The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-08
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81 - Guardian. is there any. way$1s
4 can get rid or my money q The
speaker was Charlotte Lande:..5
twenty two years old !, considered
very good looking by everybody
Il and the most beautiful creature on
8 earth by John F'enton- The place
s was a lawyers office and the per-
son addressed was Lawyer Norton.
3s City New cork. .
Lawyer Norton looked at his
uuesttoner In blank establishment
Heswass q heavy pursey man with
Is AZ bald head and side whiskers.
s His face was stern but in it there,
shone a pair of kindly eyes.
What in the world put such an
/ ca as that into your head 2" cried
s be.
70, but can 4? mean it,
;ss3s s Nhy%taI should say offhand,
Their were many ways in which
Syouscoulds get rid Of your mon ey-s
sssi would let you. You might
hid throw IT. off the Brooklyn Bridge
or the Battery, il you preferred
4 over to- the United Charities
very hing
.aThe Unit Charities =
ow, look here, Charlotte,
said MI. Norton sharply. will
you stop this sort Of talk and
tel LINE just what It is that you
s3aTe& driving at
Charlotte blushed, started to
rry and thought better Of II
Nh Ioked sheepish, began to play
With aEpencil on the table before
S her and, at Norton's abrupt,
Come, out with it, said in a
Wheedl ling tone: .
sssss.s.W FELL, guardie, dear, If I don't
getrid Sof my money cant be
scmarried. There. Now you will
y AefS@me, won't you?"
M vi dear Charlotte replied
Morton this is positively childish;
ESbesides being incomprehens ible.
fortune an obstacle to
II her getting husband2 Explain
you can.
And Charlotte with a good deal
SofHToundabout verbiage and hes
SXitation and depression did eX-
sp1ain. She was in love with John
Fenton and he was in love with
sHher but John was poor and had
sSscruples about marrying a rich
Is girl Therefore Charlotte pro
bosed to-, diyest herself OF her
%SWea1t III
only my hateful money that
islands between US and-happiness
she explain ed. And thought it
would be so easy to fix that.
Hum &, said the lawyer, Hum!
And what is this remarkable young
mans occupation and address,
IL Charlotte gave the required ad
II dress and stated that John was 2
Thinning engineer
as s = II WlookE here Charlotte. said
Morton, II think you are both ash
mad as March hares. But having
on my knee as a baby
sSthe d cath of your parents, VIII
talk with TIL e young idiot of the sec
S$ond part and see VIVA. can be
done Charlotte gave the old law.
ser agresounding kiss on his balo
forelead and tripped away full OF
1lAppe2 Her guardian never had
II denied her anything, and she was
Econ stantly resorting TO him in her
perplexities. Her Aunt Matilda
1tn whom she lived in an old
;sbrownstone house in a side street
s&Sb Glow Madison square, was a dear
sSold soul. but perfectly spine1ess-a
snebulous old maid, whom Charlotte
simply bewildered. Lawyer Nor
ton wrote a note to John Benton
requesting him to call at his office
4 at certain hour next day John
knew that Norton was Charlotte's
guardian and foresaw what the in
& terVieW would be a bout.
81 SO when Fenton appeared at the
appointed time at Lawyer Norton's
offfce he was anything but at his
ease His scruples with regard to
Char;otte's wealth rather pleased
: ~
anxious lest some beguilins
asSiw1sooer who had one eye on the for
| tune and the other on the girl.
II houId capture his wards fancy.
young man." Said Norton.
s.tIny$ ward Miss Lander, informs
me- that you won't marry her sbe.
Il cause she is rich. :
$3.50 o h. no. not that exactly, sir"
stammered John. But we both
if our fortunes were
i@mpre equal we could be married
Nnew and not have to wait until 4
HAD accumulated sufficient money
toyenable me to-in short, sir, that
I've ought to be more nearly equal
a. as to means and she very unself.
d 5shly promised to arrange matters. \
You must admit yourself, sir, that
III doesn't look just right for poor
man to marry rich girl-now,
doee A1t?"
3ssss;s whats your present salary?"
Three thousand a year
Hump: When was married
was only getting one thousand
But perhaps, sir, you did not
mary an heiress.
o q did not. My poor Bessie
4 and I rose In the world together"
here, sir, that's just what
ssCharl cite and want to do" ex
Claimed John You see, I am 60
Z ing down to examine some mines
in Mexico and have been promised
share In them. II they turn out
Sall right it will make q rich man
Got me. am to get an increase Of
szsary, too. Charlotte and Il thought
We would like to be married before
aIEErn South mar, n a can