The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1912-11-22
ed aazed and remained In her chair.

ihS W hat III Tue NbEtN va tt apoNf II
Nei'hcr of the girls was fitted to mak.
a good showing IN such a race. Mis-
Mortinter having 80 many men sh,
could MARI, that il would he next t,
Miss Brown being so retiring that sh,
was incapable 10y nature of asking
man to marry her
Mt9s Mortimer had very little douh
that she could easily win. There wa.
Tom ScoviII who had been heegius
her to marry him for months Their,
was E"h i4ackstgf. whom she wanted
but mad not been able To get heCaus,
he preferred Julia Green. Ned Tnckel
had been huZzlnc about her lately. ant
she Thought ii would he no trouble Il
bring BIN to the point Indeed 1t was
not likely hut that she could induce al
most any of them to marry her. espe
ciaily If site told them that hv doing sc
he would get fortune But there were
obstacles In the way Of quick work In
the first place, the only one Of the loi
she wanted was Bob HaCkStaff Pu,
Bob III addition to preferring Julia
Green was an independent sort Of a
fellow. aud she bad heard him say tha,
the last thing he would do would be tc
tie himself up to some woman's for
tune, TO bave 1t continually thrown in
his face
Il wouder." mused Miss Mortimer.
II there will i've time for me to ace
Bob and find ont how he would feel
about 1t i'm afraid there won't be
That little cousin of mine may he too
retiring to hunt up husband. but
that Kind OF girl is easily hunted.
and as soon As II gets out that II she
marrtes before me she II get a fortune
there u be \ dozen men offering to mar
~ her Fvery one of them will swear
he has loved her since she was q baby.
and she II believe every word Of 1t"
Then she thought of the half million
that might be hers and what she might
do with il how i've, how dress and the
admiration 1t would bring to her No
she wouldn't send for Rob. 1t would
he loss of valuable time to no pur
pose. Why. Just think Of 1t every
ten minutes might be worth hun
dred thousand dollars! While she was
deliberating her cousin might be pick
ed up by some designing man
A pile OF money Is always an object
Of attack Old Muidridge. with all his
shrewdneSs and foresight though be
could keep secret the conditions of the
Inheritance from his nieces till the pro
per moment, could not keep it from all
men. The trustee had II and acted
upon IL. He didn't want the inheri
tance for himself lpdeed he couldn't
have it, for he WAS married already
He didn't want II for his SOD for nv
had no Son But when he SAW little
Miss Brown sitting IN his office with
out any sign 10 be mp and stirring IT,
secure q fortune he bethonght himself
bow he could h"ip her aud uc.
young fellow who VAS his clerk
Henry forsythe was hunting over
some awhooks when his employer eu
tered and said to him.
Henry. there's girl in the theT
room who II she tar he married al
once. vii! win n fortune. Have yor
got n sweetheart >"
No. Mf Andrews: / haven't"
Well. come IN there aud III intro
duce yo,i.
torsyfhe VAS presented in due form
bat sine" tine was precious alr An
drpws Thought proper to state to tht
parties concerned hat II was iu then
power to de what II might hr them
Interest to do. I'hru shuttiug the door
he eft them together But. rakiu4
tins by the forpi'fk ne sent nHt for -
clergy man and there was notary IT,
the office.
word from the couple in the other
room. he caiied ont Time IS precious
Halt a million ut stake
Zen minutes more elapsed wheu Nf
Andrews pat his head out u IN" win
dow and SAW carriage dash up and
stop at the door below Dnt jumped
Miss AiFtimer and young man lhe
elevator WAS ~ the top OF the bniiding
at the moment and some time muSi
pass before the couple could come up
Throwing open the door where he had
shut up Forsytbe and Miss Brown. he
surprised ForsytiIe imprinting kiss
on Miss Browns lips
Times npr cried the tr,lStee
Come here MIR I'arson Hurry up
Marry these two at once"
When Miss Mortimer and Mr. TbuH
as ScoviIi. whom she bad decided ~
the only person she might marry IN y
hurry, reached Mr. Andrews office
they found Dim Just coming from an
adjoining room and announced that
they We're ready to be married
There's clergyman here replied
the lawyer. who has just performed
the marriage ceremony In the ease OF
your cousin. dare say hell be happy
to marry you as well ="
My cousin married" exclaimed Miss
Mortimer
Just married"
She sank In n chair and covered her
face with her hands
sweetheart" said the wond tie
groom, we can be happy without this
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