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sneered "I fancy it will be safer to keep our reeable acquaintance on a strictly business basis If

you accept the terms of the will-"

"Of course I accept the

to ave hi

hiht the will; but I', but played with his pencil I had

never disliked hi and

comfortable His office breathed the very spirit of prosperity

I wished to finish ion out there has a high death-rate

How's the ly prevalent, I understand There's a

summer resort over on one side of Lake Annandale

The place is really supposed to be wholesorandfather had ho

you there"

"No, he probably thought the rustication would ? I suppose

I'll be allowed to eat"

"Bates can cook for you He'll supply the necessities

I'll instruct hiuests,-in fact,"-he studied the

back of his hand intently,-"while that isn't stipulated,

I doubt whether it was your grandfather's intention

that you should surround yourself-"