The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-15

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90 telephone,
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newspaper, IN o fasebo#aJ lnv va
Edgar Wnslburn's paNe on Il a8
send 1t 60 no Elm street by messenger
He WIS a. ASK II Il tc,eu "a lefe nu.
IN any evem afk u Nr Na1l6aFl q
not lifo there who dm. lie edl8e lao
with the Information Thar iAp lcrsa.
who had answered the ben he'd sail
that MIR Wasbbuu did MT live tia,l
and when be asked the name Of e.,
resident the door was STINT IN Ills fare
Every afternoon At about : o'clock
showed mysclr at my wiuduw. looku4
FOR another message aud having card
ready on which had written IN laf-r
letters. What name?r one ctenIas
the card with Hep" on II appeared
again, and ut once displayed nay own.
but Tor a very brief period pot 10
reply al The time, hut the next morn
lng before going out. as | stood Mt the
window, cnrd was dropped between
the Stats with Agnes Howe" on it,
Here AT least was beginning The
person requiring help was woman.
and possessed her name fen sure
that could pull On this thread and get
bold OF something more consulted
! the directory ana made list OF an The
Howes listed there No Aeues Howe
appeared. ] selected several lIowes
who might be Of the better class and
investigated them. one the Howe cs
tate interested me. and going to the
office laid down. ! asked for the names
OF the owners
was Informed that the owner Of Tie
estate, James Howe, who had made n
fortune IN cotton. had recently died.
leaving the estate In trust 10 his broth.
ers widow. Ellen Howe, for James
Howe's only child. Agnes Howe
] bad struck a bonanza. and struck
1t all at once. ! RETAINED. however
from displaying the interest ! felt In
the matter. asking how ! could collect
claim against Agnes Howe | was
told TO file II Ut the office where then
was. Further information was given
me that Agnes Howe was in poor
health, She was living with her aunt.
who was her guardian.
The next question for me to solve
was what poor health in this case
meant Judging from the call for belp |
she was either mental invalid or was /
being confined as such for some espe
cial purpose. ] had heard Of eases
where heiresses had been confined as
lunatics or persons Of feeble mind that
some one else might keep control OF
their property, and II occurred TO me
that this might be one of these cases.
concluded TO act on tbs theory.
aud, assuming 70 he Agnes liowe's at
tolucy, drew up papers that would
require her guardian 70 bring her into
court. This led 10 an item IN news
paper stating that Mis- Howe helress
to the estate Of her Iltc father james
Howe, the muItimiIonairc, would be
brought to court on certain day by
her aunt and guardian. wbo-sc tllp
csa documents had IT, was Keeping
Ter in duress for what purpose It was
iot known
was in for 1t and must see the
natter through In ease my theory
vas wrong would make myself n
NcyeHhc css the mp
zeal for help. the fact that the mis J
ner was an heiless. that ste wis
opposed to be in bad health. al con
prel TO convince me that | was on y
be right track. Nevertheless | trcm
led. working on theory as was, and
18th 10 actual proof Of the correctness !
{ my theory Moreover. was claim
X TO be Agnes IIowes counsel. while
bad no other commission from her
lan momentary sight Of card on
'hiCh was written the word Help" y
When the day came roufd for the
reduction Of the body Of Agnes Howe ),
court | found ii necessary 10 sum
on all the assistance there was In 9
e. was in the courtroom when my -
,sumed client entered In company -
ith her aunt and guardian. an elderly -
dy. richly attired and with cold. -
,artless expression Of countcnaDce.
ISIS Howe was a very pretty girl and ~ :.
'idently In robust health. ., -
Near me at the lawyers table was ~
muel Graves. an attorney whom ! ~
lew. ] wondered what he was doing ~
ere. was not long In finding ont -,
was endeavoring to improvise some N
ny OF opening my case when this at 81,
rney arose and said:
May II please the court. | represent re
, Interests OF Robert AiDswortb In
g case, the husband OF Agnes Howe" w
There was q hum Of establishment IN
. court. Miss Howes guardian being {
much amazed as any one else. IN,
Robert Ainsworth being a suitor for de-
J hand OF Agnes Howe. she was re blf
we'd from him and the world and ,ri
J been kept IN seclusion II wax not on,
'wh 10 'he guardian mat he had fol
reilly married her ward and be has ui,
n ignorant Of the place Of his wIfee Tb
ention. Learning tbat she was to tho
brought into c0urt-fOr what reasou mn
ot appareDt-he retained me to gain gro
him the control of bis wife as her Tho
band and
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