The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-12
The Fraser Millions
Observation-Disclosures ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
! BY q. w. Burgin.

/ fair young widow Marston,
''Whcn you know | start for London
Tomorrow. Marry you, Sim Parker!
lo"!' Why, l may be a 'ladyship' be-
fore 1 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.
"l"'l've sold up everything?'
'Everything,' said Celinda, decided
]y. Everything, even the COW and
the pig. Club cried for the pig;
but the COW and the pig were sold in
one lot because they're such friends ~
But s'posin," delicately limited
Sim, ''when you gets to London there
:in't nothin' in this yer yarn about
them millions??''
II cant suppose anything of the
sort. No one but a-grountlhog like
You, Sim, would think Of such a
thiny.'
Il may be a groundhog-gro
logs is very good catin' when you
can't git nothin' elSe-but you're
>wndin all the money you've got,
after you've paid off the late lament
eds mortgage, juss to fetch theseyer
millions. How do you know they're
ynurs::'
How do know? Sim Parker, you
make me tired. IL feel it, tell
Nnu Wasn't my maternal great-great-
grandfather IL Fraser; and haven't
all the papers proving my descent
from the FraSerS of Ochiltree
There's Il matter of four millions
waiting 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 it 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.
"Y"u'rc going t" take the baby
With you:'"
"Chub' OF course | take the dar-
ling with me. You don't suppose I'D
go without him."
''\nd YOU won't take me?'
'''rn London. or marry you?"
''Hoth"
"Neither, thank You. | don't think
yu'l could live up to the Fraser
millions"
"Iou've $orter set folks backs up
drEirately limited Sim. with theSeyer
h-h-falutin' notions of yours. They're
glad you're goin'."
The youthful widow turned upon
Him with Il glorious light in her beau
1ilnl black eyes. And you, Sim:
lou're-you'rc not glad"
''Srs' that tree:" asked Sim, point
in" to an ancient rock elm which
leaned crookedly against the side OF
Irln'a'~ pretty little house-the
house she had just sold.
''Of course do: What has that
sH1 to do with it,"
"Nnu1l find me leanin' agin it whel
you come back; that's all" The
Young fellows blue eyes impresse,
her with IL sense of power. Her ow,
fell beneath his masterful gaze.
'Croak away" she said. Scornfully
Ut I've need Of you when | come
back. I'll ask for your forgiveness"
'''rhat'll do me-" said the impertur
l.thlt Sim. "That'N do me. your
your ladyship."
Her ladyship' made him prett,
courtesy, and held the infant Chul,
aged two and a half. more closely t
her. 'Ioull bc il lord when we ge
the money!" she said ecstatically t,
that sleeping cherub: land I'll dres
YOU up with a gold CROWN
flake my advice, sonny" said Sin
tn the interesting infant, land don
have uothin' to- do with it. You'll hav
Il heap n,ure fun with the pig.
washed him a-purpose yesterday" H
laboricuSiI produced Il documen
from his pocket. 1--WE hr":yht you
letter."
What for!:'
Its for big Canadian lawye
settled in Hiram Gould. Nv