Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-12-28

on will never get bel ond New
York Besides, are You going to let
IVylie have all this money o, Frank,
4 you must marry &
s. shall never marry any one but.
! you =
Then, as far as / can see,we shall re-:
main single all our lives. g
Now tell me, Frank : said Edith,
after a pause, .if have these particu-
lars right:
Firstly, your uncle condi tionally
i leaves you every tlliing g, and, by-the-by,
how much is every hin 6 ~ ~ sas
ssOh, Isdon't know. 4 suppose, if all
were realized, about g 100 1000, mostly
in house property at Eastleig
Yes, well, you will have all this
a upon your marry within a year,
and meanwhile he leaves you nncondi-
tionally a thousand pounds. This, II
|suppose, you will have at once p
4 90 es.s e $SSsg
land if you do not marry, or mar
~ me within the year, vile takes it
al % ss
YES, that's it,
and you intend to let him have it o. q.
Il suppose so. 2Rs sSs
Not if 4 know it, you won II t, my
i dear boy 53.. .55sss
Il don't care who hasSitt if { don't.
have gu. ''5s
And with her pretty brows knit it she.
initiated Frank by silently gazing in
to the fire.
In a few minutes the frown.
changed into a smile as she clapped
! her hands.
s's1yNy'hy what a couple of stiles We
are!'' she exclaimed.
You are quite sure you have told
9 me the exact contents Of the will %
! Certainly. .
You are quite slre??' y
.sI am quite sure
Nov, supposingg you marry nyone
but me ?''
II am not going to marry anyone
but you.'' S'5sz
Now, Frank, be good; we are only
i supposing. say, supposing you mar
~ according to the Will, you have the
property in nm diately after the we'd
& din 9, ~
Yes"
You are sure ?''
"Quite sure. -
ssThere is nothing in thew which
would prevent. you marrying me at
q some future time ~
No, certainly not. But what are
you driving at %
You would not have to give the
property up if you did SO ?''
s No, but if you think z
Silence sir! We will circumvent
Mr.. NyIe's plots, and, neYerthe less, be
married within the year
'tWhy, Edie, how is that possible?
am afraid it will be useless to. CON
q test the will, and am not even heir
q at-laW.'
We won't contest the will. Can't
you think of any other way e. SIS ss..5
A 70, Il cannot .
u ssIVell, Listen to me, like a, good boy,
and don t in terrupt till I have finished.
q You will be married next week Now,
sir! not "a word! 4 as Frank seemed
a trestive. s. know a very nice lady that
q can safely trust you with without
my feeling Jealous. I have known her
. a long time, and feel sure that she will
make a good wife. And a whisper in
your ear, Crank, she can't live three
months, poor thing = tt
.1Vhy, Edie!' exclaimed Frank, as
4 he also smiled, do you mean your old
\ nurse ~
Yes, poor old Martha. / know she
4 will do anything Z ask, and see what
4 a good thing it will be for her to end
her days in greater comfort than she
has ever known. On my recommends
4 ton I am SURG she will have you, and
i I will see her tomorrow and ar
range it,
What girl you are, Edie. I am sure
j 4 should never have thought Of such a
thing. But we won't have the cere-
mony at church, @ .5 s. 3s
No, it shall be at the registry. /
i should like o see Mr.. ylie'sf face when
he hears of it, and that pretty MINK
Julia, how disapp pointed she will be. I
feelSsure he made up his mind that you
& would marry his daughter.
Mr.. Wylie returned from the funeral
very we'll satisfied with himself. 8Hefelt
q assured from what he knew of Franks
q character that he would never marry
anyone, but; Edith Burtenshaw, and
i looked upon his succeeding tot the prop
i erty as certainty.
Very much cha grined was he, there
fore, when he heard, two days later,
from his .daugh er J ulisa The run1or that
Il Frank was about to MARRY old Martha.
He read and reread the will, but was
Il bound to confess that$he could do moth
ing. He saw that he had been outWitted
and sorroWfully declared to himself
i that it it was time he retired from prac-
4 tice. as j proved that he was no longer
capable Of drawing a wi II.