Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-01-11
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that they Will be married the
money. but Gertrude had alw bee
used 10 the possession Of wb nm
/ lii not appear to realize its W. 81
sides. she was ingenious atomic
ing. Henry Dexter, the son ofllth
parents. loved her. but after bera
ton she gave her heart tolrcp"
Hawley At any rate. she accd him
Gertrude had an intimaificnd
Edna Clarke. and those wknev
uawlcy best declared that. Mi'r
Clarke had been the helrcss. Eid oI
Miss Brett. Miss clarke w have
bccn Mrs. Hawley. What = on,
Sc saw Gertrude did not ar "a
se,-tiat her friend wanted lover
But Edna, while she was DSibly
Gcrtrude's friend aud confid, con
stanlly accepting favors Ger
trudc's wealth rendered poe So.
crctlv hated the girl who WI wed
the man she herself wanted.
hut still greater surprihs In
store for them. When ltS an
noUnccd that Gertrude Wild no
near relatives living. had mi win
leaving half of her fortundEdna
and the other half 10 Clar,Haw-
lev. people considered IL TINS
one TO interfere. Unfortuaathere
was no one near enough TO tiress
10 90 10 her and remonstr Since
she was OF age there was ndority
TO forbid the disposition shelnade
NJ her property.
The next thing In this cha aston
ishments was Gcrtrude's sftfor n
trip abroad, accompanied oy Ed
ma. II was considered a fnl in
ducement 20 crime Edna. q her
bencfactress' afiianced huslinher-
ting half OF her fortune. Haw-
lev was heir To the remaiTeould /
have every opportunity told OF
the one who stood betwef AMI
wealth and love
strangely enough. there \ least
every appearance that tlfreme
view Of the case had comd. In
/ Switzerland the two gir1ed a
party 10 ascend mountaiftrude
insisted on making a detOul with
a guide and separated for time
from the other tourists. her
guide rrjoued the party h@with-
out Gertrude. who. he ri hac
| slippcl aud fallen into "A cH thou
/ sands uf feet deep This vstory
that Edna brought home, nth 1t
she brought ample docuf evil
dencc OF its truth. Never there
were those who refused tP 1t.
While legal proceedings being
taken 10 divide Gertrudde be
tween the heirs il was and that
Hawlcy and Edna were =. or
course no one was surprt was
simply considered AN ine'result +,
I Of Gertrude's infatuatioIhat if 4
murder had not been ccd she
had at least induced MUIR
Meanwhile Henry DeXlo stu
cercN loved Gertrude. lbroad
secretly 10 look into the OF the
accident But his depaecamc
known. Since il did I'm Co q
trouble the heirs. who Waring !
for the wedding. the 50 that
chung To Edna were mucfl. 7
Cards for the weddindssued. Q
as usual. some time bef event
was to come Of. Thd they !
were to receive did ath the u
prejudice against theupeople {
were looking forward filliant
AFFAIR. But one morniIek be
fore the day set socieTith u
shock. Some one-it opposed n
through malice mailed 4 OF in !.
vitations 60 the weddingy DeX- -
ter and Gertrude BRETT place :
on the same day and mat OF &
Clarence Hawley and Clarke.
There vas great indiht this
outrage. as IL was cor hnd II
was supposed that whed)exter
returned he would taho dis
cover and punish the pa The :
bride and groom expect every -.
evidence Of being deepfd, ana
feeling. which had beei hem' u
was turned in their fa1 al
The Dexter cards re resi- -
dence OF Mrs. WhitIealthy. y
friend OF Gertrude. ace or =
the wedding. and sds sur in
prised at the report tralohs
were being made theme I'M
: portant event. The pre- the Il
weddings. as announcing re- II
port was circulated tDexter ~,
3 and Gertrude had bed town.
4 The last link in the'as the
; putting up OF awning from n
3 tho street 70 Mrs. Wbidence. y
At high noon the neil wed
dings took place. Than hhu =;
scarcely pronouncede ana
: Edna man and wife y were Is
assured that at the { Henry p
and Gertrude had alsne one.
In a twinkllng theirlons OF "
o wealth tumbled like ABOUT vi
, them. CT
II turned out that lad not -,
y haen al stupid aftepecting is'
i her lover and her friad kept 81
. ber own counsel anllan by Sr
which they should | oppor- sa