Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1913-06-18

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hsr o. my ATTORNEY. clarsnc, ws,ss
n1ors. % any one else that TIKI 1. -.
AZ sttsnpt TO deceive you. Az r,vss'
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srvm to-day"
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and that the sun shines In the -
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Lord Barnickei departed, feel,n, .
that be had won the prize. f,ut ~
rss too much at stake to warrant h.
bot assuring himself Of the truth. ~
sandsrson's property was invsssss /.
. bua1new building In the heart of -.
city. which paid an encrnous and nm.
rsntal II Was . very simple u,attpr n.
Barnickel to 90 to the court Of record.
and see there a deed recorded trn.
fsrrtng 10 Mabel Stuart. for and /,
consideratson Of one dollar, the rers,r.
At which 70 hereby Acknowledged n.
business block that constituted n,na.
tesn-twentieths Of Miss sander~o,,
property. He was thunderstruck. san
~ would not believe the transfer h.s
rsaily been made until be heard N.
STORY repeated time and again and .as
that Miss Stuart had materially A.
tered her mode Of living.
Miss Stuart was q very iirer,o.
kind Of woman from Miss sandersan
She said that tho property having soDs
TO her cousin was an outrage and IN
being turned over to her mere act a,
common honesty. Lord Barnickel who
would not have scrupled to desert tia
woman who had resigned the propsr,y
for the one who had accepted IT, nd
not dream Of making the former ,
proposition. supposing that under the
circumstances she would consider 1t an
insult But Mis- Stuart. who eonsH.
srsd that tho alliance with a ducal
house went with the property. on meet.
| ting bis loriship indicated By an es
IRENE grscionness that she wouldn't
mind going back TO England with hin
In her coustn's place
| The British aristocracy-or other per
sons Of high degree. for that mattsr--
don't mind such transfers at all. and
among them they are not considered
out OF place BarnIckel as soon IS be
discovered that the property had really
been given Miss Stuart wrote note to
Miss sanderson informing her that be
had heard his brother. the duke. was
very I'll and be expected before the
expiration OF the month allotted hin
before receiving his reply to return to
England. de intended this "a a polite
way of withdrawing bis proposition
and straIgntway entered into 4 nego-
tiation with Miss Stuart proposing
marriage and settlement Of half her
property upon himself The lady. who
was as ANXIOUS fQr SOCIAL pretermsnt
as his lortship was for the where
withal to keep up his position. assented
at once and employed an attorney to
draw the settlement paper -
One morning Miss Sandesson receiv.
ed a note from Clarence W-hlttemon
informing Der that her COUSINS sttor
ney had called upon him for intorTna.
ton Al to the title TO the business
block she bad recently transferred: the
lawyer having been Employed 10 draw
marriage settlement documents Be-
tweep Mis- Stuart and Lord Barniesel.
Miss Eandersor lost no time In seeing
Mr.. whitfemore In his of'ce
what Is this matter you have witt
tan me about. ciarenceT' she asked.
with indignation.
whitfemore handed her a note which
| give the fncts In the case. |, stated
that there was clerical error In the
deed recently given Miss Stuart oy
Miss sanderson. Ia the deed the prop
erty was described as situated on
part Of grant OF land made In i7ss'
| the boundary line running west from
a certain point. while In the abstract
OF title to the property the lie Wh
laid down as running east Would Mi,
Whlttemore kindly furnish new deco
correcting the errors
what does the error signify asked
/ Miss Sanderson.
That the deed you gave your COUSIN
does not describe the property intended
to be conveyed and Is worthless
Miss Sanderson's face lighted up
''Can Mabel compel me to correct tns
srrorT'
"No."
who made itr
a.
Your
! -
Yes. I wrote the deed myself sno
made the mistake purposely."
The two sat looking at each other IN
| tentiy for some time. when Miss san'
derson asked:
why did you do II, Clarence
Because believed you were naklns
q mistake and wished to save you froD
the consequences"
Again there was silence. WINCH
Miss sandcrson broke:
Had you any other reasonT
Perhaps II was the tone In when 'ps