The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1912-11-22

'. Was Thrown Be.
Heen Two Girls
B, EMMA AkDRfCH


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who are so 'r'u >et IN their way. tli
they are liable to overreach thru.
selves He "aS so anxious to get ri,l
that he wouldn't marry lest the OK
pense of family would prevent his
accomplishing his object. When he
had accumulated fortune be found
himself without chick or child in
the world t. pass ii on to Then 1t
was splendid property. consisting OF
houses and lands, He couldn't enjot
It himself He was too old If be bad
= son he might be interested during
his last days teaching the boy how to
take care of 1t and at his death see il
pass into the possession Of his own
fesh and blood
But not having q son or child ai
ALL be set himself to make such pre-
vision as would insure the passage at
bis estate to one of his nieces If h.
bad had nephew he would have tett
1t to him But be hadn't q nephew
and OF bis two nieces one the dau.h
ter OF bis sister Anna was but twelve
the other, the daughter of his sister
Elizabeth, thirteen Had he not been
so wrapped np In his fortune as
whole and deSirous of having 1t go as
q whole to a descendant he would
have left half of 1t TO one uiece and
half to the other Rut his object was
to provide for 1t remaining undivided
rather than to make any person or per
sons happy. Indeed. be didn't wish to
make any one happy Ii was his de
light to make persons miserable Not
exactly that either: be loved to Sc:
them at odds He would sell the same
thing to or buy it from two different
persons. then set them to auarreiine
over which should nave the preference
while he looked on without taking any
part In the wrangling
Like most persons who wish to iudi
rectly retain the management OF their
property after death. Muldridge made
q will with that intent He left his
estate in the hands of q trustee TIL his
niece. Alice Mortimer, and her younger
cousin. Sadie Brown. should hay.
passed twenty years OF age. On thr
latter's twentieth birt thday at IL O'Clock
noon the trustee was to announce In
presence of both girls that the one first
married should inherit the whole OF his
estate His main object was to do nl.
be could toward having posthulnou>
grandnephew and be- further tied nj
the estate so that 1t should go to the
6rst son born to the niece who shou I
win II
And so IL came about that MiSstN
Alice Mortimer and Sadie Brown grew
Sadie should reach her twentieth birth
day they wunid be called upon to hnr
~ for a husband or lose a fortune It
may be supposed that had they been
informed VI the terms Of their nncie
will each wonlG have provided man
II this IL so Miss Mortimer was AN
incurrigihie fiirt. and 1t is doibtm II
even the contingent poSSeSsian "i
wealth would enable ner to make NJ
her mind bet weeD several men she hHd
dangling about her Miss Brown WIS
demure little body. and since II would
be necessary tor her TO intimate to-
some man that she would like MIN tn
MARTY her II Is quite likely that sh"
would lose the Inheritsnce.
MuIdridge died - year before this
birthday OF Sadie Brown on which
hliug half n million dollars. His trus
tee. John Andrews. who by the terul>
of the will WIS 10 bp we'll paid auf at
the estate for keeping the secret. sur
ceeded admirably in holding his tongue
and few days before Miss Browns
birthday notified the parties Interested
thai a bcquest OF their uncie, Martin
MnIdrdgp IN which they were con
cerned would be- made known to them
They were to come to the trustees OF
Dee haf IN hnnr before noon thai
with the law
The cousins had not been near neigh
bors and scarcely knew each Other
Both arrived al the trustees office
promptly at II 30 O'Clock and Greeted
each Other in a friendly manner In
deed they had reason to br pleased
with the situation, as they supposed II
to be, for il was to be Inferred that
each was to come In for nice share
of Uncle Martins estate They sat chat
ting till the clocks began 10 strike II.
wi hen the trustee entered from his pri
vate office with the Muldridge will in
his hand and untytne the red tape
about It, read them the document
When ne had finished he said to them:
'Yonng ladies'. you have heard the
provisions OF the will II either OF you
il will he TO yonr interest to
request the clergyman who marries You
to carefully note the honr. minute and
second and make affidavit To that ef
feet before n notary or sncb person as
IA authorized to take acknowiedG
ments
The two girls sat gaping at the trns
tee for few moments: then Miss Nor
timer began to uuiyer with exritcin-isf
while her cousin took on u bewildered
look It was an abnminabie situation
brf uh hnt txr k,py