The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-03-20

peD IL the SlFl ne was 10 marty WOuS0
not have him. Her reply was that pre-.
vision had been made for such a con.
tingeney. but since it did not concern
him she had no information to impart
On the subject.
TTavers wondered more than ever.
This was going through life in .
groove. He might as well have been
q ear travelling on steel rails. Truly.
that father of his must have been 4
very singular man. And yet might
not It all be for his good? Might not
his father have taken this means Of
forcing his son to benefit by his own
experience? Nevertheless it must have
been q difficult problem, this tying up
Of the fate Of the son by the father,
the teup to be effective after the
fathers death. ,
Travers had often wondered wbe
this Miss Twitchell might be. He
rather expected to find her as peculiar
al his father must have been. He
found her an elderly lady. with moth
ing especially queer about her. She
received him kindly and said that his
home was for the present to be with
her. She lived in q country place, and
Travers reached her in June. At that
season there was nothing unpleasant
about his remaining with her. at least
temporarily.
As soon as he arrived Miss TwitcheA
said to him: Il have nothing to do
with the plan your father has laid
out for you except to introduce you to
the girl you are to marry. But l Am
obliged before doing so to make =
journey. shall have to be away 4
month. You are to remain here while
l am absent. l have servants here
and a housekeeper. The ho~usekeeper
is essential to your being here. for l
am obliged to leave my niece In the
house. and it would not be proper to
leave you under the same roof with .
young lady without a chaperon."
us your niece the person ! am -
marryY" Travers asked.
II am glad you spoke of that" re-
piled Miss Twitchell. ''for in doing 80
you have relieved ME Of an embarrass-
ment. l should have diSliked warning
you against one closely related to me
indeed. whom | have brought up. l
said that ! would introduce you to the
girl that 1t has been arranged you shah
marry. after my return. | beg Of you
not to eomplicate matters by making
love - Lulu. Unless you can assure
NE that you will not do 40 l shall have
to send her away during my absence.
The trouble is that l have no place T.
send her. This Is her home. and II
would pain me to turn her out q It,
even for q short period"
II beg Of you." said Travers. not to
put her to this Inconvenience O my
account. l will do my best not b fAA
In love with her. l have become much
interested in and curious about this
plan that has been laid down foe me
and would not for the world do any
thing TO interfere with 1t. shall Ger
tainly not become involved with any
woman until l have met the one pro
vided for me. Then. II l don't like her.
l shall break away from my fathers
Intentions and do as l please. OF
course l speak with the provise that
the girl accepts me-"
Travers asked Miss Twitcheii why
she could not make the introduction
before she left. but got 10 satisfaction.
Neither would she give him any in
formation IL to the girls appearance.
age on characteristics. Her action WAS
In perfect keeping with everything else
pertaining to this singular affair. The
last Injunction given him BY Miss
Twitchell was that he was 10 say
nothing to Miss Louise Maryweather
10 to why be wal there. He pro0ised
anything that wa required Of him
since 1t was now only q month BE-
fore the mystery would be solved
The Gnt thing Miss Twitchel did
after her return was to summon Teav-
era and Miss Maryweather before her
together.
~ charged you two before l went
away to keep from falling in love with
each other. | have received infeema-
ton since my departure that you have
given every evidence OF having dtsre-
sarded my warning"
II Am resolved" said Travers, not
to be hampered with walking On this
chalk line. drawn almost before I wss
born. any longer shall hereafter DO
y l like"
"And l." said Miss Maryweather,
will not be tied down by q lot Of
regulations with the making Of which
had nothing to do
This means. | suppose" said Aiss
Twitchell. that you have fallea In
love with each other and are engaEe4f'
That's about it." replied TraveFs.
"And you. Lulu-d0 you admit tAat2"
II do" said the girl with 4 blush.
Every we'll. The mystery pertaining
to both Of you IL solved. You. Ned
Travers. are the son OF the late senior
partner Of the Travers 4 Maryweather
manufacturing arm. and you. Lulu.
are the daughter Of the late junior
partner in the same ncern Singh
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