The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-23
ooPYRI HT 1910

| name, fancied that he was the real heir
"GrantIeighf7' 1 interrupted.
eyes. Grantleigh- Ism it a coin
eidence that our names should be so
much aiikeg"
"Yes,', / murniured, abstractedly, for
my mind was busy with strange new
ideas.
"Well, this American has a lot of
money and he has spared no expense in
irving to prove his title. He had law
yers on both sides of the ocean looking
up his lineage and family history and
he went to London awhile ago with all
sorts of documents. The research sim
ply brought to light that /, Godfrey
| Wilbor Grantleigh, am the heir -
''You the heir! Oh, Harold" I
ggied giasdPe"@' no" we never Can 90 MAJ
".Why. Sue. why not' Certainly, your
father can t object TO me now2'
''Harold, can It YOU think who that
American is-it 8 father!'
"Good heavens, / never dreamed of
such thing
"An American would have guessed
it at once" I said, GROSSLY. 1t did seem
TO be the heir TO the Grantleigh estates
that father had coveted so long.
"Well, dear, am only a slow, stu
pid Englishman, but l love you as de-
votedly as the brightest American in
your whole country could, and l wish
to marry you at once, for I have TO 90
back to Devonshire and take possession
of the old place, and you must 90 with
me, my dearest. You see, the Lord
!, Grantleigh who owned it when / was a
, boy died in the midst Of all this fuss
about the affair, and so now 1 am the
lord of the manor. | received cable
gram this morning.
FOh, Harold was all l could man
age to say.
: ''Will you marry me, dear hearth
/ 81 can't, without father 8 consent,
| murmured
( "Then we will cable for it now" said
Harold, decidedly. tHe is man OF
= quick action Together we went into
, the study and sat down at fathers writ
: ing table to compose the dispatch.
! could think Of nothing but dear old dad
| US disappointment, and as / looked al
/ the present Lord Grantleigh laboriousy
/ concocting a respectful though forcefu
: demand for my hand in marriage.
thought how much happier I should have
I been, great as | detested the name, hat
/ he been Just plain Harold Thompkins
'fNow, listen to this ne said, anC
G then paused to alter the wording Of
, sentence.
g GA telegram for you, Miss Susie, ,
d said the parlor maid. appearing at tn,
: door Shall L sign for ltT'
S eyes, thank you, I replied, reaching
for the manila envelope and tearing i
: open.
b Why, Harold, it IS cable from ia
i ther"
, We smoothed it out and. putting ou
:. heads close together. read it;
= cts all up, Thompkins is Lore
/ Grantleigh. Our descent from homes
: man servant OF first American Grant
!, leigh. America forever. Will you joiI
home9'
r "Dear old daddy is game. isn t he
d Harold7' I asked, between my tear
Y and laughter,
e "He's brick OF the first water,
e responded Harold, so enthusiastically
that [ scarcely noticed his mixed me
d taphor.
= "1-1-T am willing 10 release you,
l. [ said, as bravely as / could.
r Release me from what7'
o - From your promise 10 marry me,
u / replied. looking away from him
e "What nonsense are you talking
Sue7i'
r "I thought, perhaps. that Lord Grant
II leigh wouldn Z desire an alliance witt
the descendant of one OF his ancestors
servants,' | managed to say. with dig
d nifty.
" "You didn't think any such thing
d You know that | d marry YOU no mat
Y ter from whom you are descended IT
a you / want. You were willing TO TAX
:" me when you thought | was an impecuni
e Gus young inventor of no family Mt all
d weren't t yous Please do me the homo
y of believing that [ could at least az