The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-06-25


- NERiBODY declared that Hugh
Cplewood ought to be the hap
n piest man in Greenvillc. He was
young, handsome and we'll edu'
Gated; then. just as he was pre-
poring 80 fight his way to fame with
poverty arfayed against him, he had
suddenly been made the sole
heir to the fine old estates
or his eccentric aunt. Miss Bet
sy Colewood. recently deceased.
What more was necessary TO the
happiness of a gay young fellow like
Hugh Colewood.
However, there were conditions. or
one at least in his aunts will which
caused him no little uneasiness. He
must love and marry the girl of her
choice. one whom he had never seen.
hugh Colewood caught up his aunts
last letter to him and read it again
and again, hoping to find some little
lcophole of escape from the calling
condition. but 1t was there in merci-
less black and white. This is the part
that worried him:
III you cannot comply with my
wishes for you to meet Ethe! Wayne
and love and marry her, you forfeit
your heirship TO my estate. EtheTs
mother was my dearest friend, and If
you marry her daughter it Will be full
1liling my fondest desires. You cannot
help loving her. could not rest peace
fullY in my tomb and know that Ethel
was not mistress of my estates, and
you, dear boy. the master. MY lawyer.
MI Cfanston, VIII arrange for you to
meet Ethel as he Is one or her guard l.
despise old bachelors; therefore | give
you warning that | VIII not allow you
to inhabit my houses and lands as one
Of that disasrecable crusty ORDER
Hugh loved the Colewood estates,
ana could not pear to thlnk or giving
them up. Now. If the will had but left
the selection OF wife entirely to
hlnlself. Hugh believed that he would
nave enjoyed the romance OF hunting
FOR bride. lie picked up his nat and
rushed from his room, going up to
the hotel where Mr.. Cranston was
stopping while ne arranged some busl-
ness matters with Hugh.
Halo, Colewood' Take a seat
SAID the lawyer.
you are aware of that one peculiar
feature in my aunts will, Mr.. Grams
TO what peculiar feature do you re-
fer. Mr.. Colewood"'
The one that absurdly commands
me to marry girl whom l have never
seem
"Oh. that returned Mr.. Cranston.
you are lucky fellow. Colewood.
That's the hest part of the fortune"
ITS the most eXasperatlnS part.
Hugh cried. desperately. How can a
fellow love ana wed to order:
'Well it's a deal of time and bother
saved to the Wooer. remarked the
lawyer. putting. i've no doubt Ethel
Wayne will suit YOU better than any
selection YOU are capable OF making
m sure she won't suit me. sir. The
estates can 60 To charity for all care.
don't love any woman. and l love my
freedom too well to marry yet awhile
| don't want to be thrust upon any
woman for the sake OF fortune. ana
don't suppose MISS wayne cares two
Straws ah"ut the absurd conditions IN
my aunts Will.
ut is very likely, although Ethel mad
the greatest respect for the late Miss
Colewood, and was very careful to
humor all her Vagaries' returned
CranSton. "HowcVeT. ! hardly feel
able t. state whether the girl would
accept Miss tolewood's last great vag-
AIRY in the shape or her lmpulsiHe
nephew or not.
shall not give her the oppor-
tlnity, SAID Hugh. n"tlied at the law
yers words.
Hold on, ColeWood. Let's drop non
sense ana come to business You like
your aunt's estates. but you cannot re-
tain them without complying with her
wishes. You nave never met the S,ri
whom your aunt has chosen Perhaps
it Will be proved that YOU are nelther
OF YOU opposed to running the con-
diion. AT least YOU SluSt meet. l
VIII arrange that, iIthel VIII pass the
summer with my sister IN the country.
and I'll manage 1t for you t" spend a
lew weeks WIN them. 70" can very
wholly obnoxious or not. What 90
you say
II VIII 90 as YOU ADVISE. thank YOU
sir" replied Hugh. who had now cool
ed off, and was trying to take a busl-
hess view of the strange situation.
-Four weeks later Hugh Cole
wood was speeding away from
Greenville on the morning en-
press. bound for little town
among the blue hills of Virginia.
When he stepped from the train he
was disappointed to find no one walt
ing to convey him to the cOutry home