The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-07
The Euening Story
DUH AUOIIJIIO.
CBy Jane OSBORNE

partner in the furniture company OF
Mcclure & Ewing, and, as such
things usually go, every one expected
that he would some day marry Katie,
Barry McGuire's pretty daughter. 1t
was as plain as day that Nat was head
| over heels in love with Katie. The
florist and the confectioner could have
told you that he sent roses and bon
bons to Katie almost every week, and
no girl in her right mind, people said,
could have refused Nat So the mat
ter seemed as good as settled. But
it wasn't
Nat" Katie said to him one Satur-
day afternoon as they were walking
they had had their round of tennis.
Nat think you had better not send
me the flowers and the candy any
more-people are beginning to talk"
well, what if they are?" Nat was
perfectly cheerful 1t had never really
occurred to him that there could be
any serious obstacle in the way of
winning Katie's hand.
"Wen''-Katie fumbled with the
strings of her racquet-"it might put
me in a difficult position. 1 might be
criticised. you know"
Nat showed his complete surprise
and Katie went on to explain
If 1 should ever marry-if L were
to be married soon, for instance, peo-
pie might say that 1 should not have
me-
But I shan't ever let you marry
any one but me-
Let mel" cried Kate, her cheeks
coloring. How dare you talk of let
ting me? You have never even men
toned marrying me before, and now
you talk as if it was all settled. 1
shall marry just whomsoever l choose,
SO there!"
ANY one in mind?" asked Nat, sud
in a direction.
What do you know about it?" ex-
claimed Katie did father tell you?
Did you read the letters?'
This was valuable c1ew given in
spite of herself, and Nat went on eau
tiously.
"Of. course, I see the letters that
come into the office-just the outside
of them, and
Then you saw those Spanish let
ters?''
Nat suddenly rec allied the fact that
he had noticed rather copious CORE
spondence bearing Spanish stamps
and postmarks that had been coming
into the office for the past six weeks.
He had thought nothing about it, but
now his curiosity and jealousy were
aroused.
We'll, them" said Katie, somewhat
relieved. Il NIGH as we'll tell you all
about it, if father hasn't. You see,
father had a cousin, Dolorita, a very
beautiful girl, they say, and before
father left Ireland for the United
States this cousin disappeared. They
thought at the time that she had gone
into a convent in Dublin, but now it's
all been cleared uD. She really ran
away to Paris, where she taught as a
governess in some nobleman's family, |
and there it was that she met the
Spanish gentleman who married her
my Adolpho's father"
your Adolpho?" exclaimed Nat |
he ire
house and were sitting on the steps
of the shady veranda.
THAT is what I call him. 1 have
just had one letter from him, with his
picture. All the rest of the CORE
spondence has been between his law
yer and my father. And we expect
he'll be here within a month, just as
soon as father sends the check. He
is to have the front room on the third
floor, all done over in mission. That |
is, until we are married for I am |
quite sure it will end that way, and |
the lawyer even limited at it in fathers |
letter. In Spain they do things that |
way, you know. Adolpho's father was
very rich and they lived in a regular |
castle in TarragCna; then when my |
Adolpho was al college in Barcelona [
his mother and father died. Adolpho |
was the only child and his fathers |
Adolpho thought he would have the |
entire fortune at once, but when they |
came to read the will they found the |
statement that he would not come into |
the property until he was twenty |
five-and he is only twenty-three now
In the meantime, he was to be the |
ward of his nearest male kin, who is |
to receive a third of the property as
soon as Adolpho is twenty-five
The lawyer traced it all out and
found that father was his only male
kin, and so Adolpho is to come to live
with US and if 1 marry him 1 am to
share in his quarter of a million and
father is to have enough to retire for
life"
But what did you say about your
Adolpho not coming till your father
had sent the check" was Mats only
comment.
WELL" explained Katie, "Adolpho
hasn't come into his money yet, and
about all he had left he has spent on
lawyers fees Now he wants father
to advance enough for him to come
over to America with. Isn't it thrill
ing? And Adolpho is so good looking
so foreign and distinguished" +
81 wish you joy was Mats Sullen |
comment, as he @sauntered down the
street toward his boarding house,
leaving Katie to her castles in Spain
1t was three weeks later, and, ac-
cording to schedule, Adolpho was on
the ocean and would soon be at the
house of Mcclure. Barry Mcguire
gold, according to direction, the day
of Katie's talk with Nat. I;
Katie had been living in a high state
of excitement, and Nat, for some rea-
son, had been going about his work
with an air of mild content.
Your Adolpho will soon be here" '
he said to her one night, after an