Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-05-23

sIASy WSEC VI strangely NAElCu OIucI
"a smattering of Latin and Greek, a
sgood2daAl-, of French, history, litera-t
ture and even dancing as well as mu-'
sic, for he was an excellent musician.
Our meager income ceased with my
fathers life, and I had to choose what
I should do to earn my board and
keep, like Orphant Annie in Whitcomb
Riley's poem. There appeared to be
three avenues open to me. l could be
a governess, domestic servant or dress
maker. I had already earned some
thing at the latter occupation, and I
thought If l could set up in business
for myself there was a greater chance
of gaining an independence along that
line than either as g governess or erv
ant. But to do this I needed at least
a little capital.
although there had been no COM
munication between the two brothers
for many years, 1 had my uncle's adj
dress, and 1 wrote .acquainting him
with the fact of my fathers death and
asking for some assistance to set up in
business for myself, promising to re-
pay the amount advanced with inter-
est as soon as I vas able, for, although
my father had W said anything
against his elder brother, l somehow
had OWNED rather than knew that he
was a hard man, and his answering
letter gave proof Of that, for it con-
tanned no expression of regret for his
brothers death.
my uncle declined to make the ad-
vance l asked for, saying that many
years before he had given my father
5000 which had never been repaid. 1
was thus compelled, for the time at
least, to give up my plan for opening
a dressmaking establishment, even on
the smallest scale, and was obliged to
take a situation similar to that which
I hold here. In three years I was
able to save the $500, which l sent to
my uncle and promised to remit the
interest If he would tell me the e Of
the debt. He replied, giving the infor-
nation and inclosing a receipt for the
principal, with a very correct mathe-
natical statement of the amount Of
interest If compounded annually, as
was his legal right, but expressing his
readiness to accept simple interest and
give me a receipt in full"
1.-THE brute!!" calculated Katherine,
which remark brought upon her a mild
rebuke from her mother on intemper-
ance of language.
"Well, go on" said Katherine, IN
abashed.
II merely mention this DETAIL" con
tinued Dorothy, "as IN object lesson
in honesty. Never before since the
world began vas there such a case Of
casting bread upon the waters as was
my sending the $500. My uncle ap-
pears to have been a most methodical
man. He filed away my letter which
contained the money, also a typewrit-
ten copy Of his reply, and when he died
it was these documents which turned
the attention of the legal firm who act
ed for him to myself, for my uncle had
left no will. The Californian firm
communicated with lawyers in New
York, and they began a series of very
QuIAOo A1Au4AASo, WhlSA az ldSL IT,
suited, after I had furnished certain
proofs asked for, in my being declared
heiress to my uncle's estate"
"And how much did you get? How
much did you get" demanded Kath-
crime.
II asked the lawyers from New York
to deposit $4,000 for me in the Sixth
National bank of this town, and they
did SO. 1t was to draw a little check
against that deposit and thus learn if
1t was real that 1 went out today"
"Ten thousand dollars" murmured
Katherine in accents of deep disap-
pointment. "Is that all?"
isn't that enough?" asked Dorothy,
with a twinkle in her eyes.
mo; you deserve ten times as much,
and I'm not going to New York or
Boston at your expense to buy new
dresses. Not likely! 1 will attend the
ball in my Calico"
Dorothy laughed quietly and drew
from the little satchel she wore at her
side q letter, which she handed to
Katherine.
Its private and confidential" she
warned her friend.
ooh, l won't tell any one," said
Katherine, unfolding 1t. She read ca
gerly halfway down the page, then
sprang to her feet on the top Of the
table, screaming:
Fifteen million dollars. Fifteen
million dollarsW And, swinging her
arms back and forth like an athlete