FACE 4
HALSEY ENTERPRISE
JAN.
19. 1922
w hich a ll my hopes were burled. Now
sand
o f the treasure-cave
taking home to her.
and
was
Chinees themselves became active
and today individual landholders
have dug wells probably equal in
number to those dug by the Red
Croes.
Its purpose Is q u ite d iffe re n t; It Is to
O nly, she m ust le t me keep Crusoe.
” 1 ta ke I t you are not w a n tin g com­
be my b ride ’s chest and hold the d ow ry
F o r th e re rem ains th e q uestion o f
troublesome one«."
pany, you have come so f a r o u t o f th e
w hich I sh a ll b rin g to one D ugald please.
what became o f the ow ner o f the
The Spaniard ami led.
[THE END.]
Shaw.”
w ay o f If,” said D ugald Shaw.
sloop. H is fin a l p re p a ra tio n s fo r le a v­
"T h e n answ er y o u r own question.
S till I did not look op.
“ You mean the chest— the chest th a t
ing the Island had e vid e n tly been
These men, w h ile unlo a ding a contra-
VVilliam Sproule, president of
“ Nobody seemed to w a n t m e," I re­
held the Spanish doubloons— th a t lies
made, h it possessions rem oved fro m
Launched Tward Self help
l and cargo In a p o rt o f M exico. near
m arked s u lk ily , a fte r a pause.
He
under the sand In the sloop?"
the
Southern Pacific com pany,
the
but,
p
ro
v
is
io
n
*
fo
r
th
e
voyage
tlie southern border, grew too m erry
made no reply, h u t seated h im s e lf up­
“ E xa ctly. A nd now I shall know
I m p o r t a n t as was th e p re a e u ta - say s:
The railroad are perm uted
brought on board the sloop—and then
In n wineshop, and let It be known
on the rocks. F o r a lit t le there was
w hether you are the tru e p r in ts o r f
o( gfiO m ile, of excellent high- under the transportation act io
he had vanished. W hat bad befallen
w here they were bound when again
silence.
•
uot, because he a lw a ys succeeds In the '
him ? D id the gold c a rry w ith It some
they p u t to sea. T he news, a fte r some
tasks he undertakes to w lu the p rin - w a y Io th e g o v e r n m e n t o f v n f ' ■■ earn a return unit upon the v t ll
“ V irg in ia ,” he said a b ru p tly , “ I'm
One plays, as It
of so much of their properties as 18
delay, fo u n d Its w ay to o u r ca p ita l. , deadly Influence?
th in k in g you have h u rt th e la d ."
cess.”
,hv i |le American Red Cross at t e
Were, w ith th is Idea. Im ag in in g the so
A t once the navy o f the re p u b lic was
’ used >n
in M
the
I. was low tide, such a Ode as had J , c , U tlo n o f „ » f a m in e r e lie f op-1
ia t transportation
r a n s p o r t . , . . m business.
o u ...,e ^
“ O h,” I hurst out, " th a t Is a ll you
m elancholy and bloody h is to ry o f these
dispatched to Investigate the m atter.
a ll but lured me to my death In ’ »•« ' e a io n g ()f
j j f [10t g re a te U n - ; Bhc* u m t h 's v a lu e is f ix e d b y th e
th in k o f—the lad. the la d ! How about
old
doubloons.
How
,
In
the
firs
t
place,
“ On th e way here I put in at Pana­
me? Don t you suppose It h u rt me,
cave. One could go and come from
)Ct) „
e ffe c t of ihe
c m .A i. re s 0 n il ,1
ma, w here ce rta in In q u irie s were sat­ had he found them ? T h ro u g h chance toot”
the beach along the rocks, without *
*
.
p
, I talk about earning*
g< on w atered
—by fo llo w in g some a u th e n tic clue?
plishm
ent
upon
the
C
ulna
people
is fa c to rily answered.
T here
were
"T h e re , lassie, there, don’t c ry I” he
c lim b lg g the steep path up the c liff.
stock or inflated values means
And then, In the moment o f Success,
those In th a t p o rt who had m a d e a
.
said g e u tly
"T h e boy d id n 't speak o f
It was not long before D ugald was them.-elvee.
he disappears— pouf !”
A ud Senor
shrew d guess a t the d e stin atio n o f the
The work has ta u g h t the Chi-1 “othmg,
It, o f course. B u t I knew h o w jt m ust
back again w ith spade and pick. Me
Gonzales,
disposed
o
f
the
unknow
n
by
p a rty w h ich had shipped on the Rufus
piov-i
he. I t has h it him hard, I am a fra id .”
to re o ff the shrunken, sun-dried boards neae people in the famitt-
S m ith, I then pursued my course to. blow ing him a ir ily fro m the tip s o f hla
“ 1 suppose," I wept, “ you w ould
fro m the estyin roof, and fe ll to w ork. i i. es i h a I i o n o ,
e . .
fingers.
Leetcard. B ut a d m it, m y frleuds, that
have hud me m a rry nlm w h e th er I
I t was not, a fte r a ll, a labor o f H e r­ ventahle.
iv taugut them In al
■However, we have the treasure—
I have n o t by my a r r h a l, caused you
• i
w anted to o r not. Just to keep fro m
cules. The cabin was sm all and the they can do for themselves th at S tstra in 1921
the m ain point, Is it not? H ut I have
any m a te ria l loss il-o-ept th a t I have
m eeting m e lt iix
1 h u rtin g him ?”
chest large. I watched w ith the p ride winch ia necessary to preveut a re­ COO, (XX) of
u n fo rtu n a te ly been com pelled to pre­ j o fte n wondered— "
“ N o ," he answered q u ic k ly . “ I d id
o f p ro p rie to rs h ip the s w ift ease w ith cur re dee of the disasters th at are as charges for the year.
" I f you w ould lik e to hear the rest
sent you to yourselves in the charac­
; not say th a t— 1 d id not say th a t I
which the steel-sinewed arm s o f the
o
f
the
s
to
ry
,”
said
M
r.
Shaw,
"w
e
a
te
old as C hina herself. A good sys­
te r o f— at soys the young la d y— p i­
j w ould have had you m a rry him . No,
Scot made the caked sand fly. Theo
in
a
p
o
sitio
n
to
e
n
lig
h
ten
you.
T
h
a
t
Th e H un gry L o ver!
rales—madam, 1 speak tin d e r correc­
1 lass, I d id not say th a t.”
the spade s tru c k som ething w hich sent tem of transportation is the most
we are so, is due e n tire ly to th is young
“ T on n e men seldom hide ’ he t f>-el
tio n — I have done you no In ju ry , eh?
effective
harrier
against
fam
ine
in
“ T hen w hy are you scolding me?”
back a d u ll m e ta llic sound th ro u g h the
Indy. Miss V irg in ia H a rd in g .”
Ir^ s when v io le n tly a’ trn e 'e t ,t,.- -b,
And th a t fo r the sim ple reason that
China
' I asked In a choked whisper.
m ufflin g sand.
T lie S paniard rose and made obeis­
not appear to know when 'h e
re
you have not discovered w hat yuu
“
Scolding
you?
I
was
not.
I
t
was
Ouce
shown,
the
Chinese
a
re
1
gave
a
lit
t
le
sh
riek
o
f
excitem
ent.
ance p ro fo u n d ly.
He resum ed hla '
lo o kin g n t a wom an as though they
sought, hence cannot be required to
j
only th a t— th a t I love th e lad— and I
H
a
rd
ly
could
I
have
been
more
th
rille
d
quick
to
grasp
new
ideas
and
self-
i scat, prepared to lis te n — no longer the j
could eat her.” — F rom “ T h e Sleeping
su rre n d e r It.”
' wish you both so w e ll— I th o u g h t per-
I f I had hellevtgl the chest s till to con­ h e lp is somewhat of a new idea.
governm ent officia l, but th e co rd ia l
F ire ,” by W. E. B Henderson.
We looked a t one a n o th e r d o u b tfu l­
| haps there was some m istake, and— It
ta in the treasure o f which It had been W ieli the operations of the Red
and Interested guest and frie n d .
ly The am biguous w ords o f the Span­
: would not m a tte r about me, I f I could
ravished. I t was fille d to Its brass-
T he story, o f course, was a long !
Cross closed, m any Chinese, both
ia rd, the som ething hum orous and
see you both happy.”
bound lid w ith romance, i f not w ith
one. E verybody took a hand In th e j
vernm ent offieia's and leaders iu
m ocking w hich lay behind Ills courtly
“
T
h
e
re
Is
a
m
istake
,”
I
said
c
le
a
rly
.
te llin g , even Cookie, who was sum­
m ariner, p u t us q u ite In the dark.
' UA t length, kneeling before il I Ie »« unities ge erallj, naw waya
" I t Is a gre a t m istake, D ugald Shaw,
moned fro m Ills re tire m e n t In th e
“ Señor
Gonzales,”
replied
the
,, eXlbiiditig highway construction
raised w ith an e ffo rt the heavy lid .
kitch e n to receive th e g lo ry due him , th a t you should come to me and c o u rt
Scotchm an, a fte r a m om e n ta hesita­
me— fo r some one else."
“ E m pty, o f course— no m ore brow n a (I irrigation facilities to safe­
as a successful stra te g ist. The Jour­
tio n , “ It is tru e th a t so fa r on ly a
T h e re was silence fo r a w hile, th e
hags. But oh, D ugald, had ever a g irl guard them in the future.
nal o f Peter was p ro d u ce d ,-a n d t h e '
n e g lig ib le am ount o f what we came to
kin d o f silence when you hear y o u r
such a w o n d e rfu l bride 's chest as this?
Perhaps this is dem onstrated
hags
o
f
doubloons
handed
over
to
the
fliid g tia s rew arded us. lin t 1 cannot
O— oh I”
nowhere better th a n in the prov­
rep re se n ta tive o f the lit t le republic. heartbeats.
In honesty concedí from you (hut we
W hen he spoke h is voice was un ­
“ W h a t’s wrong?”
I even ottered to resign the s liv e r shoe,
ince of Chihli, where the Red
know w here to liwik fo r th e rest o f It,
steady.
“ Nothing, only there Is a crack In
buckle w hich I had fo u nd In the secret !
Jross dug 3562 wells for irrigation
and th a t we hud c e rta in ly expected to
“
B
u
t
the
boy
has
e
v
e
ry
th
in
g
to
o
ffe
r
th
e
bottom
,
ru
n
n
in
g
a
ll
the
way
along
locker on the Isla n d Queen, b u t th is
leave the Island w ith It In o u r posses­
l»urp
as a mv.i « irct. in l. .
you—
his
ancient
name,
his
splendid
where
It
Joins
the
side.”
excess o f honesty received Its due re­
sion.”
lor
agricultural
Use vast santl,
unstained
youth,
a
h
e
a
rt
th
a
t
Is
a
ll
“ W arped a h it, I suppose. N o m at­
ward.
M . F r e n c h & S o n s
The d a rk Ind olen t eyes o f o u r vis ­
ire a s along an old bed of the Y e|.
lo y a lty . He Is stro n g and brave and
ter, It can be easily repaired— eruck?
“
The
doubloons
being
now
I
d
the
ALBANY
OREG.
ito r grew suddenly keen. H a lf-ve ile d
1 w iver.
Inspired by the sue.
I say, lassie, look h e re !"
possession o f the Sautu M urin a n na­ b e a u tifu l. V irg in ia , w hy c o u ld n 't you
by the heavy lashes, they searched the
love him ?”
Under the pressure o f D ugald's An­
ese
of
the
American
proj’ect,
the
tion.
I
beg
th
a
t
you
w
ill
consider
as
face o f D ugald Shaw. It seemed th a t
“ 1 could not love h im ,” I replied,
gers the flo o r o f the chest was s w in g -
yo u r own the Island Queen and a ll It
w hat they found In th a t hold and open
very low , "because my love was not
lu g upward od an in v is ib le hinge. Be­
may
c
o
n
ta
in
,"
said
Don
E
n
riq
u
e
to
countenance satisfied them. I lls own
mine any m ore to give. I t belongs to
tween it and the tru e bottom was a
me
w
ith
us
m
ugnlflcent
an
a
ir
as
face cleared again
——some one else. Is h is name an­ space o f about three Inches in depth
though tlie sand fille d hu lk o f a
” 1 th in k we speak at cross purposes,
cient? I don’t know.
I t Is his, and
It seemed to be Ailed w ith a la y e r of
wrecked sloop were re a lly a choice
M r. Shaw,” he said courteously, “ and
he ennobles It. C u th b e rt has youth,
yellowed c o tto n w o o l.
th a t we may b e tte r understand each j g ift to bestow on a young woman.
In the
F o r a long m om ent we held our
Plans were discussed fo r tra n s fe r- j hut youth Is on ly prom ise.
"other. I am going to te ll yon n lit t le
rin g the p ira te s fro m the cave to the man I love I And fu lfillm e n t. And be breath, gazing at each o th e r w ith eyes
sto ry
A t about th is season, tw o years
Is lo ya l and brave and houest— 1 am
w hich asked the same question.' Then
ago, tlie navy o f Santa M arina, the i u tte r, fo r they w ere to be taken to a fra id he Isn 't b e a u tifu l, b u t I love Dugald lifte d a co rn e r o f the sheet of
same w h ich now lies o ff the Island, | Santa M arin a to in se t w h a te ve r p u n ­ him the b e tte r fo r his scars— ”
cotton and plucked It away.
ishm ent wus th o u g h t fit f o r th e ir ru th
was m a kin g a voyage o f Inspection j
A fte r th a t I sat q u ite s till, and I
er In d e fin ite Ill-d o in g . T he y hud not ,
A t once a ll the hues o f the rainbow
along the coast of th e republic.
It
m urdered us, they had robbed us o f ! knew It depended on the next h a lf seemed to be flashing and s p a rk lin g
C.
was decided to Include Leew ard In
m in ute w h e th er I w e n t a ll the days o f
n o th in g h u t th e p ro visio n s they hail
before us. • Rubles were there like
th e cruise, as It bad been u n vlslte d fo r
e a te n ; they had, a fte r rfll, as much I
g reat drops o f the blood th a t the ches,
a considerable tim e. I hold no naval
rig h t on tlie Island as ourselves. Yet
nnd its treasure had w ru ng fro m the
ra n k —Indeed, we are not a se a farin g
there rem ained th e ir high-handed con
hearts o f m e n ; sapphires, m irro rin g
people, and the ca p tain o f La G olon­
duct In Invading o u r cam p nnd tre a t
the blue o f the tro p ic s k y ; em eralds
d rin a Is a person fro m Massachusetts,
lug us ns prisoners, w ith the threat
green as the Island v e rd u re ; pearls,
Jerem iah Bowles by name, h u t as the
o f d a rk e r p o ssib ilitie s. I fa n cy that
w h ite as the m ilk o f the coconuts and
re p re se n ta tive o f his excellency I ac­
Santa M arin u n Justice w o rks m ainly
s o ftly lum inous as the phosphorescent
com panied La G olondrina, tin our a r­
by rule o f thum b, and th a t the c o u rt!
loam w hich broke on the beach in the
r iv a l at Leew ard I came ashore In the
do not em barrass themselves much
•d a rkn e ss. And there were dlamond-i
bout, nnd fo u nd to my su rp rise a sm all
w ith precedents. O nly I hope th e y did
’ h a t caught gleams o f a ll the others'
sloop a t anchor In the cove
About
beauty, and then mocked them w ith a
Ihe clearing were the sign, of recent
P‘CtUre’M,ue Tony
a w a ll
m atchless splendor.
h a ld ta tlo n , yet I knew th a t the old
T h e . power-schooner, m anned by a
T here were nine heavy bracelets, a ll
G erm an who had had the copra con
crew from the c u tte r, was to he taken
je w e l-s e t; tw e n ty -th re e rings, e ig h t of
ce v.'o ti hero lot,I beet, gone fo r some
to Santa M a r la , also. Senor Gonzales
ihem fo r the hand o f a man. Some of
tim e. No one responded to o u r shouts
rem ained w ith ua fo r the day as our
these rin gs contained the finest o f tlie
and calls.
guest, and on th e next the hosts from
diamonds, except fo r th re e splendid
“ I tu rn e d my a tte n tio n to th e sloop.
the c u tte r took o ff th e p ira te s fro m the
unset stones. T h e re were num bers ol
In the cabin, besides a few elothes, I
cave.
We d id not see them again
elaborate old-fashioned earrings, tw o
fo u nd som ething th a t Interested me
T l,ro u g h the convenient e la s tic ity of
ro p e jik e chains o f gold adorned w ith
Santa M urin a n procedure, M r. Tubbs
Jewels a t In te rva ls, and several Jew­
" u s herded along w ith the rest, al
eled lockets. T he re was a solid gold
th o ug h he m ig ht p la u sib ly. If h yp o crlt
»nuff-hox. engraved w ith r coat of
j le a lly, have pleaded th a t he had com
arm s and ornam ented w ith seventeen
I ¡led w ljh the w ill o f the Invaders un
In e emeralds.
T he re were, besides
der duress
A u n t Jane wept very
i he th re e diam onds, e lg h ty -tw o unse'
much, am, handed tne I'aeans o f Pas
stones, am ong them , w rapped by Itse ll
slot, w ith tlie request th a t she m ight
In cotton, a rub y o f e x tra o rd in a ry size
O i l S t o v e s P ' 1 ’ ’ c*, * i Per than wood and an o il heater g ive s
ccm -
never see It again.
and lu ste r. A nd there was a so rt of
fo rt in a bedroom on a cold m o rn in g .
We p hi ted fro m Senor Gonzales not
coronet o r tia ra , sown a ll over w ith
K a n & re s
T h * housewife '» * » m uch e n title d to m odern
w ith o u t regret».
It was an Im pres
clear w h ite b rillia n ts .
&
equipm eut a t the g ra in grow er.
stve le a ve -ta kin g — Indeed. Senor Gon
O urs? Yes, fo r w h e th er o r not th e n
wil1 make y0,,r eyes last longer and
'ales In Ills h a s t w ord and gesture
>vere an In fe c tio n o f p ira c y In the
Dugald S haw Took Me in H i t A rm s
was Im pressive.
Also, he managed
very a l, o f the Island, so th a t to seize
su b tly and re s p e c tfu lly to Im p a rt to
w ith the h ig h hand, to hold w ith th,
my life crow ned and g lo rio u s w ith
me the know ledge th a t he shared
iro n grasp, seemed the la w o f life , wc
happiness,
o
r
b
u
rle
d
my
shame
and
n t l, ill's tastes It, the m a tte r o f h a ir
decided w ith o u t a qualm against the
On hla d e p a rtu re he made a p |4 tty l i t ­ h e a rtb rea k u n d er th e w a te rs o f the s u rre n d e r o f o u r tre a su re -tro ve to I t t
cove.
tle speech fu ll o f com plim ents and
te ch nical owners. T ech n ica l o n ly ; fo i
And then D u g a ld Shaw to o k me In
flo ra l specimens, and bestowed upon
! one fe lt th a t, In essence, a ll ta lk o'
hla arms.
me— as being m ine by rig h t, he earn
I o w n e rsh ip by th is man o r th a t ha,!
By and by he said h u s k ily :
••ally protested— the tw o bags o f Span
I long ago become Idle. F ate had held
"Beloved,
1
had
no
rig
h
t
to
ask
you
Ish doubloons.
the trea su re In fee to give o r to w ith
* a w w » w v s a a a a a a a » a a s • » » « « .
to share such a life as m ine ruuat be—
j hold.
Senor Gonzales had had hl»
•Sin. » th e above w as w ritte n , M r Shaw
the life o f a poor s a ilo r.”
haa run arrosa Tony an th e San F rancis
J chance a t the chest, and he had missed
A t th is I raised my head fro m Its
o w a te r-fr o n t Tony tslls him th a t thay
j the secret o f the hidden hoard, had
got off w ith th re e m onths' im prisonm ent
nestling-place and laughed.
I le ft It to lie fo rg o tte n u n d er the sand
I he A m erican consul In terested him self
"Ask me? S illy , I asked y o u ! O f j
u,d the schooner was restored to her
j
u n til In some tro p ic sto rm It should
♦
C
iwners, who were T a n y ’s relations and
course you could have refused me, hut !
hence did not prosecute
B efore the dis
I depended on yo u r not h a v in g the j I be en g ulfe d hy th v w a te rs o f the cove
■ h arg eA prisoners le ft the republic C ap
. M ore than th is, had he not roost spe
courage."
tain M agnus » » a slat.tied over a card
• « » » -b ^ .~ r^ -ir» -v -v -w v v v v v
V W U W V W JL S ?
c iflc a llv made o ve r to me the Island
game by a n a tiv e
M r Tubbs m arried
"And
Indeed
th
a
t
la
a
charge
I
'll
not
, w ealthy h a ll ta s te wom an, the owner
Queen ahd a ll th a t It contained? Thl«
o f a flne p la n ta tio n , but a p e rfec tly genu
a llo w — th a t I am so lit t le o f a man as
i was a title clear enough to s a tis fy the
ne M rs Tubbe fro m P eoria turned up 1st
io let my co u rtin g he done fo r me 1
er, and the too much m srrted I t H was
most e x a c tin g fo rm a lis t. A nd we were
••‘( h i t I t a V a ry In terestin g Story. Se
No, no. It was m,v love co m p e lling yon
bilged to a rh ie ta one o f hie over night
not fo rm a lis ts , n o r In clin e d In any
llltlln g e .
*
nor Gon»aie«.H
th a t made you speak the w ords yoi,
• Id— the love o f a selfish man who ( q u ib b lin g s p irit to question th e d r
As trea su re -h u n t
CHAPTER XX,
v * r y mn«’h n lar«»» hr«»« bound che*»
should have th o ug h t on ly o f sh ie ld in g I fre e s o f F ortune.
ers.
we
had
been
her devotees toe
o f hr iintlqiM* type *u<*h as te common
i ’OU fro m the hardships o f such a wan
•»ng.
The Bishop's Chest
aootigh In inv own country
lerlng. homeless life as m ine.”
So a f t - r a ll It was not m y s c o rn fu l
We w a ite d nine days fo r the coming
“ O f course I had heard o f ih o iuaiiv
“ H e ll, Heaven re w a rd you fo r you, i
o f the K u fu s S ntjfh
D u rin g th a t tim e
legends o f troHMiirc b u rle d ott I evwttrd
selfishness,” I said e a rn e stly. "1 an, 1 ske p ticism hut th e high fa ith o f M is s
an episode occurred as a resu lt of th a n k fu l you were not so noble as to I H lg g le sh v-B ro w n e w h ich was JustlllsC
island U o ii-x-q iii'iitl y 1 ws» soi ne hat
hy the event, and th e H U rdlng Brow ne
w hich I sat one m orning hy m yself on let me th ro w m yself a t your head II,
p re p a re d to Hud it, ithe < he«t. whn 1 Io
th e rocka beside the sloop, on w hich
f« 't 1 d id flm l the. ♦*. over « m il Hoi
In
I have been doing it fo r ever e xp e dition le ft the Island w e ll repaid
such ardent hopes hsd been centered, so long. In fa ct, b u t It la such a th ic k ! fo r Its to lls and perils. Plus th e tw o
d u lln ra in „ Id S p a til l*h coin*.
only lik e the d e re lict Its e lf to be Scotch head th a t I dare sav I made no hags o f doubloons, w h ich were added
"Theae coin», u til, ‘It tte te p«<•ked li,
wrecked at last. I t was a lonely spot
to th e spoils, the tre a s u re b rought u,
a tro tig v a in u s haga. u e rc, An yi mi tn v
Im pression.”
and I wanted to he alone.
I felt
fa n cy, very q u ic k ly trm tìsfcrred Io t he
"Sw eet Im p I Y o u 'll pay fo r th a t— a tu n , so goodly th a t I dare not nam,
IL fo r fe a r o f the a p p a ritio n o f Seno,
abused, and »ad, and sore. I realised °h, V irg in ia . I f I had o n ly som ethin»
■ u tte r
We did not tro u b le our.se \ v>
Gonzales and th e Santa M a rlm u , nav,
th a t I was destined to do n o th in g bnt to o ffe r y o u !”
w ith the un w ie ld y cheat, end h m
loom ing up to dem and r e s titu tio *
ha rm In the w o rld , and to h u rt people
m ains. I suppose, ini the eehlti o f tlte
"Y o n esn o ffe r me som ething th a t I
j
L ik e tru e comrades, we d lv ld e ,l shat,
I was fond of, and he m isunderstood t an
sloop, w hich 1 ohset \« m | A s
i
iBOfl
t very much. I f you w ill, and at no
hy
everyone,
and
to
liv
e
on
—
If
I
and
share
a
like
,
and
be
sure
th
a
t
n<
th e cove to hnve h«*en washed up upop
ost hut yo u r stron g rig h t a rm ."
w asn't lu cky enough to meet w ith a
" tie grudged C ookie th e p e n e n ta g .
th e rock«.“
“ I t I t an a rm w h ich Is at y o u r serv­ w h ich each was ta xe d fo r his henefl,
p
re
m
a
tu
re
and
sudden
end
In
to
n
“ T hia U a very In te re stin g *to ry
ice fo r lif e —hut what am I to .d o w ith
And now I come to the purpose o. I
soar, lonely, crabbed old age. when I
I E S R EA SO N S W H Y you ahoald «ave re g u la rly a pa rt o f y o u r »
Senor G otuale«,“ «aid O ig g ld S h l'v
It now? And Indeed I th in k It Is v e -
ocorne
th is s to ry — fo r though w e ll caicealed
w o u ld wish to goodness I had m arrie d
q u ie tly * am i mm you aay. /o u t *l»h
O ld Age
Y o u r Hom e
w e ll em ployed at th is m om ent "
Sickness
It
has
had
ope
fro
m
th
e
beginning
I
here ileprlve»* os o f nothin«. but m eie
s n y h o .tr and m ig h t even finish hy ap­
Y o tir Business
In v e » t" ,e n ti
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Insurance
ly saves us fu rth e r uttptofb»»hle labor
p ly in g to a M a trim o n ia l Agency.
more stre n u o u sly," I rem arked m n
V.ducaUou
A utw ç.obile
T ra v e l
-he
may
he i f » tin
,
m , w o rld , knov
W e are g ra te fu l to v«u.*'
As I sat n u rsin g these m elancholy
Ing a lit t le away. “ I f yon are to get me o f the fa te o f Peter, and to te ll be,
Character
th o u g h ts I heard a fo o tste p I d id not
T lie s p a n 'a rd bowed«
w h a t I w a n t Before yon came. I was th a t when she asks f o r them she Is t<
M ake y o u r dream» come t r e t Start now.
*Y o u do me too mm h honor. Rut
look up— f o r I knew th e footstep, I
m e d ita tin g possible ways o f g e tting It have my most cherished relic» o f th.
should have known It If It had trodden
as y«»u re m a rk, th e M ory ia lu te re a tln g
f o r m yself
I wanted It fo r a melon- island. P eter's Journal and the sllv
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