The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-03-19
Waiting For
a Tile
A Girl Takes a Legal
Husband to Soue
a Fortune
By ALAN HINSDAIE

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= was plain to me that could
Us money without money to
-. with. and bemoaned nv n.
d. = 10 save enough to enable me n
get "a start
One day an uncle of mine telenbonad
me asking if | would like to makc q
Thousand dollars very easily. | REPLIED
that | certainly would like tn mako a
thousand dollars. even If had to worl;
Tor 1t. whereupon he told me IA coma
to his house at once. When I rearb.a
it he said to me:
/ am guardian for a young lady
whose fortune is considerable Her
mother is ambitious that she sbould
marry an English nobleman who /,
likely to inherit title Ills father liza,
recently died, and his older brother
who inheritS. went to the hi. war
and after recent action WAS REPORTED
among the missing If he is dead the
title falls to the man my ward is think
ing of marrying If he is alive III
match will not take place
The girl can't wait TO learn if her
suitor is really the Earl Of Arraskilling
because her fortune which came to her
through her grandfather. is secured by
the will to her frstborn son. and. 10
make 1t more probable that she shall
have son. it Is stipulated that she
must be married by certain date
that is. tomorrow noon But there Is
nothing in the will TO compel her to
live with the man she marries. In
this respect the document is lame In
carrying ont the testator's intention
Bertha Tiverton. or. rather. her
mother being in Quandary about
what to do In the matter. | have sug
gested that the daughter comply with
the will technically by marrying some
one who will leave her after the cere
mony and consent to divorce when
required This plan has been agreed
upon. and thousand dollars will be
paid to such person as VIII fill this po-
sition of temporary husband.
Ny uncic ceased to speak Mt this
point. but there was no more to be
said | understood him perfectly
was to marry Il girl with a fortune II
her suitor was the Earl of What aye
call-him was TO resign her In his fa
vor; If not | was 10 resign her III som,
one else's favor. But since | had nevel
seen the girl and was not expected tt
see her after the wedding She person
ally did not enter into the matter ono
thing | was sure OIL would have a
thousand dollars. and | knew just
where To put that thousand dollars tt
start fortune. asked my uncle how
long time | would have to make
decision. and he said till q o'clock The
same evening and If | decided atlirma
lively the wedding would take place
at s.
There was but one drawback In th,
matter, and that was my becoming
divorced man. But divorces are not
sticmatized as they used to be. and II
case | should later fall in love the wo
man | loved would not be likely to Oh
iect TO me on that ground. | conciud
ed by ) o'clock in the evening to sub
nit TO the ceremony ard so notlhet
my uncle He instructed me to be a
his house at quarter 10 ana h'
would take me To my brides $ home FOL
the ceremony.
found my uncle waiting for me- ane
he took me in his ear TO n handsome
dwelling, before which we allGlted
Entering. we were shown into u room
where an aristoeratie looking womal
of fiftv awaited us. and my uncle tooh
from his pocket Il document which Sl'
read carefully. Then SHE handed II t
me. and | glanced over it, SIN u wa
what | had been led 10 expect l sign
ed il. and my uncle aud the iad!
MrS. 1iNeEtou, " 4lhSSsNh ~
rhap we nil went into another room
whore we found the bride waiting
She was pretty and otherwise AT
tractiye looking girl. without the slight
est appearance of wordliness express
cd In her countenance. | made up ny
mind that her mother was alone r.
snonsible for this marriage of TEN
norary convenience and that oh'
aorr,,tar II left to herself would b'
likelv 70 marry for love alone. su'
cast a glance at me which deho'eo !
interest IN the man who was to DC
tied 70 her temporarily. above VIVA,
soomed 10 be called for. Naturally
cost a similar glance at he.. noticed
something between a pleased ana q Ie
lieyed look in her. and ! have 10 uo"'
she saw admiration in me.
So far as the others were concerned
!, 80 an a mere matter Of business
and / was regarded in the same eate
cory as legal document. We "ef'
instruc,ed to stand side 10y side. an.
IL NJ ceramo,,v was performed by eifl
oercer who was empowered to maffa
sonnles Though a fgurehead Tor
h,,si,and resolved to have one 'asl'
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