Ruby's Reward — page 14: what you’re looking at

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Edmund Carpenter knew well enough that all this was | true, bul it angered him to discover that Walter had | been told so much, and to discover that he suspected the existence of a will. | Anangry red suffused lis face; his eyes flashed om. | {nously, and lis lips curled with an ugly smile. “Really,” he sieered, ‘you appear to attach consid: | erable sigalticance to the wanderings of a feeble mind La | its last hours. If my father made such frmple provision for you, there ought to be something: to show it.” Involuntary Walter's eyes wandered toward Mr, Car- penterx’s desk, which stood near bim. “Yes, there ought.” he admitted, absently, The young man oppesite turned tlercely upon him, “Perhaps you imugine that Mr. Fairbanks and IT have acted dislonorably and suppressed Important documents belonging to you. Here are the keys to my father’s desk. You can examine his papers for yourself, if you donbt our integrity.” are turned his frank, clear gaze upon his com- panion. “LT have no right to doubt you or Mr. Fairbanks, and I have no wish to examine your father’s papers,” he said; ' “put I am very sure that Uncle Ralph intended and wished me to complete my course. I frankly confess — that I do not like the idea of going into the counting- room even for a time; it would put me back so that years would elapse before 1 could go into business for myself.” “Of course ; but then you must remember that circum- stances alter cases.” “KHdmund,” Walter suddenly said, ignoring this last sarcasm, ‘*why will you not advance me money sufficient to enable me to commence as an architect? I will give up the two pormebning years of my collegiate course cheerfully—you have abundance, and could easily do it, while I will repay every dollar of it as soon as 1 can earn it.” Comiclsooks.commn