The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-11-26

Martin Wolcott, bachelor, moved
from Isle to Clyde because he was in
debt. Mrs. Althea Burrows, widow,
remained in the latter town for the
same reason. The coincidental SINH.
larity as to motive and environment
went still further. Both were regard.
ed as above the average as to wealth
or the prospect Of It.. A third circum.
stance in this chain Of sequence was
the fact that Judge Award Marsh, who
had been Mrs. Burrows attorney for
ten years, became likewise the legal
adviser Of Mr.. Wolcott.
Now neither of the two named made
any pretense to the merest Craze with
opulence. Neither was over thirty,
and both were healthy, accreditable and
good looking. Common rumor had 1t,
however, that the fair widow had in.
herited a gold mine out West that
might at any time open its vast store
of wealth. When Mr.. Wolcott came
to Clyde there followed him the report
that when a certain lawsuit he had
been fighting for five years was de-
cided, he would become the recipient
of royal fortune.
The facts were really these: The
alleged mine had never produced so
much as an ounce of the precious
metal, and Mrs. Burrows had leased
the fifty acres involved for grazing
purposes at barely enough to meet tax.
es and water right installments. AS
to the lawsuit, Wolcott had expended
nearly all he had in legal fees and
had hopelessly abandoned any antici.
pations of success in winning it.
AS said, Wolcott had come to Clyde
because he was In debt. Not that his
Lisle creditors were manifesting any
collection pressure, for he was IA
vorite with everybody, but, finding
himself growing poorer and poorer, he
resolved to get down to real work.
He was a specialist in cattle diseases,
and Clyde was the center Of large
rich farming district.
1t was at the Office of Judge Marsh
one day that Martin Wolcott met the
charming widow. The observing old
jurist's eyes twinkled as he sensed a
mutual liking established between the
two. 1t got to be so that Wolcott be-
came a weekly visitor at the Burrows
home. They were vastly pleased with
each other and the prospective match
met with the approval of their friends.
Mrs. Burrows had made some in
quiry regarding Mr.. Wolcott. It was
to receive exaggerated intelligence as
to the wonderful lawsuit that would
place him so high above her in the
way of wealth that her heart failed
her Wolcott did the same thing. He
became Respondent and hopeless when
he heard about the undeveloped Col
conda in the Rockies which would
make Of Mrs. Burrows social queen,
who would naturally disdain the at
tentions Of a poor and obscure individ-
ual like himself.
Wolcott began to curtail his calls
upon Mrs. Burrows and the latter in
fluenced by this and realization OF
the vast gulf between them, tried to
root out the love that might bring only
disappointment and sorrow They had
not seen one another for two weeks,
when they came face to face in the
office of Judge Marsh. Each acted as
If their relations were strained. The
Judge was not in evidence, but they
decided to wait for him. A quick ten.
derness permeated the sensitive heart
of the sympathetic widow as she no
ticed that Wolcott looked thin and
worried.
"You do not seem as we'll as when
I last saw you, Mr.. Wolcott;" she said.
"That is because I haven't seen SO