The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-08-07

him that to comply with the statutes
Griffin must voluntarily refuse He
could not be trapped OF forced into q
refusal,
There was a time limit in the will
% Anne's marriage with Griffin. BY
the time she was twenty-one she must
marry MIN or lose her property. When
her father died she had Just turned
nineteen. Therefore two years re-
manned before she was compelled To
decide. 1t was decided between David
and Anne that David should 20 TO
some unknown place. Anne had not
told Griffin that he had rival. and it
was determined to still keep the matter
a secret There was no difficulty In
doing this, for thus far it was known
only to Anne and David.
Theodore Griffin was one Of those
men who combine the social and busi-
ness world. His success lay in becom-
ing intimate with rich persons and
using them In a business way. He
used his club, his friends, even his
church, for profit. One evening at the
opera, scanning the occupants Of the
boxes, he encountered pair Of binocu-
lars In the hands of a handsomely
dressed woman leveled upon him. The
glasses were dropped at once, but
Griffin. wondered why the woman, who
was young and well favored, had been
gazing at him. Later, pointing to the
woman, he asked a friend who she
was and was informed that she was
Sonora De Barancas, the widow of a
Brazilian coffee planter and worth mil
lions.
would you like to know herr" asked
a gentleman sitting near Griffin.
Il certainly would" was the reply.
Il am friend Of hers, and If you
will give me references will be
pleased to present you. She has only
just arrived in the city and is un-
known"
Griffin found friend who vouched
for him and was presented to Sonora
Barancas. He found confirmation Of
his belief that he had attracted her at
tentiOn, because she had admired his
0PROAAtA4ANC3 LILO LC(CUl1OA bllc kdNG
him, which was, to say the least, cor
dial She lamented being in a great
city where there was SO much to en-
Joy with no one to enjoy it with except
her business manager, the man who
had introduced Griffin, and Griffin told
her that It would give him great pleas
ure to make her stay pleasant. She
told him that she had but a week In
the city, for she had the misfortune
though a woman, to be burdened with
the management Of large interests.
Griffin devoted himself to the young
widow for week, at the end of which
he prevailed upon her to remain an
other week. One morning Anne Red
field received a note from an attorney
suggesting that a compromise might
be effected In the matter Of the condi-
ton In her fathers viii requiring her
to marry Griffin. Anne referred the
note to her attorney, who advised her
to begin negotiations by offering Griffin
$4,000 to refuse to marry her.
But before a reply to the offer was
received David Corwin turned up and
taking Anne In his arms, announced
that Griffin had been married the eve
ming before.
Corwin was in a position to give his
1ancee lot Of information as to the
bride, for he had brought her from Rio
de Janeiro himself, had arranged her
meeting with Griff1n-indeed, had ar
ranged trap for that gentleman
which had been worked out very sue
cessfully. Sonora Barancas was
hired adventures, and David had
agreed to remunerate her handsomely
out Of Anpe's fortune If she could by
marrying Griffin insure it to its right
full owner. The sonora needed consid-
cradle funds to pose as the widow Of d
multimillionatre coffee planter, and Da-
vid had been obliged to borrow the
necessary amount.
The wedding was sudden, for the Sc
nora received telegram, (sent by Da-
vtd) that her interests needed her pres
ence on her plantation, and Griffin con-
Guided to snap her up without delay.
David and Anne did not wait for the
courts to pronounce her an heiress be-
fore being married. But 1t was some
time before she received her inherit
Rnce. Then all the expenses David
pad incurred in bringing out Sonora
Barancas we're paid and the bride and
groom began to enjoy their fortune.