The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-28
Legal
Matrir1lOr1y
1t Was Found Essential
to q Fortune.
By F. A. mitchell

one IL ynuI favor. the other III favor, ~
Edgar Il within one month. YOU ar,
nor welded 10 Helen I Will destroy tia
VII leaving al Il YOU On your wed
ding day ! viii destroy tin, ono Ieavinu
INT estate t. Edgar. making you sol,
henehciary
mus snnkr Martin 1ravers e. his
sol Walter. Til, et,iel Trayers wa u
MAI o. strong vii. ana ms so, had
iilllrfltto L iron llinl TRr fortune
nae heel accumulated i, the tathpr
alu ms PARTNER William tiral larari,
4 y IEavnl. logged perseverance,
4 tiraN was Il milucl man. alr 1'ravrrs
Il tlm came t. rpGalu min a. slno1
4 hllnloiaT' 81 III, hnslllr-s TrgyerS
nat tlel FORCED hin on era, mad
/ dIeu Il ror"r.' and 1ravpr- con
/ science Sn0u MN IA nrouu,pG nov
r. MAKE vha restoration liz aoutt-u
ms owl w&r-n' uniting tn nroner.l
astol ms daatl IL h.- son Waiter
/ TfaTers nno Gray daughre, AND
only cnitG ftptrl
"tlov IT. vol know tina tlle st. viii
have mo- asked Watrl
y don't I'M, 7 hav, lttth dnun tn
mattel can be ARRANGED Str vii no.
be likpiE to throv i hal. interest ii.
S6tOhOh over her snouldrp rsrpclall,
since she is obliged q ear nrr nwl.
living
VERY well, father ! viii tnmi til,
matter over md let vol know m, dc
cision .
Mr. Travers had another rnaSm for
his action iii this matter IN snnv
that his sou was il 4 dangerous nos
ton. Walter had fallen mdnr tile IL.
fiuence of woman tel wears odrr
than himself. his inferior socially H.
tellectually-indeed, IL every way IN
known to the son, the father had tried
to buy her off hut was not willing IL
pay her price, she believing that she
could get the hoy and the fortune as
well, for she held him enthralled
Walter was Of that dangerous age
when man is liable TO become infat
i.
Nevertheless there were IL him the
germs Of good sense Instead Of going
TO the woman who had fascinated hin
to nour their mutual trouble IL her ear
and ask her advice he concluded "a
go to Helen Gray, tell her the whole
story and make her u proposition he
had III mind.
1t was not very pleasant statement
u make, hut Travers had prepared
himself for II and got Oh better thar
might have been expected He liz
gered longer than necessary on the pre-
liminary statement In order TO get III
his courage for the main announce
ment
Miss Gray listened to him attentive
~ and without any especial expression
OF word Or countenancp until he told
her Of his love for another woman
Then o lnOk Of disappointment came
over her face
And now he said having prepared
the way for his proposition, 81 sur.
gest that we be legally and only legally
LltlIING uit'illl " utCtut w LILY
fathers stipulation BY such mar
riagp we will Obtain fortune, which
we must forego without it.
There was long silence between
the rwo which was III last broken BY
Miss Gray
81 honor YOU Mr. 1'ravnrs' SIZE
said "fOr vour frankress, and Won ur'
acting with common honesty II no.
LAYING O pul t. OnCall fortune W.
De- false prerenses will take what
vnu have said under consideration
have rif advantage Of vnu IL this
an fancy free
IL due time Miss Gray wrnte Nj
1ruvers thar she had decided "a AZ
cent his proposition a statement Of
my reasons for doing so sht wrote
'would he very hard 10 make he
sides ther have nOt been called tol
Under tie circumstances what yol
propose is the only alternative hnth
for Won and To- me between u fortune
md poverty
TpOn receipt Of this nnto Walter m-
formed MS IaLlnl una ne ndu pro
posed t. Miss Gray and had heen ac-
cepreG AIv Travnrs asked If the mar
riaap would be bona iide and Walter
informed hin rhat II would he Legal.
TraverS after some thought said that
Il the partieS would agree not r. have
the marriage annulied or ger divorce
within five wears he would he satie
fed Walter assenreG stating thai II
was not his intention 10 ger either ~
annuliment or q divorce AT any time
But he confessed that ne reserved tilt
right 10 love any woman other THAI
his wife There was suspicion Of
smile OF his fathers face as he as
scented 10 this provision
Walter Travers and Heller GRAY were
married without his saying anything
10 his mamorata about his coming
marriage. The wedding took place
privately OF an afternoon and the
bride and groom went ~ live IL
house provided by Mr.. Travers, ST.,
with q comfortable income besides.
The two dined together IN friendly
x,,,-- ~ thofv oau- homo mn after