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Show 1 ELOPING BRIDE Disiaherited by Father, Family Aids Her. Brothers and Sisters Agree to Share Lockhart Wealth. : Father, Angry at Elopement, Relents; Naming Baby Again Aroused Him; ' Not Mentioned in His Will. PITTSBURG, Pa.. "Feb. 12. -Dr. William Flower Is on his way from Florida-to bo present at the signing of the papers which will give his wife $30,000,(00. a fifth of tho $150.0.COO estate left by Charles Lockhart, tho Standard Oil magnate, who practically practical-ly disinherited Mrs. Flower because of her elopement with tho dentist In March. 1903. By tho determination of the four heirs of Charles Lockhart to form a pool of J30.COO.0OO for their sister and thus avoid litigation, tho vast holdings In Standard Stan-dard Oil and other stocks will bo kept Intact and the Integrity of one of the greatest estates In tho world thus preserved. pre-served. Father's Will Defeated. Even tho men of vast wonlth who keep In touch with the great fortunes of the day were astounded to learn that the Lockhart holdings amounted to n50,CO0,(XX). By an equal division each of tho children will draw Interest on $10,000,000, Invested In stocks which pay big dividends. Thus aro the wishes of the dead father defeated de-feated by his children, and the punishment punish-ment determined by him for the daughter who eloped with the man she loved mado naught. Met in Dentist's Chair. Elanoro Lockhart was tho ono of the live children who ran counter to her father's wishes In more ways than one. When tho elopement was a thing of tho past and forgotten, Mrs. Flower named her first born without a thought 01 ioiiow ing ino uiu iuukihu l cusiuiu ui christening the children with tho names of their forefathers. That aroused hl3 anger. It Is said and reopened lha breach made by the elopement with tho struggling strug-gling young dcntlct. A toothacho Is behind the romance of Dr. Flower and Elanoro Lockhart. Good-looklng. Good-looklng. young, with the build of an ath-loto, ath-loto, Dr. Flower set up an office In Pittsburg, Pitts-burg, to follow his profosslon nnd earn a living for himself. He Is a man of Intellectual In-tellectual attainments nnd soon obtained a vogue In tho social set of Pittsburg, but never camo within the sacred procinctg of tho Lockhart homo or those of their frlonds. , , , It was in tho dentist's chair that Mies Lockhart's first social lntorcoureo was had with tho man who was to be her husband. Tho tooth kept on aching, much to the discomfiture of Miss Lockhart and the partial sympathy of tho dentist. Liked the Dentist. The girl had a strong liking for Dr. Flower nnd perhaps visited him oftoncr than tho dental conditions called for but that was the only way nho could meet him. A few attempts to bring the dentist Into her homo to treat tho recalcitrant recal-citrant tooth failed to glvo him an entree to her home. The young man's prnles were sung to Mr. Lockhart. but there was never a word from him which might be lak'Mi ns an excuao for inviting Dr. Flower to tho home. Aided by His Sister. Dr Flower furnlnhed the first solution. Ho introduced Mlas Lockhart to his sister sis-ter Mcrcodc-rf. and whenever the two wished to meot Miss Lockhart would call on the sister That subterfuge worked without discovery on the, part of the father and was continued for some time. Then camo tho summer, and the Lock-harts Lock-harts left for their country homo at Spring Lake, N. J. Visiting thorn were William and Lewis Washington, sons of MaJ. James Barroll Washington of Now York. Wedding Takes Place. It was thought an attachment hnd sprung up between Lewis Washington and MIbs Lockhart, and society often linked their names Upon the return to Pittsburg Pitts-burg Miss Lockhart surprised all by proving that Lewis Washington was noth-ing noth-ing to her. Tho elopement was planned by the two interested parties, In conjunction con-junction with tho sister. Mercedes. A few friends were invited to tho "wedding, which took place at the homo of a Pittsburg Pitts-burg minister. Tho couple then left for Philadelphia. While they wero speeding eastward Mr Lockhart received word that his daughter had been married. Tho news was received In silence. Mr. Lock- nari taicing nis own counsel in true bcot-llsh bcot-llsh fashion. Dr. Flower and his wlfo wont to tho Walton, waiting for some word of forgiveness from him. but nono came. They then proceeded to New York, taking a suite at tho Fifth Avenuo hotel. Ignored by Fathor. The wedding was on March 2C, 1W3. The young couple remajned In New York for some time. They let Mr. Lockhart know from time to tlmo where thoy wore, but he paid no attention to their commu-nlcatlonB. commu-nlcatlonB. He announced to hie family then that ho would cut his daughter oft in his will. Mrs. Flower did not need the support of her father, oven to llvo In tho stylo to which sho was accustomed. accus-tomed. Tho birthday boforo tho elopement elope-ment had been graced by a present of $1,000,000 from her father All of the chll-dron chll-dron wore treated alike In this respect, largo Individual fortunes having been given lo them before tho death of tholr father Too Much for Father. It Is said the heart of Mr. Lockhart softened about a year ago, and ho was readv to forglvo his daughter. Then came the birth of the child, nnd It wns christened chris-tened without the name of Lockhart. That wao too much for the parent and ho had his will altorcd to meet his wishes. Mrs Flower was cut olT except for tho Incomo on J300.000. The four children, who will each contribute con-tribute S7.50D.OCO from their share In the estate are James IT, Lockhart, John M. Lockhart, Mrs. Janet W. McCuno and Mrs Leo Mason. On each quarter Charles Lockhart received $4,G6O,CO0 from his Standard Oil stock. Ho had J10.000.00D In str-amshlil stocks nnd largo holdings in glltedgc wpcurltlco. |
