Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-09-05
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He had DR.. yImpany," said Iris, IN q
tone which suggested to the lawyer 5eal-
0uey or dislike Of the doctor.
We'll" he said, lit remains to prove
the will and to make our claims a2ains,
the Insurance Once. I have the policy
here. His lordship was insured IN thu
Royal Unicorn Life Insurance Company
Tor the sum OF els, 600. We must not eX.
pect to have this large claim satisfied
quite Immediately. Perhaps tho ofice
viii take three months to settle. But, al
on us"
"Assuredly. Why not, They mus,
ooh, Thought that perhaps so large .
my dear Madam'-the man who ad-
miniStered so much real and personal
property smiled-"fifteen thousand pounds
Is not what we call a very large sum,
Why, il an insurance company refused to
pay a lawful claim it would cut its own
throat-absolutely. Its verv existence de.
Ponds upon iis meeting all just and Law.
ful claims. The death being proved IL re-
mains for the omnany to pay the insur.
ance into the hands OF the person entitled
TO receive it. That is. in this case. to me,
acting for you."
Yes. see, but thought that, perhaps,
my husband having died abroad, there
might be dificulty-''
There might. II he had died in Central
Africa. But he died in suburb of Paris.
under French law. which, in such matters,
10 even more careful and exacting than ouf
own. We have the official papers and the
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photograph OF the unfortunate gentleman
lying on his death-bed-thts was we'll
thought OF: it is an admirable likeness
The sun cannot lie-we have also . photo
graph OF the newly-erecced tombstone.
Doubtl Dear me, madam, they could no
more raise doubt as to Your husbands
death than II he werS buried in the family
vault. II anything should remove any
ground for doubt, it is tbs fact that the
only person who benefits by his death is
yourself II. on the other hand, he had
been in the hands of persons who had
reason to wish for his death. there might
have been suspicious Of foul play, which
would have been matter for the police-but
not for an insurance company"
'"Ohi l am glad to learn, at least that
there will be no trouble I have no
knowledge OF business, and I thought
that"
"No-no-your ladyship iced have 70
such ideas. In fact. l have already an
ticipated your arrival, and have sent to
the manager OF the company. He GER
tainiy went SO Tar as to express a doubt as
to the cause Of death. Consumption in
any form was not supposed TO be in your
husbands family. But Lord Harry
aheml-tried his constitution-tried his
constitution, as / put it''
He had put it a little differently. What
he said was to the following effect-''Lord
- nrI nd
was nothing he did not do. l only woa.
der that he has lived SO long. Had been
told that he died Of everything all togeth-
e., should not have been surprised. Or
binary rapid consumption was too simple
Tor such man."
Iris gave the lawyer her London ad-
dress, obeyed him by drawing a hundred
pounds. half OF which She sent to Mr..
William Linville, at Louyain, aud went
home to wait She must now stay IN Lon
don until the claim was discharged
She waited six weeks. At the end Of
that time she learned from her solicitors
that the company had settled, and that
they, the lawyers. had paid to her bankers
the sum Of Gl5. 900, being the whole OF the
insurance.
Acting, then, on her husbands fnstruc-
tons, she sought another ban and opened
an account for one William Linville, gen
tleman, residing abroad. She gave herself
as a reference, left the usual signature of
William Lnville. and paid to his account
q check for eS,0Oo She saw the manager
OF her own bank, explained that this large
check was Tor an Investment, and asked
him to let her have 5000 in bank es
This sum, she added. was for o special
purpose. Ths manager imagined that she
was about 20 perform some act of charity,
perhaps an expiatory work on behalf OF
her late husband.
She then wrote to DR.. Vimpany, who was
In Paris, making an appointment with him
Her work Of fraud and falsehood was
complete.
There has been no trouble at ALL" she
wrote TO her husband, "and there will not
be any. Tue Insurance Company has al
ready settled the claim. IL We paid e.
600 TO the account Of William Linville
Ny own banker-who knows ny father
believes that the money is an investment.
My dear Harry, l believe that, unless the
doctor begins 10 worry us-which he will
do as soon as his money is all gone-a clear
course lies before us. Let us, as / have
already begged you to Go. go straight
away to some part OF America, where you
are certain not to be known. You eau
dye yonr hair and grow . beard to make
sure. Let us go away from every place
and person that MAY remind us of the past.
Perhaps, in time, We may recover some
thing ar the old peace aud-can it ever bar
s-yne oio sell-respect."
There was going to be trouble, how.
ever, and that of a kind little expected,
Impossible to be guarded against. And it
would be trouble caused by her own act
and deed.