The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-05-14
An
Inheritance
Should 1t Go to the Church or to an
Heir Of the Third Generation?
By F. A. mitchell


Mrs. Whttridge,' said Mr.. Trevor,
II have called to ask your assistance
in very important matter to me- You
have six daughters, all of whom are
well married While l am willing to
admit, madam. that these ladies are
most attractive, | cannot but attribute
something Of the management Of their
matrimonial affairs to you"
you are quite right, Mr. Trevor.
Many of the best women in the world
are not married, and many Of the most
undesirable are. l believe this is due
more to lack of management for the
girls on the part of their mothers when
they come to marriageable age than
any other cause. My daughters, as
you say, are by no means unattractive,
but the fact that they are all we'll and
happily married is due far more to
management than their own charms
What can do for you, Mr.. Trevor?
Il have but one son, as you know
Arthur. | have spent my whole life
in building up fortune and from my
boys birth have set my heart in hand
ing 1t down through him to my de-
scendants. He disappointed me by
taking orders and now, being very high
church, has declared for celibacy and
refuses to marry"
Il see. You wish me to take such
measures as will break his resolution"
IF you will be so kind, Mrs. Whit
ridge, would like you to throw in
his way some young woman of fine
character, of irreproachable reputation,
of intellectual
II beg your pardon, Mr.. Trevor. ]
thought you said you wished me to
manage the affair"
$50 l do
We'll then, permit me to say that
think you must put up with daugh-
ter-in-law Of entirely different caliber
from the kind you name or none at all.
1t does not strike me that such a wom-
an would serve our purpose In the pres
ent case. | have known you for years
and am sure no son of such father
can be reasoned or persuaded into
changing a resolution, once made"
"How is he to be handledT
"Bamboozied."
"You hatter me indirectly, Mrs. Whit
ridge"
"a strong man doesn't need a strong
woman"
81 see."
II have in mind young lady who at
school stood at the foot of her class.
but as fiirf was at the head. She has
had many offers, but if she Is a fool at
books she has practical sense enough
to wish for an establishment when she
marries. If you desire it will endeav
or, with your assistance, to make a
match between your son and her."
amy port in storm. What l want
is an heir Of the third generation"
Every well. To begin | shall invite
you and your son to dinner. The young
lady will be present. When you have
left us tell your son that you have
been much pleased with her and you
wish she might become your daughter
in-law. He will demur, and you will
insist. After a number Of converse
lions on the matter you will tell him
that either he must give up inheritin
your fortune or marry the girl of your
choice, provided, of course, that she
will have him.
HE wishes my fortune for the pur-
pose of building a cathedral"
$50 much the better l shall Sc
something of him myself and perhaps
may be able to make certain sugges-
tons"
For what purposeP
ITO entangle him."
These preliminary arrangements hav-
ing been made, Mr.. Trevor arose to go.
by the bye, Mrs Whitridge," he said
Il believe you are managing director
Of st. Lukes hospital"
81 am"
you have not called on me for any
help. l should esteem it favor if you
would permit me to send you check. =
81 should be very grateful"
81 win give you $4,000 now and $40,
OOO'- he hesitated.
"On the fist of the Year,
mo; on the day of my sons we'd
ding
THANK you very much, Mr.. Trevor
think we understand each other. You
will receive invitations for dinner with
in few days"
The preliminaries to this scheme of
inveiglement were carried out as they
had been laid down by Mrs. Whitridge
Miss Annette Seaton, commonly called
Nan" by her intimate friends, was
the girl selected by Mrs. Whitridge
for drawing the Rev. Arthur Trevor
from celibacy A month passed, at the
end of which it was reported that Mr.
| Trevor. ST., had set his heart on Nan
| Seaton for daughter-in-law, but his
son objected naturally to one who was
| to be described in two words, stupid"
and pretty" 1t was admitted that
she had been fancied by men of her
| own caliber. but match with one of
| the spiritual and intellectual power Of
| Arthur Trevor was preposterous.
One day the clergyman called on
Mrs. Whitridge for assistance. my
dear Mrs. Whitridge." he said, by in
Producing father and me to Miss Sea
ton you are likely Internationally to
rob the church of a cathedral ! pro-
pose to build with my Inheritance. Fa-
Their has taken desperate fancy to her
and wishes me to marry her."
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"That's too bad. Does your father
consider that the young lady may have
other plans for her futureT