The Press., 1914-09-02

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 | This is not universally true. but fl proved true in this case. One of the | heads of departments was advanced tG the management. and Evan Swift said gOodby to the business and his lady i love and started for the other side of the globe. put the business before the ladylove in this case, for 1t is quite possible that if Mir. Swift were called upon to give up one or the other | he would retain tie business. As a practical man he would know that he would not be likely to get another business. but girls are plenty. The situation in this quadrangu!ar affair at this time was an old man at home sinking into. his grave. young man whose practical nature had led him to break down his health by over work, seeking to restore 1t in sunny Italy: another young man whose i'm practical nature was keeping him iI the open air digging for old bones thereby rendering him perfect in health, and a girl-u cross between the ideal and the prnctical-whO was wait ing for fate to produce what was i'll store for her.
 The first step fate took in the mat ter was to kill off the old man. Mir KenwOOd's death resulted in the dis covery that he had left all his prop erty to Evan Swift. A cablegram in. formed the latter of his uncle's be quest. but fate. which delights in complications. entunglements and the thwarting of intentions. had sent the newly made posscssOr of fortune of to Egypt. and. being some distance III the river Nile. he did not receive the announcement till week after 1t was sent. 1t reached him on his return tO Cairo. when his efforts to keep himself alive were proving useless. He died at Cairo only a few days after his re turn there.
 An announcement of his fathers death was also sent to Barton Ken wood. who was in Trieste, having just returned with dozen boxes of bones and other worthless articles gathered from big hole in the ground in Asia Minor The cablegram said nothing about his fathers will, but as he was about to take his collection of eXhumed articles to d museum ill America he proceeded immediately hOmeward. He arrived at his destination at the same time that intelligence arrived of the death of his cousin in Egypt.
 Barton found himself in peculiar position. He learned at once that his father had left all his property to Evan Swift; but. Evan Swift having died without issue, Barton as heir at law would possess the property. He also knew that Grace Bingham was engag- ed to Swift. and had she been married to him she would have inherited the kenwoOd fortune. In other words. the quick succession of events after his uncle'S death had transferred the prop erty from Grace to Barton.
 Kenwood. who had given up the and had expected that his father would ignore him in his will, found no difficulty i'll making up his mind to re linQuish his fortune to the girl whom fate had deprived of it. He called on hIS old chun. and he thought she re- ceived him with d repreSSed fervOr. 1t occurred to him that perhaps since he had the fortune she had expected her betrOthed would have she might bring herself to take him instead of the man she had lost.
 Grace" he said, my father did not intend to leave me his property. It was Evans by right, and had Evan lived little longer it would have been yours. l shall assign it to you"
 Grace took good deal of time in which to frame her reply. Indeed. it seemed hard to make it. Finally she astOnished Kenwood by speaking as follows:
 Barton. if I am not disagreeable to you. you may keep your fortune and do what you think right by me at the same time.'
 ''What do you mean?" asked Barton. opening his eyes.
 "A marriage between us would right all."
 BartOn's eyes were, fixed on her in tently for some moments. Then he took her in his arms.
 Its all right" he said. but how could you do it?"
 For reply she went to a desk. took up d document lying on it and handed It to him. saying:
 "I received this last evening""
 He unfOlded and read 1t. It was will executed at Cairo three days be fore Evan Swift's death. leaving her his sole heir.
 Had Grace proceeded in the manner usual in such cases the affair might have had different result. She real ized that if it were known to Barton She and not he possessed the fortune he would not have proposed to her.