The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-03-21

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Mary herself, assuring him that she
would be true 10 her pllghtod word
lat begging him TO wait patiently for
awhile MS She was unwilling to defy
her uncle, TO whom she owed much.
By-and-by she might win him over and
all would be well And with this rs.
surance Lawrence was obliged 10 be
content.
Time went by, and winter came with
It's cold and SHOWS. Simon Elyldge,
now past seventy, fell m, and for once
encountered a foe stronger than his
viii, died, having bequeathed to his
niece his entire estate, which should
remain In her possession so long as she
was unmarried or the wife or widow Of
Richard Workman. who was appointed
administrator. In the event OF her
marriage to any other than the said
Richard Workman, the estate would go
to the heirs Of Susan Hartley, a sister
of the testatOr's deceased wife
The hopes created in Richard Work
man by this viii was quickly dissl-
pated by Mary's emphatic refusal to
entertain his suit, and he declined to
act The judge Of probate entertained
the popular prejudice against the pro-
visions Of the will, and appointed DR..
Lawrence, whom Mary had summoned
to the funeral, administrator. The doe
tor hesltated some time over the pro
prlety Of accepting the charge, but
finally yielded TO Mary's wishes that
he should assume t.
A year passed and there being no
sufficient reason why it should not be
so, Mary and the doctor were married,
thus, as she supposed, sacrificing
wealth for love. There had never been
a moment since the will was read
that she had entertained 4 thought Of
retaining the estate with the conditions
imposed.
But now new difficulty arose The
heirs of Susan Hartley could not be
found. Doctor Lawrence tried his best
to trace them, for he had pride and
while Mary, the adopted child of Simon
Elyidge, would inherit the property in
the absence OF Susan Hartley's heirs,
such inheritance would cause public
comment. He employed IN attorney in
st. Paul who had won some celebrity
in untangling legal tangles, and in
structed him to reach the bottom Of the
case at any reasonable expense.
Two years passed. DR.. Lawrence and
his wife were happy and contentcd in
their home in Fargo, caring compare
lively little about the Elyidge estate.
They felt sure that it would be lost
to them, and had no desire to keep any
one out Of his rights
The attorney in charge of the case
had been in occasional correspondence
with them, but gave little Information
of what he had accomplished. One
day he visited Fargo, and had a per
sonal interview with Doctor Lawrence
Doctor" he said, 81 want to make
a full report of my findings in the case
of the Susan Hartley heirs. You know
we ascertained that Susan Hartley
then a widow with two small children,
left st. Paul, where her husband died
after a long Illness that exhausted their
little wealth, for New York City, where
she followed the occupation of nurse
for a time Then we lost the trail.
BY accident I found, a few months
later that she was engaged as q nurse
10 ~ In w n
had been advised by her physician to
make q European trip. The engage
ment was so good q one that Mrs.
Hartley felt that she must not decline
it. She made arrangements with the
managers OF a public home to care for
her children during the few months
she expected to be away. The party
left on the steamer GirOnda for a
French port The Gironda was
wrecked in storm on the voyage, and
all on board except three or four of the
crew, were drowned. The older of the
children, little girl, died soon after in
an epidemic of scarlet fever. The
younger, boy, attracted the attention
of a gentleman who adopted the child.
"Impertinence is an acquired habit of
mine you know, and / am sure you
will excuse my asking a few questions
of you about your early life. A Doctor
Jerome Lawrence came to Minneapolis
from New York several years ago, and
died about ten years later. Are you
his SOM"
81 always supposed So" Doctor Law.
renee replied, It'll after his death
He was a widower, but married again
when 1 was twelve years of age. My
step-mother and never got along well
together, and soon after my fathers
death l left home to seek my own for