Tom Turner's Legacy

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XLII. CONCLUSION. Five days afterwards Tom arrived in Hillsboro. It was a very joyful meeting between him and his mother. "How you have grown!" said she admiringly, "and you look so well, too. Did you enjoy traveling?" "Very much, mother." "I have some good news for you too, Tom. When I heard that you were on your way home, I wrote to Mr. Armstrong and asked him if he would take you back. Here is his letter. He says he will make a place for you, and give you a dollar a week more than he paid you before." Tom laughed. "He is very kind, and I am almost tempted to go back to see Mr. Wallace stare, but I may be able to do better." "Don't refuse a good offer, Tom. Seven dollars a week is a good deal of money." "I'll think of it, mother. Is that all your news?" "No, Tom," replied his mother soberly. "I've got some bad news also." "What is it?" "Hannibal Carter came here a week since, and presented a note for two hundred dollars signed by your father, which, with several years' interest, amounts to nearly three hundred dollars." "What an old rascal he is!" "Not if the note is genuine. He is a very selfish man, I admit." ' What did he propose?" "That I should turn over to him Uncle Brinton's legacy of a hundred dollars, and give him a mortgage on the place for the balance." "When will he call here again?" "In about a week from this time." "I shall be ready for him." "You won't be too violent, Tom?" said his mother anxiously. "We can't afford to offend him." "You can trust me, mother." The next day was the anniversary of Mr. Pendergast's death. Tom waited upon the executor, and received from him the legacy of a hundred dollars for his mother. From Mr. Benson's office he went over to the office of the other lawyer, Judge Scott, and...