The evening times., 1895-09-03
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ferred to the Junior member Of the firm
OF Hadiey and Brooks. Of which be had
long been the sole Eastern manager.
Jennie Hadley was stju on the sunny side
other first quarter of o century when she
put on mourning for her husband. She had
always been favored with a fair amount of
good looks, and her wido WIS veil and black
garb accentuated the fine points OF her
countenance and made her more attractive
than she had been before her marriage.
thus enhancing her value as target
for the stray shots Of all sorts and con-
ditions OF scalawags who were ignorant
of the provisions cf Byron Hadiey's will.
But 500. 900, estimated In round num-
bers. Is not an incousiderable dover
for any wldo W. and q woman SO indie
pendent and so plentifully endowed with
mate resources for benefiting herself and
the world at large, as was Mrf HadIey,
would deliberate well before turning her
legacy over to young Theodore Brooks to be
expended solely in the interests OF the
firm Of Hadlcy & Brooks SO the advances
of numerous ambitious admirers, who were
eager to give proof of their devotion, were
met with a decided rebuff that chilled even
such ardor as theirs, and for three years
Hadley & Brooks transacted bueiness
without the slipping Of Cog in the ever
growing wheel of their Commercial enter.
prises.
When his partner died Theodore Brooks
was In San Francisco, where he had been
stationed for the last four yeans. As soon
as he heard Of Hadley s death, hecommeDced
too make preparations for long trip to the
east, but before all arrangements were COM
pleted the contents OF the will were made
known to him and after that he decided net
to go.
The coarse of reasoning which led him to
to such a conclusion was hardly well.
grounded, even in his own mind, but inspite
of the flimsIDess of the excuses which he in.
vented to explain his change Of purpose he
abided by them ,aDd for many months he re-
manned at his Westernpostandc corresponded
with his uDkno wn partner, who proved to be
a woman of unusually sound common sense,
in his opinion, and directed his share of the
business of the prosperous firm without ex-
perienring even ordinary curiosity to know
mora of her through a personal acquain-
taDce.
In June OF the third year after Hadley
died he suddenly made up his mind to
visit the eastern branch of the house and
see for himself how the wido W had managed
to conduct things in such an admirable
manner. He did not let her know of his
departure and she, being moved by q kin
dred spirit OF investigation, started West
on the cams day.
There is one thing that the people in Cen
trail Nebraska along the line OF the Union
Pacific Railway viii not soon forget, and
that is the accident that happened on the
road on June II OF the year when TheO-
dore Brooks and Jennie Hadley Set forth on
their respective trips. There was COM
mittee sent out from railroad headquarters
to investigate the matter, but not much evil
and from what few facts could be obtained
it was difficult to decide at whose door the
blame ought to be laid. The managers OF
the west bound train were willing to take
their oath as many times as it might be re-
quired OF them that they had left the last
stopping place on schedule time, and
the superintendents of the east-going ex-
press were equally positive that they he'd
done the same thing. But the voluble pro-
testations OF the innocence of both crews
did not lessen the destruction attendant
upon the collision There were two killed
and the list of Injured stretched out to a half
column or more when published in the local
papers. The first name under the latter
classification was Theodore Brooks, and
the last was Jennie Hadley.