The Dolores star., 1910-11-04
PART ONE.
CHAPTER !.

PART ONE.
CHAPTER !.
found ny wife and told her all
about T. You see. Agatha" ] said.
its going to Be rough on old Arch
u he doesn't After all. she's always
promised him the property: II should
60 to him"
The secretary. that II. my wife--I
sometimes refer TO her In that way
In memory Of . certain SIX weeks !
and my friend Terhune once spent at
Castle Wyckho6. during which she
bore that title and fell In love with
ber-my wife put down her sewing to
answer ne. She was doing me
knitted tie. BY the way. green. with At
least six different stitches IN H. Aw-
fully clever at that sort Of thing. my
wife.
Yes. I see," she said; but, wilfred.
isn't II . little-a little sudden! How
can he expect to get married In %
short . time a. ten days?'
II was sudden. surely, and unusual.
But for the matter Of that. the whole
thing was out of the ordinary. You
see the point was that an eccentric
old aunt Of my friend Archibald Ter
hume. . Mrs Georgiana James Of E.
sex. had written to acQuaint her
nephew with the fact that she intend
Cd to leave certain piece Of property
which she had long ago promised him
10 third cousin Of hers who lived In
America II Archibald did not immedi-
ately get married In fact. she gave
him exactly and only ten days from
the receipt Of her letter In which to
accomplish the holy estate. or. rather.
In which to get himself engaged. The
actual ceremony she would leave to
follow - soon a. possible when the
Proper ordar Of things should permit.
Arch. when I saw him In London
that morning. was In the widest state
Of mind imaginable He had only just
received the letter. and he'd be bless.
"a II he'd take unto himself Q wife at
oil. merely to humor the Impossible
vhims Of Ais AuAt 0sorsy. nuch lsss
accomplish the 1ss1 with any such IN
6scorous haste. She had always
baAsered him to death On the subject
Of getting married. and nov he sup
posed this vas her way Of punishinG
him for his systematic disregard Of
her wishes.
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 shes bring.
ing things to . climax now 10 just b.
cause I'm forty years old today! She
says that II don't get married soon.
I'll b. 90 old no one will have me!
Fancy that" His tone Was positively
thrill with spleen and disgust. Just
on. twitching about on his chair and
piucking angrily At his eye-glass
string why. lots Of men don't even
begin to think Of marrying till they're
forty.nvs!"
! smiled The old boys weak spot
10 his love Of admiration. and ] often
feel convinced that II II were not for
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." be continued. Jerking
over Q page Of the closely written !st.
ter that he held In his hand and Elanc-
ing down II - he spoke. that d.
though she has always looked forward
with pleasure to leaving that piece Of
property which represents the bulk
Of her fortune. to her nephew. that she
cannot allow herself to do 20 unless
he complies with her wishes and BE-
comes Q married man. To bestow %
rich an Inheritance upon single man.
she says. 10 like putting . premium
On selnshness," Tsrhuns snorted With
impatiencs whom be had read that last
sentence. but ! couldn't help but I'd.
mirs the old lady for II. ! thought she
must have besn something Of . char.
actsr to express herself % forcibly.
-shs soss on to explain" said Arch.
rssumins his reading after lstting bis
eye skim down the page to the close
q he letter. that the reason she
limits the days of grace In which a.
supposed To persuade . girl TO prom.
lee 70 marry ne. TO ten. 10 beeauss
she thinks ! deserve 10 have 10 hurry.
having thwartsd her wishes 20 long.
- that little anxiety will DO ne no
hssm.- His face was . picture - hs
rod this, and his voice trsmblsd 20
WITH Q ssass oe outrage that b could
hardly % %.
she eoaciuAss By sayins that ! viii
- more likely 70 achieve the result
shs desires. II an put under . Ger
tain amount os pressure. ohs knows
NJ peocrastinatiag habits ealy too
WELT"