The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-11-26

DfOH't tti yVN w
her or my attorney. Clarence Whltte-
more. or any one else that this is NOT
an attempt TO deceive you. An revoir'
Come io see me. IL you like, a'month
from today"
Il will come. as sure as l am alive
and that the sun shines in the heav-
ems"
Lord Baruickel departed, feeling sure
that he bad won the prize. But there
was too much at stake 10 warrant MS
not assuring himself of the truth. Miss
Sanderson's property was invested IN
a business building in the heart or Inc
city. which paid an enormous and sure
rental. II was very simple matter for
Baruickel TO 20 10 the court Of records
and see there a deed recorded trans
ferring 10 Mabel Stuart. "for and In
consideration OF one dollar. the receipt
of which is hereby acknowledged, the
business block that constituted nine
teen-twentieths Of Miss Sanderson's
property He was thunderstruck. Sull
he would not believe the transfer had
really been made until he heard the
story repeated time and again and saw
that Miss Stuart had materially al
tered her mode Of living.
Miss Stuart was very different
kind OF woman from Miss Sanderson.
She said that the property having gone
To her cousin was an outrage and Its
being turned over 10 her a mere act or
ord Do rnirlnl Ut In
would not have scrupled to desert the
woman who had resigned the property
for the one who had accepted it, did
not dream OF making the former a
proposition. supposing that under the
circumstances she would consider ii an
insult But Miss Stuart, who consid-
cred that the alliance with ducal
house went with the property, on meet
ing his lordship indicated by an ex'
treme graciousness that she wouldn't
mind going back To England with him
in her cousins place.
The British aristocracy-or other per.
sons Of high degree, for that matter
don't mind such transfers at all. and
among them they are not considered
out of place. Barnickel as soon as he
discovered that the property had really
been given Miss Stuart wrote note TO
Miss Sanderson informing her that he
had heard his brother, the duke. was
very III and he expected before the
expiration of the month allotted him
I before receiving his reply 10 return ia
England. He intended this as a polite
way Of Withdrawing his proposition
and straightway entered into nego-
tiatiOn with Miss Stuart proposing
marriage and a settlement OF half her
property upon himself The lady, who
was as anxious for social preferment
as his lordship was for the where
withal to keep ny his position. assented
at once and employed an attorney to
! draw the settlement papers
One morning Miss Sanderson receiv.
! eel noie from Clarence Whittemore
informing her that her cousins attor.
ney had called upon him for informa.
| ton as 10 the title IN the business
! block she had recently transferred. the
| lawyer having been employed to draw
marriage settlement documents be-
tween Miss Stuart and Lord Barnickei.
Miss Sanderson lost no time in seeing
| Mr. Whittemore in his Office,
What is this matter YOU have writ
! ten ME about. Clarence" she asked.
with indignation
WhttemOre handed her a note which
| gave the facts in the case 1t stated
| that there was clerica error in the
! deed recently given Miss Stuart 10y
! Miss Sanderson. In the deed the prop
| erty was described as situated on n
part OF = grant of land made in 1889,
the boundary line running west from
a certain point while in the abstract
OF title to the property the line was
laid down as running east, Would Mr..
Whittemore kindly furnish new deed
| correcting the error?
What does the error signify" asked
! Miss Sandersop.
THAT the deed YOU gave your cousin
does not describe the property intended
to be conveyed and is worthless
Miss Sandersou's face lighted up.
Can Mabel compel me ~ correct the
error"
"No,"
who made it,
| IL
YOU"
Yes. | wrote the deed myself and
made the mistake purposeIy."
The two sat looking al each other in.
tently for some time, when Miss san.
derson asked:
"Wby did You do il. Clarence;"
Because I believed YOU were making
a mistake and wished Ia save YOU from
the consequences.
| Again there was q silence, which
Miss Sanderson broke:
Had you any other reason
Perhaps il was the tone IN which the
question was asked. perhaps the look
that accompanied it. AT any rate.
Whittemore's eyes fell like girls.
But for the fortune that still stood
between them he would have replied
Because ! love you" As Il was he