Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-01-18

NED patted her cheek indulgently.
Dear. you arc going to marry me, and
vou arc going to do 1t soon.' be said.
I'm going 70 get the license tomor-
row."
aNed.~ she cried. ut is absurd to
talk in that way"
I'm going to-" answered Ned.
What are you going to wear for go
ing away in, Nelller
BLUE" sobbed Nellie, sinking into
her lovers arms.
Ned broke the news to Miss Lucinda
that evening, and whatever hopes Of
matrimony he may have shattered, at
least she took the news philosophic-
ally.
"Humph, it's what I might have ex-
pected Of your she mnttered. "Mr.
Jabez has provided for me-"
Il hope you won't be in a hurry to
leave. Miss Burt" said Ned politely.
Tn 60 when ! get ready" she
snapped.
"Not till you've let my wife taste
n Of your apple pies" protested the
young man.
"You think I'm q fool sitting on the
Blarney Stone, l suppose" answered
Miss Lucinda.
She disappeared two days later. but
Ned did not care, for that was his
wedding day, and his wife, radiant In
blue. was In the Pullman with him
about the time that Miss Lucinda was
packing her trunks.
They came back two weeks later.
more In love with each other than ever
before, and settled down to the prob
lem Of housekeeping. The exchequer
had been exhausted by the trip. Still,
love can make money stretch a long
way. In spite Of the statements Of
cynics. But just when things were
really looking black. Ned was sur
prised to receive q communication
from the lawyer. inviting him and hii
wife to call.
Seated In the Office. scowling. wal
Miss Lucinda Burt. Ned shook hands
with her and presented Nellie. Miss
Lucinda bowed as one might look fol
a steel needle to bow.
"Sit down, Mr.. Lewis" said thu
lawyer cordially. "Mrs. Lewis, pray
take this chair. It Is now my duty t
read to you the remaining clause o.
your uncle's will. They amount, II
brief, to this: Three calendar month";
after the testator's death the fund
which he willed, and has donated Il
the Home for Incurable Horses. an
withdrawn from the trustees. You
uncle felt that with the extension o.
the good work Of the Society for Pre-
vention Of Cruelty to Animals, tn,
need for this organization lapses
Consequently. the funds return int
your uncle's ~legacies. Half Of thes'
are to 90 to Miss Lucinda Burt. Tn,
remainder. not being yilled to any
body. 60 to yourself. under your claus
Of the testament. The sum Il seventy
five thousand dollars. half to Mis-
Burt and half to you"
II get ~thlrty-seven thousand Nv
hundredT' gasped Ned.
"Yes. In the event Of your not mar
rying Miss Burt. Otherwise tn
Home for Incurable Horses would re
main endowed. I think. to be frank
that your uncle was perpetrating
little joke on you. Mr.. Lewis. II
smiled when he dictated thes
clauses"
HE nearly choked to death owe
his apple pie when he read them +
me-" said Miss Burt, smiling.
And somehow the steel needle al
pect had so entirely disappeared tina
Nellie ran to her and Rugged her.
"You knew, you dear old thing" sh
cried.
"Yes. I knew" admitted Miss Bur,
"Mr. Jabex wanted to get even wit
Mr.. Ned for having quarreled wit
him, and-and I was married twent
years ago. and I'd never take a sec
ond. never. and-and I'll 90 HON
with you and make you n Of m
pies"