The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-06-19

Impressed by ner drst Aos.-g WIN a
celebrated actress.
q am sorry to trouble sou. she
faltered. but Aunt Ellen thought
ought to come"
Il do not see how you could ever
trouble any one" returned Beatrice,
sweetly. Tell me what II Is you want
The girl, who had an evident sense
OF humor. laughed a little awkwardly.
What l really want, / suppose, stated
briefly, is some OF your money" she
announced.
Beatrice looked startled. and the
smile faded from her lips.
you see Mr., Montague, the actor,
was my father"
Your father!" Beatrice shrieked. In
her agitation. Are you the daughter
Of that woman?"
Don't speak OF my mother as that
woman. said the girl freely. "She
has been dead ever since l was born
but she was dear. and sweet, and
lovely"
What, another? Merciful powers!
Did David smith spend his life in get
ting married?"
Poor father was very unfortunate
In everything he undertook, even his
marriages" said the stanch little
daughter.
q should think so, indeed" retorted
Beatrice.
Daddy was very fond Of me. but
as he was always so unsuccessful H.
nancially, Aunt Ellen has had to take
/ care of me up in Massachusetts all
my life. When she read about the
money you had received from that
3 property nobody knew papa owned,
4 she felt that It was only fair that she
I be reimbursed, and she thinks, too,
that / ought to have q little something
to live on. | have been studying for
y the stage, but Aunt Ellen Jays she
: does not think | lave any more talent
than pool daddy had, and I'd probably
never amount to anything"
/, you poor, modest child. Certainly
!. you shall have some of the money.
am sure nobody in the world has more
right to David Smiths property than
! his own daughter"
Miss Carson's legal adviser was
y panied at the generosity she exhibited
towards this new relative of her
dead husbands.
II begin to feel" she l~aughingly told
the man, las II | was a mere trustee
&c Tor this fortune, simply handling 1t for
the benefit of the rightful heirs"
a. 1t was at a gay little supper that
" Beatrice received her next shock. He
n was such a ~goodlooking chap she fell
IN drawn to him at once, without the
'A slightest suspicion.
- You are not a New Yorker, Mr.
rs Smith," she inquired.
le ""No, | am a native Of California, bu
rs have spent practically all of my lif'
~ abroad"
"a "Wha a lot of US there are in tn
world" laughed the woman. "Yol
lis know my name is Smith, too"
Yes" said the young man; every
.ly body knows that, and l have particula
ne reason to recollect the fact"
"Why, what do you mean?"
II ooh 1t is too absurd, and you s
beautifully young - younger eve
~ than | thought"
'ut What In the world has my you'll
.er which is not so great after all, 90
to do with the name of SMITH" sh
demanded.
as Well, you see, you are somethin
81 of an infant to be stepmother to
lp- man of my size"
~ please be prepared to catch me
faint. I'm really beginning to stan
these shocks rather we'll now. though
NJ They are getting to be the regula
a thing. Are you the older brother
that sweet stepdaughter of mine, an
why haven't | heard OF you before?"
mo-" returned Max Smith, Il al
- an earlier edition than any Of the oil
ers. You see, David Smith ran ava
with my mother wheA they wei
go mere boy and girl before be eve
went on the stage. MY grandfatht
followed aud separated them. Davi
disappeared and my mother grieye
herself to death. My father can
as back once after he heard, and beggt
' grandfather to let him see me. | WI
IN a little shaver then. Later we learnt
on that he was married again. l new,
w heard anything more Of him until Il
papers began to have Mysteries oy'
oil your romantic marriage"
90 II wonder" unused Beatrice, 9
On there are any more"
~" "why?"
" Il am only pondering whether
should be Sinking my responsibility
lce II I hand over the rest OF that mons
to you and finally rid myself OF Il
Fife burden, or If | ought to keep son
in case more claimants turn up"
You poor child. 1t must have be-
9TH a worry to YOU" said Max, sympatht
d. ically. "You won't turn over any
your money to me though. except
al one condition"
yer "And that?" she asked surprised.
to Well. 1t Is a bit early to mentit
Itch Il. since we have met for the FIR
time this evening. but IL you insist