The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-21
WILLS HER FORTUNE
ON ONE CONDITION
Employer Bequeathes His Ali
to Pretty Clerk, Provided She
Does Not Wed Rival.

DENVER, Col, Feb. Coils love
spurned in life. his devotion extended
even beyond the grave, for Martin H. v.
Young in his last illness did not forget
Florence Westfall who had repeatedly re-
fused his hand and fortune. Now she
may have his money without his hand,
although on the condition that she does
not marry another-John Foster by name.
Woman's mad infatuatiOn for the man
she loves is common occurrence, but
seldom is such true and lasting devotion
In the opposite sex heard of.
In 1898 Martin H. v. Young opened a
cigar store at No. 1893 Sixteenth street
One bright day in June OF the same year
girl just out OF school came to Young
and asked him fer a position as clerk in
his store. The name of the girl was Flor
enee Westfall. Struck by the beautiful
face and attractive form Of the applicant,
and In need of clerk he told her to
come back the following Monday morning
and he would give her a position, asking
her first to leave her address.
This the young woman did, and as she
turned and walked from the place, the
proprietor felt strange sensation, and
his eyes followed her to the door and
then across the street.
All afternoon the vision of the hand
some girl fingered in his mind. and ne
determined to employ her at once. Ac-
cordingly he sent messenger to her
home telling her to come to work the next
morning. The girl was there promptly at
1880 o'clock the next day, and she was
instructed as to what her duties would
be, and began work.
Cupid's dart had pierced the heart of
the big fellow and, hard though he tried,
he could not keep from loving his little
clerk more and more each day. At the
end of a month, unable to longer refrain,
he proposed to Miss Westfall. Startled
at first. and blushing deeply, the girl
made no reply. Young's heart was filed
with love. and at the delay in answering
he gave vent to his feelings by breathing
out honeyed words to the confused girl.
Tears came into her eyes. At length she
Gained herself and with naughty glance
she reproached her lover for what he had
said to her.
Nothing was said by either to the 9TH
er for several days, but in a short time
Young again proposed. He was second
time refused. and Miss Westfall told him
that the next time he mentioned words Of
love to her she would leave his employ.
For two months he refrained, and at the
end of this period he retold the story Of
his devotion and begged the girl to marry
him.
She Leaves His Employ.
This she fatty refused to do. and she
Immediately left the store She secured
employment at the Chesapeake restaurant
as cashier Here she remained for one
place.
A gloom came over Young. and he grew
quite Respondent He was naturally a
Very peculiar man, and he had no inti-
mate acquaintance. He was of massive
frame. being six feet two inches tall and
weighing 1876 pounds. Miss Westfall on
the other hand, is very small in stature.
Young was quite persistent in begging
his former clerk to return. and at the end
of a month she promised to do so, with
the proyiso that at the first proposal she
would quit his employ for good
Young promised and tried hard to keep
It, But he could not, and it was but a
short time until Miss Westfall again left
his employ.
Shortly afterward he sold out his store
at No. 1138 Sixteenth street, because for
some reason he was unable to renew his
lease He bought d out cigar store IN
remain here long, and selling out, he went
away from the city. This was in 1900,
and he is said to have taken about $4,000
IN with him. Young had once fortune, but
he lost 1t in coal mines In Indiana, his
native state,s This was before he came to
Denver.
Can't Find the Girl.
=. Miss WestfalTs name does not appear In
the city directory after 1900 and although
she has been searched for all over the
city for nearly week, she has not been
is married. She was seen by former
friend on the corner Of Fifteenth and Cur
tbs streets one day last week, attired ir
mourning, ana she boarded Nineteenth
avenue car at this point.
The John Foster mentioned in the will
has not been found. He paid some at
tention to Miss Westfall while she was In
the employ of Young, and it is said that
Young was insanely jealous of him. AL
though separated for all of these inter-
vening years, love remained in the mans
heart, and his dying wish was that the
object of his affections should receive the
bulk Of his earthly goods. The will OF
Mr.; Young was probated in Fort Wayne,
Ind.
After leaving Denver he went to this
place and engaged in the building and loan
association business and he made a for
tune in this.
After giving $40 to each Of his legal
heirs and providing for his funeral ex-
penses and the erection of a monument
over his grave, he left the remainder OF
his estate to my beloved and most es-
Unable friend Florence w. Westfall, OF
Denver" Young added the stipulation
that she must not marry John Foster A
handsome collection of diamonds and Jew.
els he left outright to Miss Westfall.
Young was buried under the auspices Of
the Grand Army, in Akron, Ohio as he re.
quested in his will. He was about fifty.
nine years Of age.