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"Everything's in good shape," announced Bugher. "There ain't a claim against the property, now that Mrs. Gwyn has given up her idea of contesting the will. The property is in your name now, Mr. Gwynne, and that reminds me that your father, in his will, spells your name with a double n and an e, while he spells hers with only one n.
Dan Bugher, he's the county recorder, an' Rube Kelsey, John Bishop, Larry Stockton, an' a lot more of the folks up in town, have been lookin' down the Crawfordsville road fer you ever since your father died last August. You 'pear to be a very important cuss fer one who ain't never set foot in Indianny before." "I see," said the other reflectively. "Were you acquainted with my father, Mr. Striker?"
All that her mother now has will go to her when said Rachel dies, and as it will be a full half of the estate instead of what might have been only a third, I guess she's had pretty good advice from some one." "The fact that my half-sister was not mentioned in the will naturally led me to conclude that no such person existed. I did not know till this morning, Mr. Bugher, that I had a half-sister."
"We didn't know till last fall that he had a son, and well, I hope you don't mind my saying we couldn't believe it at first." "You spell the name different from the way he spelled it," answered Bugher, the recorder. "I noticed it in your letters, and it struck me as queer." "My father appears to have reverted to the original way of spelling the name," said Kenneth, from the upper step.
"Off to the war," he lied, still staring out of the window. "I was left with my grandparents when he went off to make his fortune in this new country. It was not until I was fairly well grown that we heard that he was married to a woman named Rachel Carter." "Well, I guess it's something you don't like to talk about," said Mr. Bugher, and turned his attention to the records they were consulting.
Gwynne, you're not going to find her particularly cordial, as the sayin' is. She's about as stand-offish and unneighbourly as a Kickapoo Indian. But, as I was sayin', I'd like to make you acquainted with some of our leadin' citizens. This is Daniel Bugher, the recorder, and Doctor Davis, Matt Scudder, Tom Benbridge and John McCormick.
Well, her house is up Columbia street, that's the one on the other side of the square, almost to the hill where Isaac Edwards has his brickyard, just this side of the swamp." After dinner, which was eaten at a long table in company with eight or ten "customers," to whom he was introduced by the genial host, he repaired to the office of Recorder Bugher.
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