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In the breakfast room of their home in Kirkville, Illinois, Bill and Mary Portal alternately laughed and cried on each other's shoulders as their scrambled eggs and bacon grew stiff. You left the phone off the hook, sobbed Mrs. Portal. Mr. Portal got to his feet, hung up the telephone and fell back in his chair. I can't believe it, he started for the thirtieth time, sud- denly interrupted bythe ringing phone. I'll get it, he said, and picked up the receiver . . . Hello? Mr, William T. Portal? asked a voice. Yes? I'm John Carmichael of the JOURNAL. I understand you've inherited quite a large sum of money. . H31 million dollars! whooped Mr. Portal. '. . . and we'd like to do a fea- ture on you. Now, who was it that willed you the money? 36 The Inheritance hy Biff Enoch A cousin, replied Portal, named Phineas P. Portal. Uh, hold it, he said and covered the receiver. lt's a reporter from the JOURNAL, he explained to his wife. Sounds great, Mr. Portal, con- tinued Carmichael. When did you find out? Not fifteen minutes ago, when some lawyers called, laughed Por- tal. lt's the greatest thing that ever happened to me! I never even heard of this guy, and he leaves me 31 million dollars! I'm rich! Mr. Portal, I wonder if I might come out to your home for an inter- view, asked Carmichael, sensing Portal's agitated state. Sure, fine, said Portal. lt's 3417 Lincoln Drive, just off 34th Street. Just come anytime - I'm not going to work today. I mean, he burst out laughing, what's the use now? O.K., great, said the reporter, l'll be there in about an hour. Oh, one last thing: How does your wife feel about all this? Mr. Portal looked over at his wife, who was wiping the tears out of her eyes with a breakfast nap- kin. She iust feels great! 3417 Lincoln Drive was a single- story house in the middle of the block on a narrow street in the mid- dle-class suburban area of Kirkville. Spring flowers surrounded the front of the house and encircled two large oak trees in the front lawn. Thick grass testified to careful weekend management, and it stretched from the Portal's drive- way to their neighbor's, whose own thick grass sprouted spring flowers, oak trees, and a single-story house identical to those of each resident of the block. By 9:30 A.M., most homes had already bundled children and hus- bands off for the clay, leaving wives to wash and dust and polish and cry at soap operas, by now, most wives had already cleared the breakfast table. In the Portal's, the eggs had hardened beyond repair. I'm going to have to take that phone off the hook, said Mr. Por- tal as he went to answer it. Hello?
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