The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-11-15

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but for the sake 81 tbe vounr peoDIe. i
hope you' Ii let It Be kent profound Sc.
cret.''
Sake of the Young people!'' screamed
Boobies, at the top Of his harsh voice,
!. And what for the sake Of old Boo
dies? I'm the next heir. yousIl remem.
Der, please. through INV materns]
grandfather, Henry Hammond, .
Mr.. Boobies had come to Wesfbury
to announce an important discovery
that he had recently made. In turning
over some of his grandfather papers
he had come across some letters from
Gen Hammond, in which it was firmly
asserted that his son, Maj. Hammond,
had never been legally married to the
woman known as his wife.
8. What end do you propose to serve,
Mr.. Boobies, by bringing this ancient
scandal to ightF' asked Miss Ham
mond, with agitated voice.
End,' cried Boobies. This il
only the beginning of it l am going
to court of law to have myself declared
heir to the Westbury estates under the
settlement
"a In that case.'' said Miss Hammond.
rising with dignity. Won cannot be ne.
ceiyed on friendly terms in my house y
oh. very well, very we'll" cried
Boobies, snatching up his hat and
without further ceremony
As soon as the door had sbut mon
him the sisters looked At each n hisnk
CONSERVATION.
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I'VE u,ust send for Smith ar once.
the carriaye shall on in and fetch
him said Miss Hammond r;ucinc tbe
hell
Mr.. Smith of G;oulesbam was the
family solicitor and the carr;.ge NJ. !
sent off n bring him nm at once for !.
consultation Rut smith bronobt little
announcement He had heard from
bis fstber that fhers were cur;nns e;-.
cumstances ATTENDING Ma; Hammond,s
MARRIAGE and if Boobies had mt his
finger on tbe f1aw Smith sbruggad
his shoulders for want of words to ex-
press the awkwardness of the case.
..Rut search must no made everv.
where. the 1ey;dence If the marie 90
must be found. the children must not
suffer. poor things. and always brouoht
mn m look unon tbe nronerfv as tbe;r
own,
..Wbv they could naver ,r.rrr ,,
cried Miss Ellen. atbey cou,d neyer
live ON Ralph,s nav
..It,s altooether dreadful. and No,
getting married Is the very l;gbtest mart
Of the calsmity:,' said Miss Hammond
Smith undertook that every possible
search should be made, and went away.
to set to work at once. But
his inquiries had no result. He had
traced out the family of the reputed
wife, who had been the daughter of a
small farmer living at Milton in Kent:
but they had now fallen to the rank of
laborers, and had no papers belonging
to them, hardly any family traditions.
He had searched all the registries of
the neighboring parishes; no record of
such marriage could be discovered.
He had issued advertisements offering
a reward for the production of evidence:
all of no avail. What more could he
do2 To be sure, there was presump-
ton in favor Of the marriage: but then
if Boobies had documents rebutting
such a presumption-. Again Mr..
Smith shrugged his shoulders. in hope
lessness of finding fitting words to rep
resent the gravity Of the crisis. ..And
them he vent on to say, .. the very
fact that Boobies is spending money
over the case shows that he thinks he
has strong one
Boobies did not let the grass grow
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