Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-07-03
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! THE FRASER MILLIONS /
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81 6MPUDENCE, | call it." said the
fair young widow Marston, when
you know start for London to-
morrow Marry you. Sim Parker.
You. Why, | may be a 1adyship' be-
fore l come back with all that money"
You may. Some folks lows as you
mayn't," said Mr. Sim Parker. totally
unmoved by Celinda's scorn. you've
sold up everything
Everything" said Celinda. decided
ly. Everything. even the COW and the
the pig. Club cried for the pig; but
the cow and the pig We're sold in one
lot because they're such friends
But s'posin," delicately> limited Sim
"when you gets to London there amt
nothin' in this yer yarn about them
millions?"
Il can't suppose anything of the
sort. No one but "a grounding like
you, Sim, would think of such a
thing
Il may be grounding -groundhogs
is very good eatin' when you can't git
nothin' else-but you're spendin all
the money you've got, after you've
paid off the late lamented's mortgage,
Jess to fetch theseyer millions. How
do you know they're yours?"
How do | know? Sim Parker, you
make me tired. IL feel it, | tell me-
Wasn't my maternal great-grandfather
Fraser; and haven't | all the papers
proving my descent from the Frasers
of Ochiltree? There's matter of four
millions waialng for me. Pounds
mind you, not paltry dollars. All
have to do is to go over to London
walk into the Bank of England. say.
I've come for the money and they'll
give 1t to me straight off, or I'll know
the reason why. | reckon to stay Just
two days in London, and then home
again. | want to buy the Judges place
when | come back"
You're goin' to take the baby with
you?"
"Chub? or course take the darling
with me. Yl don't suppose I'd go
without him.
And you won't take me?"
''To London, or marry your
Both"
Neither, thank you. | don't think
you could live up to the Fraser mil
lions"
A..ta fAlIy Iycf .,aI-a y
delicately limited Sam, with theseyer
high-falutin' notions of yours. They're
glad you're goin'."
The youthful widow turned upon
him with a glorious light in her beau
tiful black eyes. ''And you, Sim?
You're-you're not glad?"
"See that tree?" asked Sim, pointing
to an ancient rock elm which leaned
crookedly against the side of Celinda's
pretty little house-the house she had
just sold.
"Of course l do, What has that got
to do with it?''
you'll find ME leanin' agin 1t when
you come back; that's all" The young
fellows blue eyes impressed her with
q sense of power. Her own fell be-
meath his masterful gaze.
"Croak away" she said, scornfully
"If I've need of you when | come
back, I'll ask for your forgiveness"
'Thatll do me-" said the imperturb-
able Sim. "Thatll do me, your-your
ladyship."
Her ladyship" made him pretty
courtesy, and held the infant Club,
aged two and half, more closely to
her. You'll be lord when we get the
money" she said, ecstatcally, to that
sleeping cherub; land I'll dress you
up with gold crown
Take my advice, sonny said Sim
TO the interesting Infant, land don't
have nothin' to do with IT, You'll
have a heap more fun with the pig. |
washed him a-purpose yesterday He
laboriously produced document from
his pocket. I've brought you let
ter"
"What for?'
ITS for big Canadian lawyer set
tied in London-Hlram Gould. I've
sent him fifty dollars and told him TO
give you show for the money!
You dared TO do that!'
"Of course. | reckoned you wouldn't
take me along. Somebody's got to
take you round and give you good
time"
Celinda was touched. you mean
well, but you're so ignorant, Sim
"Tm not too ignorant to know you re
the prettest girl in the Ottawa val
ley"
"You mustn't. I'm not a girl, Sim.
I'm a widow"
IF wishin' could have made you
widow, you wouldn't have waited all
this time. He was bad lot
"Ue was" calmly acquiesced Celin-