The Press., 1912-01-24
Wanted
 A Husband He Was Obtained Through . Singular COurtship By HARRIET C. BONSALL Copyright by American Press Asso-
By HARRIET C. BONSALL
Copyright by American Press Asso-
 citation, 1911.

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 Helen Trevor had the misfortune to be an heiress. Her father, Donald Ire yor, had accumulated a large fortune and Helen, being his only child, would at his death possess it all. Heaping up riches becomes a passion Rather it is a habit, and we all know tbat q habit once fixed on an individual is bard to break.
 MT. Trevor illustrated this as fol lows: Since his daughter was to take his place he laid out course for her. This course involved her marriage; for he not only laid out for her her future concerning the estate, but for her heir or heirs. The man his daughter should marry did not so much concern him as that she. should marry. He made a will tying up the property to her and her children, excluding the hus- band and father entirely. Therefore it made little difference to him wheth- CT Helen married good man or a stick But he found Helen hard to manage | in this matter of matrimony. She be- ing twenty and he sixty, the two look ed at it from opposite standpoints. He l thought he was giving her great deal of leeway when he told her that 1 he didn't care whether she married Tom, Dick or Harry so long as she chose a husband A girl who would not be satisfied with that must be very unreasonable. Helen expressed herself as content with the conditions. l but since she was either not in love | or the man she wanted did not pro- pose to her she did not choose any one. l The old man fretted and fumed and scolded till the poor girl was driven nearly distracted. Feeling obliged to | encourage some man, she hit upon Tom Fisher. who would not only have been glad to marry her for her money, but for love. After months dawdling with Fisher she tired of him and took up with Archie Briggs. A fair trial with Archie convinced her that per haps after all. she could stand Fisher better. Fisher was recalled and dis missed. Briggs was reinstated and dismissed. and so the game went on.
 The one least injured by it was Miss Trevor. Both her suitors were kept on tenterhoOks, while her father was made positively i'll by her indecisiOn. He was ordered to his bed by his phy- sician, who said that he must not be troubled about anything. He must be given his own way in everything. If this rule were not observed the doctor would not answer for the cOnse- quences.
 With the perversity of girlhood Hel- en Trevor gave her heart to man who showed no disposition whatever to return it. Dick Thurston, a young lawyer. bright. attractive and in many respects a scapegrace, was the uncOn- ] scious recipient of her preference. But unfortunately she as woman could not plead her cause with him. It was hard that, while she might be satis- fled with a husband and her father might be restored to health by this : young man. he showed no disposition whatever to marry her. Mir Trevor grew worse, and his anx l iety to see his daughter married be
 came so serious that she began to feal , it would break her down as well as i, her father. He called her to his bed } side and questioned her about her in
 tentions She told him that she was
 deliberating whether she should mar
 " Tom Fisher or Archie Briggs and promised him that she would make uT
 her mind as to which she would ac
 cept as soon as possible. The look Ol
 appeal he gave her went to her heart that is, it would have gone to her hear
 had it not gone out of her possession
 into that of Dick Thurston.
 A week passed. She came to nc
 conclusion, and the doctor told hel that the subject of her marriage wa: , affecting her father so seriously tha if he did not get it off his mind h'
 would die. Something must be done Perplexed beyond endurance, she wat driven to seek confldant. She wen , to Thurston, told him of the situation ? excepting that part of 1t which con
 cerned himself, and asked him as {
 lawyer if there was no way of being
 married so that after her fathe
 should recover she could be unmar } ried. In other words, could she ap
 pear to be married without being mar ried?
 Thurston asked her if there wal l any one with whom she would ente upon such a contract, and she tolt him that there were two most favored
 individuals-viz, Thomas Fisher ant ArchabaId Briggs. ThurstOn with tha
 reserve lawyers are accustomed to pu : on when interviewing a client mad
 a note of the names, put on look in l dicating that his brain was stagger
 ing under the weight of the problem
 and said that it would be necessar, to look the matter up. He would d. so and give her reply within fev , days. Just before she left his of11c
 he asked one more question.
 "Is there any one who stands abov
 these two most favored gentlemenY's If they are most favored how coul' any one be more favored?" was he , reDly. '"There is nothing beyond tn . Buperlative."
 .'Very true, very true. That woul
 be impossible And with low boy . he softly closed the door behind her.
 Miss Trevor did not hear anythin
 from her attorney within the prom
 ised flew days." and her father grey
 worse. One morning after the docto
 had been visiting Mir. Trevor the med ical man said to Helen:
 , Tt is question between your Ia . ther's mind being relieved of the suE
 iect that is worrying him or his snc cumbing. He fears he will die. yO
 will never marry and the estate tha , he has been at so much pains to bull . up will become dissipated. In ID opinion if you will decide upon maj . rying he will get we'll
 'T'n come to a decision at once,
 was the reply.
 As soon as the doctor had departe
 Helen hurried to her attorney. Sh i, told him that she must decide b