Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-06-29

her there was chance that she would |
open 1t without her mothers knowing |
Of its reception, and II she did was
curious to learn whether she would |
return it or not. The express agent |
gave me a receipt signed by my bride,
and after a week had elapsed and my
gift had not been returned concluded
that 1t had been retained without Mrs.
Tiverton's knowledge. l was in hopes
that would receive a note from the
recipient expressing her thanks, but /
did not.
A year passed before was informed
that was expected to take certain
steps that l had agreed to take which
would enable my wife to secure a d.
yorce. At the same time l learned
that proofs that the soldier In Belgium
who would have inherited the earldom
of Arraskilling was dead had been Of
fered in England and his younger
brother had inherited the title and es-
tates. This fact explained my being
called upon in the matter Of the d.
vorce.
had noticed when reading the doc
ument given mo to sign Immediately
before my marriage that my pledge
read that ION being called upon by
the said Bertha Tiverton" I was to
take certain steps In the matter OF a
divorce. When 1 saw that her mother
was managing her matrimonial AFFAIRS
for her / resolved that when called
upon to act in the matter would fol-
low the letter of the agreement and
refuse to act except on the request OF
my wife.
When l received notification that ]
was expected to fulfil my promise j
called on my uncle and told him that i
was ready to do SO provided the re-
quest was made by my wife and that
I might be sure she and not another
was making 1t. required that she
tell me In person. Furthermore, that
might be sure she was making II
without duress. required that she
make the request without any person
except herself and myself being pres.
emit
When my uncle heard me make this
statement he looked at me curiously
for few moments without speaking,
then asked me II was sure had the
right to insist upon what ! proposed
| gave him the reading OF the docu
ment rs | remembered 1t. lie simply
said that II was correct In quoting II
had the right to what claimed.
saw at glance that he sympathized
with me In the matter. though he
would not countenance my taking q
dishonornble stand. ] asked him to
convey my demand to the Tivertons,
which he promised to do
A few days later my uncle Informed
me that lie had transmitted what had
said to Mrs Tiverton and her daugh.
ter. He did not tell me how the mes
sage had been received by either. but
said that no had nothing further to do
with the matter and would be dealt
with directly by Mrs Tiverton.
A week passed. and heard nothing
from my mother-in.law OF course !
was in the dark why no action had
been taken Then saw notice In q
newspaper that the Earl Of Arras-
| killing was In America and being
sought after by society. determined
to get view Of his lordship, and, hay
Ing friend who was member of a
club at which the curl had been put
up" | arranged to see him there One
day when he was at the club was
telephoned by my friend to come
around at once did so. and the earl
was pointed out to me A single
| glance ut him convinced me that, bar
ring his title. | would not be egotlstical
| In assuming that | could win any wo-
man from him. His lordship was posi-
| lively insignificant In looks, and was
assured that his intellect was no bet
| ter
Soon after this woman came to
see me who said she was Miss liver
tons maid" She told me that her
mistress was bitterly opposed to mar
rying a title with an apology for q
man attached, and 1t was intlmated to
me that my wife favored my maintain
ing the point | had taken in acting
only on her request Through themaid
| begged my wife to grant me an In
terview. She consented, and We met
at the house OF friend OF hers who
was In her confidence.
was nstonlshed at the change that
had taken place In her since our mar
rage. At that time she had been
D something Of a child; now she was
a woman. without knowing It | had
launched a coup d'etat In expanding
the fee ! had received for marrying
her for wedding gift My uncle had
told her about me and that wished
the money to make start In tho
world My expanding It all In a gift
for her won her completely.
Besides this there was something In
this unique way Of getting a start In
the world to win n girls sympathy,
especially In contrast with an inferior
man ready to sell himself.
Our 1rst meeting was followed by
others, and at last my wife decided
TO defy her mother openly and asked
me 10 come TO sec her at her home.
was not loath to accept the invita-
ton.
knew little OF what passed between
my wife and her mother or between
her and the Earl OF Arraskilling Ber-
tina declared her independence OF both,
and In time we lived together. Her
mother, / believe. was scandalized be-
cause there was not n second public
wedding, but neither Bertha nor ! saw
any advantage In duplicating what
had already occurred.