The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-03-25

MY UNCLE'S|
FORTUNE
II Stood Between Me and
Happiness.
By EILEEN BRENNAN


had been members of the same party
travelling together in Italy, with q
long stop at Lake Como. in Switzerland,
and in France MIR. Sayles singled me
out among several other girls of our
party. and so marked were his atten.
tons that we were soon considered to
belong to each other
The party broke apart in Paris, l go
ing TO London My admirer followed
me. He had proposed to me while we
were In Lncerne and had during our
subsequent journeying together impor
tuned me TO marry him 1t was not q
case on my part wherein girl feels
that she has met her fate--that is. that
the proposer is absolutely necessary to
her happiness. Nevertheless / liked
him we'll enough to Consider ais prop
osition. and | was sensible Of the fact
that girls are liable to let desirable
parties slip away from them till they
have become old maids, when they are
left out In the cold
Mr Sayles was so persistent that /
at last yielded, but 20 late that we had
barely time TO be married before we
were Obliged to endure a separation
l was about to sail for home. while he
was obliged to remain temporarily In
England. Yielding to his solicitations.
consented to do what | afterward
considered an unwise thing | agreed
to marry him before going aboard the
ship, reserving our honeymoon till his
return to America
just before sailing / was handed
letter from an aunt of mine In Amer
lea. Her husband was wealthy; they
were getting old and had no children
If l would agree TO abide with them
so long as they lived my uncle would
leave me all his property
Had | been desperately in love with
the man | had married doubt II this
offer would have had more than a
passing effect on me. II my husband
had accompanied me to America the
inevitable. the association of marriage.
would have brought the same result.
But, receiving this offer Immediately
after parting with man I had known
butt few months. 1t caused regret
We see marriage on the surface
There are the happy pair. the wedding
gifts, the shower of rice and old shoes
The first month OF wedlock Is called
the honeymoon and savors Of sweet
ness. What we do not see are the balk.
ings that may take place or certain
regrets that may thrust themselves In
the face OF one or both OF the happy
pair up to the point where the knot is
tied Yet 1t is possible such may occur
in the case of those who are destined
to become absolutely necessary to each
other
confess should have put the mat
ter out of my head | was married
and that wns all there was about II.
But | fancy. as | have already said.
that ] am not the only person who
has just been married to wonder
whether he or she has taken q wise
or foolish step.
However. by the time | had reached
port ! had made up my mind to cease
to think about the proposition had
received, but to write my aunt. telling
her why ! could not accept 1t. ] had
promised to write something every day
to my husband and mail what had
written on arrival. wrote him of the
offer ! had received, and on reading
over what I had written 1t occurred to
me that possibly what had said might
be interpreted to express regret that
had lost the power to decide between
him and prospective fortune | would
have rewritten this part OF my letter.
but could not very well get IL out from
the rest Besides. the letter was all
ready to mall. and SO ] dropped 1t In
the post
AS soon as l landed ! wrote my aunt,
who lived In the west, that had been
married abroad and. Of course. could
not accept her proposition ! received
loving letters from my husband till
about the time be should have receiv
ed my epistle written on the steamer
After that heard nothing for several
days. when | received brief note
from him stating that be had been Ill
but was DOW better. BE would write
again soon. A few days later | receiv
ed a cabIegram from a friend Of his
that my husband was dead
confess ] was much shocked. Be
sides. the message brought a revela-
ton to me. ! learned that my affec>
lions had been more completely engag-
ed than ! had supposed. blamed
myself for my regrets felt that II
l could only have my husband back
again ] would not exchange a prospec-
1--we fortune for him nor even a fortune
In hand
The cabaegram had advised me to
remain where ] was and await a letter
When the letter came was Informed
that my husband had requested that
should not on any account return to
England as q result OF his death and
that his body be buried abroad. He
had very little property to leave and
had--so was informed-some time be
fore his marriage left what there was