The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-24
Thursday, May "a, 1906.
! mind can be of assistance to

did not now produce it. - -
1T is with reference to your assist
ance, and your continued assistance,
that [ wish to speak to you. Let us
follow the example of the cement and
the steel and form compact. In one
respect I am going to initiate the Con-
, sternation. [ leave Bar Harbor next
week. -
+. Katherine sat up in her chair and her
eyes opened wide: ~
"What's the matter with Bar Har-
bor?' she asked.
s You can answer that question bet
ter than I, Kate, The Kempt family
year round What do you think is the
matter with Bar Harbor?''
4 IT confess it's little dull in the
winter time, and in all seasons it is
situated considerable distance from
New York. Where do you intend to
go, Dorothy?' ...-.
F'That will depend largely on where
my friend Kate advises me to go, be-
cause [ shall take her with me if she
will come
"Companion, lady's maid, parlor
ess, typewriter girl-which have I to
be? Shall I get one afternoon a week
OF, and may my young man come and
see me, if I happen to secure one, and,
= extremely Important, what are the
Z 7You shall fix your own salary, Kate,
and my lawyer men will arrange that
the chosen sum is settled upon you so
that if we fall out we can quarrel on
equal terms.'' --.r
"Oh, I see, it $ an adopted daughter
[ am to be, then?'s s-
AN adopted sister, rather"
= r"Do you think am going to take ad-
vantage of my friendship with an
, heiress, and SO pension myself OFF,"
tage,'' said Dorothy, sEand I beg you
to take compassion, rather than advan-
tage, upon a lone creature who has no
kith or kin in the world. - ...s :
'Do you really mean it, Dots"
it if IF e dian So ! '0' Should | propose
,"Well, this is the first proposal I've
:. ever had, and believe it is customary
to say on those occasions that it is SO
sudden, Or SO unexpected, and time is
required for considerations :: :.
How soon can you make up your
-. "Oh, my mind IS already made up.
I'm going to jump, at your offer, but I
think it more lady1ike to pretend a mild
reluctance. What are you: going to do,
Dorothy !? ''~'---s.-. :. = Z - :. : : -
81 don It know I've settled on only
one thing. ] intend to build a little
stone and tile church, very quaint and
old-fashioned, if I get the right kind
of architect to draw plan for it, and
this church is to be situated in Haver-
stock. ~ - :. -. -
"Where's Haverstockg' =.
cit is village near the Hudson
!; river, on the plain that stretches to-
ward the Catskills.' - r :, g.
cit was there you lived with your
|, father was If not 80 49,, i-< 49, e
eyes. and nv church is to be called
the DR.. Amhurst Memorial church, =
"And do you propose to live at Hay
/ erstock?'
| ."I was thinking of that"
c"Wouldn't it be just a little dull9"
me suitable place where two young
| women NAV mediate on what they are.
going to do with their hves.' =.
| ayes, that's an important question
for the two. I say, Dorothy, let's take
| the other side of the river and enter
least have some fun and there would be
| some reasonably well-educated people
+ ssOh. YOU wish to use your lately
acquired scientific knowledge in order
to pass the examinations; but, you see,
II have had no tutor to school me IN
the mysteries of hmeburnlng and the
| mixing of cement. Now, you have
scorned my side of the river, and I
| have objected to your side of the river.
That is the bad beginning which, let
| us hope, makes the good ending, Who
is to arbitrate on our dispute9' =
"Why, we'll split the difference of
"How can we do that's Live in a
| bouseboat on the river like Frank
| Stockton $ fRudder Grange go =
ssNo, settle in the city Of New York,
which is practically an island in the
| Hudson.n
ssWould you like to live in New
i York9v
| s'Wouldn It I! Imagine any one, nay, :,
ing the chance, living anywhere else! ,,
| TIN a hotel, / suppose-the Holldorf
| for choice -,
HYes, we could live in a hotel until
we found the ideal fat, high up In a
| nice anartment house with view like