The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-09-01

MI. JuSllH ~. uye, VINO mas within
the past five years realized fortune of
fully a million dollars from his invest
ments in western mines and real estate,
proposes to erect magnificent house
on Gaynor HILL"
Martha looked at the title of the pa
per, and read, The Louisborough Ga
zette.
Its the town where father lived be-
fore he and mother were married. lam
sure that this Justin ID. Gye and the
man who signed his name to that note
are the same. And he is worth mil
lion dollars!"
She took her scissors and cut out the
lines she had read. Then she got an old
atlas and looked up the city of Louis
borough.
1T must be long distance from
here" she said, with sigh. If it were
only nearer, do believe I'd go and re-
mind Mr.. Gye of his promise to pay
and ask him if he thought it had been
'outlawed in the sight of God"
All day she pondered over what she
had read. Toward evening she had to go
down to one of the village stores. She
was passing a railroad station when an
idea suggested itself to her.
I'll go and ask the agent if he can
tell me how far it is to Louisborough,
and how much it will cost to go there
The information she received was
discouraging. 1t would cost at least
twenty-five dollars.
'And that is every dollar we have in
the world" said Martha. "Tll have to
give it up"
But the more She thought about it,
the less willing she felt to give up. On
the morning of the third day she said
to her sister:
"Ann, do you think that you and the
little boys could get along without me
for two or three days and nights If
got Jane Lewis. the seamstess, to come
in and stay nights with you?"
I'D rather have her than anyone
else. But where are you going, Mar
tha?"
I'm going to a place called Louis
borough on matter of business" said
Martha, with an air of Importance.
She would have liked to keep her
going a secret, but this was impossible
in little town like Osborne. By the
time she was ready to start the entire
village knew where she was going and
with what purpose. The general opin-
ion was that it was fools errand,"
but Martha was not to be moved.
1t took her a day and night TO go
to Louisborough. She had never been
in such large city, and the hurry and
hustle confused her. Some one in Os-
borne had told her to ask policeman
how to find Mr. eyes house, and when
she saw a blue-coated officer al one end
of the station platform, she VENT up to
him and said:
Can you tell me where Mr.. Justin d.
Gye lives?' =
HE lives three or four miles from
here, miss, but his place of business
isn't more than five minutes walk"
Il don't think that l want to go to
his house. want to see him on-on-
business"
Then you'd better go to his office.
Go right up this street until you come
to X street. Half a block down that
you'll come to big marble front build
ing. You'll find Mr.. eyes office in that
building. Take the elevator, and the
elevator boy will show you just where
il is"
Martha's timid, forlorn appearance
appealed to this big guardian of the
law, and moved him to be thus explicit.
1t was well for Martha that she did
not hear him say as she moved away:
"What can she want with old Gye?
If she's on begging errand, she'd bet
ter save her breath"
Martha easily found the marble
building, and her heart began to flutter
little when she saw shining brass
plate at the side of the doors, with the
name Justin ID. eye" on it in black let
tiers. Below the plate she read:
Rooms "a and 26.''
She did not take the elevator, but
climbed the marble stairway, and at
the head of the first fight she found
rooms "a and &c, with Mr.. eyes name
on both doors.
An almost irresistible impulse to flee
from the place and take the first train
for Osborne seized Martha. The very
atmosphere of the place chilled and de-
pressed her. It's marble splendor made
her realize her shabby appearance. Her
dusty, worn old shoes looked out of
place on the marble floor. The cheap
ness of her black skirt, her worn jack
ct and faded straw hat impressed itself
upon her. Her ungloved hand trembled
as she laid it on the shining brass door
knob.
In the room she entered, half a dozen
clerks were at their desks, and there
were other clerks in a room beyond.
A boy in livery came forward and asked
her whom she wanted to see.
"Mr. Gye," replied Martha.
lies busy" was the reply.
81 could watt" said Martha.
'Have you a card to send imp"
>"No." replied Martha, with blush.
you'll have to send in your name
first"
"My name is Martha COMBS"
The boy motioned toward three or
four chairs near the door.
"You can sit down and wait, and I'll
take In your N m a. when Mr. Gyn'c prac.