The Penn's Grove record., 1917-03-02
Waiting For
Title
A Girl Takes a Legal
Husband to SAGE
a Fortune
By ALAN HINSDALE

efforts l could not get any money
ahead. 1t was plain to me that / could
not make money without money tc
make 1t with, and l bemoaned my In.
ability to save enough to enable me to
get a start
One day an uncle of mine telephoned
me asking If | would like to make q
thousand dollars very easily. I replied
that l certainly would like to make 9
thousand dollars, even If I had to work
for 1t. whereupon he told me to come
to his house at nce When I reached
1t he said to me:
Il am guardian for a young lady
whose fortune is considerable. HeI
mother is ambitious that she should
marry an English nobleman who Is
likely to inherit a title. His father has
recently died. and his older brother
who inherits, went to the big war
and after a recent action was reported
among the missing. II he is dead the
title falls to the man my ward is think
ing Of marrying. If he is alive the
match will not take place.
'The girl can't wait to learn If hei
sutton is really the Earl Of ArraskiIing,
because her fortune. which came to her
through her grandfather, is secured by
the will to her 1rstborn son, and, to
make it more probable that she shall
have a son. 1t is stipulated that she
must be married by a certain date
that is, tomorrow DOE But there IL
nothing in the will to compel her tc
live with the man she marries. In
this respect the document Is lame in
carrying out the testator's intention
Bertha Tiverton. or. rather, heI
mother. being in a quandary about
what to do in the matter. I have sug
gested that the daughter comply with
the viii technically by marrying some
hi who will leave her after the cere
mony and consent to a divorce when
required This plan has been agreed
1ROAg aALu q L1Ouo4Au 0OlAdA6 Will OE
paid to such person as will fill this po-
sition of temporary husband"
My uncle ceased to speak at this
point. but there was no more to be
said. l understood him perfectly. ]
was to marry a girl with a fortune. II
her sutton was the Earl of What-dy'e
call-him | was to resign her in his ia
vor; if not | was to resign her in some
one else's favor. But since I had never
seen the girl and was o expected tc
see her after the wedding she person
ally did o enter into the matter. One
thing | was sure OIL would have q
thousand dollars. and l knew Just
where to put that thousand dollars to
start a fortune. l asked my uncle how
long a time l would have to make 9
decision. and he said till 6 o'clock the
same evening and If I decided affirma.
lively the wedding would take place
at 8.
There was but one drawback In the
matter. and that was my becoming q
divorced man. But divorces are not
~stigmatiZed as they used to be, and in
case l should later fan in love the wo
man ! loved would not be likely to OBJ
ject to me on that ground. l conclud-
ed by 5 o'clock In the evening to sub
NIT to the ceremony and so notified
my uncle. He instructed me to be al
bis house at a quarter to s and he
would take me to my brides home fol
the ceremony.
l found my uncle waiting for me, and
he took me in his car to a handsome
dwelling. before which we alighted
Entering. we were shown into a room
where an a~ristocratic looking woman
of fifty awaited us. and my uncle took
from his pocket a document which she
read carefully. Then she handed it to
what ] had been led to expect ! sign
ed it. and my uncle and the lady.
Mrs. Tiverton. witnessed my signature.
Then we all went into another room.
where we found the bride waiting.
She was a pretty and otherwise at
tractive looking girl. without the slight
est appearance of worldliness express
ed in her countenance. made up my
mind that her mother was alone re
sponsible for this marriage Of TEN
porary convenience and that the
daughter If left to herself would be
likely to marry for love alone. She
cast a glance at me which denoted an
interest in the man who was to be
tied to her temporarily. above what
seemed to be called for. Naturally !
cast a similar glance at her. | noticed
something between a pleased and a re
lieyed look in her. and l have no doubt
she saw admiration In me.
So far az the others were concerned
it was all a mere matter of business.
and ! was regarded in the same cate
CORY as a legal document We were
instructed to stand side by side. and
the ceremony was performed by a civil
officer who vas empowered to MARI,
couples. Though a ~igurehead for a
husband. | resolved to have one taste
OF my wife's pretty lips. and the mo