Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-07-03

for me-
I'D rather manage you." said the
fervent Sim.
Don't be SO familiar. Remember,
I'm a great lady"
Sim shrugged his shoulders. mo
use sayin nothin'T"
NO USE"
Sims lips worked little. "Celinda,
you're layin' up heap Of trouble for
yourself"
When | want you to get me out of
it. I'll tell YOU" she said, haughtily,
and went into the house.
There was big but unsympathetic
the wharf next day. Four Cornerltes
vaguely resented Celinda's airs and
graces, and did not believe that she
would get the money. But she looked
so radiant and confident that even the
casehardened editor of the Four Cor
ners Gazette offered to adopt Club un-
til she came back. Celinda, haughtily
conscious of the hostility Of her for
mer 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, Cellnda, conscious of
certain misgiyings, took the radiant
Club down to her cabin and cried
over him a little. The story of her
being the helress to the Fraser mil
lions was noised about all over the
ship. For the last two years Celinda
lndustrously studied up the family
pedigree, and there was no flaw In the
evidence. AS far back as 1850 Fraser
of Ochiltree's eldest son had emil
Ochlltree died his son had never
claimed his money, which presumably
continued to accumulate. One of the
Montreal papers said that 1t amounted
to four millions. All Cellnda had to
do was to 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 Fra
ser millions to be back at Four Cor
ners.
But In time she recovered. Club
The declined to be seasick) made yio-
lent love to the captain, whom he per-
sisted in looking upon as parent,
greatly to that worthys embarrass-
ment. He was a married man, and
told Club SO; but Club only laughed
and gurgled. and wanted him to "tlss
mummy"-a proposal which sent q
blush to the young widows pretty
cheeks.
When Celinda reached Liverpool the
captain obtained permission from his
owners to take her up to town, and
leave his first officer in charge. Ce-
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 to
pity the captain for being a married
man. You see," said the first officer
to his companions in misfortune, I'VE
can afford to look down on him, be-
cause he's out of Unmarried Now, IL
the widow comes back with us for the
return trip, we can go ON proposing
until she gets tired 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,"
Sim Parker went into what had once
been Celinda's pretty house and gazed
ut il with an air of satisfaction. Ev-
erything was just as 1t had been be-
fore Celinda went away to fetch the
hypothetical four millions. Chub's
cradle. already aired, stood In one cor
ner. Sim gave II IA 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 photo
graphs of the late unlamented Dick
Marston. With certain deleacy he
took them into the Kitchen and put
them in the stove. as If he thought
they would thus rejoin the person
whom they portrayed. The "hircd
girl wore new frock, presented to
her by Sim. Celinda's little pig, no
longer an outcast, in spite of his pit
eous entreaties, had been scrubbed by
Sim into state of pinky perfection, in
case Club wanted to love him The
black and white COW looked out from
her stall and lowed to a pretty little
black and white calf which had mys-
teriously appeared upon the scene. The
calf wore collar with the word
"Chub' in brass letters.
so far that's all right" said Sim,
as he went round the veranda and
noticed belated hummlng bird hov-
ering over n big fuseha In Its green
tub. "Now, If parson and his wife will
only come In time Celinda II git here