The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-20

/ than a moment or two At one time
the pain used to stay for nearly an
hour, and I was almost crazy AT the
end. / have had these sharp sort Of
neuralgia pains from child, but slhce
/ have consulted Nine. Koluchy-
! I started. She looked up at me and
nodded.
! "Of course. you have heard of her
she said: "who has not? She Is quite
the most wonderful, delightful woman
I'm existence She. indeed, is doctor
! to have confidence i'm. l understand
I that the men of the profession are mad
with jealousy, and small wonder her
cures are so marvellous. Yes. Mr.
Head 7 went TO quite naif n dozen
Of cur greatest doctors. and they could
do nothing for me; but since / have
been to Mime. Kolucny the pain comes
but seldom, and when it does arise
from any cause it quickly subsidies. !
/ have much TO thank her for Have
you over seen her?
Yes I replied.
And don't YOU Ike herr continued
the girl eagerly. rs she not beautiful,
| the most beautiful woman in the
world? Perhaps You have consulted
| her for your health; she has a great
many men patients"
I made no reply; Miss Carr continued
to speak with great animation.
1T is not only her beauty which i'm
presses me-" she said cit is also her
pcWer-she draws you out of yourself
completely. When I am away from
her l must confess I am restless-it is
as though she hypnOtized me. and yet
she has never done so. 7 long TO so
back TO her even when She hest
tated end trembled. Some one came
up, and commonplace subjects of con-
| VCrsation resumed their sway
That evening late I Joined Dufrayer
in the smoking room. We found our
selves alone, and L began TO speak at
once
You asked ne 20 come hore for a
purpose ] said Miss Carr the girl
whom l took in to dinner. further told
me that you had something Il commu-
nicate. What is the mattcr?"
sit down, Head: / have much to
tell YOU"
by the way" I continued. as 1 sank
into the nearest chair ''do you know
that Miss Carr is under the influence
Of Nine. KOluchy?"
II know il. and before | 20 any fur
Their. tell me what you think of her'
she is a handsome girl" I replied.
and ! should say good one. but she
seems to have trouble She limited as
much, and i'm any case / observed il i'm
| her face and manner
You are right: she is suffering from
| a very considerable anxiety. will
explain all that TO you presently. Now.
please give your best attention to the
| following details: II is about a month
ago that ] first received a visit from
| Frank Calthorpe Sir John Winton's
nephew and the junior partner Of
/ Bruce, Nicholson & CalithOrDe the
! great stock jobbers in Garrisk Gardens.
I | did SOr1ao laDa1 I,41eiroco Co..
some years ago, but the matter on
/ which GalthorDe came to sec mo was
/ lot one connected With his business.
but of a purely private character"
Am To hear what it is?''
! You are. and the first piece of in
/ formation ] mean TO imDaTt % YOU is
the following: Frank Calthorpe is en-
gagged TO Miss Carr
! Indeed"
date
When arc they 10 be married.
That altogether depends on whether
Sir John Winton's favorite. Ajax. wins
the Derby or not"
What do you mean?"
ITO explain. 1 must tell YOU some
| thing of Miss Cars early history"
/ 1 sat back in my chair and prepared
To listen. DUfrayer spoke slowly.
] n
Carr lost her father. She was then is
years of age, and still at school Her
mother died when she was years old.
/ Her father was a West Indian mer-
chant, and had made his money slowly
/ and with care. When he Giod lie Ief.
a hundred thousand pounds behind him
and an extraordinary viii. The girl
whom you met tonight was his only
! child. Henry Carr. AlisoQ's father. had
J L. H. T~Tt
| lis Will Henry made his brother Ali
sons sole guardian, and also his own
residuary legatce. The interest of the
| hundred thousand pounds was 10 be
! devoted altogether to the girls benefit
/ but the capital was only to come into
| her possession on certain conditions
She was to live with her uncle and
receive the interest of the money as
| long as she remained single After the
death Of the uncle she was still, pro-
/ vided she was unmarried 10 receive
the interest during her lifetime. At her
death the property was to go to Felix
/ Carr's eldest son. or, i'm case he was
dead, to his children. Provided, how
ever. Alison married according to the
conditions Of the will, the whole of the
hundred thousand pounds was to be
settled on her and her children. The
conditions were as follows.
/ Inc man VINO married Alison was 10
settle a similar sum OF 10000 uDon her
and her children. and ne was also 10
add the name Of Carr to his own Fail
ing the fulfllment Of those two condi-
/ tions. Alison. if she married was to
lose the interest and capital of her
fathers fortune. the whole going "a
Felix Carr for his life and afte~ him
20 his eldest son. On this point the
girls father seems TO have had q crank
he was OTTER heard to say that he did
not intend to amass gold i'm order Il
provide luxuries for stranger.
Let the man who marries Alison
put pound for pound, he could cry,
that's fair enough. otherwise the
money goes to my brother
Since her fathers death Alison has
had one or two proposals from elderly
men of great wealth, but she naturally
would not consider them When she
became engaged, however. to Cal
thorpe. he had every hope that nc
would be able to fulfill the strange
conditions of the Will and meet heI
fortune with an equal sum on his own
| account. The engagement is now oi
three months date. and here comes
the extraordinary part of the story
Calthorpe. like most of his kind, is q
Spectator. and has large dealings IL
| stocks and shares and on the turf III