The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-26

might be a younger man, but said nothing.
 One morning a week later Mary re- ceived note asking her to call at MT. Doan's office Greatly puzzled she went, and Mir. Doan and another man were waiting for her. The other man was MT. Doan's lawyer.
 Mary" said MT. Doan, after the usual salutations and an introddc- tion, "can you give me 8 dollar?"
 Mary took out her thin little purse and found three quarters, three nick els and dime, which she handed over to Mir Doan without a question.
 'T'd like to borrow nickel of it for car fare" she laughed nervously.
 "You won't need it, Miss Howard, {" said the lawyer politely.
 Here are some papers, Nary" said NIT. Dean, handing her large packet. You won't understand them if you look at them, so will merely tell you that they are deeds to all the real property I own and include the eer- tifcates of all the stocks in my pos session. Indeed, everything is there if you will look them over. They are yours"
 Mary, in dazed fashion, opened the packet, and the only thing she could read was: Know All Men By These Presents, that for and in considera- tion of one dollar in hand to me paid, !" etc, etc, and she didn't do a thing but drop the papers and begin to cry. The lawyer discreetly got out of the of flee, and MT. Doan stepped over to the window. The room was still ex- cept for Mary's faint snif1e, and the twittering of couple of sparrows on the telegraph wire in front of the window. The stiffness seemed to soothe the peTturted spirit, and presently she lifted her face from her wet hand kerchief and glanced shyly up at MT. Doan. He did not see her. She got up and went over to him, sobbing little yet.
 "Mr. Doan," she said, putting out her hand, only one hand, to him, ''is it true that you have given me every thing?"
 Everything in the world I own, Mary, and am poor as a church mouse"
 'But MT. Doan-" she protested.
 Not a word" he broke in. "If it hadn't been for you would have lost it all by leaving it to lot of people don't like, and if you nave it know 1t will be where it will do much good. Don't you worry, my dear. l am not so old that can't hustle around and make pretty good living yet. I can do it good deal better than you can"
 Mary looked at him and again the tears filled her eyes.
 "Mr. Doan," she said, eff I were to tell you that there was a younger man loved; one whom I had known since was little girl and who had been waiting until he could earn enough to make us comfortable, would you st.l let me have this money? Aren't you giving it to me because you do not know this and hope to win me with it?"
 Mir Doan choked 6 little. He had not heard of this young man. Per haps if he had he would have been less generous. He might have given him position in his office or helped him along in some other way. It was hardly necessary to impoverish him. self for the sake of letting the woman he wanted for his wife marry another man. But Mir. Doan had the right kind of stuff in his makeup.
 "I don't know what you want to do with it, Mary, and don't care," he said bravely. What I want it to do is to make you the happiest woman in the world, and that will make me feel it is where it will do the most good. All I ask is that when am too old to work any longer you will board and lodge me at reduced rate and give me a fair funeral"
 Mir Doan laughed at his joke, but Mary did not. She put out both her hands to him.
 There is no younger man, Mir. Doan," she said, land if you will have me for your wife, you may"
 MT. Doan acted ridiculously for man of his years. He shouted and made wild grab for Mary.
 "You bet l." he began, when she broke away from him and warned him off"
 "On one condition" she said.
 Name a dozen," ne replied with crazy liberality.
 "One is enough, and that one is that you give me back my dollar"
 He handed her over the money and shouted fo- the lawyer to come in.
 Think of It," he said to that gen. tleman, "she will marry me on the simple condition that l give her back the dollar she gave me" : (Which means" said the lawyer formally, "that as there is no consid- eration all the property and so forth previously made over to Miss Howard is yours"
 "How the dickens did she know that?'' inquired MT. Doan, but the lawyer couldn't enlighten him, and MT. Doan wasn't particular, seeing that everything was his anyway-De- troit Free Press.