Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-02
THE soUArrzles DAUGHTER


general merchandise, at small frontier
| point In h tnsas. They we've cousrs and
young men In their twenties. both moder.
ately we'll TO do and both quite hand
some.
Before coming to Kan'as Frank and
Il Ike bad met a young lady who was at
Guiding school 10 their home town in
0 rio. The young lady's name was Gray
son, and as he was both beautiful and ac-
compliOhed the young men fell Desperate
II in love with her. For several weeks
they each paid attention TO her and
though she treated them both kindly il
soon became apparent that she had de-
CT ded preference for Frank
Then the young men came west with
their small capital and started themselves
in business, aud during the year their
store had betn in existence they had done
we'll
Ole night after the trado was over and
the customers had gene away Frank
said:
81 received some welcome news to-
day
wv at is it?' Ike asked.
81 have letter rom certain little
girl--you know who-aud she saws she is
coming out to this part of the country to
live
What" 3 Ike exclaimed Miss Gray.
son coming here?
That just what size writes in her let
ter, " Franz replied. ''Says her father is
some W, hre in this section now looking
up claluI, and az soon as he gets locattd
and puts up housc she and Il Q balance Of
the family will cou 10 him. s. sup
poe they be here about fall
Trere was sal. troubled look in
,kes face, and for little while he gazed
silently at the floor. Ii was plain the
subject was not pleasant one to him and
that a sore spot in his heart had been
touched, But finally he sp Ike In quiet
steady voice, saying;
" That is welcome news 10 you Frank,
surely, and congratulate Won.
81 think have re' N to b. congratu
lated, y Ike" sail Frank. Alice is q
woman t. eproud Of, and know she
loves me.
Yes, think she doe'," replied Ike.
~ m certain Of it.-Has she--evei-
Ever what2' Frank questioned, seeing
thai Il ke was not going or.
"E,er promised 10 marry you
No, not exactly Frank admitted;
but I'm sure It's all right. don't think
she would come out here but for thai"
Perhaps not, said Z 'ke. You will
help her father 10 get claim. of course?
"Why, yes, Iii do what can for him
But aside from the river claim Down
there, | cent figure out anything worth
having right near this Toe good land is
all taken up except that one piece, and !
want that my ,ejf. y
"But you have no right to it, Frank,
and you can't hold it if some settler dis
puies the matter with YOU.
Il know that, but We held it a year ~
biutting, and I'll cont nue. to hold 1t that
way
|W-ll, you wcu'dn't attempt to bluff
Miss Grayson's father, would you2'
II don't know. I'd like 10 accOmmc-
date him for her sake, bit Ia rather keep
that claim for her and mv,elf.
just at that moment the elatler OF
hofse's feet was heard without and little
later man rode up to the store and is
mounted. lie was a settler from the river
district.
why Ike, slid z.ke, you re out late
10 night.
Yes, said the settler, rather late
But came for he doctor
"Who's sick p Frank asked
81 don't know the man He's a strang.
or who squatted on the river claim to v
was no the river this morning, and lid
ing back across the claim, saw a covered
w. gon by he timber. S went down
that way to see what it meant, and wi en-
got there | found q man in tue wagon
down with malaria. II seemed to be in
bad fix and thought b, ought to have
a doctor
The doctor had gone out in the country,
but within a half hour he returned and
imm' ately lie ard Ike set Of to visit the
,quatter.
Nov that beats the nation Frank
said, as SION as they were gone, Il won
der VII the old chap Is that's had the gall
ID FqUat on my claim
ii don't know, SAID 3 Ike; II wonder
if he's needy.
All, suppose he Is, replied Frank,
coldly Those squ1tters are nearly al
wa, sick and needy
81 suspect we shout have gone down
there with Ike aud the doctor to see Il
there wasn't something zee cou d do for
the man. Il Ike said. Like as not be Is
out of provisions.
"Wtp, let him be out, said Frank
ut ISM my business 10 trot around feed
ing men who jump my claim. I'm going
down tn, re tomorrow, but I'm not going
to ii qnire about bis health. / IN going to
give MIN oricrs TO move on as soJn as ne
Is able 10 drive.
II wouldn't do il, Frank. 1t Isn't right.
You have no title to The claim il that man
wants 70 enter ii he has q rlght 70 do 10.
'.Ob, so far as the law Is concerned he
mas a right TO it. Of course, Bu' I've
selected that claim and propose to have
it"
'.Do you think Alice Gayson would in
dorse such an act al you propose, FrankY
why wouldn't SD.
Suppose her father was sim larly sltu-
ated and some one drove him q. ID you
think sbc would be pleased!
Nc, suppose not. But that's a
different thing.
Not bit of il. rs inst thu same
thing, only it would be different OK that