Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-12-28
A WILL AND A WAY.
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OH 14AOtaSS9lll Lie I1lSS5sA StICtt Fol IlltlOu,
4 sat by the freig ht Frank Curtis and
Edith Burtenshaw. They were en-
gagged. but the course of their true love
had not run at all smoothly.
Hi ton is one of those old fashioned
countTy towns which once week, on
market day, show signs Of yitalit y, but
Ton all other d lays appear in q state Of
tsomnolence.
Such furniture as the room contained
Slthere was not space for much) was in
afhe pure British style Of King George
His reign, solid enough to last for
generations yet to come, as it had
served those that were gone, but With
out an atom Of taste. 1t was enlivened,
u however, by various articles of femi-
nehandiWork and little knick-knacks,
showing that Edith made some endeay-
. or to supply what was otherwise lack
# ing. .ss IS
Frank sat with his feet upon the fen
der drying his legs, for he had but re-
Gently walked from the Grange, and the
night being stormy, had not escaped
& somewhat of a Wetting.
Edith had just taken her seat upon
q stool by his side.
ow,s Frank, light your cigar and
tell me all about it, IT, said she. 4 can
see by IS our face that something is
Eywrong. Has not your uncle left you
much22''
HE has # me every thing"
Good gracious! is that what makes
~ you sad ??'' SRI
tsIf here are conditions - Is
And what are those 2"
Il must marry within a year,"
sssWell?''
And with the greatest possible lib
crafty my uncle has given me permis-
AZ sion to choose any one of the many
1 millions of unmarried females in the
world willing to have me, except one,
and that one is Edith BurtenshaW.''
sob! Frank, how horrible. Why did
8 he have such a dislike to me?''
well, my dear, I nevertold you what
Y. he said when / asked his sanction to
our enga cement, for if / had I thought
you might break it of and it was too
pleasant for that. He said that no
pauper should have the spending of
4 his money!; that l was to marry a gem
tlewoman, and, if / could not find one
for myself, he would find one for me.
81 replied that I was quite decided,
land he said SO was he. We never after
referred to the subject, though I sup
pose it was the cause Of his making
fresh will. = ..s # 6.
"a gentlewoman! Why, the Burton
shaws We're gentlefolk when your uncle
was common Ia boring bri klayer.' 4.
Eyes; but my uncle idea of a gentle
man or gent eWo1nan was onesWho had
plenty of money. The more the money.
i the greater the right to the title. An
imp ecunious d uke would have been
nothing more than acommon man to
him. And as to this particular dislike
to YOU, believeshe was in artnership
with Your father in his first building
speculation at Eastlei Oh, was he not?"
Yes, and + have heard that he was
the cause Of my fathers ruin, but my
mother will not speak of it. My father
died soon after the quarrel, for he never
got over it. 7 was only ten then"
s.Ihat is what I thought from what
that old hypocrite Wylie mentioned to-
day after read ding the will He and my
uncle were always hand and glove with
each other. My uncle had done you an
injury, and he could never .r forgive We
you
Never forgive me because he had
g done me an injury Isn't that some
3 thing of a paradox?'' .s5553s
s.I don't know exactly what a para
doxsis but that is the kind of injury
that is most difficult for a man like
my uncle to forgive,
And suppose you refuse. to marry
anyone but me % N
ssIhen Z am left a thousand pounds,
and the remainder goes to Wylie..'
Then there is an end to our pleasant
dream, = sighed Edith, with ears in her
eyes.
s.To the dream, perhaps. We must
change it to the reality. Don't cry,
dearest, what do j care for the money
I'LL have you 3? :'6
Now, Frank, don't be foolish. Flow
can we possibly marry on a thousand
pounds? It might with economy last
a year, but not longer with your expen-5
sive habits. You must remember that
you have not been brougg up to rough
it, ~
can work. =
hat can you do?'
Frank stared noodily in the fire.
It is all my uncle's. fault. Many a
time have / asked him to let me learn
a trade or profession, but he said he
wanted to be succeeded by a gentle
man. There had been enough trades,
i. men in the famil =, and there would be
quite enough for me without work. 4
y believe he wanted to keep me entirely
81 und er his control, and feared that if e
learned any business I might revolt.
a But Lean surely do something e.
s es. a thousand pounds would no:
doubt tociAa groc GERS shop, and Icould
sand the sugar. replied ed Edith, 5With.a
bitter laugh Il fancy Z see you with
our apron behind the counter, and one
Of your nine penny cigars in your