The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-09-20
THE kALBERC
INHERITANCE.
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el 4 young girl sixteen years Old.
Rose FaleS was an orphan. She pos
+ sesSed about the best qualification for
making the couple happy-amiab.!ty.
At any rate. she did make them happy.
and it was supposed that when they
died Rose would be left Il competency.
Al went we'll for Il couple Of years.
when Rebecca Muir. girl about Rose
Fales' age and niece OF Mrs. kal-
berg, came to the house for visit
/ Rebecca. who had no prospects but 10
work for her living. not being end0w-
ed with any principle, made up he-
mind to Gust Rose if possible and get
herself installed in her place How
she set about il is not especially i'm
pOryant TO this story. With a plain
stupid. matter of fact couple Ike the
KaibergS il was not very difficult eS-
pecially since Rebecca was as cum
ming as she was INSCRIPTIONS. She
didn't expect to accomplish her work
all at once but she did. At her first
accusation Rose Indignantly told her
foster father and mother that they
must take her word or Rebecca's
They didn't seem disposed to decide
for either. and Rose proudly left the
field TO her enemy Then Rebecca Of
fered to come in and help the old peo-
pie out for awhile and without wait
ing for them To accept the offer moved
IN, bag and baggage.
Now. the kalberg household every
night at 9 o'clock was darkened. the
couple going to bed and the niece pre-
tending to DO 50. Instead she usually
went out for amusement. Occasionally
she brought TO the house fiaShy young
fellow whom she introduced as Mr.
Straffin. One night Mrs. Kalberg.
wanting something Of Rehecca. Went
/ to her room. There the old lady found
her niece with Straffin. Rebecca was
equal to the occasion. She begged her
aunt's forgiveness for keeping Il Sc
cret from her She had been secretly
married to Straffin. The aunt could
not understand why the matter had
been kept secret and was offended
with her niece for deceiving her and
marrying without mentioning the mat
ter to her But ReEecca said that her
husband could not gain his fImily'S
consent to the marriage and would not
permit her to divulge it. There seemed
nothing for the old couple to 90 but
forgive the girl and permit her u re-
ceive her husband at the house as often
As she liked.
As time passed Straffin appeared to
make no Roadway at gaining his fam
ily'S consent to marry Miss Muir. and
she claimed that the marriage could
not be acknowledged without running
his prospects. More than year passed
with no change in the situation. when
Mr. Kalberg died suddenly. His wife
continued to live in the house with Re
becca. and Stratfin continued t. visit
her Soon after Kalberg's death his
wife. who had been long falling. also
died
Immediately after Mrs. Kallerc's
death Rebecca hunted through her
aunt's papers and found q will. To
her establishment. Kalberg had pos
sessed stocks and bonds innumerai lie in
SAFETY t'I'prIl COMPANIES NtAhitN- liz
will devised that the income should be
Mrs. Kalberg's during her life ard at
her death the property should al 60
TO Mrs Rebecca Strafiin.
Here was pretty pass. Straffin and
Rebecca had never been married. In
deed. he had never intended to marry
her About the time of Mr.. KalLerC's
II
was cunning ard resourcefuI. but she
was not UP to the correction Of 4 legal
flaw like this. she referred the matter
TO an attorney. confeSsing the truth to
him. and he tod her that since there
was 10 such person as Rebecca Straffin
the will counted for nothing If she
could find Strait in. marry him and get
the certificate OF marriage dated back
even a day before the date OF the will,
she might thus secure the property.
but this would be perpetrating a fraud.
and it was sure 10 be found out.
Rebecca. hoping possibly n find
previous will leaving the property TO
her as Rebecca Muir. hunted the house
over. and in the desk that had been
used exclusively by kalberg she did
find a previous will executed several
years before the last one. But il left
all the property. after Mrs. Kalberg's
death. 10 Rose FaleS.
This was q double blow 10 Rebecca.
She had not only deprived herself Of
fortune by her sir and the lie that ac-
companied it. but she had turned that
fortune over TO the girl she had in
jured. She took the will 10 the lawyer
ard offered him half the Inheritance if
ne would find 4 way 10y which she
could inherit under the last will. He
told her that if she gave him the
whole OF it he would not lie able to
make her the heir
Pebecca formed a plan Of getting
Come one authorized 10 perform mar
riage ceremonies 10 give her 4 forged
certificate. lint she could ind no one
who cared. even for a handsome con-
Sideration. To take the risk She would
have torn up the will leaving the prop
erty 10 Rose FaleS. but her lawyer
knew Of It's existence, and she dared
not. Since she could decide on moth
inc she did nothing Meanwhile rpI1-