The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-03

that if she should confess that the
whole eScapade was planned in a fit
of rage because the proper kind of stuff
for an evening gown had been denied
her. 1 should swear she was justified.
You see" she began with little
sigh. lit all came about through that
horrid will of papa's-"
OH" I said vacantiy.
Yes" she went on with relish.
land don't you think wills are nearly
always horrid? They're made. you
know, mostly when people are sick and
not quite right in their heads. and then
how is anyone TO be argued with after
he is dead and gone? Oh. I'm all
| against Wills" and she shook her head
severely.
They certainly do stir up a great
deal of i'll feeling" 1 stammered. see
ing that she expected me TO say some
thing.
And papa was so awfully good. and
all that, that he couldn't be got to
see that others weren't all like him."
she went on hurriedly. so when his
heart got to acting so queer. he just
made his WILL leaving me and my
property all in my uncle's hands. for
mamma had been dead ever so long,
and then he died that night. and it's
all gone wrong ever since, and 1 pre-
sumo I've had about as dry a time of
Dry" l exclaimed. 1t was really the
first word that had caught my atten-
ton. l gave the will less than no
thought at all. What had a ranch or
two, more or less, to do with such eyes
as hers?
Yes. dry" she repeated firmly; for
you see there was another funny thing
about this will that 1 haven't men,
toned yet. and that's the reason came
no hratrOhr IN in a convent -
In convent" l repeated feebly.
Yes, in a convent" she repeated
tragically. taking my horror for grant
ed. Perfectly horrid, wasn't it? But
of, course as 1 was to marry whom 1
pleased, that was about the only safe
place for them to put me. 1 wouldn't
be likely to marry priest. now would
II"
Il should rather think not!' I ex-
claimed, with unnecessary energy, COM
pletely reused. What do you mean
by marrying anyone you pleased? L
don't in the least understand YOU"
Il think, myself. that that is the
funny part of it, she cried. amiably,
evidently pleased with my. growing in
terest: "and 1 don't wonder you are
surprised; but, you see, papa had had
such a dreadful time Of it getting
Misunderstanding or other was the
matter with some land that belonged
to their grandfathers-that it had given
him hobby about people being crossed
in love, and that's how it came about
that he put such a queer thing in his
will
Il was to marry whom pleased. and
if did marry. 1 was to have my prop
erty and use it as / pleased; but if l
didn't marry, Uncle Hobart was to
take care OF me- and all nv money
until / was q, and that's going to be
nextweek."
Next week; so soon," / cried in sur
prise. for the wonder of her fight. when
escape was so near, almost formed it
self into words upon my lips.
'-Soon, 50 soonr' she cried. and now
with real anger in her voice, though
not, 1 felt, against me. 1T may seem
soon to you. but it will be just six days
too late, and then all my years of hor-
rid old dresses in the convent. no par
ties. nor jewels, nor anything nice. will
be for nothing, for | must either marry
Cousin Harold at the end of this week,
or Uncle Rupert will sell my mines
before / can come of age, and then
deny I ever had any or win claim that
they are the ones that turned out bad
his. Yes" she cried, defiantly, facing
me. Il don't deny that 1 have listened
al keynoles and pried into letters. and
done lots of dreadful things to find out |
all this; but I've had my disposition |
Just ruined by being kept mewed up |
all these years. How / used to rage /
when I could feel myself getting more |
and more poky, and then to have only
, few dollars doled out to me at time,
when knew that Cousin Harold, whom !
[ just hate, was spending all my money,