Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-01

certain Irishman. by name O'Connell.
and was cut Off by her family
The man was an agitatOr-a Fenian
agitator. He hadn't n penny. 1t was
a disgrace
Alaric checked his mother again.
Hawkes. resumed: WAS cut off by
her family. went to the United States
Of America with her husband. where a
daughter was born. After going
through many conditions of misery
with her husband. who never seemed
to PROSPER. she Iii. i Snort " after Civ
ing birth to the child He looked up.
MIR Kingsnorth elsewhere expresses
bis lasting regret that in one of his sis
ter's acute stages of distress she wrote
to him asking him for the first time to
assist her. He replied: You have made
your bed. Lie in it. 8"
She had disgraced the family. He
was justified" broke in Mrs. Chiches.
ter.
with death approaching" resumed
Hawkes. MFR Kingsnorths conscience
began to trouble him. and the remem-
brance of his treatment of his unfortu-
nate sister distressed him. If the child
We're alive he wanted to see her. /
made inquiries and found that the girl
was living with ner father in very poor
circumstances in the city of New York
We sent sufficient funds for the jour.
ney. together with u request to the ia
ther to allow her to visit Mr. Kings
north in England. The father con-
sented. However. before the young
girl sailed Mr.. Kingsnorth died"
OH cried Alaric, who had been
listening intently. 'Died. Ell? That
was too bad. Died before seeing her.
Did you let her sail. Mr. Hawkes."
Yes We thought it best to bring
her over here and acquaint her with
the sad news after her arrival. Had
she known before sailing she might not
have taken the journey"
But what was the use of bringing
her over when Mr.. Kingsnorth was
dead?" asked Alaric.
For this reason" replied Hawkes..
Realizing that he might never see her,
MIR. Kingsnorth made the most remark
able provision for her i'll his will"
provided for her and not for''- be-.
gan Mrs. Chichester.
Here is the provision" continued
Mr.. Hawkes.. again reading from the
will: ~ hereby direct that the sum
of IL 900 year be paid to any respect
able. we'll connected woman of breed
ing and family who will undertake the
education and upbringing of my niece,
Margaret O'Connell. in accordance with
the dignity and tradition of the Kings
northS.'"
He remembers niece he never saw,
and his own sister, And Mrs. Chi
chester once more burst into tears.
1T beats cockfghting: that's all l
can say" cried Alaric ut simply beats
cockfighting."
Mr.. Hawkes. went on reading: eff
at the expiration of one year my niece
is found to be. in the judgment of my
executors. unworthy of further inter-
est she is to be returned TO her father
and the sum of f25O year paid her
to provide her with the necessaries of
life. If. on the other hand, she proves
herself worthy of the best traditions
of the Kingsnorth family the course
of training is to be continued until she
reaches the age Of twenty-one. when
| hereby bequeath to her the sum of
$4,000 year. to be paid her annually
out of my estate during her lifetime
and to be continued after her death to
any male issue she may have-by mar
riage''
Mr. Hawkes. stopped and once again
looked at the strange family. Mrs.
Chichester was sobbing. "And me-his
own sister
Alaric was moving restlessly about.
Beats anything I've heard of--posi-
lively anything"
Ethel was looking intently at Pets
coat.
Hawkes. continued: ION no account
is her father to be permitted to visit
her. and should the course OF training
be continued after the first year she
must not on any account visit her
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