Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1917-04-21
Waiting For
a Title
a Girl Takes a Legal
Husband to SaUe
a Fortune
BY ALAN ElNSDALE

WIS u .btl~ lHdH NIiN~-il4E ~
MAKE competence Int despite all my
efforts euad not get nny money
ahead 1t was plain To me that ! could
not makc money without money t.
make T. with aud bcmoaucd my ~
ability To- save enough 10 enable me 20
get start
one dag an uncle Of mine tclcphoncd
me asking il | would Ike % make q
thousand dollars very easily I replied
that certainly would like 10 mike Il
thousand dollars. even II had to work
for 1t. whcrcupon he told me to como
to his house ut once When reached
it he said To me.
Il nm guardian for n young ladf
whose fortune Is considerable IIcr
mother is ambitious that she should
marry an English hoblcman who Is
likely to Inherit title His father I'm,
recently died and bis older brother
who inhcriiS went to the biz war
and after recent action was reported
among the missing If he is dead the
title fails to the man my ward IS thinl
ing of marrying Ii lac IS alive thu
match will not take place
The girl can't wait 10 learn If her
sutton is really the Earl Of Arra9kllIlne
because her fortune which came to her
through her grandfather. is secured bl
the will to her iirstborn son. and, 10
make ii more probable that She Shall
have son. it is stipulated that she
must be married by certain date
that is. tomorrow noon But there Il
nothing III the VIII TO compel her ~
live with the man she marricS Ia
this respect the document Is lame In
carrying out the tcstntor's intention
"Bcrlha riycrton or rather, her
mother. being in a quandary about
what to do In the matter. | have sus
gcstcd that the daughter comply with
the viii technically by marrying some
one who will leave her after the Ccre
mony and consent to Il divorce when
required This plan has been agreed
upon, ANA thousand dollars will be
paid to such person rs will on this pc
sition Of temporary husband.
My uncle ceased to speak at this
point. but there was no more 70 b,
said / understood him perfectly |
was to marry girl with u fortune II
her sutton was the Earl of What dy
cal-hin | was 10 resign her In his IA
vor: II not was to resign her in some
one clsrs favor. But since had never
seen the girl aud was not expected to
see her after the wedding she person
ally did not enter into the mattcr One
thing | was sure Of would have
thousand dollars and | knew just
where to put that thousand dollars 10
start fortune, | asked my uncle how
long time would lave TO make u
decision and he said till & O'Clock the
same evening and if | decided athrma
lively the wedding would take place
ats
There was but one drawb In the
matter. and that was my becoming a
stigmatiZcd MS they used TO bc. aud ~
case | should later fall in love the wo
man loved would not DO likely to oh
ject to me on that ground. | conclud
cd by , o'clock in the evening TO sub
nit to the ceremony and so notified
my uncle lie instructed me TO bc at
his house at II quarter to and he
would take me 10 my brides home for
the ceremony
found my uncle waiting for me. anu
he took me In his car TO handsome
dwelling before which we aliShtcd
Entering. We were shown into room
where an aristocratic looking woman
Of fifty awaited us. aud my uncle took
from his pocket n document. which she
read carefully Then she handed II 70
mo. and glanced over it. Since IL was
what had been led to expect ] sign
cd H. and my uncle and the lady.
Mrs 1ivcrton. witnessed my signature
Then We all went into another room
where We fouud the bride waiting
She was pretty and Otherwise nj
traciivr lo0hiug sirl, without the slight
est appearance of worIdlineS> express
"a IN her couuicuance made up my
mind that her mother wa, alone re-
spoL-inlc for this marriage of tom
porary convenience ami HAT tile
daughter i, left to herself would he
likely to marry Tor owe alone She
asst a glance al me which denoted au
interest IN the man who was 10 Ice
tied TO her temporarily above what
seemed 10 10 called FOR Naturally !
east ,imiiar glance nj hcr / noticed
something between a pleased and "a re-
loved look in her. and have no doubt
She saw admiration III Inc
So far as tie others were concerned
IL was al a mere mattci of business
and ! was regarded in the same cate
CORY as a legal document We were
Instructed 10 stand side by side ANA
the ceremony was performed 10y ciyii
officer Who was empowered 10 MARRY
couples Though a hgurchead for a
husband resolved 10 have one taste
Of nv wife's pretty lips. and the mo