The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-08-30
LAM BERT'S'
LINEAGE
BY EpeS e0. Sar8cnf
Copyright, le05, by X. Il. Mcclure

hnh shlu u Ine olilef IelloW, Deban
Preston Lambert "Then said want.
ell to marry you. and he put the bottle
back In the cellaret"
Then he won't LET you marry me-"
she said wistfully.
Well he didn't exactly say me nay"
admitted Lambert, but he made one
prohlbitive condition. I've got TO get
family"
y family" she echoed
Just that l suggested that he WAS
a trlhe premature. but he explained
that what he wanted was back mum.
bers. not future issues"
oh" walled Mollie why did he
ever find out that he was II direct do.
scendant of William the Conqucror?"
Pure cussedness," suggested Lam
bert. "Bll didn't hand down any
money or titles that reached this far.
1t was Jabez Gordon who did most OF
that work"
Grandpa Gordon WAS awfully poor
when he married grandma" she us
scented. ITS funny they never thought
about William the Conqucror before
they got married"
when you're poor" declared Lam
bert. 1T doesn't matter much whether
| Adam or Bill Smith stands ut the head
of your family tree"
Il hate family trees" brcathod the
girl vehemently. Il wish dad never
had heard of his gcncnlogy."
"Oh, we'll" said Lambert cheerfully,
1--WE can't chop the Internal tree down.
I'll have to study forestry and learn
how to grow one"
Did he shy you could marry me II
you dldf" she asked joyously
lie said that for the sake of the
race he wanted his daughter TO mary
II mun M nobly born M herself lie
sort of intimated that he had an eye
on nm English duke. with pedigree
M long NJ Il snakes tail"
Il won't be IL duchess" Molle pro
tested. Il want TO he Mrs. Preston
Lambert"
And 80 you shall" he declared. I'll
have II family tree rs tall as cocoa
nut backed up here ON truck Inside
OF three months
1T took pm three years and II half to
get his together" she disscntcd
That's all right" laughed Lambert,
STOPPING to kiss her Pm II wonder
when | get started"
Mollic followed him 10 the door aud
watched him swing down the street
Then she went into the now deserted
library and gained some consolation
| In, ~ al I,r 10, IL.
sign whereby tho Gordon ancestry was
traced IN II direct line to royal blood
More than one small fortune had
been spent upon the tree, and 1t WAS
the pride of Robert G0rdon's life The
millions he derived from his father
had been nothing TO him until this an
| cestral line had been discovered He
had been merely Jabez Gordon's son
Gordon the elder had been Forty
miner" and had left vast stores of min
erul wealth to his son and faint rec
objection of his grandfather
Robert Gordon's respect for ancestry
| amounted almost 10 MANU. and his
first attention upon becoming the heir
to the fortune was given to work on
his historical records
None of them had been successful
until Gottfried Shnekmclster had picked
up the scent, and In due course de
llvercd to his client letters and other
documents to prove that the GOrdons
We're II branch Of IN old English line.
1t had not only taken him more than
three years but also involved travel
Ing far and Wide Gordon, however,
had not grudged either time or money.
IL was less than three months he
fore Lambert sought II formal inter
view with Gordon.
Il have that tree you wanted" he
announced lightly as he was ushered
into Gordon's presence.
''TreeW was the puzzled cXclama-
ton. 81 don't remember any CONVEX
sation | have had with you on the nut
ter of trees. Mr. Lambert. leave
those matters to the landscape gar
| dener"
Don't you remember" reminded
Lambert, that you said | could not
marry Molhc until | had some man
whose name has come laundering
down the ngcs to blame my existence
uponf"
Il recall saying that II was It duty
we Gordons owed our race to marry
only into families ~ ancient ns our
own" he corrected.
well" continued Lambert hlppant-
ly. this Is IT, He placed upon the
table II small handbag, from which he
extracted old volumes, time stained
parclmcnts, papyrus and what not.
II find" he ratified on, that | am
directly descended from the PharaoIs"
Gordon rose angrlly This Is an in
suit" he stormcd ITO come here with
this absurd collection Of forgcrlcs
which you presume to tell me nre rec
ords dating back more than 1000 years
and collected by you within three
months. VIII you leave or shall |
have to call the butlerf"
Hadn't better call Peters" urged
Lambert smoothly 81 hate to do II,
but I want to marry Mollic Let me
marry her and I'll ignore the fact That
my family runs further back than
yours"
Never" shouted Gordon. II would
rec her dead flrstH
"On your own head be 1t then" sail
Lambert impersonally. Here goes for
!
confession. l made these records
myself"
Il know you did," almost screamed
Gordon, land you come here and have
the effrontery to compare them to
my own authenticated documents"
II made some of those too" said
Lambert quietly.
There was something In his manner
that bore conviction. Gordon dropped
into a chair How" he gasped
feebly.
do you remember" he asked, that
some years ago | was suspended from
college for, hazing scrape"