“True,” was the quiet reply; “but the law cannot make that right which is essentially wrong, and my sister and cousin are as much entitled to my uncle’s money as I am myself.”
Mr. Ball was dumfounded.
“My dear sir,” he gasped, “this is very strange!”
But “Cobbler” Horn was firm.
“You will find this scapegrace cousin of mine?” he asked.
The lawyers said they would do their best; and, when some further arrangements had been made, with regard to the property, “Cobbler” Horn took his departure, leaving his two legal advisers to assure one another, as they stood together on the hearthrug, that he was the strangest client they had known.
CHAPTER X.
MISS JEMIMA IS VERY MUCH ASTONISHED.
Miss Jemima Horn was sufficiently curious as to the result of her brother’s visit to the lawyers, to render her restlessly eager for his return. He came back the same night. He had work to finish in the cobbling line; and besides he had no fancy for any bed but his own.