South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-06-30
Dispossesslng a Widow.


your client, TrnesdelI,' said Charlie
Mcnier TO his law partner, Sam Nor.
ton.
Il have observed that you were be.
coming demoralized lately, bat did
not suppose you would be ready to
sell out IL client, replied Norton
Let us know, however, what the Job
is, and if it has an innocent look per.
haps | will go in for chances aud
shares
Allen Trues'lell, against whom this
plot was forming, had been in the
hands of these lawyers only a few
weeks. He had lately come from A.
mother part ofthe State, and had been
buying. through them, o valuable pa i.
pcr-inill property, located on the ri.
yer few miles below the city. Mo.
nier & Norton had been his attorneys
in the transaction, and had realized a
handsome professional fee. In con-
nectlon with that business there had
also been some collateral transactions
through which an overdue mortgage
Tor eleven thousand dollars had com g
into the hands of their client. The
property held by the mortgage was a
handsome homestead, belonging to n
widow lady, Mrs. Trowbridge, young
Or ut least not very old--not more
than thirty-two and beautiful wo-
man.
Mr.. Truesdell had not yet seen the
property or lis owner. The mortgage
had been taken on the assurance of
his attorneys that the security was
ample.
The lady's deceased husband, Chas.
Trowbridge, had died suddenly three
years before, and left considerable
real estate III a badly entangled con :
ditlon. He had been IL bold, ambi.
tlous operator, an not very prudent:
made new purchases continually with
money RAISED by mortgaging any
thing on which mortgage could be
| placed, until even his family residence,
the property Of his wife, had, by hor
consent, reluctantly given, become
| involved to the extent OF more than
half its real value.
Mrs. Trowbridge had one child liv-
ing. her little boy, Ruby, now six
years old, and for his sake she bad
been DONG her utmost To- save what
she could OF the property her husband
left, and she had managed so success
fully thus far that when a sale was in.
evitable she had been able to effect i;
herself, and not leave that ceremony
to be performed Ly the sheriff
The reader has probably suspected
by this time that the job those law.
yers were preparing to put up on their
client was not likely to be very scri-
Gus or damaging. They had learned
from incidental remarks of his thar
he had been whoever for seyera
! years and had family consisting OF
two little daughters ana his youngest
sister, also maiden aunt of his de =
ceased wife, who was managing his
family affairs, but not i'll very salts
factory way.
The Trowbridge property said
Mr.. Monler to his partner, will lust
suit our client for residence, and the
right and easy way for him to get il
Will be to bid it in under fore.
closure sale, and then dispossess the
widow
~ charming idea said Norton, but
ct course he must see tho property in
the first place, and determine how
much he will be willing to give for it.
Mrs. Trowbridgc, believe?'
a graceful bow vas the lady's an-
swer, and the visitor added
'Mr Truesdell
u am pleased to see yon, Mr.. Trues
dell said the widow, rs with mo.
ton OF the hand, she invited him 10
resume the seat from which he had
risen on her entrance.
Il have called, madam, to look al
this property, which as / understand
is Tor SALE said the gentleman.
\ cs, sir; | will show you the pro.
perty with much pleasure. But |
must first ask you to excuse me for a
few moments. My little boy will en-.
terrain you until l return aud Ruby
came forward with ready confidence
and signiiied liis willingness to make
himself agreeable.
4 hope you will buy our place, sir.
he said, when they were alone. III
my dear papa had lived we would
have kept it, but now mamma SAYS we
/ cannot
How long has your papa been
deadY asked Mr.. Truesdell.
Three years, sir. Did you ever
sec my papa?
mo. ! have been living more than
hundred miles from here, and have
made no acquaintance in this vicini.
~ until lately the visitor answered.
smiling.
Mamma has told mo Of some cou.
sins Of papa's that / have never seen.
and when | first looked at Won I
thought you might be one OF them.
because It seems to me you look like