The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-29
Waiting For
a Tile
A Girl Takes a Legal
Husband to Soue
a Fortune
By ALAN HINSDALE

enor's l could not get any none
aheaG 1t was plain to me that coul
no. sc money without money I
nil 1t with, and bemoaned nv n
ABILITY to save enough 10 enable mo :
get start.
J one day an uncle of mine telephona,
me asking If would like 70 mako
thousand dollars very easily. | renlio,
that | certainly would like to make
thousand dollars. even if | had 70 worl
Tor 1t. whereupon he told mo 70 con,,
70 MS house at once. When reache,
II he said To me:
l am guardian for Young laa,
whose fortune is considerable 10,
mother is ambitious that she shopId
hlarry an English noblemau wba f.
"Aely TO inherit title. His father has
recently died. and his older brother
VINO hherits. went to the biz war
ana AFTER recent action was renarto i
among the missing If he is dead tho
tltla fails to the man my ward is tbjul,
ing OF marrying If he is alive the
match will not take place
HE girl can't wait TO learn if b.r
suitor is really the Earl of ArrasktIHn,
| because her fortune. which came "a hon.
through her grandfather. is secured h,
tue VIII to her hrstborn son. and to
make II more probable thar She shall
nave a son, it is stipulated that she
must be married 10y certain date
ehat is tomorrow noon But there is
nothing in tine will TO cemnel her 70
i've with the man she marries In
TINS respect the document Is lame IN
carrying ont the testators intention
Bertha Tiverton. or rather. her
mother. being in a quandary ahout
what To do in the matter | have sug.
gested that the daughter comply with
the VIII tec hnically by marrying some
one who viii leave her after Tho rnrn
inonN ana consent to a divorce whom
required This plan has been agreed
upon and thousand dollars VIII bc
pau To such person rs WIN Till this 10.
sltion OF temporary husband"
MY untie ceased 70 speak at this
POINT. but there was no more ia bc
SAID | understood him perfectly.
was to marry girl with fortune If
hcr suitor was the Earl Of What dye
cali-lim | was to resign her In his IA
Nor; II not was To resign her In some
one eiSe's favor. But since had never
seen the girl and was not expected 10
see her after the wedding. she person
ally did not enter into the matter One
thing | was sure of would have n
Thousand dollars, and knew lust
where to put that thousand dollars TO
start fortune asked my uncle how
long time would have 10 make n
decision, and he said TIL o'clock the
same evening and If decided aflirma- !
lively the wedding would take place !
IL s. L
There was but one drawback In the :
natter, and that was my becoming 7
divorced man. But divorces are not u
'tiSmati2od as they used To be. aud in s
ase | should later fall in love the We. !
nan loved would not be likely 10 oh. =
ect 10 me oil that ground c0nclul- :
d by o'clolk in the evening To sub. !"
nit to tile ceremony aud So notified "
~ uncle. lie instructed me 70 be at :.
Is house at quarter 10 5 and he =
fould take me 10 my brides home for III
he ceremony, u
| found my uncle waiting for me. and u
e took me in bis car 10 handsome a.
yelling before which we alichted
n'erine, We were shown into a room
here an ariStoeratic looking woman 80
fifty awaited us. and uiy uncle took :"
ON his no. ket document. which she "il
al carefully Then size handed il 10 y
Q. ard glanced over It. Sin il was III
hat ! had been lod tn expect sign n'e
it. and my uuclc and the lady. "'-
RS. IivertoH. witnessed my signature o'i
len We ID went into another room.
here we found the bride waiting Ter
She wa, pretty and otherwise at III
lctiye looking girL without the slight "
appearance of woFidliness express
in her c0auieHanec | made up my uae
nd thar her mother was alone re tE''
,nSible FOR this marriage OF tenn son
AIRY convenience and that the =
ishier if left TO herself would he 'aui
Fly to marry for love alone She 'ile
/ a glance nj me which denoted an uer
crest In the man who was to b. eoiu
/ to Ter temporarily. above whai 'He
med 10 be called for Naturally "oi
/ a similar glance at he.. | noticed 'or
lethiug between pleased and a re =
ed Look in her. and have no doubt lHis
saw admiration IN me. &c
} far as the others were concerned.
ras ali mere matter Of business. -
/ was regarded 10 the same cate
: as legal document We were
rucied to stand side by side. and = :
ceremony was performed BY civil =.
er who was empowered to marry
,fos Thaut-h = foasrphaad for 4 19h.