The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-06-18
her guardian had finished his state.

{-mSnf. she Was calm; sell possessed and
determined and to her own great sur.
prise had lost al her fears. She faced
him with an expression he had never
seen ii her face before.
a.sDo you think, sir, that my mother
fever, intended that the powers you in.
duced her to give you, should be used to
force me into a marriage 1 abhor? she
said, quietly.
He looked at her keenly. He had
never heard her speak in that voice be-
fore. ~
.'The will speaks for ITSELF" he re-
piled. coldly; ''and I must be permit
ted to interpret my responsibilities for
myself
''And you want my answer now as re-
CARDS Mr.. Trumbull?" she rejoined.
At once" he replied, decisievly.
9 Then, sir. you may say to him" she
said, her own voice as cold as his, "that
I would not marry him were he the
last man in the worldz-nor any other
man who does his counting with money.
And I will further say for your own en-
Slightenment, that Twill marry no man
whois dishonored with your mercenary
favor
Samuel Martin stared at her incredu-
lousy. He could scarcely believe the
evidence of his senses. Before he could
answer, the door bell rang, and in an
instant the hall door was opened.
flush, not so loud" he said; shat is
Trumbull now"
81 have nothing to conceal from him,
and will say nothing to you about him
that will not repeat to his face" she
said, raising her voice.
He strobe to the door and closed 1t
savagely, then turned TO her with his
face livid with passion. r. 1'r-
"Then you leave this house this day.
he said. 81 will harbor no such impu-
dent hussy for another night. Isup-
pose You still have some hope ofluring
back into your net that reckless young
Hoyt Brisbane, who threw you over
last winter" with q sneer.
She. flushed to the roots Of her hair.
An. oyerpowering anger took posses
sion Of her. She rose and walked close
TO where he sat and fairly shrieked:
''No, sir, have no hopes that he will
return to me, because sent him from
me most unjust1y, for which you may
thank your lucky stars, because had
1 not done so, would have married
him, and you would have had some ac-
counting to do regarding the estate.
left in your hands, that might have
made you some trouble."
Martin had risen. from his chair as
though to lay hands on her, when the
door suddenly opened, and tall figure
in the garb of a captain in Uncle Sans
army stepped into the room. AZ
(which is exactly what the gentle
man will have to do remarked the
new arrival, bowling low.
"Hoyt!" screamed the girl. s,z,}5
"Brisbane!" exclaimed Martin.
cat your service" returned the cap
tain. "And now, if you will listen, ]
will tell you both why I am here. Miss
Hetty knows well why went away. I
never expected to see her again, and
hoped to end it all over there with the
brownies we have taken to raise. Ileft
my law office without so much as try
ing to straighten matters out. Some
months ago my former partners sent
me a statement winding up the affairs
Of the firm. and: forwarded a package
of personal papers I had left in the
vault. In looking then over, found
one which Ihads absolutely forgotten.
sIts,Kas will mad by Mrs. Martin, of
later date'than the one under which you
are acting. It. wassgiEen me with the
injunction to produee it onlySin case.
some injustice was q one Hetty. She
said she. had absolute slconfidence in
you ''--ad dressing ''but also
thatsshe had aFnamelessfear that you
might die or something happen, so
Hetty would not gu her portion Of the
estate. Having known me sineeI was
born, and my father before me, and
knowing also my love for Hetty, she
did me the honor to entrust this deli
cate matter to me. he more thought
of it the more felt that / would be
recreant tosthe trust if did not return
and place the paper in safe hands, So
I secured furlough and returned zap
parently just in time. came straight
to the house to see how:matters stood,
and was shown to the drawing room,
where, owing to the excitementof both
of you, I could not fail to overhear your
conversation.
..And now" he resumed, smiling, with
sparkle in his eye, 81 will announce
that intend to hold Miss Hetty toher
statement, and claim her hand within
"a hours. And incidentally, the ac-
counting of which she. spoke, will be
made under whicheverSwill you prefer
the one now in force, II you interpose.
no objections to our marriage; the'one
I have in my possession, If you.do.s'
While Martin stood staring atkthe
speaker, dazed, the door bell rang
again, at which Hetty laughed music
ally. I,
There is Mr.. Trumbull, papa. Per-
haps ,you would best entertain him
and don't forget to give him my mes
sage"
AS Martin left the room he cast a
glance of baffied hatred upon the two
young peoplc--which did not, however,