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CHAPTERS.
Exit Mr. StanleyyG. Fulton.
There was a thoughtful frown on
the tace of the man,foho was the pos
sessor of $20,000;000. He was a
tall, spare man, with a fringe of reddish-brown
hair encircling a bald spot.
His blue eyes, xed just now in a
iteady gaze upon a row of ponderous
law books across the room, were
friendly and benevolent in direct con
tradiction to, the bulldog, never-let-go
fighting qualities of the square jaw be
low the firm rather thin lips.
The lawyer, a youthfully alert man
of 60 yeaYs, trimly gray as to garb,
hair and; mustache ,sat idly watching
him, yti with eyes that looked so in
tently fhat they seemed to listen.
Forrfully five minutes the two men
had .Seen pulling at their cigars in
silence when the millionaire spoke.
"Ned, what am I going to do with
my' money?"
Into the lawyer's listening eyes
flashed, for a moment, the keenly
scrutinizing glance usually reserved
for the fitness on the other side.
Then quietly came the answer.
"Spend it yourself, I hope for
some years to come, Stanley."
Mr. Stanley G. Fulton was guilty
of a shrug and an uplifted eyebrow.
"Thanks. Very pretty, and I appre
ciate it of course. But I can't wear
but one suit of clothes at a time, nor
eat but one -dinner which, by the
way, just now consists of somebody's
health biscuit and hot water. Twenty
millions don't really what you might
call melt away at that rate."
The lawyer frowned. -
"Shucks, Fulton," he expostulated,
with an irritable twist of his hand. "I
Ihought better of you than that. This
poor rich man's 'one-suit, one-dinner,
one-bed-at-a-time' hard-luck story
doesn't suit your style. Better cut it
out!"
"All right. Cut it is." The man
smiled good-humoredly. "But you see
I was nettled. You didn't ret me at
all
oi my money alter 1 a done spending
it myself the ' little that is left, of
course."
Once more from the 'awyer's eyes
flashed that keenly scrutinizing
glance.
"What was it, Fulton? A midnight
rabbit, or a wedge of mince pie not
like mother used to make? Why, man
alive, you're barely over SO, yet.
Cheer up! It's only a little matter of
indigestion. There are a lot of good
days and good dinners coming to you
yet." ,
The millionaire made a wry face.
"Very likely if I survive the bis
cuits. But, seriously Ned, I'm in earn
est No, I don't think I'm t going
to die yet awhile. But I ran across
young Bixby last ni?ht got him
home, in fact. Delivered him to his
white-faced little wife. Talk about
your maudlin idiots 1"
"Yes, I know. Too bad. too bad!"
"Hm-m; well, that's what one mil
lion did inherited. It set me to
thinking of mine, when I get
through with them."
"I see." The lawyer's lips came to
gether a little grimly. "You've not
made your will, I believe."
"No. Dreaded it, somehow. Funny
how a man'll fight shy of a little thing
like that, isn't if? Anu when we're
so mighty particular where it goes
while we're living 1"
"Yes, I know; you're not the only
one. ' You have relatives somewhere,
I surmise." "
"Nothing nearer than cousins, third
or fourth, back east. They'd get it.
I suppose without a will "
The millionaire repeated the wry
face of a moment before,
"I'm not a marrying man. I never
did care much for women; and I'm
not fool enough to think that a wo
man would be apt to fall in love with
my bald head. Nor am I obliged
enough to care to hand the millions
sver to the woman that falls in love
with them, taking me along as the
necessary sack that holds the gold.
If it comes to that, I'd rather risk the
cousins. Tbey, at least, are of my
own blood, and they didn't angle to
get the money."
"You know themr H '
Oyer's eyes, but there was only mock
sympathy in his voice. And to think
I ve known you all these years, and
never suspected it, rulton!
The man who owned $20,000,000
still smiled imperturbably.
"Oh, yes, I know what you mean,
but I m not crazy. And really I m in
terested in genealogy, too, and I've
been thinking for some time I'd go
digging about the roots of my an
cestral tree. I have dug a little, in
years gone. My mother was a Blais
dell. you know.
"Her grandfather was brother to
some ancester of these Hillerton
Blaisdells; and I really am interested
in collecting Blaisdell data. So that's
all straight. I shall be telling no fibs.
And think of the opportunity it gives
mel Besides I shall try to board with
one of them. I've decided that."
"Upon my word, a pretty little
scheme I"
"Yes, I knew you'd appreciate it,
the more you thought about it." Mr.
Stanley G. Fulton's blue eyes twinkled
a little.
With a disdainful gesture the law
yer brushed this aside.
"Do you mind telling me how you
happened to think of it, yourself?"
"Not a bit. 'Twas a little booklet
got out by a trust company."
"It sounds like it I"
"Oh, they didn't suggest exactly
this, I'll admit; but they did suggest
that, if you were fearful as to the
way your heirs would handle their
inheritance, you could create a trust
fund for their benefit while you were
living, and then watch the way the
beneficiaries spent the income, as well
as the way the trust fund itself was
managed. In this way you could ob
serve the effects of your gifts, and at
the same time be able to change them
if you didn't like results. That gave
me an idea. I've just developed it.
That's all. I'm going to make my
cousins a little rich, and see which,
if any of them, can stand being very
rich."
"But the money, man! How are
you going to drop a hundred thou
sand dollars into three men's laps,
and expect to get away without an
investigation as to the why and
nairTTri
"NOW WHAT AM I GOING
TO DO WITH MY MONEY?"
"Why not pick out a bunch of col- if: it t a.a- . ...m, ;f
leges and endow them?" latl0n- 1 donated t0 a church: !
Tt, -u i. t.:. u-.j f.iwas called conscience money and if
Doesn t appeal to me. somehow.
Oh, of course it ought to but it just
doesn't. That's all. Maybe if I was
a college man myself; but well. I
had to dig for what education I got."
"Very well charities, then. There
are numberless organizations that "
He stopped abruptly at the other's
uplifted hand.
"Organizations! Good heavens, I
should think there were! I tried 'em
once. I got that philanthropic bean
in my bonnet, and I gave thousands,
tens of thousands to 'em. Then I
got to wondering where the money
went."
Unexpectedly the lawyer chuckled.
"You never did like to invest with
out investigating, Fulton, he ob
served. With only a shrug for an answer
the other plunged on.
"Now, understand. I'm not saying
that organized charity isn't all right,
and doesn't do good, of course. Neith
er am I prepared to propose anything
to take its place. And maybe the two
or three I dealt with were particularly
addicted to the sort of thing I ob
jected to. But, honestly, Ned, if you'd
lost heart and friends and money, and
were just ready to chuck the whole
shooting match, how would you like
to become a 'case,' say, No. 23,741,
ticketed and docketed and duly appor
tioned off to a six-by-nine rule of do
this' and 'do that,' while a dozen
spectacled eyes watched you being
cleaned up and regulated and wound
up with a key made of just so much
and no more parts and preachments
carefully weighed and labeled? How
would you like it?"
The lawyer laughed.
"I know; but, my dear fellow, what
would you have? Surely, unorganized
charity and promiscuous giving is
worse"
"Oh, yes, I've tried that way, too,"
shrugged the other. "There was a
time when every Tom, Dick and Har
ry, with a run-down shoe and a ragged
coat, could count on me for a 10-spot
by just holding out his hand, no ques
tions asked. Then a serious-eyed lit
tle woman sternly told me one day
that the indiscriminate charity of a
millionaire was not only a curse to
any community, but a corruption to
the whole state. I believe she kindly
included the nation, as well, bless her!
And I thought I was doing goodi"
"What a blow-to you." There Was
a whimsical smile in the lawyer's
eyes.
"It was." The millionaire was not
smiling. "But she was right. It set
me to thinking, and I began to follow
up those 10-spots the ones that I
could trace, jove! what a mess I'd
made of it I Oh, some of them were,
all right, of course, and I made those
fifties on the spot.' But the others !
I tell you, Ned, money that isn't
earned is the most risky thing in the
world. If I'd left half those wretches
alone they'd have braced up and
helped themselves and made men of
themselves, maybe. As it was well,
you never can tell as to the results of
a so-called 'good' action. From my
experience I should say they are
every whit as dangerous as the bad
ones."
The lawyer laughed outright.
"But, my dear fellow, that's just
where the organized charity comes in.
Don't you see?"
"Oh, yes, I know Case No. 23,141!
And that's all right, of course. Relief
of some sort is absolutely necessary.
But I'd like to see a little warm sym
pathy injected into it, some way. Give
the machine a heart, say, as well as
hands and a head."
"Then why don't you try it your
self?; "Not I" His gesture of dissent was
emphatic. "I have tried it, in a way,
and failed. That's why I'd like some
One else to tackle the job. And that
brings me right back to my original
question. I'm wondering what mv
money will do. when I'm rioti with it
I didn't donate to it, they said I was
mean and miserly. So much for what
I've done. I was just wondering
what the other fellow'd do with it."
"Why worry? 'Twon't be your
fault."
"But it will if I give it to him,
Great Scott, Ned! Think what money
does for folks, sometimes folks that
aren't used to itl Look at Bixby; and
look at that poor little Marston girl,
throwing herself away on that worth
less scamp of a Gowing who's only
after her money, as everybody (but
herself) knows. And if it doesn't
make knaves and martyrs of them, ten
to one it does make fools of 'em.
They're worse than a kid with a dol
lar on circus day; and they use just
about as much sense spending their
pile, too. You should have heard dad
tell about his pals in the '80s that
struck it rich in the gold mines. One
bought up every grocery store in town
and instituted a huge free grab-bag for
the populace; and another dropped
his $100,000 in the dice box before
it was a week old. I wonder what
those cousins of mine back east are
like!"
"If you're fearful, better take Case
No. 23,741," smiled the lawyer.
"Hm-m; I suppose so," ejaculated
the other grimly, getting to his feet.
"Well, I must be off. It's biscuit
time, I see."
A moment later the door of the
lawyer's sumptuously appointed office
closed behind him. Not 24 hours af
terward, however, it opened to admit
him again. He was a'ert, eager
eyed, and smiling. He looked 10
years younger. Even the office boy
who ushered him in -cocked a curious
eye at him.
The man at the great flat-topped
desk gave a surprised ejaculation.
"Hullo, Fulton I Those biscuits
must be agreeing with you," he
laughed. "Mind telling me their
name?"
"Ned, I've got a scheme. I think I
can carry it out." Mr. Stanley G. Ful
ton strode across the room and drop
ped himself into the waiting chair.
"Remember those cousins back east?
Well, I'm going to find out which
of 'em I want for my heir."
"Another case of investigating be
fore investing, eh?"
"Exactly."
. "Well, that's like you. What is it. a
little detective work? Going to get
acquainted with them, I suppose, and
see how they treat you. Then you
can size them up as to hearts and
habits, and drop the golden plum into
the lap of the worthy man, eh?" .
"Yes, and no. But not the way you
say. "I'm going to give 'era say fifty
or a hundred thousand apiece, and
Give it to them now?"
"Sure! How 'm I going to know
how they'll spend money till they
have it to spend?"
"I know; but "
"Oh, I've planned all that. 'Don't
worry. Of course you'll have to fix
it up for me. I shall leave instruc
tions with you, and when the time
.omes all you have to do is to carry
them out."
The lawyer came erect in his chair.
Leave instructions! But you, your-
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wherefore
ceeding?"
"That's where your part comes in,"
smiled the millionaire blandly. "Be
sides, to be accurate, one of the laps
is er a petticoat one."
"Oh, indeed! So much the worse,
maybe. But and so this is where I
come in, is it? Well, and suppose I re
fuse to come in?"
"Regretfully I shall hve to employ
another attorney."
"Humph! Well?"
"But you won't refuse." The blue
eyes opposite were still twinkling. "In
the first place, you're my good friend
my best friend. You wouldn't be
seen letting me start off on a wild
goose chase like this without your
guiding hand at the helm to see that
I didn't come a-cropper."
"Aren't y u getting your metaphors
a trifle mixed? This time the lawyer's
eyes were twinkling.
"Eh? What? Well, maybe. But I
reckon you get my meaning. Besides,
what I want to do is a mere routine of
regular business, with you."
"It sounds like it. Routine, indeed 1"
"But it is your part. Listen. I'm
off for South America, say, on an ex
ploring tour. In your charge I leave
certain papers with instructions that
on the first day of the sixth month of
my absence (I being unheard from),
you are to open a certain envelope ana
act according to instructions within.
Simplest thing in the world, man,
Now, isn't it"
"Oh, very simple as you put it."
"Well, meanwhile Irl! start for
South America alone, of course; and,
so far as you're concerned, that ends
it.
"If on the way, somewhere, I de
termine suddenly on a change of des
tination, that is none of your affair. If.
say in a month or two, s quiet, inof
fensive gentleman by the name of
Smith arrives in Hillerton on the le
gitimate and perfectly respectable
business of looking up a family pedi
gree, that also is none or your con
With a sudden laugh the lawyer fell
back in his chair.
"By Jove, Fulton, if I don t believe
you'll pull this absurd thing off!"
There I Now you re talking like a
(sensible man, and we can get some
where. Of course 1 11 pull it off I Now
here's my plan. In order best to
judge how my esteemd relatives con
duct themselves under the sudden ac
cession of wealth, I must see them
first without it, of course. Hence, I
plan to be in Hillerton some months
before your letter and the money ar
rive. I intend, indeed to be on the
friendliest terms with every Blaisdell
in Hillerton before that' time comet."
(Continued Monday.)
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"Yes. i i.i going to take that name
for a time."
"Nonsense, Fulton! Have you lost
your senses?"
"No." The millionaire still smiled
imperturably. "Really, my dear Ned,
I'm disappointed in you. You don't
seem to realize the possibilities of
this thing."
"Oh, yes, I do perhaps better than
you, old man," retorted the other
with an expressive glance.
"Oh, come, Ned, listen 1 I've got
three cousins in Hillerton. I never
saw them, and they never saw itie
I'm going to give them a tidy little
sum of money apiece, and then have
the fun watching them spend it. Any
harm in that, especially as it's no
one's business what I do with my
money?"
"No-no, I suppose not if you can
carry such a wild scheme through."
"I can, I think. I'm going to be
John Smith."
"Nice distinctive namel"
"I chose a colorless one on purpose.
I'm going to be a colorless person,
you see."
"Oh! And er do you think Mr.
Stanley G. Fulton, multimillionaire,
with his pictured face in half the
papers and magazines from the At
lantic to the Pacific, can hide that face
behind a colorless John Smith?"
"Maybe not. But he can hide it
behind a nice little close-cropped
beard." The millionaire stroked his
smooth chin reflectively.
"Humph! How large is Hillerton?"
"Eight or ten thousand. Nice lit
tle New England town, I'm told."
"Hm-m. And your er business ir
Hillerton, that will enable you to be
the observing fly on your cousins'
walls?"
"Yes, I've thought that all out, too;
and that's another brilliant stroke
I'm going to be a genealogist. I'm
going to be at work tracing the Blais
dell family their name is Blaisdell.
I'm writing a book which necessitates
the collection of an endless amount
of data. Now how about that fly's
chances of observation, eh?"
"Mighty poor, if he's swatted and
that's what he will be! New Eneland
housewives are death on flies, I under- j
stand.
"Well I'll risk this one."
"You poor fellow!" There were ex
asperation and amusement in the law
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