Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-01

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did not see how l could refuse any
thing to my dying friend and promised
him l would do so.
Miss Hubbcll was much shocked at
hearing the news. Death coming be-
tween two betrothed or married per
sons when young is Test described as
shock 1t is not the prolonged SUI
fering of later years. delicately hint
ed that it would be a comfort to Ber
nard if he could be united to her before
his death. saying nothing about the in
heritance. She acquiesced at once, and
l had the satisfaction of telling him
that she knew nothing of the marriage
giving her a fortune.
There was marriage, and as soon as
it was over Bernard signifed that he
wished to see me alone. His young
wife went sorrowfully away, and as
soon as the door was closed behind
her he asked me to reach under his
pillow and take out what l would find
there. | found a sealed letter address
ed to his wife.
keep it." he said, "for six months
without mentioning it to her. then give
it to her"
made the promise and at his re-
quest left him, since he said that after
the excitement he had passed through
he must rest.
Bernard died that night. l suggested
to his widow that she remain abroad,
where she might the sooner recover
from her sad experience, and l took
the body of my friend TO America. Be
fore leaving l told her that the mar
rage was partly a plan to insure her
Inheritance of Bernard's property. She
was overwhelmed with the kindly act
of the man who had loved her so well.
My trip to join Bernard Carey was
my first visit to Europe, and, since it
had been very short and circumscribed,
after having remained at home few
months | concluded to return there.
had interested myself in the settlement
of his estate, and, since it was neces-
sary either that his widow should re-
turn to sign certain papers, that she
might be put in possession of her in
heritance, or that she should sign them
abroad, arranged with the attorneys
in the case to take them to her. In
deed if she signed them abroad it was
necessary that some one should ia
struct her in the matter.
My stay at Thun had been during
the autumn, and now February had
come. Mrs. Carey was at Naples,
where Americans gather in great num-
bers during the early months of the
port via the Atlantic ocean and the
Mediterranean. On reaching Naples
learned that my quest was at Sorrento,
on the southern part Of the bay, and in
a couple of hours was at her hotel
1t was built on the edge of the cliff
overhanging the beautiful waters and
in the center of an orange grove.
There are stories the principal part
of which is left out. So it is with this
one. But it is time for me to admit
that my return abroad was rather to
see Mrs. Carey than to see Europe.
The bay of Naples is beautiful, but
my eyes did not view it with the same
pleasure as that with which l looked
upon the face and figure of Edith
Carey. There was so much about us
that was beautiful that we enjoyed it,
she acting as my pilot, before settling
down to dry legal documents. She
knew that I had the papers pertaining
to her inheritance with me, but she
did not speak of them, and when l did
she asked if tomorrow would not do
as well. assured her that it would,
and she informed me that, not being
with a party, she had no one to go
about with her and longed to see some
of the attractive sights near at hand.
So we went to Paestum and Amalfi
and Capri-indeed, any place that we
could reach and return the same day.
We were both young and had largely
recovered from our melancholy expert
ence at Thun.
"Why," | remarked to her one day
while sitting on the steps of the ruin
ed temple Of Jupiter in the forum at
Pompeii, should we be long moved by
the death of a single person when the
many who were formerly hurrying
about in the open space before us all
passed away eighteen centuries ago"
1t was nearly seven months from the
| day of Carey's death that | sat down
! beside his widow with the inheritance
papers had brought with me. She
| signed them as l directed without
reading them or asking a question
When the work was finished we went
out and sat on Il marble balcony over
hanging the bay. The moon was al
the full, and its light in Italy is very
bright
"By the bye" 1 said, here is a paper
Bernard asked me to give you after
six months from the date Of his death
had expired.
please open it," she said, with a
shudder.
did as she asked. I could easily
read it by the light of the moon.
started to read it aloud to her, but
stopped suddenly.
1t expressed a wish that she should
marry his friend-myself.
And then and there we agreed tt
comply.
HOW MITCH Is YOITR STOMACH