Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-02-27
OMARRIAGE

1t him, he had suddenly been made
he Sole heir to the fine old estate of his
eccentric aunt, Miss Betsy Colewood, re
ntly deceased.
What more was necessary TO the happi-
ness of a gay young fellow like Hugh Cole
wood2 Nothing, it seemed TO the envious
bachelors
However there were conditions, or one
at least in his aunt's will which caused
him no little uneasiness. He must love
!. and marry the girl Of her choice, one whom
he had never even seen.
Hugh Colewood caught up his aunt's
last letter to him and read it again and
again, hoping to find some little loophole
of escape from the CALLING condition.
But it was there in merciless black and
white This is the part that worried him;
eff you cannot comply with my wishes
for you to meet Ethel Wayne and love and
Aoarry her. you forfeit your heirship to my
Coates Ethel's mother was my dearest
friend and if you marry her daughter 1t
will be fulfilling my fondest desires. You
cannot help loving her
81 could not rest in my tomb peacefully
and know that Ethel was not mistress OF
my estates, and you, dear boy, the master.
My lawyer, Mr. Cranston, will arrange for
you to meet Ethel, as he is one of her
guardians, You know how thoroughly l
despise old bachelors, therefore give you
warning that | will not allow you to in
habit my houses and lands as one of that
disagreeable, crusty order"
50 had written the eccentric spinster
Hugh nibbled the ends of his mustache
impatiently as he pondered on the condi-
lions which the will imposed.
Hugh loved the Colewood estates, and
could not bear to think of giving them up.
Now, if the will had not specified whom he
must marry, but left the selection of a
wife entirely to himself, Hugh believed
that he would have enjoyed the romance
of hunting for a bride.
He picked up his hat and rushed from
his room, going up TO the hotel where Mr.
Cranston was stopping while he arranged
some business matters with Hugh.
hello, Colewoodl Have a seat" said
the LAWYER, scrutinizing the flushed face
and nervous manner of his visitor. He
was Just wondering to himself if the unex
pected good fortune had turned young
Colewoods head. when his visitor re
marked:
''You are aware of that one peculiar fea
ture in my late aunt's will. Mr. Gran
stomp
Light at once dawned upon the lawyer
ana Lnefc was "a bWllhlt III ms tge7- INV
ever, he asked indifierently.
ITO what peculiar feature do you refer
Mr. ColewoodY'
1.-THE one that absurdly commands me Z
marry a girl that / have never seen"
"Oh, thatP returned Mr.. Cranston
You are a lucky fellow, Colewood That
the best part Of the fortune"
Its the most exasperating part" Hug
cried desperately. "How can fellow low
and wed TO OrderY'
''Well. it's "A deal Of time and bottle
Axed to the wooer," remarked the lawyer
700 Owe no doubt Ethel Wayne wi
w you better than any selection you al
liable of making"
~ tuQh Colewood flushed warmly at th
- kyer's cool observation and he spoil
lily
I'Tm sure she won't suit me, sir II
Estates can go to charity for all | care.
don't love any woman, and love my FIRE
dom too well to marry yet awhile. don
want TO be thrust upon any woman for Il
sake Of a fortune, and don't suppose Mi
Wayne cares two straws about the absul
condition in my aunt's will.
at is very likely, although Ethel hi
the greatest respect for the lac Miss Col
wood, and was very careful to humor q
her vagaries," returned Cranston, nut
amused over young Colewood's excit
ment. However, / hardly feel able
state whether the girl would accept Mi
Colewood's last great vagary in the sha
of her impulsive nephew, or not"
Il shall not give her the opportunity
said Hugh, nettled at the lawyers Wort
Hold on, Colewood. Let's drop nc
sense and come to business. You like 20
aunt's estates, but you cannot retain the
without complying with her wishes. Y
have never met the girl whom your au
has chosen. Perhaps it will be prov
that you are neither of you opposed TO II
filling the condition.
AT least, you must meet | will
range that Ethel will pass the sunni
with my sister in the country and III ms
age it for you to spend few weeks wi
them You can very soon tell whether
condition is wholly obnoxious or not. WI
do you sayf"
81 will do as you advise, thank you, ST
replied Hugh. who had now cooled off a
was trying 10 take business view OF
strange situation.
-Four weeks later Hugh Colewood v
speeding away from Greenville on
morning express, bound for a little to
among the blue hills Of Virginia.
When he stepped from the train be '
disappointed to find no one waiting TO C
vey him to the country home Of Mr.. Or
ston's sister, a distance Of eight miles.
He was in the act Of asking the way
the best hotel when a buggy came rapi
up 10 the station and halted.
The station agent hurried forward
meet the driver, who was slender yoI
girl, with bright, dark eyes and hair
golden as the June s,Inbeams touch
those hills
Us Mr.. Colewood, Of Greenyille, wait
here to ride out TO Mrs. Tburston'sf"
quired the fair driver in a sweet "
which won Hugh's interest at once.
4 II am here and waiting, thank you,
fnrnad HuOh for himself smiling oil