UNCLE JOHN'S WILL

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 11, 14 January 1933, Page 8

UNCLE JOHN'S WILL

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Maurice stood sadly looking'out of the dining-room window. Two big .tears welled;out of his bright grey eyes and rolled' down his- iosy,' fresh-lqoTung cheeks: ' Maurice Sloane 's uncle, had died and left no will, and Maurice and his sister Mamie were left all alone to mind the lovely mansion' and to attend to the cool lawns and. gardens.. ...'. s Uncle John's last:'words when, he died weie:<:V,Yo4 ; .jßh'^:hdfi:b'e^forgqttffli"' in the wide; .wbrjjl.'■? ; -J-JBut Maurices knew J E4t'i£';^Vtoul^^pf i s^^tfie-^7ill'i'3nth-in :f our. .months;^ -tiijrty" tpai Goveinment would_Eand;the'Bjansioii over to Lord Watson for a large of money. ; ,One 'morning: ; after "; Maurice' fad finished tidying the' garden; and Mamie was busy making apple pies in the kiti chen, Maurice decided to explore, the mansion, before they left. As he walked up the winding stairs, he wondered whether Uncle John had really left a wilL Suddenly Maurice tripped over the carpet rod and fell against the panelled wall. It opened, and seeing a flight of stairs, he ascended them. He": soon ' came to a ;rbOm with mo exits except for' the onfe he: had-tifcedl On the/floor was a little wooden box. Hastily Maurice opened it', arid' a-sheet of paper fell out. * Maurice ■ read it ana cried out joyfully, "The' wilVthe will!" He raced up the stairs, through the open panel, and down to Mamie. "Mamie, Mairiie!.'.' he cried.-. ■", Uncle John's will! " i Mamie could 'hardly /believeher eyes as her brother'waved the paper; in front -of- herV ■■ ;•■;-■«";-';; '" - ."Just the .'luck- of -fortune, J: suppose," Maurice said proudly. -. Next week-Lord Watson:' came to claim the maiision as\ his own. Instead of finding the. children gone, he found the frilly curtains :wa.stied and ironed and, hanging in '■,the windows, and the chimney smoking.« peacefully. _\ "We liave. the/will, Lord .Watson," were the words that greeted him. He turned pale, and patted the children before he : wenfcaway.fore/ver..: v ■ Next week Aunty. Lily and, Cousin ;Malcolm came to. stay at /the mansion. And Uncle John's words/ proved true, that they were hot forgotten; ■ ; . t'TIPPETY TOES" (10). Brooklyn. ' "". . /