The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-18
The Hatch Will


! hcpnHN, lNNpHN hilehe Nlio inherit
| sd bis uilcleS dislibo lor women and
who IA his own aeath would not he
| likely 10 lcare an hpir Against this
| the old man undertook to provide. lie
left the estate 10 Raymond on eanai-
| ton lhat he marry within one yeai'
after coming into possession. Six days
after making the win the testator died.
Raymond on hearing the will read
! was delighted till hc came to the rlauSe
! requiring his marriage thnl his colln-
! tenance fell fike most waneu lalers,
/ within the depths Of his Iieari he had
1 the image Of an ideul woman Mlohrhc
4 never expected 10 find. However, since
! there was now the spur uf i fortune 10
| drive him On. be started CIT III 4 hunt
! for II girl whom he could love Since
/ Raymond was a fine fellaw With {,
fortune he found plenty u choose from.
/ Girls were thrown nj him like hail
/ stones. There wore pushing girls, mod
EST girls. bad girls. good girl, indeed,
girls Of al llind~.
Now The chances are that Wlel a
I
With some heller Ske,tef girl Instead
| OF 4 steady, reliable woman WHO can
| be surely counted on TO mike got
| wife 50 il was with Raymond lfatllG
! He fell before the charms of Grace
MaryUti, az gracelcss liirt IA eYer an
giel for man If there was a serious
thought IN her head il did not appear
There was no prank of which She Was
uot capable Mill il al was Il certain
indescl'ibable witchcry that fascinated
men where sterling Qualities would
have ha1 no effect SUtll girls SOM
Times when they find themselves con
fronled With The serious problems OF
wife and mother make very good
wives. bat obey are uncertain.
Raymond would have liked 10 keen
tAe secret of hi. Inheritance. but cligi-
bic young meu with fortunes cannot
hide them. and Raymond fortune W.T.
widely known fact Miss dalyott
knew all about It, bat had the curont.
cry to pretend that She supposed hiiu
to lie 4 poor man While Raymond had
The stupidity 20 believe her. Raymond
did not meet The girl till within two
months of The time of expiration Of the
year liked by the will for nalrihuny,
but during these two months a great
deal was accomplished. The truth is
Miss Maryott left Mr. Hatch very littie
to do fiji he matter These fiifts know
men better than the steady. modest
Il al
does NOT object TO being cnntod by n
woman for whom he does not have
positive dislike Besides, tlrts have y
way If backing and filing That Is PTS:
zling Miss MaIyott blew hot and cold
until She got Hatch ia II fever OF IN.
certainty. on several occasions when
she was blowing hot he tris 10 get in
Il proposal but she always conriy@t
10 lead him of. one week before he
nnist marry or lose his inheritance be
was siill uncertain OF his fate
At ,his time Miss MARRIOTT sHIdcnly
became apparently very pliablc Hatch
had been reproying he1 for tr!lling
with pm, and She appeared 50 con.
trite that taking advantage of the op
portunlty, he hlnted out bis proposal.
70 his astonisllmcnt She refused him.
1t seemed To him thai The bottom had
dropped out of The universe
But when IT came to the reason FOR
her unexpected action The girl unbush
mgiy told him that il would he unwiSe
for Two people to marry both being
unendoWtd with worldly goods
Hope Sprang back into the lovers
breast, and he told her Of his uncle's
will aud lis important condition
Then came the most surprising blow
Of all Miss Maryott looked at him
with well affected surprise and coolly
asked him IL he considered her one to
marry for money lie pointed "Ht the
want Of logic in such a conclusion. but
with uo effect The girl told him thai
he must lool, elsewhere for some one
u help him secure his fortune Her
heart was too sacred To Ice used in amy
such merccnary manner, whcreupon
Hatch declared that his fortune might
90 to charity 0r the dogs for all lie
cared and left her
At tl,c last moment the heir prospee-
tive was approached by Miss Nymm.
a fiIend Of Miss Marquis who argued
with him the folly OF letting q fortune
90 that might IS well be- secured. She
advised Hatch to comply with the pro
vision of the win 10y marrying some
old woman who had not long 20 i've.
Hatch was desperate aud did not care
what lac did. Miss Wyman agreed &c
introduce him 10 HomJn If eighty
who could not possibly lNe week.
Hatch consented. and arrangements
were made accordingly.
II was not till 10 O'Clock of tie day
the limit " time fixed by the viii *
pircd that Miss Wyman kept her prom
ise and introduced Hatch into ROOM
where on = lounge. propped up by pill
lows. an old woman. wriniflcd. hollow
checked. snaggle toOjhed. was waiting
to receive him A clergyman had been
summoned. and there was nothing to
do except for Hatcb 10 sign paper
2 crceiUc 1" pay TO = relative If the DE-
ing woman 2 sum Of money ia com
pensation for her accommodation The
paper was signed. and tho marriage
ceremony vas performed. Hatch was
about 80 Withdraw when Miss Wyman