The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-03-13
AUNT PRUE;S Will

80 pu'S aDout II, interrupted Aunt Prue Il
never lhistened to any butts in my life. Nv house
nay money ard my lands 90 tonotbrr Tyo ,,nt =
nephew somewhere. suppose haven't heard. If
ms death Ii he and Mars Jane Carleton viii ma
I, ea2h other they can have everything I've rot II
they won't I'll leave il ali to Father Deane to found
u home for old maids
Aged women" suggested tbe LITTLE 1~r,or
No" snapped Aunt Pr1le. sbarnIv sol3
maids, plaln and straight Iii have no men skirj,-
me their poo? widows and mothers on nv carc
Old maids Like lnyscl1. who haze had sense enough
10 see that most men are crooked sticks or worse
crutches An cid maids home-put 4h2t dow,
straight and sure I never had my VIII broken j.,
life and won't in death If any one tries it-,reil
hell hear from me-
And Il was the viii thus made that, three weeks
later. was communicated in proper legal form, ~
Mr. Richard Elton in his shrDbv sfndnpr anorf
melt IN Paris where the young gem en,ar ,~.s
walking the hospitals in the footsteps of a world
renowned specialist.
Mr. Eltons comment on his late aunt's tesla
nent was too brief and foreble FOR repetition In
spite OF her quarrel with his f. her before he was
born. Aunt PTuc's bank account and The old Euor
homestead had always figured as pleasant nossil;Ii
ties in an ambitious future Now-now-,yiiI. an
other wrathful explosion. he tossed lawyer F}ands
communication to his roommate VIII Marsh
Seems 10 settle you pretty soidly" said Will.
VIE and fortune in one clip. Who Is the Mary
IaEe Carleton that goes with the OLE adys shekels2
Do you know her"
Il do" answered Dick. grilnly "She has been
my aunt's companion and yivtim for five and sven
y years. Lean and lank and specialized, and fifty
if a day"
Fifty Holy Moses,a gasped VIII IT'S =
clear case for fight, Dick. The old woman was
nutty, sure, when she made document like that
There's not Judge or jury IN the world that would
not stand by you. Break the will, old man,. You've
cot proof OF out-and-out senility there in your
hand. You break the will to smash"
''1'll o11o
long years of professional waiting shortened by
golden cut.
And four days later Mr. Elton boarded great
French liner, whose docks were gay with crowds of
returning tourists
'lLakes me feel like home, sweet home, myself"
sid VIII Marsh, who seeing Dick off, as they
made their way through chattering groups laden
with parting flowers We'll goodbye old boy and
good luck to YOU Fight it out if it takes all sum-
mer. just get Mary Jane TO show up in court and
you'll break Aunt Prue's will certain" and with a
parting grip Will Marsh turned away. while Dick
Eltons gaze, following his friend. was suddenly
arrested by questioning startled glance from q
pair of eyes that seemed to flash violet Ere. They
belonged to a girl who stood on the steamers deck
rail, her arms full of roses
So swift and feeting that violet fash that
almost Dick caught its blaze the eyes mad turned
again. and she was nodding her smiling adeux to
her friends upon the shore. Marie. Marie it
seemed bevy of giysh schoolmates calling 80 her:
"Adieu. adieu chere Marie!"
And Dick saw that the violet eyes were brim-
ming now with tears that quenched all their fire.
Marie. Marie-the soft music OF The name lin
cered in Mr.. Elton's ear. and those eyes-really.
nc had never seen stch eyesl 1t was almost impos-
sible to believe they could flash, Swallowed they
we're by those fringing eyelasiles. And the young
gentleman VINO had found following the footsteps
Of the great specialist too absorbing 10 admit Of
any socsi distraction awoke to new and suddca
Interest in feminine charms For beside those VIC
lei eyes Miss Marie had mass Of ripping golden
hair that the wnd blc@ in soft tendrils about the
neck aud b-ow in defiance o. hat and veil. She had
also chaperone q stout, m;lde-aged lady who, at
he ships first roll. descended promptly 70 her
staterocm and was seen more By ones, twos,
threcs finally by dozens and scores, the other pas
saugers followed her example, for the winds we're
high and the sea was rough. and even the stately
La Nornandie bent and swayed she rode the
crcst;r1c. foam-cappcd pillows. But Miss Marie of
d he violet e-es was unconquerable. Every morning
toJnd ler on deck. bewitchnely defiant of wind
and seas: every evening Mr.. Elton, strIding his
own solitary way. saw the graceful figure leaning
against the deck rail, dreanily watching the sunset
slzv Even at night she fingered III tie vide open,
for the moon rode in triumph through the blue
vault abo-e. silverng the sea- and eliher IFS mad
,ese or some other eeric spell working havoc IN
Dick Fl;on's mind and heart But though the etl-
1,etie Of ocean travel dispenses with the sitter
social formaities Of terra firmp. Mr.. Elton found
Mss Carter as the captain called The vloieteyed
.,chbntlcgz. very difficult of approach
tiI ,lo ii+tle courteses that gentleman can fifty
and Gracefully render to an unattendedAady were
rera;Tad with frosty civity distinctly repellmg:
Il wa. until The fifth night out, when guest Of
rria.4lg wind snatched the siIken scarf from Tie
golden head, and Dick recovered 1t by a reckless
nr;n, over the deck rail, that The young lady was
startled into a thaw.
aOb. thank vou! BIT you should not have done
nat. For moment 1 thought you were gone.
he added with little nervous laugh ,'And Tor
nv lirlIe scar l should have stopped to count
:osi,' ,aua;,l l.,r.
.,or !" he said mn he scarcely knew Why, by
airing note in HE very voice 1e
No she answered. but It Is an L1InOle sen
-a,,,etion that aosz no: outwcgit three Yards q
:l[ And YOU could not ncgsiby iGnow the Wee@s
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