La Junta tribune., 1913-02-15
A
FORTUNE HUNTER
Az His Estry Upsa the Asefh :
cas- Field
., EVELYN BLOcks
Q, EVELYN BLOCke


lord BarnicAel had come 10 America
for a rich wife. Most OF tn. seiOns of
nobility make no pr.tcuse OF loE. Tor
the woman they marry. though II goes
I without saying Tint they are enatnored
OF her fortune. II i understood that Il
duke or an earl who mlrries m Amer.
I rau beiress mAtehe' hi, title aud the
7 social advantages that 10 with It
I against her eStntc. aud the marriage Is
a purely business transaction Ih"
I wife Is expected To put up with the At.
+ t.ntiOn, Of her husband 10 other We
men and his neglect ~ her In the
highest circles. where the husband In
PRODUCES his wife to royalty, divorce l.
not ndmittrd without loss of stand
ing. but the husband may bee known
. Tor . ubcrtiuc aud ,i.ii maintain htsnnd
his wlfe's prestige with the sovereign.
Raruick-L being simply younger son
OF duke aud with 40 fortune, was
not entitled 10 the privilege, ucrrutng
to the duke. hs eldest brother He
therefore considered Il incumbent upon
him 10 win aud WOO the woman be-
should marry lie W., good looking, q
captain In the COld,trrlm guards and
u flydrit- iu British Iri-to, rsiir sos.
ety. His elder brother who had re-.
Gently. com. into the family title had
been hOnorrd by an acceptance of an
invitation to BrandDnhan- castle by
th. king This WIS ali very well 80 far
Hs h went. but II was not dukedoni
or even an carldom Barnickel was In
tent upon marrying n woman with
fortune 10 her own ught. and most
wealthy American girls are rich In
prospect only. and their fathers hbv
Ing made their fortunes hy hard
knocks. have repusnaure 90 settle
mentS
After looking the field over Barnickri
reduced the girls hr would try 10 via
to two The parent n one was worth
anywhere from twenty 10 hfiy million
dnlrsrs. but. being q harl headed Amer
ican business mau, he would not b-
likely To- make lhrrpi settlement
The other vas an orphan. worth in her
own right some seven or eight hundred
thousand dollar, His l0ri-hip wished
money to spend Al once. 80 he laid
siege to the las, named lady. Mis-, Mar
lorle Sand.r-on
when man IL AZ adept at personal
Ing lover II must h- difficult for the
girl b. courts To dis,ov-r whether b.
IL really In love of sh,mmiug
Barni"k-l. WIN would hir" made his
fortune on the stage acting ioV-r.
parts. concentrated nll hI> powers on
Mis- Srni-r-"u lie told her with
tears la hi. -y". that wcr- -h. q beg
gar his nf- would t- blank without
her aud that tn work FOR her would
D. FOR him the acme of happiness.
on. dan Mis-, sanjrrsnn sent for
Mr.. Clarence whiti-mor-. = Young at
torney who bad th. care ~ her prop
erty. and said To him'
Clarence. YOU are aware thst the
FORUM. left me 10y my mother had
her elder brother lived would have
been much smaller Al but life in
terrrt In si0nuo would har. gone to
him and wonld now have been In tn.
Possession Of my cousin. Mabel Stuart
Indeed. consider Mattel entitled to
IN. property tn. same ~ " her father
had lived to Inherit II My conscience
hiss been troubling me ever since
cum" into possession ~ H. | hay.
been nshtinr the devil and have con
al 4 "a a
papers FOR my signature turning over
10 her all this property except a life
I interest In sion.ora
clarrure Nhliicmor. looked NJ hi.
client Ia establishment lie had heard
~ the attentions ~ Lord Barnickel.
md when Mi-- sHnjcrson appeared In
I his ofhc. had -urmls.i that she visited
I him to instruct him ia draw NJ . mar
rinse settlement They had been
/ friends from childhood aud White.
NOR. would have gladly welcomed a
change from friendship 10 love had he
not considered ihr, her fortune stood
between them. Having the care Of
bsr "-'a'" he knew IT, vain. and be-
liercd that should h. make low. 10 her
his motive. would h- lnprrned
Marjorie" he said "anr YOU crs,rf'
NO. ! am simply ohrdl.nt TO con.
science. Rnf ! don, wish TO Discus.
this matter with YOU. Clarence. or with
anr one els. wish YOU 10 consider
'nHfscif simply my attorney aud DO a.
~ When viii you hav. tn. ps,-r.
r~adr f"r NJ. 10 srnT'
"w'n tomorrow doY"
Yes"
Wei. make u tomorrow. Better cali
hrrr. We have everything here We
nA1"
Few DAYS later when Lord Rsr
ni.scI called for q ansl answer TO HI.
r'stosi'ioD of marriage that had t-.~p
v'en.s"L him. Mis-, SsHdcr>on .ahi TO
.,n.
"Rrforc accepting your PROPOSAL
fo:j barpick.l I d.sir. 10 commun,.
s'~ Ia you . matter ~ Importance e