All I remember is that Uncle Eugene never came to see us or spoke to us when he met us anywhere , and we were all afraid of him somehow . I used to think of him as an ogre who would come creeping up the back stairs after dark and carry me off bodily if I was n't good . What made him our enemy ? And how did he come to get all of Grandfather Page 's property when Father got nothing ? '' `` Well , you know , Dorinda , that your Grandfather Page was married twice . Eugene was his first wife 's son , and your father the second wife 's . Eugene was a great deal older than your father -- he was twenty-five when your father was born . He was always an odd man , even in his youth , and he had been much displeased at his father 's second marriage . But he was very fond of your father -- whose mother , as you know , died at his birth -- and they were good friends and comrades until just before your father went to college . They then quarrelled ; the cause of the quarrel was insignificant ; with anyone else than Eugene a reconciliation would soon have been effected . But Eugene never was friendly with your father from that time . I think he was jealous of old Grandfather 's affection ; thought the old man loved your father best . And then , as I have said , he was very eccentric and stubborn . Well , your father went away to college and graduated , and then -- we were married . Grandfather Page was very angry with him for marrying me . He wanted him to marry somebody else . He told him he would disinherit him if he married me . I did not know this until we were married . But Grandfather Page kept his word . He sent for a lawyer and had a new will made , leaving everything to Eugene .
I think , nay , I am sure , that he would have relented in time , but he died the very next week ; they found him dead in his bed one morning , so Eugene got everything ; and that is all there is XXXXX the story , Dorinda . ''
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