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... engagements . But , of course , you know your own business best . If I remember rightly , the father of this young lady did not leave much of a fortune , did he ? " " Nothing to speak of , I believe . " " You have my best wishes . The ...
... engagements . But , of course , you know your own business best . If I remember rightly , the father of this young lady did not leave much of a fortune , did he ? " " Nothing to speak of , I believe . " " You have my best wishes . The ...
Page 102
... engagement into which she had entered was un- tenable . To this decision Mrs. Raritan felt herself reluctantly obliged to concur . It was not that Mr. Varick was one whom she would be unwilling to welcome as her daughter's husband . On ...
... engagement into which she had entered was un- tenable . To this decision Mrs. Raritan felt herself reluctantly obliged to concur . It was not that Mr. Varick was one whom she would be unwilling to welcome as her daughter's husband . On ...
Page 103
... engagement continue ? But had an opportunity been given him ? He had not had speech with her since that evening when she had drawn his face to hers . No , it could not be that . He bowed his head , and then Anger came and sat at his ...
... engagement continue ? But had an opportunity been given him ? He had not had speech with her since that evening when she had drawn his face to hers . No , it could not be that . He bowed his head , and then Anger came and sat at his ...
Page 110
... engagement , if she wished it broken , why had she allowed Viola to invite him to the Pier ? These things were at first inexplicable to him . Afterward he fancied that it might be that Mrs. Raritan , originally uninformed , had become ...
... engagement , if she wished it broken , why had she allowed Viola to invite him to the Pier ? These things were at first inexplicable to him . Afterward he fancied that it might be that Mrs. Raritan , originally uninformed , had become ...
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Page 105 - No person having a husband, wife, child or parent, shall, by his or her last will and testament, devise or bequeath to any benevolent, charitable, literary, scientific, religious or missionary society, association or corporation, in trust or otherwise, more than one-half part of his or her estate, after the payment of his or her debts, and such devise or bequest shall be valid to the extent of one-half, and no more.
Page 106 - ... no such devise or bequest shall be valid in any will which shall not have been made and executed at least two months before the death of the testator.