder of Bogus he knew that he would leave Siskiyou in the morning. He was not crushed. He had merely dreamed a lilile wistful day-dream, and he had not awakened still in the thrall of it. Merely a little heavy-hearted, shot with the poignant ache of disappointment, that was all. He too was a man not given to feeling sorry for himself. CHAPTER 31. As John Thurlow had surmised, his erstwhile chief. Jethroe, had decided, in view of the altered status of his plans, to eliminate the former as his go-between. The Hercules Company had about a year's work on auriferous lands in the Dogwood Flats district and while this ground was being hyIdraulicked. a well - organized and ' briskly conducted campaign might | save his company considerable money, I not to mention the diversion to his I personal account of a few hundred ! thousand dollars which otherwise would have gone to John Thurlow. ! He could afford to lose any number | of John Thurlows, but decidedly he coaid not afford to lose that auriferous land. He had the equipment on the ground and hence could afford to make better terms than any competitor; indeed, he occupied a strategic position which might well decide a possible competitor against developing an interest in the property should Garland strive to stimulate competition. His first move was characteristic of his code of business procedure. Strangely enough it did not occur to him to scrutinize a copy of Uncle I Charley’s will. He took it for granted I that the will was quite in order and immediately began an inquisition into Uncle Charley's antecedents. This latter task he turned over to an efficient detective agency with instructions to find a relative or an unsatisfied judgment against Uncle Charley. Surely (he reasoned) no man could have spent a lifetime, in mining without having become involved in some sort of litigation, and out of a | vast personal experience he knew one i does not always win his lawsuits. Great was his relief, when the detective agency finally rendered its report. It had spent a few thousand dollars of Jethroe’s money investigating Uncle Charley's life from the ■ radle to the grave, and in the records of the superior court of Shasta county U had unearthed the record of a suit for divorce against one Minnie Temple Canfield. From this record it apepared that an interlocutory decree of divorce, on the ground of desertion, had been granted the late Canfield on August 16, 1898, but a further search of the records to date had failed to develop the fact that Canfield had ever applied for and received final decree of divorce. Jethroe was exultant. In the eyes of the law Minnie Temple Canfield had been Uncle Charley’s wife —it she was still living—to the moment of his death! If still living, she was his legal widow! To locate her was Jethroe’s next move and in the search he had. as a point of departure, the address given in the court record. Within ten days he had found her. a gray-haired woman, of fifty or thereabouts, employed as cashier in a Sacramento restaurant. To interview her. acquaint her with the legal issues involved and incite her to action in the hope of a monetary reward which, to her, represented a small fortune. 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was a trifling task for Jethroe’s astute representatives. Within three davs after she had been found she had resigned her position, under a promise of adequate financing, and entered a suit In the superior court of Siskiyou county contesting the validity of Uncle Charley’s will and clalmnlg the entire estate as the sole legal heir of the deceased. The suit of Uncle Charley's relict alleged undue influence on the part of Monica Dale and Anthony Garland and mental incompetency on the part of the testator. She had engaged as her counsel one of the best-known lawyers in the state. A process server came out to the San Dimas ami served a copy of the complaint and a summons in action against Anthony Garland, as executor,

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and then rode on up the trail to Boi'iih to serve a similar complaint and .summons on Monica Dale. Long ho fore he had reached the lookout station, however, Garland had telephoned the news to Monica. The girl accepted the sit lint lon with her characteristic stoicism. "Just some more of the Dale luck, Tony.” was her sole comment. "Do yon think you can oppose the suit successfully?” "No, 1 cannot,” he told her frankly. "The opposition counsel will be certain to question us all very minutely (oucerning the clrcumstanci's of Uncle Charley's detfth and they will make ai strong point of the fact that he was actually dying when he made his wilj. us witness he was unable to sign It. "They will hint to the judge that a conspiracy was an easy matter in view , of the circustances. They will claim

I hat since Uncle Charley hud never bothered to obtain ti final decree of divorce, that urgued hi.t hope for a reconciliation; and that wife of his will probably swear that from time to time fie made overtures for such reconciliation. Ami, of course, if she Is still his legal wife, she occupies u strong legal position.” "I’m sorry you filed the will for probate. Tony. Since I have to lose I'd rather not have been in the fight." "My darling old sport, 1 didn’t file It I for probate, I filed It merely to uncover Jethroe’s plan of campaign.” "But what good will that knowledge do us, Tony?" "None, that 1 know of. Still, inj formation isn’t a heavy thing to carry ' about with one. I like to discover I things on the off chance that the information may prove useful some day.

I think It's a hahlt Inherited from my father. He could never pass u piece of string lying in his pathway; always saved it on the theory that it might come In handy some day to tie up a bundle.” Monica summoned n tired little chuckle. "Bismarck once sold that fools write letters and wise men keep them,” she remarked irrelevantly; and added, with equal irrelevance: "By the way, Jim Kirby, the district attorney, was up to Bee me yesterday. He called to thank me for the care given his baby." "What else did lie have to say, Monica?" Copyright 1*26 Peter I’. Kyne by a i range men t with King flvmlh’At*’* Inn (TO l»H CONTI % I l .l>> Get tHe Habit —Trade at Home, ft Pays

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