Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-03

for the sum OF E15.ooo. we must not ex-
peCt to have this large claim satisfied
quite Immediately. Perhaps the office
will take three months TO settle. But, as
/ said before, your ladyship can draw up
on US" -,
'EYou are certain that the company will
"Assuredly. Why not' They must
pay"
'On! 1 thought that perhaps so large
sum-
"Mv dear Madam"-the man who adj
ministered so mich real and personal
property smiled-"fifteeu thousand pounds
is not what we call a very large sum.
Why, if an insurance company refused to
paw a lawful claim it would cut its own
'nroat-apsolutelV. It's very existence de-
full claims. The death being proved it re-
mains for the company 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, 1 see, but thought that. perhaps,
might be difficulty"
There might, if he had died in Central
Africa But he died in suburb of Paris
under French law, which, in such matters,
is even more careful and eXacting than our
own. We have the official papers and the
photograph of the unfortunate gentleman
lying on his death-bed-ths was we'll
thought Of; it is an admirable likeness
the sun cannot lie-we have also photo
graph of the newly-erected tombstone
!. Doubt? Dear me, madam, they could no
more raise a doubt as tn your husbands
ueaJu IMAM IL he were buried IN the family
vault. If anything should remove any
ground for doubt, it is the fact that the
only person who benefits by his death is
al of or hon ha 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"
ION! 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 need have no
such ideas. In fact, | have already an
tcipated your arrival, and have sent to
the manager of the company. He Ger
tainly went SO far as to express doubt as
to the cause of death. Consumption in
any form was not supposed to be in your
husbands family. But Lord Harry
ahem!-tried his constitution-tried his
constitution, as Iput it,
He had put it q little differently. What
he said was to the following effect-''Lord
Harry NOrland SIR was a devil. There
was nothing he did not do. l only won
der that he has lived SO long. Had been
told that he died of everything all tOgeth-
er, [ should not have been surprised. Or
binary rapid consumption was too simple
for such a man"
Iris gave the lawyer her London adj
dress, obeyed him by drawing a hundred
pounds, half Of which she sent to Mr..
William Lnville, at LOuvain, and 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 Els, 000 being the whole of the
Insurance.
Acting, then on her husbands instruc-
tiOns, she sought another bank and Cpened
an account for one William Linville gem
tleman, residing abroad. She gave herself
as a reference, left the usual signature of
William Lnville. and paid TO his account
IA check for $4,000. She saw the manager
OF her own bank, explained that this large
check was for an Investment, and asked
him to let her have e2,000 in bank-notes
This sum, she added, was for a special
purpose. The manager imagined that she
was about to 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 faiSehood was
There has been no trouble at ALL" she
wrote to her husband, land there will not
be any. The Insurance Company has al
ready settled the claim. [ have paid S.
900 TO the account of William Linvilla.
My own banker-WhO knows my father
believes that the money is an investment
My dear Harry, believe that, unless the
doctor begins 10 worry uS-which he will
do as soon as MS money is all gone--a clear
course lies before us. Let US, as [ have
already begged you to do go straight
away TO some part Of America, where you
are certain not to be known. You can
dye your hair aud grow a 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 OF the old peace and-can it ever bes
the old Self-reSpect."
There was going to be trouble, how
ever, and that Of kind little expected.
Impossible to be guarded against. And it
would be trouble caused by her own aot
and deed.