Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-10-04

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already dimly suspected, that Hiram
had mortgaged the farm months before
and invested the money In mining stock.
The mortgage was due and had not been
paid, and homelessness stared Mollie In
the face.
For few moments she was stunned,
but the natural courage that had borne
her through so many trials soon re-
turned to her, and with II q plan where
by she might save her inheritance from
the consequences Of her husbands folly.
She would run the farm herself and pay
of the mortgage with the proceeds.
1t may have been the tears in Mol
lies bright eyes-I have heard that
men do not like to see woman cry-or
it may have been something in her
earnest womanliness that commanded
attention to her pleading, but ut the
end Of an hour that hard old lawyer had
certainly promised that her plan should
have trial.
"I'll give you year, any way" no
said. IF find by that time that 1t
pays me we con see about letting 1t
stand. My client has been abroad for
some time, and leaves all such matters
in my hands, SO will promise you a
year. any way"
The very next day Mollie went to work
on the south lot She liked two sturdy
neighbor boys for small sum, for In
that part of the country bcys' work was
not worth much.
But these two soon found that II they
earned their wages and their good board
they must work for them. 1t soon be-
came q subject for much wonder and q
good deal of admiration among the men
that q woman could so manage q farm.
Never did the farm raise such crops as
it did that fall, and in spite OF the i'm
proven ents she thought necessary, Mol
lie paid her interest and q good round
sum down on the mortgage.
In the late fall. just before the Thanks
giving SHOWS covered the ground, Mol
lie received o morning call from two
str angers whose every movement was
full Of business. Their errand was soon
told. They had discovered coal on land
adjoining her farm and they wanted to
buy that part of the farm through which
they imagined the vein ran.
The price they offered startled her.
But Mollie had developed into fair
woman of business in these months, and
her first thought was: "If they'll pay
that, they'll pay more, and it's only the
south lot. that never would give de-
cent crop of any thing any way" II
they were some time agreeing on terms,
they did agree at last, and Mollie felt
with pride that they were not to her
disadvantage
The SHOWS fell and Thanksgiving
came and went, and then one day the
door opened and thin, STOPPING figure,
wet with the storm that ragged without,
came feebly in and sank into MS old
place before the fire.
Neither spoke. The anger thai
swelled to bursting in Mollie's heart
softly changed to pity as she watched
him. Whatever had been the expert
ences OF the last months-and Hiram
never told them-they had sadly
changed him for the time. At last he
raised his shrinking eyes.
.I've come back, Mollie," he said,
land didn't find the pot Of gold. I'm
ready to 20 to work now like man and
prove that can be worthy OF your re-
spect If never have been before"
Mollie disappeared for q moment In
/ GarVNa- II.
said, as she laid her handbook In his
hand, "there's the pot Of gold you've
been hunting for, and 1t was right in
the south lot all the time. just where
you did not want to go to work that
morning." she finished with a fearful
smile as she pressed kiss OF forgive
ness upon his lips.-Mrs. +. w. Bradley
in Detroit Tribune.
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