Connecticut western news., 1910-01-20

l DOFCneSlef as II she were my 0augn- l ter. She is of suitable age for you and wOmaD of rare good sense. 1 i can safely trust her to carry out your i grandfather's intentions toward you. II she will have you and you will have her l will make a will leaving my property to you both jointly, giv- 1 ing her meanwhile control of the in come"
 But I don't know that I like Miss Dorchester" l exclaimed. taken abac,l at this offer. Then after a pause, will she consent to the pIan?"
 That is for you to find out had no hope that Miss Dorchester wculI marry me simply to gain a for tune. and in any event 1 should have to live with her and carry out my GrGnCfathcr's wishes. But anything rather than beggary. l went to the young lady, told her of Mrs. Well~s- ley's proposition and asked her to be my wife
 What did she do but toss her nose ill the air and decline to have anything to do with such proposition. left her furious. She would rather give up a fortune than be my wife. l spent the next twenty-four hours in inyenting imaginary ways of tortur- ing her. The upstart. We all know that a woman scOrned becomes q fury. There is no such adage about d man, but there should be. "A man scOrned is soon conquer cd" 1 resolved that l would make Miss Dorchester love me. then toss her aside as wax doll. In a few weeks I had softened her so far as to receive a proposition from her.
 Il cannot bear" she said, ito stand between yoL and fortune. feel that it will be impossible for Mrs. Welles- ley to carry out your grandfather's in- tentions toward you. 1 will agree to her proposition to marry you provided you will promise to go away and not trouble me"
 l had secured terms that in the be- ginning I would have considered very acceptable. But what did 1 consider them now? An insult.
 Are you aware" I said, the color rising to my cheek and a spark glitter ing in my eye, that you are by n, means fattering?'
 But 1 supposed what you wish iS to go abroad and break your neck climbing mountains"
 "Ohr' I exclaimed ironically. "In that case you would not bc troubled with me further"
 And death would release you from living with q wife ycu had married for convenience"
 In this retort I fancied 1, could de tect something womanly-sOmething of pain. 1 was surprised. 1 went to her and laid my hand on her arm. I was not repulsed.
 ''I think" I said, that you could carry out my grandfather's wishes. At any rate, try. I will do all I can to help you"
 "To retain your fortune," she said, pouting.
 And become loving husband"
 
 The evening before the wedding, when I was a hundred miles from my intended bride, I was thrown into wild state by the receipt of the follow ing telegram:
 You must marry your grandmother, aft CT all, or lose your fortune. AGNES.
 What new complication could have arisen? Why could not those lawyers be certain of anything? l had become violently in love with Miss Dorchester and would not in any event give her up. I replied:
 Grandmother be hanged! I will marry you tomorrow
 I could not get train till early the next day, but after a sleepless night at , d. ill. was Steaming toward my bride that was to be. On my arrival l hesitated whether to go at once to see her and discover the meaning of her telegram, but there was little time, and my mind was made up as to the marriage, so I dressed for the wedding before setting out. I dashed up to the house in a carriage, alighted and hur- ried up the steps. Agnes was standing in q front window in bridal array, her face radiant with happiness. Rushing into the room where she was, l caught her ill my arms.
 Whats the matter!" I asked, breath less.
 "Youre going to marry your grand mother"
 No, I'm not. I'm going to marry you"
 ''Fm your grandmother" Her eyes were dancing a hornpipe.
 Then I saw it all. My grandfather had "married her instead of the old woman. She had been playing n game with me. My grandfather in the pres ence of death had hit upon the eXpe- dient of marrying the girl who had been supplying my place by devoting herself to him. This would make her inheritance stronger in law, though he left a will ilI her favor telling her that it was his wish that she should marry me and make man of me.
 But she had no mind to make a business transaction of the matter. She had therefore pat an cid woman I,y, ( 1,N, f1