Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-10

gether make 1t out of the question. "Darned unreasonable!'
 What do you mean. sirT' indig- nantly.
 | '1 mcan-oh you know what I mean the conditions and all that Why. the old chumps must have been trying to prove their grandchildren insane when they made that will. Nobody but i'm beetles would marry people they'd nev- CT seen. P'-
 "p"3. the will provides for a six months courtship, Mir. Browne, I'm sorry to say. You might learn to love person in less time and still retain your mental balance. you know. espe- cialy if she were pretty and an heir- ess to half your own fortune. I dare say that is what they were thinking about"
 Thinking? They weren't thinking of anything at all. They weren't ca pablo. Why didn't they consider the possibility that things might turn out just as they have?"
 Possibly they did consider 1t. my boy It looks 10 me as if they did not care rap whether 1t went to their blood relatives or to the Islanders. I fancy of the two they loved the is- flanders more. At any rate. they left beautiful opening for the very com plcations which now conspire to give the natives their own. after all. It's necessary for both of you to be on the ground according to schedule You must go to the island. wife or no wife. and there's not much time to be lost Lady Deppingham won't let the grass grow under her feet if know any thing about the needs of English mo- bility. and I'll bet my hat she's pack ing her trunks now for long stay in Japat You have farther to go than she. but you must get over there in- side of sixty days. You can't tell what may happen ip the next six months"
 What do you meanT"
 "Weil. it's possible that you may be- come a widower and she wid"-
 Good heaven. Judge Garrett! lm- possible.' gasped Bobby Browne clutchlng the firms of his chair.
 Nothing is impossible. my boy"
 Well. if that's what you're counting on you can count me ont. won't speculate on my w.fe's death.r
 "But. man. suppose that 1t did hap penr' roared the judge irascibly. "You chA ho fpr Ina mean the worst Don't look like sick dog. You go to the island at once. Take your wife along if you like. You'll find her ladyship there. and she'll need a woman to tell her troubles 10 don't think we'll have to join in the suit to overthrow the will. The only point Is this,-the is- landers must not have the advantage that your absence from Japat will give to them. Now. TIT
 But don't like the suggestion that order"-
 Please leave all the details to mo, Mir. Browne 1t may not be necessary for her 10 die There are other alter natives in law Give the lawyers a chance. All you have to do is to plant yourself on that island and stay there until we tell you to get off.''
 ''Or the islanders push me. on lugu- briously.
 Young Mir Browne went away at dusk. half reelng under the responsi biliiy of existence. and eventually reached the side of the anxious young woman uptown. He barred the facts and awaited the wall of dismay.
 "i think 1t will be perfectly jollyy she cried instead and kissed him rap turously
 Over the opposite side of the At lantic the excitement in certain circles was even more intense than that pro duced in Boston. Lord Deppingham m needed the money, but be was whole day In grasping the fact that his wife could not have it and him at the same | time. The beautiful and fashionable | Lady Deppingham. once little Agnes | Ruthven. came as near to having hys- | teria as Englishwomen ever do. but | she called in lawyer instead of a | doctor. For three days she neglected | her social duties (and they were manyl. | ignored her gallant admirers (and they | were many and hurried back and | forth between home and chambers so vigorously that his lordshlp was sell dom closer than a day behind in any thing she did.
 There was great rattling of trunks. | a dangling of keys, thousand good | bys. a castoff season. and the Depping- hams were racing away for the island of Japat somewhere in the far south seas.