Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-01-28

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For some moments Hazard sat quiet
and thoughtful, then once more fixing
his regard on the physician he asked:
eff Mrs. Forsythe was afflicted with
heart disease, how did she obtain so
much life inlurance?"
The doctors eyes lighted with a
| strange CLEAN.
"Ah," he breathed, now you al .
| touching upon crucial point. The
| newspapers declare that I have been
in attendance on her ever since the
| family took up their residence in
South Edgelake. That is not true. She
required no medical attendance. She
was in perfect health up to something
like two weeks previous to her death.
Il have, though, been frequent call
er at her home, because have known
| Mrs. Forsythe since she was miss
OF twelve. Until her father died he and
1 were the closest of friends, and in
this connection, believe can &C
count for the policy in my favor.
f'Mrs Forsythe's maiden name was
Fernbrook-Ethel Fernbrook. The
Fernbrooks were an upper-class Eng
| lish family, but poor. In 1872 George
Fernbrook, youngest son of the family,
married and went to South Africa. He
prospered there, and there Ethel-the
only child of their union-was born.
/ In 1885 Mrs. Fernbrook died and
George returned to England with
Ethel, settling in London. 1t was there
and a friendship grew UP between us
so close that we trusted each other
absolutely.
II needn't go much into detail.
was young sawbones with just enough
1 practice to scrape along on, but had
something over six thousand pounds,
which represented my patrimony
George was interested in various en-
terprises, but needed more capital. j
had no inclination to abandon my pro-
fession, but was not averse to increas
ing my Inheritance, SO l turned this
over to him. For time things pros
pered-prospered amazingly, for he
|
had no reason to regret our partner
ship until sudden and wholly unex.
pected business and financial depres-
sion caught him, and barely enough
was saved from the wreck for him to
return to South Africa and try to de
velop his interests there.
"To make long story short, George
would send me various amounts from
time to time to apply upon what he
stoutly maintained was his indebted
ness to me. Finally he had repaid
nearly half of the six thousand
pounds. Then he died.
"Now I was in total ignorance OF
the sixteen thousand-dollar policy; but
it is accounted for now. In her poor
way Ethel tried to repay me the bal
ance of the six thousand pounds-prob
ably a charge put upon her by heI
father.
ct was in Africa that Ethel met
CAPTAIN Forsythe-a gay, dashing
blade, suppose, who captivated her
girlish fancy. / know very little about
him. She was very beautiful WON
an, but their married life was not alto
| gether happy. | don't know just
where the trouble lay, but | suspect
that Captain Forsythe believed that
Ethel would bring him considerable
fortune and that the disappointment
embittered him and estransed item.
81 might as well say candidly, since
| it seems to bear upon the case, that
Forsythe has always been extremely
| reticent respecting his past. He is a
well-bred Englishman and unquestion
ably was at some time an English
army officer. That he has seen much OF
Africa the trophies that adorn the
whole house testify. There are skins
and mounted heads and elephant tusks
to say nothing of a large collection OF
native weapons spears, Zulu assegals
war clubs, bows and arrows and the
like. The captain is an interesting
talker and can be most charming
entertainer. He'll talk about his col.
lection of weapons, his hunting expert
| ences, and so on; but any question
touching upon his private life or the
army will make him shut up like a
clam.
Naturally never questioned Ethel
ard she never volunteered any infor
nation concerning her husbands his.
tory; but there was something that
sacdened her and that clouded his
life.
..Ncw here's factor that consider
of considerable Importance AS | said
before. Mrs. Forsythe's health was ex-
| cellent until about two weeks ago. at
which time she complained to me OF
symptoms that caused ne to give her a
i thorough examination. was consid.
erably surprised when ] discovered IN