The Press., 1915-11-03
"Wasn't dat right ?"

wasn't dat r1ghtV
Have you and the children received
your legacies ?" asked Edith, ignoring
the question.
mo, and l haben't see de gentleman
sence."
I'm afraid you never will. ALI he
wanted of you was to get your state
ment that 1 was your daughter"
"Oh, my goody graciousy'
Arthur Ingersoll returned to st. Louis
deeply disappointed man. He re
Trained from attempting to see Edith
but wrote a note to Mrs. Kimball tC
say that he thought 1t best he and his
former fiancee should not meet again
Mrs. Kimball replied that Edith had
gone to Colorado to collect proof that
she was of pure white blood and the
daughter of Ethan Trowbridge.
Ingersoll was In a quandary. If he
endeavored to assist the girl he loved,
to prove that she was exclusively OF
the white race and 1t turned out that
she was not, he would be more deeply
involved with her. If, on the contrary
he denied her such assistance and she
be tantamount to deserving her in time
Of trouble. He pondered on the mat
ter, but for long while came to no
decision.
A weeks INDIGESTION was enough for
him. He decided that he would not
desert Edith. Having come to this
conclusion, he took a train for Colo
RADIO.
He found Edith at hotel in George.
town. He advanced to meet her with
open arms, but she drew back.
"There can be nothing more between
u.s." she said, 'till this matter is clean
ed up
You VIII let me help you clear it
up?"
Edith hesitated, but he pleaded so
hard that she yielded. She told him
of her interview with Aunt Sue and of
her suspicion that some one had laid a
trap to beat her out of her inheritance.
Then they both went to work to IN
earth the scheme.
They were not long in discovering
chat man of the name of William
Trowbridge had laid claim to the prop
erty in question, claiming to be Ethan
Trowbridge's only brother; that he and
Ethan had never had a sister; conse-
quently William was sole heir-at-law.
Ingersoll saw at once that the proper
ground on which to dispute this mans
claim was that Edith was Ethan Trow-
bridges daughter and consequently
heir-at-law. But the enemy had Aunt
Sues statement that Edith was her
daughter The only hope was to prove
that I'm Edith's blood there was no ne
gro blood.
Having filed the necessary papers in
the case, the lovers returned to st.
Louis, where they consulted physi-
clans and men of scien, e. with a view
to discovering whether there was any
known test for pure white blood. They
were informed that there was, but 1t
would be necessary for Edith to 20 to
the east, where the most advanced spe
cialists were located.
So far as Edith's immediate circle
was concerned. there was no necessity
for making the journey to submit to
such a test. for it was plain to them
that there had been a conspiracy with
4 view to securing her inheritance. But
the proving of her case in law seemed
to render the matter obligatory to her.
Just as she was about to start word
anne from Colorado that u woman had
been found who had known the Trow-
bridge family, had been at the house
when Edith was born and had been
cognizant of the death of her parents
and her removal to the cabin of Aunt
Sue.
On receipt of this news the lovers de-
cided to return to Colorado, take the
deposition of this woman and file it
with the other papers in the case. But
Ingersoll insisted before starting that
they be married, since he was now sat
isfied as to Edith's birth. She con-
scented, and they went westward as
man and wife.
BY this time William Trowbridge
who had secured Aunt Sues statement
that Edith was her daughter and who
was not a brother of Ethan Trow-
bridge, fearing he would be prosecuted
for conspiracy and perjury, disappear
ed. On the affidavit Of the person
who had known the Trowbridges and
other proofs of her identity Edith was
put in possession of her inheritance.
1t was found that the vein on the ad-
joining property had been worked clear
up to the line of the Trowbridge claim.
opening and growing richer as it ad.
vanced. Edith before leaving Colorado
sold the property for fortune and re-
turned to her home a very rich woman
She insisted on taking Aunt Sue with
her. since the latter was getting old.
and installed her in her st. Louis home
to work or not as she chose.
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