Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1926-02-26

that way, when again his Nemesis, in
the shape of his lawyer, came down on
him, telling him that, by the terms Of
old Morrison's will, he was prohibited
from disposing of more than a certain
proportion of his capital during his
lifetime. Then the brilliant, quite I'M
business-like idea occurred to him to
contest his great-uncle's will. But as
his relatives-who had carefully read
the will even before he had, and found
that in case of a contest the whole for
tune would 60 to charity-begged him
not to do so, as they would thereby
have to dlsgorge what he had already
conveyed to them, he felt compelled,
for their sakes, to desist. If only he
had had the good fortune to think Of
this plan at first But, hang 1t all.
that was just his luck
About this time, his case looking
really desperate, some malicious spirit
suggested to him to marry a poor girl
one who had never had two cents to
her name, and who would have her
head so turned when she learned of the
wealth that was at her disposal, that
she might be trusted to get rid of It
In short order by the abnormal ex-
travagance which she would naturally
develop Here was promising
scheme, and he wondered he had not
thought of 1t before. He went to
work warily, however, for, Of course,
while he wanted poor girl, he did
not wish a common one, with no
genius for extravaganza the right
one was hard to find at first.
Happening to mention to his old
nurse his desire to marry poor but
pretty girl, she entered into the plan
with much alacrity and promised to
find "the very one" Laughingly tell
ing her that the most prominent char
acteristic Of the fair one must be an
undeniable tendency to extravaganza,
and an empty purse her only dover,
he awaited events.
At a summons froh the old lady he
called at her rooms, and there was a
slim little thing with her, dressed In
shabby gown, who sat and knit away
at coarse stocking and never raised
her eyes or said a word all the time
he was there. He went away a de-
lighted man for, in spite of an unusual
refinement Of face and attitude, It was
evident the girl had not cent In the
world but what she could earn by knit
ting.
The next time he met her she wore
a plain black dress. He saw her often
after that and by degrees he overcame
her extreme shyness and she conversed
with him In a way that soon set his
pulses tingling.
At the end of two or three months
he was dead in love with the girl. He
had not intended this but was not 60
ing to let such a small consideration
break up the plan. which was progress
ing SO finely. 1t took nearly another
month to persuade her to marry, but
she finally consented.
The wedding day arrived. Paul was
terribly nervous, having preceded the
bride by at least ten minutes, and
was beginning to have an awful fear
that she might have played him false.
He had discovered by this time that
she was the one girl In all the world
for him, and as he contemplated with
anguish the prospect of losing her, a
lovely vision appeared. He could
hardly believe his eyes. OF all the
costly looking brides he had ever seen,
she was the costllest, and yet the
plainest In her apparel. Was that
magnificent, white robed, queenly WON
an the little girl who had been wont
to sit in her poor black frock, knitting
industrlously In nurses little living
room?
The next day, on the train, when
he casually dropped package of thou
sand-dollar notes into her lap, with
the remark that It was pin money, and
when 1t was spent she should have
more, she remarked In the quletest lit
tie drawl imaginable:
"Oh, Paul l must tell you little
secret When poor Aunt Matilda died
in California week ago she left me
two milllOns"