The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-31
Miss Markland's $ Method.
,gos bv American Press Assoc

MISS Marklhnu never TdH up hB"hSt
stone walls. II she wished to go
where the path was difficult she
smiled, and, presto, there were flowers
for her to step ON. II 1t was neces
sary to plan she could plan admirably.
Indeed, she was very resourceful.
Miss MARYLAND was looking for
husband. Not that she was devoid
of offers. Indeed her main business In
! life seemed to be to avoid proposals.
She felt that it was time for her to
marry, and she hnd not met the man
she wanted She secuted those she
had been brought up with. Most girls
! do. She went abroad and met many
foreigners. none Of whom appealed to
her At last In France she found the
man she wanted in an American n
little pale faced, specialized, red headed
creature entirely unlike the host OF
suffers she had declined.
Professor MilSleman was an ar
chaeologist. 1t may be thought that
Miss Markland wanted him on account
of the ideality OF the work that alb
sorbed him. Not at all. She was not
lutdi VI AhNtlltNNuul uhu tOuSlutTtu
the professor mere digger. The rea-
son she coveted him was because she
had no attraction for him. while n hip
bone 1000 years old, piece of broken
pottery, coin so worn that only the
nose of some dead barbarian king
could be discovered OH 1t, were enough
to make him dance In wild delight.
Miss Markland, tactful, sympathetic,
ingenious, instead of quarreling with
Professor Mikleman because he pre-
ferred these things to her, resolved to
win him through her successful rivals
Professor Allkleman's work at the
time was hunting for a town of the
ancient Gauls, Nelodunum, In what
had been the province of the Senones.
II was but n short distance from Par
Is, which city the professor made his
headquarters Miss Markland mani
tested an interest In the work and
formed party TO visit 1t. She found
the professor bossing gang of men
who were making holes In the ground
at points designated by their employ
er, who spent his leisure time study
Ing maps. books In the Latin Ian
guage and copious memoranda. Though
the digging had gone on month,
nothing had been found but the jaw
bone OF woman, which the professor
pronounced Gallo.
The professor was getting discour-
aged Miss Markland sympathized
with him. She asked him what kind
OF things he hoped to find. He told
her that the Romans had campalgned
In the province and It had become
Roman. He therefore looked for Ro.
man articles, such as armor, weapons
pottery, coins. That was all Miss
Markland wanted to know.
The party. all except Professor MI.
kleman, returned to Paris. Miss Mark.
land wrote the professor encouraging
him to dig oE. She knew he was brave
and would not give up. He did give M
aud came back TO Paris Miss Mark
land induced him to revise his work
: pertaining to the location of NelOdu
IN the Paris libraries He found q
new record indicating that the town
lay several hundred yards from where
he had been digging. He was about
to hurry again to his work when
Miss Markland persuaded him to guide
party to some of his other excava
tions He consented.
The day before the departure Miss
MARYLAND received several boxes by
express Their arrival was announced
TO her when Professor Mikleman was
with her. He looked curious, where
upon she told him they contained
tombstones that she had ordered fol
her family lot In cemetery In Amer
lea.
On the return to Paris after ter
days absence examining Professor
Mikleman's excavations he announced
that he was going to dig for Nelodu
mum on the new site. Miss Marklant
persuaded him to consult with othel
eminent excavators, and this further
delayed him. When he was ready L
proceed Miss Markland induced hel
brother, who was a graduate OF ai
American university and great schol
ar. to take an interest In the matter
and the two went with the professo
/ " the SllOl " NC tAtuNultu. llt VI
dered several holes dug when Mis-
Markland suggested digging on a spo
near where some one had driven I'm ;
peg. The professor did not notice tn,
| peg, for Miss Markland was standin!
ON 1t. The workmen went down 81,
feet and brought up Roman helmet
2 piece of broken statuary and half |
lols}ozen arrows In quick succession.
nprofessor was much excited.
sber of coins, mostly Roma2
pitcher, a greave anda