La Junta tribune., 1913-06-14
A FIREBRAND !
How II Was Thrown Be.
tween Two Girls
By EMMA Al lOHGh

that he WDulun MARRY lent 'ne eA
p~nse OF = family would prevent his
accomplishing his object. when he
had accumulated fortune be found
himself without . chick or Q child 10
the world to pass II On TO Then II
was . splendid property. consisting OF
house. and lands He couldn't enjoy
Il himself He ~ss too old. II he uad
. sou be might be Interested during
bis last days teaching the boy how 10
take care OF 1t and at hts death see II
pass into the possession Of bis own
hesh and blood
But. not having son or child at
all. he set himself to make such pro
vision ~ would Insure the passage OF
his estat. to one OF his nl.ces " he
had had q nephew h- would have left
II to him But he hadn't nephew.
aud Of his TWO nie,.s. Dne. the daugh
ter " his sister Anna. was but twelve:
th. other. the daughter OF his sister
Elizabeth, thirteen Had he not been
70 wrapped up In his fortune as =
q whole to descendant he would
have left bali Of II 10 one niece and
half TO the other But his object was
to provid. for IL remaining undivided
rather than to make any person or per
sons happy. Indeed. he didut wish Ia
make any one happy II was bis d.
Hight 10 make persons miserable. Not
exactly that either. he loved 10 Sc:
them at odds He would sell the shm.
thing to or buy IL from two different
persons. then set them to qnarrrline
over which should have the preference.
while be looked on without taking any
part In the wransllng
Like most persons who wish 10 iuii
rectly retain the management Of their
property after death Muidndge mad.
will with that intent Tie left his
cstat. In the hands Of . trtIste. till his
niece. Alic. Mortimer. aud her younger
cousin. Sadie Brown. should hay.
passed twenty years Of age On the
lBtter's twentieth birthday nj u o'cio,k
noon the trustee was 10 snnounc. In
presence of both girls that the on. rrst
married should inherit the whole OF his
estate His msin object was to do sil
he could toward having - J-oSthumou-
1randneph.w and h. further tied np
the .-thi. 80 thst II should go tO the
trst sou barn 10 the nice. who should
win IL
Aud -o II cam. Hbput that Misses
Alire Mortimer aud sadie Rrown grew
up neither Ui them knowing that when
Sadi. should reach her twentieth birth
day they suuid r- called upon 10 hur
~ Tor husband nf los. fortune II
may be- -url-v-,-i TINT h5d thrt tr.p
Informed uf The terms oi their uuci. :
will each would nave provided q muu
Tor the o,,'a~iun Hut II - questionable
n thi- h. 80 Mis, Mortimer va, az
inrufrsihi- dirt, 1ud u T. doubtful "
even tho guutiuE-nt pu>~rssiuu OF
wealth wuuHu DuubI. her a. make up
her mind u'.f u-,'u several mrn she had
duuzIInE HUuW urf Mss Brown Wis
d demun mite hpiy snd since u would
b. u-,r--ury fHr urr Co intimate tu
some anu tuat she would like him To-
marry n"r it ts quite likely that sh,.
would .u-" the iuhvruucr
Mudrids, died YEAR before this
birthday of Sudi. Brown on winch
hung h1f million dulnrs His tru-
lcr, John AudrrWS WIN by the t~rni>
OF the viii was to l." well paid out OF
the estate for keeping IN. se-'ret. sue
cecd"d admirably IN holding his tongue
lnd q few days before Miss Brown ;
birthday uutincd ~. parties Interested
that = h-quc-t Of their uncle. Martin
MuidridEr. ~ which they wrr, con
c.rnci would b- made known Ia them
They w-r. to com. Ia tn. trustee. OF
a.. haf an hour b.tor. noon that
th.r. might he 10 slip In complin nc.
with tn. INV
The cousins had not been near neigh
bor. snd -,Br-ly knew each other
Roth arrived at th. trustee. oiiic,
promptly -, ~ ~ O'Clock Hnd greeted
each oth.t IN friendly manner In
deed th-t had r-a son 10 b- pleased
WIN NV slNa'lHts u tbst suifp-s-l "
10 b., fot II was To b- Inferred that
each sa- 10 come in foi n nic. .har.
Of tnri. Martins --tnt. They sat rhni
ting III the rlp"k- b-gan 10 strike u.
wh-n the TRUSTEE entered from hi- pri
sntc office with ID. Muijfids. viii IN
his hand nni. nntyins IN. red tap.
nbnu, H. Rad them the do.um.nt
WHEN h. had finished he said To them
Young ladies. you have henri the
provisions oi IN. will N either Of you
marrics II win he to your int,r-~, to
request ~. cirrEyman WHO mnrri.- YOU
to cnr.full, note the hont minute and
second aud make affidavit To that 81
fest before y hoinry of such p.fsou n.
l. authorized 10 tnk. hcsnowleds
urpts
Ib" two girls sn' gaping nj the trtis
tee fof Few moments, then Miss Mof
timer h.gpn to CULVER with excitement,
while her cousin took on bcwiid.r..i
look u wn- an n',omiuabl. situation
Tor any man 10 bring nbnut bot w,.,.,