Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-11-16
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dressed in new. cheap black. was ush-
cred into the room The lawyer 70.
to meet her He asked brusQuely:
Are you the widow of Maurice
Dunbar"
Eyes, SIR"
Her voice had peculiar resonance,
acquired through much pain-the
clear. low sweetness OF her hospital
tones attune to the ear of suffering.
There was nothing snppliant In them,
no alms-taklng quality, but wo-
manliness that touched the tough
heart OF the lawyer Tito sympa-
thetic vibration. He looked at her
with interest, and excused himself
for asking her to throw aside her
long Grape veil. He found himself
staring at pale, delicate face, around
which masses of red-grown hair were
heavily crimped. Her eyes looked
into his with the truthfulneSs of a
child.
Pardon me-" he stammered, then
reSumiGg his coolest exterior de-
manded her credentials. She showed
an aptitude for business Ia the
promptness with which she pIod uced
her Identification, the account OF her
husbands death and other data Of
Importance. No point was left I'M
covered. She had come prepared to
lay immediate claim to a fortune left
TO Maurice DUNBAR by his uncle,
Maurice Dunbar, who had lived for
the past twenty years in an inland
town of British North America He
was not on good terms with any
member of his family excepting
Maurice, who had visited him some
years previ Us, and in whose favor
the will had been made az that
time.
Had you ever heard your late nus
band speak of this uncle?" the law :
yer asked among other questions.
Il have heard him speak Of rela
tive from whom he had expeditions. +"
and he once said that he would be
benefited by his death, and that he
had the same name.'
1.-The name is a common one, but
| shall probably have other appli-
cants who will see the advertisement,
and must not make any mistake.
The conditions of the bequeSt are
unusual. Have you any children"
mo thank Cod," answered the
widow quickly.
In the case of there being chip
dren the money would belong right
fully to them. The will makes this
provision, but adds further if there
are no children the widow shall be
the next heir. In the event of death
or remarriage, the whole sum reverts
to charity, one particular institution
being named as beneficiary"
II shall not marry again." asserted
the widow
Don't be too certain of that" re.
spol ded the lawyer, ''you are still
young, and at" attractive, he was
going to say, but finally concluded,
at your age it is not an impossible
ity. l will see you again tomorrow.
Goodbye. madam" and he escorted
her to the door, which he closed after
her.
Within a month the money had
been paid to her, and the widow of
Maurice Dunbar, who had put on
her first black in order to appear
decorous at the lawyers Office, moved
into handsome new house, and be-
gan climbing to her new ideals upon
the fateful fragments of her dead
past she hardly recognized herself
in her new role of a successful woman
who mad money enough and to spare.
There was no frivOlity in her outlay.
Her home was picture Of comfort.
She looked up a poor woman who had
once assisted her in her dressmaking
enterprises, and gave her an elabOr-
ate order for modified mourning. She
made glad the waste places of many
life with her compassionate help,
and in making others happy, found
her own greatest happiness.
One man came TO her for help and
comfort, who needed the sunshine OF
life and could find it only in her pres.
ence This was Richard Lester, the
successful lawyer. He had met his
fate when he first saw Myra Dunbar.
and heard the tones of her wOmanly
voice, and now he was pleading with
/ her to marry him, TO cast her fortune
into The lap of charity. and receive
+ tenfold from him. She was afraid tC
/ tempt fate again, and put him off,
/ but he had compelled her to acknowl
edge that this love was no impoSture,
+ but the genuine brand. She was
lonely, so was he, and they were sc
cOngenial, and looked at everything
with the same eyes. What she did
not know he could easily forgive
And he would teach her-sweet en-
Pigment!
And at last she consented TO very
quiet wedding, and long journey tc
foreign lands where under a new
heaven their welded life would be
gin, then
"a someone to see you
maam," announced the rosy-faceC
housemaId of the widow one morning
a few weeks before the wedding day
Some one on business, Julia?'
asked Mrs. Dunbar, looking up from