Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-05-26

die"
! tried to reasSurc him.
NO" he persisted. I'm going to die,
and | wish to speak to you about
Edith. | must take steps to secure to
her my property. which is about $40.
eco. | don't knew anything of the laws
covering cases where the parties are
Americans in II foreign land, do you?"
"No."
How shall manage it?"
thought few moments then told
him that the safest way | could sug
gest was marriage.
He took to the idea so quickly 1t was
evident to me that marriage was what
he wished me to suggest. He asked
me to so ut once to the girl. break the
news TO her that he had given up all
hope and suggest to her the plan by
which she should inherit his property.
did not see how could refuse any
thing to my dying friend and promised
! him | would do So
Miss Hubbell was much shocked at
hearing the news. Death coming be-
tween two betrothed or married per-
sons when young is hest described as
shock 1t is not the prolonged suf-
fnring of later years. delicately hint
ed that it would he comfort to Ber-
nard If he could be united to her before
his death. saying nothing about the in
herltance. She acquiesced at once, and
| ] 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 signified 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 ! would find
there. found sealed letter address,
ed to his wife.
"Eeep It," he said. "'ar six months
witho't mentioning it - ha", then give
It to her"
made the promise and at his re.
uuest left him. since he said that after
me excitement he had passed through
lie must rest.
Bernard died that night. | sugf csted
to his widow that she remain abroad.
where she might the sooner recover
from her sad experience, and / took
the body of my friend to America. Be-
fore leaving l told her that the mar
riage was partly n plan to insure her
Inheritance of Bernard's property. She
| was overwhelmed with the kindly act
of the man who had loved her so we'll
My trip to join Bernard Carey was
| sr,.l oil,
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, siuce 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
ir the case to take them to her. In
deed. if she signed them abroad it was
necessary that some one should in
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
year. So l took a steamer for that
port via the Atlantic ocean and the
Mediterranean. On reac hing Naples
learned that my quest was at Sorrento,
on the southern part of the bay. and in
Al couple of hours ! was ut 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 rs that with which I looked
upon the face and figure of Edith
Carey. There was so much about us
that was beautiful that we enjdGed it,
she acting as my pilot. before settling
down to dry legal documents. She
knew that 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 we'll. | assured her that 1t 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 Mt 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," I remarked to her one day
while sitting on the steps of the lin
ed temple of Jupiter in the forum at
Pompeii, should we be long moved by
the death of 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