Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-28

tionally o thousand pounds. This,
suppose, you will have at once?''
EYES,"
'sAnd if you do not marry, or mar
~ me within the year, Wylie takes it
all?''
Eyes, that's it,
ssAnd you intend to let him have it?
81 suppose So"
ssNot if I know it, you won't, my |
dear boy"
81 don't care who has it if I don't |
have you"
And with her pretty brows knit she
initiated Frank by silently gazing in
to the fire.
In q few minutes the frown
changed into smile as she clapped
her hands,
.'Why, what couple of stiles we
are!" she exclaimed.
s'You are quite sure you have told
me the exact contents of the will?"
Certainly"
'You are quite sure?"
II am quite sure.'
''Now, supposing you marry anyone
but me?"
81 am not going to marry anyone
but you"
s'Now, Frank, be good; we are only
supposing. say, supposing you mar
nv according to the will, you have the
property Immediately after the we'd
ding?"
EYES,"
"You are sure?"
"Quite sure"
sThere is nothing in the will which
would prevent you marrying me at
some future time?"
mo, certainly not. But what are
you driving at?"
'sYou would not have to give the
property up if you did sop
''No, but if you think"
''Silence, sir! We will circumyent
Mr.. Wylie's plots, and, nevertheless, be
married within the year."
'Why, Edie, how is that possible?
I am afraid it will be useless to con-
test the will, and I am not even heir
at-law."
1--WE won't contest the will. Can't
you think of any other way?"
'tNo, I cannot"
tWell, listen to me, like good boy,
and don't interrupt till have finished.
You will be married next week. Now,
sir! not a world" as Frank seemed
FESTIVE. 81 know very nice lady That
I can safely trust you with without
my feeling jealous. have known her
long time, and feel sure that she will
make a good wife. And a whisper in
your ear, Frank, she can't live three
months, poor thing!"
''Why, Edie!" exclaimed Frank, as
he also smiled, 'do you mean your old
nurse?"
eyes, poor old Martha. I know she
will do anything 1 ask, and see what
good thing it will be for her to end
her days in greater comfort than she
has ever known. On my recommends
tion am surg she will have you, and
I will see her tomorrow and ar
range it."
"What girl you are, Edie. lam sure
should never have thought of such q
thing. But we won't have the cere-
mony at church,
"No, it shall be at the registry.
should like to see Mr.. Wylie's, face when
he hears of it, and that pretty mink,
Julia, how disappointed she will be. I
feel sure he made up his mind that you
would marry his daughter"
Mr.. Wylie returned from the funeral
very well satisfied with himself. He felt
assured from what he knew of Franks
character that he would never marry
anyone, but Edith Burtenshaw, and
looked upon his succeeding to the prop
erty as certainty.
Very much chagrined was he, there
fore, when he heard, two days later.
from his daughter Julia the rumor that
Frank was about to marry old Martha.
He read and reread the will, but was
bound to confess that he could do moth
ing. He saw that he had been outwitted
and sorrowfully declared to himself
| that it was time he retired from prac-
tice, as it proved that he was no longer
capable of drawing will.
And when it became generally known
(and it never took very long for any
thing to be known at Hilton) his life
was made burden by the many IRON
ical congratulations he received, so
| that at last he hated to leave his house.
| Meanwhile Frank and Martha had
married and took up their abode at the
Grange. It was certainly very soon
after his uncle's death, but under the
circumstances it was not thought adj
visable to postpone the ceremony, and
| the Inhabitants Of Hilton very readily
condoned this breach of etiquette.
They were married in November, and
Martha died the following spring, la
mented as much as was possible by her
husband and very much by Edith, who
would insist upon at least one years
interval before she went through the
wedding ceremony at the church.
This was SO great an affair that the
description, with lists of presents, oc-
cupied one whole page of the Hilton OBJ
server, but the name Of Wylie does not
appear among those present, either at