The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1918-06-14
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eortunegfu Robert hrinsley and hslls to |
Edith Allen! tile III iasai ITO "a fo JaInes |
stirlln9 unless 81 tIas tss B par les a the
f,rsf narr IL eaIs .fhe properfx usisf tdea
~ mn rria ps :yo.Ir Il I'll HI III fhat they
shall cbnnlv with Win the terms of your
viii and inherit tise esta se..'' 4.
ssrhas Il IN tiesise. the Scotch
man ssbut s,slt i'll q coyislI fhaE IL you
succeed ia Inducing the couple to ac-'
rans f,,a broyYsioh and inherit as man
and VIE YOU are to receive twenty-
ave fl.as1aaraa dollars from the estate"
,r loss noStirna in inserting this be-
uaest ana la getting the gill signed
and Witnessed. MacTavtgh, died within
tweuty.9eaur hours after IL was exc
rutad. s
n wou1si require hundred pages of
fypewrittanE na aates to egplainywl the
old scotchman wished his property to
70 tos these two persons. Therefore
snssI, mar attempt ii In this very brief
story hnd twenty-five thousand dol
lars at stake and as soon as the will
was offered FOR probate I made pre-
,,rninarv visit To each OF the parties
~ noe what chance there was In the
matsesss. 81 4 "a Is n I'll
sTxowg an,aah la 7fh 4 legacy r. asked
RrinsaAy n As M
ssrwo aunareds aaIousand dellars.p
aNgY MS III would be- a hundred thou-
aand. DO you suppose I'm going to get
myself tangled up with q woman for
fnat. have three times that amount
already
Miss Allen had no fortune and she
very much desired the legacy Of the
half OF 1t. "Why can't We be married,
she asked me, sspart Immediately, and
when We receive the estate, divide IL
and yet sas diyoree.''ss 4 8. M S. 4 1
"Y6u eanss' waa aang reply. i M. Il
I went back to Brinsley and sub
msfted this proposition. He would
have nothing. to do with 1t. showed
him that by refusing he was keeping
d woman out or one hundred thousand
doIlars, Bob was fine fellow and he
said lat once: "You go tell her that if
she win agree to the divorce the slaes
ment I say the word, I'll marry hsSE
and she may keep the WlsDie Og the
two hundred thousand ei0slnfhs
That he might not hawe FssIaa hi
change his mind broke the Law
In getting to Miss Allen gorined
her of the generous osger Hllla Was
amazed.
ss4Are yon sure that ton came
from man7" she gaasse
/ Insured her OF sne gaet and re-
ceived her consent to- draw up q gen
flezdan's and lady's agreement tnas
after marriage betWaeA the two nei-
therwould claim any rIaasrimoniai PRIV.
Siege. and neither would object to 6
diydfce when desired spg the other
What pleased me almosg as well as
She Eaoney would get out ct the trans.
action was that the stubbofn iav'
Ssh would after all fail In tgyiIaK g
have his way after ne was deadas
asked the bride and groom fess
days before the wedding II they woulo
iikesfo meet before being married, bui
neither Thought that anything Would
be gained Dy seeing one anotner' .sa.. pe ss
Aeyed brinsiey Dut nor halss siren l' -
the hrst place she was curious - ~
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