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

notary public, Weinert, must go to the
house of Mrs. Walters this very af-
ternoon, as this lady, who has beau
tiful cottage in one Of the suburbs
wanted to make her testament.
Hans Brandenfels started immedi-
ately
When he reached the cottage, a
maid took him into the reception
room. The door had hardly closed
behind him when a young lady came
rushing in and cried, Aunt Johan-
ma. 1 want to see grandmamma. Let
me go to her, I"
She stopped suddenly, noticing that
il was a strange young gentleman and
not her aunt who was in the room,
and In the same moment the aunt ap-
peared, tall, robust-looking woman
with very stern features and an enor-
nous pear-shaped nose.
What are you doing here, Lily
she cried. 'I want you to leave the
room Immediately. I have business
with this gentleman"
The young girl left Immediately.
You come from Mr.. Weinert, do
YOU not?" she asked, and when the
young man replied that he did. she
asked him to follow her.
She led him up a flight of stairs
into a room in which an old, white
haired woman, with a peculiar, wild
expression in her eyes, was sitting In
a bed at the side of which had been
placed a table, with paper, pen and
ink.
Here. grandma, is Mr.. Branden-
fels, who comes from Mr.. Weinert,
the counselor said Aunt Johanna.
You are to write down my last will
and testament" said the old woman
in a screaky voice. Now, listen
but you are very young" Hans smil-
ed involuntarily. There is no reason
why you should laugh; testament is
a very serious matter and would
much rather have had an older man
come here"
Hans assured her that he was much
older than he looked. and the old
woman shrugged her shoulders and
said: well, suppose we begin"
And she began: IT bequeath to my
daughter, Johanna Walters, this cot
tage, with all the furniture in it. To
each of my four servants. bequeath
three thousand marks, a total amount
of twelve thousand. All the rest Of
my fortune leave to my grand
daughter, Lily Karthause. 1t amounts
to two millions and a half and con-
sists of the following: Four hundred
thousands marks in Prussian govern
ment bonds six hundred thousand
marks imperial German government
bonds, fifty hundred thousand"
Il would suggest that 1t would be
better If you would give me list Of
the securities you mention" Hans in
terrupted.
mo, 1 do not want to let anybody
see the list. Go on writing" And she
kept on debating long list Of secur-
tiles, and when she had finished she
said: "An these bonds and stocks 1
bequeath to my granddaughter, Lily
Karthause on the expressed condition
that she marry my friend Peter Hall
dorf, within six months after my
death. If she has not married him
within that time, the whole fortune
shall be turned over to Halldorf, who
may do with ii whatever he pleases." "
When Hans Brandenfels passed
through the reception hall on his way
out of the house the young girl whom
he had already seen once before came
out from the parlor. The two young
people looked at each other for a mo-
ment, then Lily disappeared. AS he
was about ready to leave the house,
an old feeble man came in.
rs Mrs. Walters any better today"
he asked.
Yes. Mr. Halldorf," he heard the
servant reply.
For Gods sake" thought the
young man, ut can not be possible
that they want this young girl to
marry that old man, who must be at
least 10 years Old" The thought fol-
lowed him continually, and had not
left him on the day when he carried
back to the cottage the finished legal
testament.
When he was on his way back he
met Lily Karthause in the street. She
seemed to have been waiting for him.
Are you the gentleman who made
the will of my grandmother" she
asked.
Hans said that he was.
rs my name mentioned in it?"
Miss Karthause," Hans stammer-
ed. II am not allowed to disclose
anything concerning the will, but why
don't Won ask yOur aunt ~
Il can not" she replied, her eyes
filling with tears.
please do not cry" Hans said,
Tell me, is Mr.. Halldorf an old man
about 70 years, with hollow cheeks
and blue eyes?"
Yes" replied Lily, and he is the
man whom they want me to marry,
My grandmother wants me too. l be-
lieve he was her first love before she
married my grandfather. or If he was
not he is at least old enough to have
been, but l would rather die"
suddenly she remembered that il
was very bad form to speak about
these things to a stranger. She blush
ed, nodded and rushed away.
Hans Brandenfels had fallen in love
with Lily Karthause from the first
moment. and wherever he went dur
ing the next days he heard nothing
but the words: Il would rather die. y
From now on he very often went
through that part of the suburbs to
meet Lily, though he told himself that
it was foolish to love a girl who was
an heiress to two millions and a half
but then he consoled himself with the
thought that maybe she would refuse
to fulfill the conditions of the will and
choose a more modest position in life
as the wife of a poor man. But two
millions and a half-and he had an
income Of only 800 marks a month.
During the next month, he felt
sometimes very happy and at other
times full Of despair. Not once had
he had the good fortune to meet Lily
In the meantime. the grandmother
had died and at last he met the young
girl near the house and spoke to her
Aunt Johanna really seems to believe
that / am going to marry Peter Hall
dorf." she told him, but 1 can not dc
so. 1t was too cruel of grandmother
to make a testament like that. If she
only had left me very small amount
so that l could live modestly. l have
never learned anything that will ena-
BILE me to earn my own living"
l. hi 70