The Little River news., 1921-12-21
Trench-Neilis ortunes
 ------------ By CLAIRE SMITH.


 "Your uncle, Mr. Daniel Trench, wishes to do you full justice, Mir. Denslow."
 T hope so. It is my due," observed Vane Denslow.
 Your uncle is glad to help you in a business way" pursued his agent and attorney, Mir. Thacker.
 ''He has great future plans for you. AS soon as you get all your arrange ments for going into business made, he wants to have you shoot straight ahead See? In fact, he has you in his eye as a-what shall I say? A very promising party for his ward, Miss Nells. You've heard of her? Think of the vast mutual interests if the Trench and Nellis fortunes could be cOnSolidated-"
 "In other wOrds," broke ill Vane coIdly, my uncle offers a bribe to have me become puppet ill his hands?'
 Not at all-not at all" the willy lawyer hastened to declare. He only hopes you will see things in his way"
 Not in the matter of the selection of wife," observed Vane. "He had better not try it. Does he know, sir that I am honorably engaged to young lady here in Wilby?"
 Just so. Indeed not. Just men, toned it. Ha, hum! Forget 1t, my dear young friend. Good day"
 In brief, the attorney had appeared to make Vane proposition-to go to Meriden, fifty miles away, and enter into business. His uncle was about to retire, a wealthy man. The eleva- tor he owned controlled fine trade. He offered to make gift of it to his nephew.
 Vane DenSlOW was a proud, Self-re- liant young man, but he saw his way clearly to accept the gift. In his mind and in his uncle's mind and ih the minds of all who knew great deal, but could not legally prove the same, when Vane's father died his brother in-law had managed by quirk of the law to get hold of some valuable prop erty by all moral right belonging to the DenslOws.
 There was no doubt that old Trench's conscience as he got older had urged him to a grudging restitu- tion, the way Vane figured it out.
 Leoine, at Wilby, began to receive some letters that nearly broke her heart at the first, and Dale, at Meri- den, in turn received news concerning his fiancee that amazed him. Forum \ ately he ran down to Wilby for an explanation.
 Tt is all clear to me-" he said to Leoine. Some trouble maker has got the news to you of my gay life at Meriden, and to me of the numerous beauX you are going around with, to separate us. I know who it is, and I know why. LeOine, dear, we must out wit these plotters. Whisper, dear," and the interview wound up in an ex- cursion to nearby city, and then Vane went back to his work.
 Vane was introduced to his uncle's ward, Miss Dolly Nellis.
 Dolly made sure that her guardian was out of hearing as she sat down on a rustic bench.
 "Mr. DenslOw," she whispered in a futtering tone, "are we all. all alone"
 "I think we are, Miss Nellis," re- piled Vane wonderingly.
 "Can I tell you dreadful, dread full secret?" she wavered.
 "I shall be honored by your conn., dence,' intimated Vane.
 "Then-then, oh, dear I hope 1t won't break your heart, but IT am engagedw
 'I must congratulate you."
 "Oh, I am so glad!" gushed the fair Dolly.
 q will tell you a secret. too, dear Miss Nellie," said Denslow. T am al- ready married"
 q could almost kiss you for de- light :" cried Dolly. q will your wife, when meet her. Oh, am so happy '"
 When old man Trench learned how his nephew had Outwitted him through secret marriage to Leoine at the time his emissary Thacker was plot llIlS lo SCDdIStlc lIclii, Ht WIOtc dll awful letter to Nane.
 In dignified way the latter in- formed him that the business he had given him barely made up for what he had robbed his father of. If, how ever, Trench, Thacker & Co. felt that they had in any way been circum- vented, resulting in loss to their prospects, Vane would set aside the profits of the business he had man. aged to build up wonderfully, and would restore the original investment to his money-lOving relative.
 Trench quieted down after this. As to Dolly and Reginald, they eloped un- der the very nose of the old man, so 1t was dire retribution for the crafty schemers all around. Shoestring Remedy for Colds. The next time you feel that you are nd In