Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-01-24


up, what 90 you say TO lake trip to-
gether or some kind Of regular spree
with this money!"
II couldn't enjoy IT," said the right
eous Lillian.
mot unless you gave half to hos
pital," amended another.
"Oh, don't know" dissented Geor-
gia. ~ think my conscience would take
in trip TO Mackinac."
Good for youl" replied Meta, as she
rolled up her wealth and put on her hat
"We'll spend II all for gum II we want
to, Georgia; and we won't treat them.
either-see II We dol"
They didn't see her again for three
weeks, and then she came flying into
luncheon at Lilian's with look in her
eyes as II she'd just fallen heir 10 mil
lion in gold.
"I'ye had the loveiest experience in
the worldl" she announced. "You re-
member that money found? Well, J
waited few days, rs Unc.e Mac said
and no one advertised the .oss; 80 pu
one in myself. Told them 10 addrcss y
the newspaper Office, you kncw-iht
way they do. Nest morning wen
down TO get the returns Thtre we,
nine answers. and of all the pathetic
thingsi Not one Of iht people wA'
wrote had lost their money On the day
or at the place founa mine, but they
were just as hopeful, for all that, and
they actually made me feel responsible
for their losses.
First there was a man who had
dropped a small, fiat, black book, with
pawn ticket, a laundry bill and two
two-dollar bills in It. And distressed
over Ill You'd think he'd lost gold
mine. And he was so sure twas his
money I'd found-poOr fellow Then
woman poured ont q whole sheetful
of her heart, and drew picture OF The
purse she'd lost. and tod me how the
money In It bel netd TO her sister,
who was In the hospital and who need
ed It dreadfully, and how I'D be blessed
forever IL ! only restored II. Next
th5TU -a- an old man who had dropped
two $50 bills, and he went on in a
shaky, feeble hand to explain that the
reason he was carrying II was because
he couldn't trust the banks; and then
another girl, who told about an alli-
gator-slin pocketbook containing a
latehkey and a time pass over the Gin
cinnati, jackson a. Mackinac road.
When showed that TO Uncle Mac after
ward he said that road was regular
joke, because II didn't run to any of the
places mentioned in its name, and he
just shouted over the pass, because
IL had expired September 30, 1897. But
It wasn't funny to me. | thought the
girl must be in sad way to be hang
ing on TO an expired pass over road
like that for three whole years. Be
sides. she mentioned In postscript
that there was a fiye-dollar bill in her
purse.
81 got awfully worked up over those
letters. Then, suddenly, | had n bril-
liant idea. just made up my mind to
wait a week and then, II no one claimed
that $50, to send for all those forlorn
people aud pay them what they had lost
out Of what had found. didn't dare
tell Uncle Mac the scheme until the
week had passed and had really writ
ten notifying them al, to be at his Of
fee at ten o'clock this morning Then
| just gave him the news all In one
piece | don't believe In breaking
things, especially when you've set your
heart on doing them. Oh, he thought
] was crazy, OF course, and wished he'd
answered my 'Ad.' himself and c'am,d
the money. Said he could have done
II through some one else so ! would
never have suspected. and then could
have kept the money for mo unit, IA
NJ OF sentimental foolishness Eao
passed oif-and all that sort OF u.
Hut the end Of 1t was that he too.
chair over by the window In his ot
flee and let me have thingsall my own
way with the people had sent for.
They all came, mind you, and Of an
the surprised-lookng beiupsl Each
one was expecting to find the idputica
purse he had lost, and at first every
one looked suspicious Of everyone else.
They couldn't seem to grasp the situa-
tion.
81 had the money all changed into
the right amounts and lying In tempt.
| ing little heaps ON Uncle Macs dtsk.
First | made a little speech and then
| served gold and silver Refreshments
II took every cent OF the moary. and
| had to put In a dollar besides, so
there goes our gum, Georgia, hut you
wouldn't grudge it II you'd been there.
Such larksl never f,lt So much lkt
q henehcent fairy In my lie Oh. dear
-tunl NaudevilleS are nowhere mt
SAY the man who lost the pawn ticket
will never get over his grudgc against
me because couldn't give that back
| He thinks I've ,ost him "a toruut' But
the rest were more than sweet Girls.
I've been blessed and hugred. aud the
old man with the two SEQ gold Itcrs
actually kissed my hand Think utthlt
will you' And the woman with the
sister In the hospital was so hlppNl
And | cried. Me CRYING can YOU see
itg And Uncle Mae needn't pretend
he wasn't wipiug his own eyes, either,
But when they were gone he squared
around at me, stern as stern, and said.
In a diSgustcd way;
"'Wen, OF all the girlygirly per
formaucesl'
~ looked straight back at him and
Just said; How would YOU have girl
Uncle Mae, II not girly9 Do You want
me NANNY" And honest fact, he
didn't know single thing what to
say.'-Chicago Daily Record.
Hostess On Parade.
what was IL Myrtil,a did that was SO
drcadful2"
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