The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-30

Ell o"zed ana remained in her chair
apparently not understanding jusi ybs,
had happened or. IL she did. uot lno,,,
ing what la the world TO do ohnut .,
Neither of the girls was fitted 10 NAL
good showing in such a race Mis-
Mortimer having SO many men d.
could marry that ii would be next -
impossible To decide between them ana
Miss Brown being so retirhg thar 81.
was Incapable by nature of asking .
man 10 marry her.
Miss Mortimer had very little doubt
that she could easily win. There w.
Tom scovill. who had been begsi,g
her 10 marry him for months Tbars
was Bob Hackstaff. whom she waptsd
hut had not been able 10 get becopsa
he preferred Julia Green. Ned Tuck.r
had been buzzing about her lately ana
she thought II would he no trouhla -
bring him TO the point. Indeed II WIS
not likely but that she could indnca al
most any OF them 10 marry her. espe
clally II she told them that bv doiuu -,
lie would get fortune. But there wsra
obstacles In the way of quick work !,
the trst place. the only one of the lar
she wanted was Bob IIackstaff Rnt
| Bob. In addition 10 preferrine .MIio
| Green. was an independent sort If a
fellow, and she had heard him say thar
the last thing he would do would l,e n
Tie hiinseif mp to some woman's for
tune. 10 have II continually thrown In
| his face.
Il wonder unused Miss Mortimer
IF there will Ice time for me to sep
| Bob and tind out how he would feel
about 1t. I'm afraid there wont be-.
That little cousin OF mine may be- too
retiring 10 hunt up II husband bur
| that kind Of a girl is easily hunted
and as soon as IL gets out that # she
marries before me she'll get fortune
there'll be- n dozen men Offering To mar.
~ her. Every one OF them will swear
he has loved her since she was baby
and she believe every word Of it"
Then she thought of the half million
that might be hers and what she might
do with it-how live. how dress ana the
admiration ii would bring to her. No,
she wouldn't send for Bob. Ii would
be loss of valuable time 10 no pur
pose. Why. just think Of it-eyery
ten minutes might he worth a hun
dred thousand dollars. While she was
celebrating her cousin might he pick
ed mp by some designing man.
pile of money is always an object
of attack. Old Muldridge. with all his
shrewdness and foresight. though lie
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 inhelt-
lance for himself. Indeed. he couldn't
have IL, for lie was married already.
He didn't want IL for his sou for he
had no son. But when he saw little
Miss Brown sitting in his Office with
out any sign To he up ana stirring t.
secure II fortune he bethought himself
how he could help her aud nice
young fellow who was his clerk
Henry Forsythe was hunting over
some lawbooks when his employer ell
Tered and said to him:
Henry, there's girl in the other
room who. II she can he married 1t
once. will win II fortune Have yOu
got II sweetheart
NO, Mr. Andrews; | haven't"
We'll. come ia there ana I'll nitro
duce YOU"
Forsythe was presented In due form
I'M
drews thought proper to state 20 the
parties concerned what il was IN their
power to do-what II might be their
interest 10 do. Then. shutting the door,
he left them together But, taking
time by the forelock. he sent ont for
clergyman. and there was a notary in
the Office
Half an hour passed. aud. hearing No
word from the couple In the other
room, he called ont thine is precious.
Half million at stake"
Ten minutes more elapsed, when Mr.
Andrews put his head ont Of the win
dow and saw Il carriage dash up aud
stop at the door below. Out jumped
Miss Mortimer and young man. The
elevator was at the top Of the building
at the moment, and some time must
pass before the couple could come up.
Throwing open the door where he had
shut up Forsythe and Miss Brown, he
surprised Forsythe imprinting II kiss
ON Miss Browns lips.
Times up cried the trustee.
Come here. Mr. Parson Hurry up.
Marry these two ut once
When Miss Mortimer and Mr.. Thorn
as Scovill. whom she had decided As
the only person she might marry IN
hurry, reached Mr. Andrews office,
they found him just coming from an
adjoining room aud announced that
they were ready to be married
There's clergyman here, replied
the lawyer, "who has just performed
the marriage ceremony in the case of
sour cousin. dare say he'll be happy
to marry you as we'll"
MY cousin married." exclaimed Mics
Mortimer
Just married.
She sank In q chair and covered Der
face with her hands.
Sweetheart" said the would lie
groom. 1--WE can be happy without TINS
fortune up