The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-10-06
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BY r. A mitchell
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law Office one morning and said to me:
Tom. my affairs have been in the
hands OF Turner 4 Swift ever since my
dad died, and they have got them into
q frightful snarl They now tell me
MAT I'm likely TO lose everything. i've,
concluded TO take the management OF
the estate out OF their hands and put
s.it In yours
This seemed TO me like doctor call.
ed1fis 10 save patient that had been
given up by another doctor, but Jim
Jernesan and had long been chums,
and couldn't refuse him A tin box
full OF papers arrived at my Office. the
box being marked in gilt letters "Es.
tate OF james X, Jernegan" Jiin's ia.
Their, and proceeded TO an lnvcstiga
tiou.
The deceased had made fortune by
land speculation In which he had had
partner named Hausman. The two
had quarreled. each claiming the lions
share OF the property. This had start.
Cd u lawsuit which had been inherited
with the property by the heirs. The
value OF the land had increased. but the
costs " the suit had increased proper.
uonately. Hausman before his death
had transferred his interest 10 a man
named Starkweather. aud Starkweath.
o. had died. leaving It 10 his only
child, daughter
found my client absolutely ignorant
u the condition OF his interests in the
property. Don't talk TO me about II"
he said II know nothing OF law.
That's what | hire sou for" so | was
obliged 10 work out the puzzle unaid
cd. I found that there were just two
Interests In the property and
6tarkwcather's daughters. The law
yeru bad been playing these two inter:
ests or the one against the other 10
make business for themselves ! would
have brought about u settlement, but
the rascalS had got the matter so tan.
Eled that this was impossible. There
was but one way 10 effect such a result
and that WIS by union Of the two op.
posing interests. Since one Of the par
htE NhH hiAAl hhu tnt oiutl u hOhihn
this might DO effected by marriage.
But ! saw no hope In such a solution,
Tho woman might be old; she might be
~ hontely; she might be a yirago. And
even though she were young and at
tractlye l knew that Jim would never
marry. When twenty-five or twenty.
three years old he had been lifted by
girl he loved. and this had made him a
confirmed woman hRter. He was now
thirty. frequented clubs and had no
home. | think that he would have
liked home. but could not have one
without a wife. and no had no con.
hdence In any woman
However. determined TO have a
hook at the person who was fighting
Jim for the estate and ask her II she
would accede 10 something OF no real
Importance as an excuse to call upon
her. / found woman OF about TWEEN
U-seven. handsome and apparently
otherwise attractive. except that her
disposition did not seem especially
amiable. But whether this was natu-
raj 10 her or had been engendered by
her fight for aiiiuepce In lieu OF pow
erty or some other cause was igno.
rant Beyond this defect, which ! was
obliged 10 admit was serious. there was
no reason why she should not make a
husband happy.
| determined 10 breach my plan TO
her. Beginning with statement OF
how her lawyer had played OF her In.
terests against those OF her opponent.
entered into detailed explanation
OF the tangle into which the two inter
ests had been brought and finally end
cd by saying
There IL but one way In which the
property can be saved. The two inter
ests should be united in one person"
How can that be2" she asked in
wonderment
"By) marriage"
.'Tben all have TO say is that the
property WIN be sunk"
/ made no rejolnder. but gathering up
Spome papers | had brought with me.
tfok my leave Any attempt to bring
10 such persons together would be
v tdently futile. The lady was as
aIluch In the hands OF her lawyers as
Nm had been in the hands of his. She
ihew nothing about the condition of
9,ikalrs until made my statement TO
= lkr. shefalId not even know who was
op,Ar opponent Until l informed her
nfhe had no Idea how she had been
ased by her lawyers or that she was
or n danger OF poverty. for they had
Slept her supplied with an income
lken from the principal
!, Il was not surprised, then, when In a
: bw weeks l received call from her
. h my Office.
LsWould legal marriage" she asked.
iwith this man who is endeavoring to
Iheat me out of my property. without
,lay living with him. bring about set
Element OF this suitr
Il After some thought told her that 1t
J would help matters very much. told
lher this not because I would approve
vuch marriage. for would not and
! felt sure that II would bring about add
] ed difficulties, but hoped by fostering
The idea a union OF hearts might be
hAx hal