The Forrest City times., 1903-06-05

good time"
Cehnda was touched. "You mean
well, but you're so ignorant. Sim
I'm not too ignorant to know
you're the prettiest girl in the Ottawa
valley"
You mustn't. I'm not girl, Sim.
| I'm widow"
If wishin' could have made you a
widow, you wouldn't have waited all
this time. He was a bad lot
He was" calmly aequiesced Ce-
linda. Most men are. That is why
! want the money to be independent
of them. wonder who bought my
house, SIM"
Il wonder"
IF you're very good, when 1 come
back III get you to manage things
for me"
I'D rather manage you" said the
| feryent SIN.
Don't be so familiar. Remember
I'm a great lady
Sim shrugged his shoulders. mo
uee sayin' nothin'?
NO use
i
you're layin' up heap of trouble for
| yourself"
when ] want you to get me out
of il. III tell you she said.
haughtily; and went into the house.
There was a big but unsympathetie
| procession TO see Celinda start from
the wharf next day. Four Cornerites
vaguely resented Celinda's airs and
| graees, and did not believe that she
would get the money. But she looked
so radiant and confident that even
the case hardened editor of The Four
| Corners Gazette offered to adopt
Club until she came back. Celnda,
haughtily conscious of the hostility
of her former friends, was coldly
distant, and rather resented Sims
accompanying her to Montreal.
But when the boat was slowly
"tugged' out from the wharf, and she
saw Sims handsome face receding in
the distance. Celinda, conscious of
certain misgiSings, took the radiant
| Club down to her cabin and cried
over him little. The story Of her
being the heireSs to the Fraser mil
lions was noised about all over the
ship. For the last two years Ceiinda
had industriously studied up the
family pedigree, and there was not
a flaw in the evidence. AS far back
as 1850 Fraser of Ochiltree's eldest
son had emigrated TO Canada. When
Fraser Of Oehiltree died his son had
never claimed his money, which pre-
sumably continued to accumulate.
| one of the Montreal papers said il
amounted to four millions. All Ce-
linda had TO do was 10 prove her
identity, and bring back the money.
She wanted to settle down in the
Judges house, and show people what
she thought of them. But when the
vessel got outside Quebec, Celinda
would have given all the Fraser mil
lions to be back at Four Corners.
But in time she recovered. Club
Che declined to be seasick) made vio-
lent love to the captain, whom he per-
sisted in looking upon as a parent.
greatly to that worthy's embarrass-
ment. He was a married man, and
told Club so; but Club only laughed
and gurgled, and wanted him to "tiss
mummy proposal which sent a
blush TO the young widows pretty
cheeks.
When Celinda reached Liverpool the
captain obtained permission from the
owners to take her up to town, and
leave his first officer in charge. &C.
linda had refused to marry the first
officer four times, the second officer
twice, the third officer thrice, but they
none of them bore malice, except 10
pity the captain fer being mar
ried man. You see" said the first
officer To his companion in misfor-
tune, we can afford TO look down on
him, because he's out of Unmarried
Now, if the widow comes back with
us for the return trip, we can GO on
proposing until she gets tired out and
takes one of us. 1t looked at first as
if the old man had the bulge ON us,
but You just wait until he goes home
and tells his wife all about it,"
II.
Sim Parker went into what had
NAiN' tNNh N''iiihd = pretty mousse. ana
gazed at il with an air of satisfaction.
Everything was just at it had been
before Ceiinda went away to fetch
the hypothetical four millions. Clubs
cradle, already aired, stood in one
corner. Sim gave il a thoughtful
push with his foot, and set il rocking.
Some interesting works of art on
the wall shone in fresh frames. The
rooms had been repapered and the
kitchen ceiling whitewashed. At the
sale Sim had been the only bidder
for five photographs of the late UNI
lamented Dick Marston. With a Ger
tain delicaey he took them into the
kitchen and put them in the stove.
as if he thought they would thus
rejoin the person whom they por-
trayed. The hired girl" wore a new
froek, presented to her by Sim. Ce-
hnda's little pig. no longer an out
east, in spite of his piteous entreaties,
had been scrubbed by Sim into a state
of pinky perfection. in case Club