Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-08-22
Establishing
a Fact
By W. CRAWFORD SHERLOCK.

| incompetent, either. fOu are just lue
best boy that ever lived"
Tom Carlton stretched his great
length on the grass by Margarets
side and for few minutes contented
himself with fervent, admiring slances
into her dark blue eyes.
IT'S nice to have some one who. be-
lieves in YOU" he said at last, but
I'm afraid your confidence is mis-
placed. I've been discharged from the
Office"
THAT was through no fault Of
yours" she declared confidently. You
always try to do your duty"
1.-THE chief wasn't In a very good
humor, 80 he began to squirt over my
work and found two mistakes, each Of
the same amount, on opposite sides
OF the book. It balanced all right, but
It was dead wrong, all the same. Well,
the chief ripped off a yard or two Of
choice but rather inelegant English
and wound up by declaring that there
wasn't another man In the world who
would have made such mistakes
egregious blunders he called them
Everybody makes mistakes" at
frmed Margaret spiritedly. you
should have told him that"
II didn't" Tom returned dejectedly
81 got fired"
Poor boy" whispered Margaret
tenderly stroking his curly brown
hair. Don't worry about it; you will
get another and perhaps a better
place.
Margaret, I'll never be clerk If ]
live to be a hundred" declared Carl
ton with conviction. II have tried my
best and made more mistakes than
any man in the office. You'd better
cut loose from me, Margaret, before ]
ruin your chances in life"
"Tll do nothing Of the kind, Tom"
asserted the girl emphatically. I'm
not afraid to trust my future to you.
You have brains and will make a
name for yourself yet. ThdNinvention
of yours would bring you fortune II
you could only get 1t started"
That's is, Margaret, but can't get
It started without money, and money
l have not, nor any prospects OF
any"
Are you sure your Aunt Sarah did
not leave you sonnet" inquired Mar
garet earnestly. "She promised to,
you know"
II believe she intended to leave me
some money" returned Carlton bit
terry, but can't prove that she did.
Aunt Sarah was under some deep OBJ
legations to my father In her early
life, and always said she intended to
do something liberal for nae, but old
Arnold, her husband, kept a tight
string on the family purse during his
life and a. his death left his money
in trust for his wife during her life
time and then to his four children.
Aunt Sarah told me over and over
again that she was saving every cent
of the income for me, but when she
died my cousins knew nothing OF such
a plan, nor was any will found. Can.
seQuently, / get nothing"
For fifteen minutes neither spoke.
Carlton was gloomily rejecting upon
the possibilities Of providing home
and caring fol. the girl to whom he
had been engaged for the past three
years. Margaret, meanwhile, was de-
batting within herself the advisabillty
Of giving up her trip to Europe o.
companion to Mrs. Harper.
tom, I'm going to stay at home. !
will not 60 to Europe with Mrs. Har-
per-"
You're good girl, lassie," declared |
Carlton, rising on his elbow and slip. |
ping his arm around her waist, "but |
want you to CO. You would lose your
position and It would be a case Of two
Of a kind then. have q plan that
may make our fortunes and l want |
you to 60"
what is your plan2"
csn ten yO@ marsaret' l want
70 ma Guy wnetner my aunt reMiy
eiq intenc y ieaye me any money ana
I am gong 70 Try ruse on my De-
loveo cousins
The following week Margaret sailed
for Geneva In company with Mrs.
Harper. Carlton was at the wharf to
see them on and watched the big
steamer until Il was out of sight