St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-20

want your 0elp Il Sinlleu eucOufdS-
ingly) You need not try to find out
who told me to come to you, for she
won't tell you (the assistance of the fair
sometimes not to be despised); and you
nothing to do with it."
with what?" L said, as she paused
for breath.
with my case.''
"Will you explain your case to me?'' |
said, hoping that the explanation would
be as long as possible.
''I've left all the papers behind" she
said. ''but they were of no use to Sir
Humphrey Raby or Mr.. Wigsby when
they gave their opinion, so | thought
they would be none to you. My solic-
itor took me to see them," she added,
looking down and signing, as she re-
called what no doubt was painful and
disappointing interview, land they
were snuffy, dull old gentlemen, and
I've come to you because l was told you
were very clever and original and had
brilliant ideas" Il blushed aealn.) IL
have their opinion. as they call it, in my
pocket" AS the names mentioned were
those of two of the most eminent lead
ers practicing at the chancery bar,
and as my client seemed to think
that my original and brilliant in
tellect would instruct me in the
facts of her case without her assistance
or the usual sources of information, l
held out my hand deprecatingly for the
opinion, and read it through couple of
times before | wholly mastered its con-
tents. 1t ran as follows: "Opinion:
On the instructions before us we cannot
advise the residuary legatee that she
has any grounds either for upsetting
the will, on the ground of the lunacY of
the testator. and so taking next of kin.
or that she can accept what the teStatOr
leaves her and refuse his conditions.
He bequeaths to her the bulk of his for
tune. which we understand to be con-
siderable, Oh condition that she accepts
it within year of the date of his death,
and that before accepting it she marries
a husband To this is appended the
further condition that this husband
shall be some other person than a GER
tain Capt. Henry Scott-Sackleford,
to whom the testator seems to
have borne particular dislike.
| Should she fail to accept the property
on these conditions, it is TO be dis
| tributed among various charitable lnStl-
tionS named by the testator. 1t is sug-
| geSted to us that will must he absolutely
VOID, on the ground that this condition
| is in restraint of marriage, and so con-
| trary to public policy; we are aware of
no authority which would support such
| contention, and need hardly point out
to the young lady that she is offered
| every inducement to marry at once, and
that her choice of husband ranges
over the whole unmarried bachelor pop
| ulation of the world, to say nothing OF
the widowers ana divorced husbands,
with the one solitary exception named.
At all events, it is our opinion that the
residuary legatee must marry some
one. not being the Individual specified,
before the 18th of May next, if she in
tends to accept the property"
Here followed the signatures of the
| two great luminaries; and felt must
bow to their authority.
"Tm common law man." | said, as
handed her back the document, land
they are very eminent chancery
counsel"
"Oh," she said, "does that mean that
you are cleverer than they are??"
mot precisely" L answered modest
but chancery barristers are always
prosy and inky," she said. II have a
| COuOlll WIN 10 OliN'f INV az ~
his friends are simply horrid. They
may be very intellectual, of course, but
l call them stupid"
Perhaps" l said, ION this side of
the Strand we see more of the practical
things of life"
She nodded with hopeful smile, and
| l felt / ought to say something else.
$50 you don't want to marry"
said.
it's just that: doE'
"Then why don't you? Under
the circumstances you would almost be
| justified in asking-in limiting at all
| events-if no one proposes TO you"
"But they do" she said; ''they pro-
pose in shoals. and have done so for
months. Only the other day a girl said
to me that she could not stay with the
Blackneys for the Bieester ball, be-
cause a man would be in the house
whom she had refused. Bless you,'
said to her, if were to refuse invita-
tions to all houses where l should meet
| men who had asked me to marry them
| should stop at home for the rest of my
| lifen"
"Then you cannot fall in Iove?" ]
said.
81 am in love-that's just it,"
won't he propose?'
| Gle proposed years ago."
"Tben, why don't you ! felt my.
| self getting puzzled, but she inter
| rupted me rather sharply.
II don't see that you are so very
| clever" she said. Cant you see that
nv horrid, old uncle has done his best
to prevent me from marrying the only
man Eve cared for in my whole life:
How would you like some one to leave
| you money, on condition you should moi
marry your Euphemia?" Her voice be-
gan to shake, and there were tears in
her blue eyes.
Are you a friend of Euphemia's?" ]
a moment. never really blushed sc
| often in an afternoon before Oh since.
"No," she answered, with a quick
smile, though her voice shook as she
continued, 81 don't know her. but /
know of her; and | hear you love hel
very much, and when the solicitor said
he could do no more to help me came
to you, to see if you could; and oh, Mr.
Fairbairn, | do want the money so to
help my brothers and sisters as we'll as
myself: and | can't, | can't give UP
Harry" Here she fairly broke down
and sobbed aloud. to my very great EN-
barraSSlnent.
"Well." | said. at my wits end. after
few moments silence, "you ought te
marry-to marry-can't you marry
some one else frst?'
"What!" she sobbed, sand wait fol
Harry till Pm an old, old woman?"
"Not exactly" said |: 'yonr HUSBAND
might mean you might div-I NEAR
your marriage might be put an end II
l bn inht 6Jn ~
She did not asnwer at once; and l fell
had been recommending divorce by
collision, with the alternative sugges
| tion of murder and had. nerhanS. Sail