Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-01-04
PART ONE.
CHEPTER I.

|. juUut ett.sy4r2 1OGr SSSr 1ASdIuca, oe11u'
= It's going to be rough on old Arch
q he doesn't. After all, she's always
Epronised him the property; it should
10 to him.
The secretary, that is, my wife-l
sometimes refer to her in that way
memory OF, certain six weeks j
I'D my friend 1,erhune once spent at
Castle Wyckho:f, during which she
{ lore that title and I fell In love with
my wife put down her sewing to
( slnswer me. She was doing me a
. .taitted tie, by the way, green, with at
sast six different stitches in it. Aw-
4 nlIy clever at that sort Of thing, my
!: fifes
''ssI..t'Yes. see she said; 'but, Wilfred,
y mt 1t a little "a little sudden? How
{ an he expect to get married in SO
I hort a time as ten days?"
4 1T was sudden, surely, and unusual.
sut for Ihe matter of that, the whole
hing was out OF the ordinary. You
ZEE the point was that an eccentric
Id aunt of my friend Archibald Ter
sune, "a Mrs. Georgiana James of Es-
ex, had written to acquaint her
lephew with the fact that she intend
ID to- leave a certain piece of property
which she had long ago promised him
b q third cousin of hers who lived in
ssne,:ica IL Archibald did not immedi-
\ tely get married. In fact, she gave
linn exactly and only ten days from
he receipt Of her letter in which to
ccolnplish the holy estate, or. rather,
which to get himself engaged. The
ctul1 ceremony she would leave to
.olloiF as soon as possible when the
roper. order of things should permit.
] sAri.h when / saw him In London
4 hat morning. was in the widest state
4 mind Imaginable. He had only just
sEeceired the letter, and he'd be bless
4 d If he'd take unto himself a wife at
3TD. merely to 5humor the impossible
shims Of, his Aunt Georgy. much less
81 Heco11plish the deed with any such in
ecoous haste. She had always
adgared him to death on the subject
q I getting married, and now he. sup
8 osed this was her way of Furnishing
a i'm Tor his systematic disregard Of
er Wishes
"a Wants to jolly well push me to the
aH and force my hand!" he told me
Indignantly. Shed do anything to
Yet her. own way, that old woman!
tnd The reason she says she's bring
|f5g things to a climax now. is just be-
|ause I'm forty years old today! She
|ays hat IL 7 don't get married soon,
II bts so old mo one will have me-!
3 Fancy that! His tone was positively
hrH with spleen and disgust. Just
$Eas Il that were so very old.' he went
8cn. twitching about on his chair AMI
6fuckidg angrflyy at his eye-gIass
String why. lots of men. don't even
begin to think Of marrying till they're
|fortysfveI~
smiled The old boys weak spot
It's his love Of admiration, and often
3feeI convinced that IL 1t were not for
3his delight In being considered one
ipf Londun's most eligible bachelors,
land his pride In being one Of the most
popular dinner guests in town, he
fEHould long ago have entered the
&bonds of matrimony.
sShe says" he continued, jerking
)fpyer d page Of the closely written let
Ter that he held In his hand and glanc-
Ing down 1t as he spoke, "that al
Enough she has always looked forward
with pleasure to leaving that piece Of
property which represents the bulk
a her fortune. to her nephew. that she
AnnCtS allow herself to do SO unless
complies with her wishes and be-
Mines married man. To bestow so
Bch an Inheritance upon a single man,
5.he says, Is like putting a premium
4 ri selishnessi" Terhune snorted with
4 ripatisnce when he had read that last
ssntence, but couldn't help but adj
& aire. the old Lady for it. thought she
! INST have been something of char
D eter To express herself so forcibly.
\ slssShe goes on to explain" said A-ch,
4 ssuming his reading after letting his
skim down the page to the close
q the letter, that the reason she
4 inits the days OF grace In which am
= Supposed to persuade girl to prom
q Is to marry me, to ten, IS because
: sye thinks-I deserve to have to hurry,
q &yang thwarted her wishes so long.
Ind that little anxiety viii do me no
harm Bis face was picture as he
Eead this, and his voice tembled so
With sense OF outrage that he could
hardly 60 on:
81 .She concludes by saying that will
la more likely to achieve the result
1she desires, II ] am put under a GER
hin znorznt of pressure. She knows
my procrastinating habits only too
yeIli.'
81 ais glare was so vindictiye by this
8tttns that T. could hardly keep from
thing at him.
-Its no laughing matter!" he growl-
she means every word Of 1t.
&$he's gone and notified the third
ouls1u N America about 1t, so theren
$e NO possibility of changing her
minds Z
els he married? 2" i asked.
8 -lyins children. " returned my friend
|s ssocmily. 4And she's even instructed
ar s,,licitGr,. |. he added, "oid Barnes
$E2e Tsarnes. WIl1oughby & Sons to call
kpC1 me and be with me at one
cif,ck ten days from now, when the
sriod expires, to see that every
siingg fair and square about the pro