Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-04-03
Contra P0rrazO.
~ Philip Firmin.

~ 4aeaE EHAhHs
winter climate Of California /.
delightful. especially at the great
y Balboa. but ever there clouds are
unknown. and storms occur at
e. Similarly the relationship be.
en- Colonel Talbot and his daughter
fphlne was said by their sentimen.
friends TO be a beautiful one, for
loved each other devotedly and
T. seldom separated: nevertheless II
Its periods OF disturbance when
y failed to agree and when each
IKE freely according to the family
rtom.
Tho colonel was . man OF large
ans. whose home was In an eastern
~. He had taken a suit OF rooms In
Balboa for the winter for a party
hich consisted of himself. his daugh.
n. aged %. and his sister. a matron OF
bout bis " age There was also a
maid.
The season was about half over when
the trouble between the colonel and
Miss Josephine began. The storm CEN
ter Mt the outset was q certain Harry
crandin. Some time later a second
area Of disturbance was created around
: widow. q Mrs. Bronson. but this was
declared by the colonel not to be a
genuine belli. but merely a coun-
ter irritant and an attempt to get up a
side Issue.
According to the material provided
&C that time on which to base a judg-
ment Harry Grandin was either q
handsome fellow. with exquisite man.
sers. who could talk to your very soul
snd whom all the other girls wanted.
or be was a pestiferous nuisance that
no n knew anything about. a fortune
hunter most likely. who should be run
on the place II the colonel had his way
about It. And the widow. from the
same sources. was either a sly. design
ing creature that penciled her eyelasl-
Ies and pretended not to know that she
was flirting or she was an estimable
person. who minded her own affairs
and was nothing to the colonel nor he
to her and who ought not to be drag
Ged into this matter.
1T Gems very strange" said Joseph
inc. that the person | love hest In all
the world. my own father. Is the only
n that thinks I am Il perfect fright"
II don't think anything OF the kind"
cried the colonel Indignantly. You
are an exceptionally handsome woman.
az your mother was before you. and I
know 1t ms well as-as you do" He in-
ished with a grin.
Then why do you always assume
that every man who pays me the slight
est attention does so merely because Of
your money! She beamed on him as
one does who has scored.
81 don't assume it Of every one be-
gan the colonel.
THAT Is not rich and bald and stu
pid."
my dear" said the colonel solemnly.
there are some things In this world
that your old dad knows a little more
about than you do. and money Is one
of them. There are two parts to get
ting rich. One Is to make money. and
the other Is to hold on to 1t. The first
of these is easy enough. but the second
IL deadly hard. Who was the English
man who said that whenever he woke
up In the morning In the city Of Paris
and suddenly remembered that the
place contained. according to police
statistics. over 10000 people who
would rob him If they got a chance it
threw him into a blue funk? Now, !
have some money. | admit There Is
enough. to allow Is to take life easily
and to do pretty much as we please
within reason. have put 1t In the
best possible shape to leave to you
when | pass out. But how long do you
think it will all last II some ~rascally
young s%pendthrift should have a
chance at 1t as your husband? So
would rather suspect 80 innocent ones
than have you caught on the hundredth
one who would play the mischief with
your happiness"
You must be pretty well through
with the 90" said Josephine.
Like enough" said her father. 'In
that case our young friend Grandin
must be the hundredth that 10 specially
to be looked out for"
Now. to go back to the point from
which this talk started" said Joseph
inc. 81 believe | told you that there
was to be a fishing party tomorrow and
that Mr.. Grandln asked Aunt Harriet
and me to go. What do you thinkT
DO just as you please about It." said
the colonel. you can't lure me into
%forbidiing things so as to make It In
teresting- | am merely giving you q
little tip. Dodie, my dear. because |
love you"