Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03
.ININTENDED marriage


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rou think, father, that hasty
carriages always turn out
Ily!"
M not always. l know a
81 sorp marriage that was not
- +nrned out very well.''
,+ended2 How could that have
ri 50 was a young fellow Che was
,,oqrs old. and I'll call him
= s,de up his mind that his lot
no bachplOrhood. You see, his
and mother had married young,
L. had died young, and, the
& I'll tofng only nineteen years older
ob they were more like broth
sister than mother and son.
= reason Bob secuted marriage
BIN.
WI was reading law. One day he
n court, as was his custom, to
oize hims If with the methods
~ ,o5urp 1t was a court Of chan
The case being tried before the
was a claim of young girl
Fl estate of an uncle who had re-
died. The girl was in court,
Il mpttier little piece of the Lords
arork never was turned out. At
- gob thought so, and he couldn't
his eyes off her. 1t wasn't long
~ the girl well call her Lucy no.
that Bob was looking at her in
- that said plainly as words, 1 adj
II rou profoundly She bluShed
III booked away, then glanced side
At him again to see the same eX-
.oa of admiration. She blushed
which indicated that she re-
Wlated At any rate Bob so in
'Avsed it.
maker of the will had left the
IT, his property to his only broth
-A@ yg (We'u call him John Doe and
J. gl sum to Lucy, but as the broth
Id married beneath him the tes-
bad provided for a passing of all
To- rperty to the oldest son of his
bis child. Lucy. AS it would be
81, =, HE to leave the matter long open,
not being married, the will pro-
s. h that If Lucy We're married when
y ame Of age the estate was to be
ID the hands Of trustees for three
Us If within that limit she had
l, the estate was to go to that
low old is the claimant?' asked
ldge
DSbe will he 49, replied her coun-
II leSpondently, at noon to-day
II she married?'
No. your honr.'
ILen, said the judge, deliberately,
H no reason why, after the hour
loon, should not set aside her
s. and give Judgment to John Doe.
aSe there is no objection, will
urn the court till 2 o'clock.
S 70 see fortune pass away from
0vely girl was too much for Bob.
TaS an impulsive fellow, prone to
!, de and act quickly. With scarcely
: .ment for reflection, he grasped
I-y for some method of delay. If
/ grl could appear to be married,
might at least effect a compromise
/, HQuiring her opponents to prove
sSShe was not married. 1t was half
Il 10 o'clock. and her counsel would
e three and a half hours to devise
II plan. Bob, as a lawyer, knew
and though the chance was slen-
!, he Stakcd all on a desperate move.
Your honor, he said, rising, the
SIant is my Wife
Judge, attorney, spectators, turned
Bob in wonder.
Have YOU proofs of your mar
e; asked the judge.
Not at hand
Is that man your husband? asked
Judge Of, Lucy.
d ever there was irresistible appeal
a mans eyes. it was in Bob's when
'urned them on Lucy. He could
say TO her, This is merely to gain
t. So he gave her a look which
ant I beg of you not to deny what
ave stated Lucy's eyes remained
S'ed to his. What was passing in
mind no one knew. She had de-
oh TO make. and all waited breath
W to hear it.
les she said.
And YOU said the judge, turning
'oo-'do you acknowledge this wom-
70 be your wife?'
iuen If you were not married be-
" You are married now. l give
smeht IN favor eff the claimant
men, and then only. Bob saw that
,U'ent to stave off a decision had
'''ed IN his marriage 10 a girl he
never seen before, and had never
Ken TO.
y Neh the court was adjourned. the
l''"nt. her mother and Bob went in
private room for consultation. All
,eu TO Bob for an explanation. He
x confession of the whole mat