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тАЬYes.тАЭ

тАЬBut I'm over twenty-one! I'm not crazy! What the hellтАФI beg your pardonтАФdo I want with a
guardian?тАЭ The young woman attorney apparently had expected some such objection. She was all ready
with her brief case, which she opened.

She said, тАЬIt is in your father's will. I presume you have not read the will?тАЭ

тАЬI didn't know dad left a will,тАЭ said Parker O'Donnel. тАЬIt's news to me.тАЭ

тАЬThe will,тАЭ said Attorney Martha Colby, тАЬstates that I am to be appointed your guardian.тАЭ

тАЬHoly cats!тАЭ said Park.
The young woman removed a document from her brief case, a document which showed signs of age.
She indicated this legal article.

тАЬIt is,тАЭ she said, тАЬright here in the will. You may read it.тАЭ

тАЬGosh!тАЭ said Park. тАЬDoes the will say what I am to do with you, now that I've got you?тАЭ

тАЬAs guardian,тАЭ said Attorney Martha Colby, тАЬit is I who will tell you what to do. Not the reverse.тАЭ

Park became somewhat indignant. тАЬOh, it does, does it! I may have something to say about that!тАЭ

Attorney Martha Colby frowned severely. тАЬThe first thing I am to do with you,тАЭ she said, тАЬis to take you
to visit a man named Tom Brock.тАЭ

тАЬTom Brock,тАЭ said Park, тАЬwas dad's old partner. I don't know him, but I've heard he was the only man
who was a bigger screwball than my good old dad was.тАЭ

тАЬI am to take you to Tom Brock,тАЭ said the young woman lawyer. тАЬAnd he's to give you a good talking
to.тАЭ

тАЬOh my goodness!тАЭ said Park. тАЬI never heard of such a foolish thing!тАЭ



Chapter II. DEATH ISN'T FUNNY
THE relay officer operator was on the wire with more тАЬ99тАЭ messages. They were overworked at the
relay office, and the relay man called so angrily that his dots and dashes threatened to shake the tobacco
can out of the sounder box.

Park opened the key and said, тАЬMin, you lid,тАЭ over the wire. Min meant minute, or wait a minute. And
the word lid was a telegrapher's bit of slanguage implying the other fellow was a species of goof who had
no head on his shoulders.

The relay man sent six or seven explosive words. He was evidently the chief operator sitting in on the
wire.

Park's ears got red.