Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-03

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had passed, she made her confession to
Mrs. Kimball. That lady gave her
heartfelt sympathy, and when Edith
assured her that she had a faint re-
membrance of her white mother the
! lady offered to assist her in securing
proof as to her real parentage.
A few days later, having been fur
nished with what money she needed,
Edith started for Colorado. On arriv-
! ing there she went at once to the cab
in of her foster mother, Aunt Sue.
"Bless yo' heart, honey" exclaimed
the old woman, 'yo' mighty good to
| come back to see me! Hab yo' got de
money!"
What money!"
Aunt Sue then told of the visit she
had received and the legacy, adding, 81
didn' want yo' to lose yo' share, honey,
SO l tole de man yo' was one O. my
own chillen''
"Oh, Aunt Suer' exclaimed Edith bit
terly.
| wasn't dat right?'
'Have you and the children received
your legacies?" asked Edith, ignoring
the question.
mo, and 1 habent see de gentleman
| Sence."
I'm afraid you never will. All he
wanted of you was to get your state
ment that | was your daughter"
ooh, my goody gracious!'
Arthur IngersOll returned to st. Louis
a deeply disappointed man. He re-
| from fn
but wrote a note to Mrs. Kimball to
say that he thought it 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 it 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
proved that she was all white it would
be tantamOunt to deserving her in time
of trouble. He pOndered on the mat
ter, but for a long while came to no
decision
A weeks indecision 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
ho
u.s." she said, "till this matter is clean
ed up
you will 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 un-
earth the scheme.
They were not long in discovering
that 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 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 hel
daughter. The only hope was to prove
that in Edith's blood there was no ne
. gro blood.
Having filed the necessary papers il
the case. the lovers returned to st
, Louis. where they consulted physi
, clans and men of science, with a view
to discovering whether there was any
!. known test for pure white blood. They
were informed that there was, but i
would be necessary for Edith to go t.
the east, where the most advanced spe
7 cialists were located
! So far as Edith's immediate circle
, was concerned, there was no necessity
, for making the journey to submit tt
such test, for it was plain to then
that there had been a conspiracy will
! a view to securing her Inheritance. Blu
the proving Of her case in law seemed
p to render the matter obligatory to her
= Just as she was about to start wore
y came from Colorado that woman hat
q been found who had known the Trow
J. bridge family, had been at the hous
r. when Edith was born and had bee1
:, cognizant of the death of her parent
a and her removal to the cabin Of Aun
4 Sue.
o On receipt of this news the lovers de
- cided to return to Colorado, take tn
L deposition of this woman and file !
X with the other papers in the case. Blu
= 1ngersoll insisted before starting tina
= they be married, since he was now sal
=. tsied as. to Ediths birth. She cor
"a Bented, and they went westward a
- man and wife.
- By this time William Trowbridg,
l who had secured Amt Sue's statamar