Gunnison news-champion., 1910-09-16
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found my wife and told her ell
sbosf ~ You see. Agatha" I said.
MS going 10 be rough ON old Arch
H he DOESN'T After all she's always
promised him the property. 1t should
% 90 him"
The secretary. thai H.. my wtfe-I
soasetimes refer 20 her IN that way
On memory of a certain six weeks I
ond my friend TerhBne once spent at
Castle WyckhoR. during which she
bore that title and ! fell in love with
s.r-imy wife put down her sewing to
answer me. She was doing me a
hnitted the. by the way, green. with at
beast sir different stitches in IL Aw-
fully clever at that sort u thing. my
wne
Yes ! see" she said but wilfred
isn't " littie-a little sudden? How
can he expect to get married In so
short time as ten days."
II was sudden. surely and unusual
sswt for the matter Of that. the whole
ching was out of the ordinary You
sse the point was that an eccentric
0,a aun; Of my friend Archibald Ter
o08<s 'fbftihHd Jdfittt VI T4f
ser. had written to acquaint her
nephew with the fact that she intend
cd 10 leave a certain piece Of property
which she had long ago promised him
eo a third cousin of hers who lived in
America " Archibald did not immedi-
oteiy get married In fact. she gave
lin exactly and only ten days from
che receipt Of her letter in which to
accomplish the holy estate. or rather
sn which to get himself engaged The
actual ceremony she would leave to
rr0per order Of things should permit
Arch. when I saw him In London
ehat morning. was in the widest state
Sf mind Imaginable. He had only just
Seceived the letter. and he'd be bless
ID " he'd take unto himself wife at
al merely to humor the impossible
Wnims Of his Aunt Georgy, much less
accomplish the deed with any such in
Aecorous haste. She had always
eadsered him to death on the subject
of getting married. and now he sup
po~ed this was her way of Furnishing
bin for his systematic disregard Of
her wishes.
Wants to jolly well push me to the
wall and force my hand!" he told me
Indignantly. Shed do anything to
get her own way. that old woman,
And the reason she says she's bring
ing things to climax now is just be
cause I'm forty years old today, She
says that II ! don't get married soon.
hx, III
Fancy that" His tone was positively
shrill with spleen and disgust. Just
~ " that were so very old" he went
on. twitching about on his chair and
pluCking angrily at his eye-glass
string why. lots of men don't even
begin to think of marrying till they're
fDrty -five,"
I smiled The old boys weak spot
Is his love of admiration, and I often
his delight in being considered one
of London's most eligible bachelors.
and his pride In being one of the most
popular dinner guests in town, he
would long ago have entered the
bonds Of matrimony.
She says" he continued, Jerking
over a page of the closely written let
ter that he held In his hand and glanc-
ing down IL as he spoke. that al
though she has always looked forward
with pleasure TO leaving that piece of
property which represents the bulk
of her fortune. 10 her nephew. that she
cannot allow herself to do so unless
be complies with her wishes and be-
comes a married man. To bestow so
rich an Inheritance upon a single man.
she says. IL like putting a premium
On selfshnesst" Terhune snorted with
impatience when he had read that last
sentence. but couldn't help but ad-
wire the old lady for IL thought she
must have been something Of a char
acter to express herself SO forcibly
she goes on to explain" said Arch,
resunins his reading after letting his
eye skim down the page TO the close
of the letter. that the reason she
limits the days of grace In which am
supposed TO persuade a girl to prom
3se TO marry me. to ten. is because
she thinks ! deserve to have to hurry.
having thwarted her wishes so long.
and that a little anxiety win do me no
harm His face was a picture as be
read this. and his voice trembled 80
Nth a sense of outrage that he could
hardly go on.
She concludes by saying that will
be more likely to achieve the result
she desires II ! am put under a GER
tain amount of pressure She knows
my procrastinating habits only too
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