Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-21

Peter Halldorf was not at all obliged
to marry her. If he did she was the
heiress, otherwise not.
But it doesn't matter" said the
old man, with smile. II will not be
mean. We will marry That fixes the
whole affair, and you will get two
millions and a half. Now, Lily, when
is the wedding day going to be?"
Never, as long as 1 live" sobbed
Lily.
well. then, you had better look
around for a position as nurse girl,
somewhere" Aunt Johanna said, with
smile, which showed that she en-
joyed the whole thing immensely.
You have learned nothing but to
read and write and play the piano."
Lily burst out crying worse than
ever
well, WE'LL" said the old man
good-naturedly, I'VE are going to
marry, after all. am sure she is too
sensible a girl to let that much money
slip away from her. She still has five
months to consider"
Lily told Hans all about this the
next time they met, and now he was
no longer able to conceal his love, and
| asked her If she would marry him.
mo! MOI" Lily exclaimed. II can
not marry a poor man. How could
we think of living on 800 marks a
month! I would be unhappy and
make you unhappy, too"
Then you do not love me-" cried
Hans, sadly
Yes, Hans. 1 do love you, but we
could never get along with that little
bit Of money"
IF two people love each other they
can do anything" replied Hans, but
Lilly only shook her head, and ran
away to conceal her tears. When she
had reached the house she ran to her
room and sobbed as If her heart
would break. Rut she felt that she
could not have acted otherwise.
The six months had nearly passed,
when Hans, who had not seen her nor
heard a thing of Lily during that
time, felt a desire to find out If she
had married Halldorf. For three days
he walked around in the streets near
her house before he met her.
well, Miss Karthause, are you 60
ing to marry Peter Halldorf?" he
whispered with voice that trembled
with emotion.
Almost instantly she whispered,
NO"
Lilly, do you really mean that you
will marry me?"
Yes Hans, want to marry you
now. l have been longing for you
every day since we parted. I will
work, shall try to keep house as eco
nomically as I know how. If you are
ready to risk 1t, Hans"
Yes. I am, darling"
Hand in hand, they went to see
Aunt Johanna. They found her sit
ting in the parlor with Mr.. Halldorf.
MY dear Miss Walters" Hans be-
gan. II have just become engaged to
Lily. I do not make very much at
the present time"
Aunt Johanna stood up and went
over to Peter Halldorf and said:
Now, Peter, you just hand over
that check for twenty thousand marks
to me-"
Tomorrow, my dear. Johanna; I
have not got my checkbook here"
the old man replied, and, turning to
Lily. he said: Have you considered
we'll what you are doing. Lily? Have
you realized what you give up?"
You do not give up anything.
child" Aunt Johanna replied. Your
grandmother had no money whatever;
she had been out of her head for
some time, although nobody knew 1t,
and she believed that she was very
rich. Her favorite idea was that you
should marry Mr.. Halldorf, and she
did not give me any peace until al
lowed her to make her testament. /
hope that you will forgive us, Lily,
for deceiving you, for we only wanted
to find out If you were the kind Of
girl who would sell herself for money.
You have stood the test, and, there
fore. have decided to make you my
heiresS. I hope you will be happy
with the man you love, and promise
you that I shall see that you never
need money"
Aunt Johanna, turning to the old
man, said: you lose your bet, Pc
ter; you said that Lily would prefer
the money. When you make out the
check for 20,000 marks, make it pay
able to my niece. 1 give it to her as
wedding present"
Tomorrow you shall have my
check" the old man replied. land
shall make out another one for more
than that. as a present from myself to
Lily as reward because she would
not marry me-"