The daily Alaskan., 1909-03-16
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Miss MarkIand's Method.
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 Miss MurMaud never ran up against stone walls. It she wished to go where the path was difficult she smiled. and, presto, there were flowers for her to step on. 1T it was ucccs- rary to plan she could plan admirably. Indeed. she was very rcsourccfuL
 Miss Markloud was looking for 90 husband. Not that she was devoid Of offers. Indeed, her main business in life seemed Co bc to avoid proposals. She felt that it was umo for her Go marry. and she had not mct Che mao 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 Go her. At last In France she fouuI thc man she wanted iu am Amog.aau 0 little pale faced. speotaolcd rcd hNdca creature entirely unlike Che hus. of suitors she had declined
 Professor MIBlymm was an aT- chacoogis,. It may ue thought tha, Miss NarNluI wanted h.u uu account Of the idcality of thr work that ab- sorbeI him Nul ur aI. she was not ideal or intellectual and considered ihc professor a mere digger The roa- son she coveted him was because she had no attraction for him. while a hip bone 2.0Oo years old, 30 piece ur broken pottery. a coin SD worn tbat only tho nose of some dead barbarian king could bc discovered un iu were enough Co make him dance iu wild delight Miss AIarEIaud, tactlul, sympathetic, ingenious. instead oC 0uarru.ng wl,b Professor Nisomau because In pre-. fcrrcd these things to her, resolved to win him through her successful rivals.
 Professor NUklcm1r's work at Che time was hunting f0r town or thc ancient Gauls, NcI0dunum iu what had been the province of thc Sonnuos. It was Iut a short distance from Par is, which city the professor mnde his headquarters. Miss NarN7nI mnul- Tested am Interest In .ho work and formed a party Co visit it She found Che professor hUssiuE gang ul men who were making hnlos 'a rHn ground at points designated 'y their employ CT. who spent his leisure Im. study ing maps. books u r.n Latin .lu uuagc and copinus memoranda Though the digging had gone uu month nothing had boon found hur tha jaw. bone or woman. which the professor pronounced Ga"..
 The professor was getting disa0Ur- aged. Miss NarkInd syma.h.zod with him. She asked I.m what kind of things ho hoped rn ind Hn fold her that rnr Romans had .amua.gnnI iu tle province and ]. had become Roman He therefor. looked r"r En. man articles. such s armar weapons, pottery. coins That was an Ni- MarNaud wanted ta know
 The party. al" aZaan. Professor NI- klcman. returned Go Paris Miss Mark. land wrote ,ho professor on.w-e'nE him Co dig ou Sln knew h. was brave and would not girn un Ta did give un and came back Co Paris Miss Mark. land induced him to revise his work pertaining Go Che location .f N.'.lu. nun. Ucoonseutud and spent month iu thc Paris libraries Un found a new record indicating ghar .hn town lay several hundred yards from where be had been d.g-.ug He was about Co hurry again t0 h.s work whom Miss NarEaud persuaded him ro ru.dc party Co some of his other oyoara. uoDs He consented.
 The day before tho departure Mss Marklaud received several boxes by express. Their arrival was announced to har whcn Professor N0Homan was with hor. He looked curious where upon she told Hm .noy contained touhstnurs that she had ordered for her family lot in go cemetery in Amer Ica
 on rhc return Co Paris after rm days absence examining Professor NfEIemau's excavations lc announced that he was going to dig for Nn.nlu- nun on the new site. Mss Na7hand persuaded him to consult with other eminent cycayat0rs. and this further delayed him When hc was ready Co proceed Miss Narklaud Induced her brother who was a graduate ot sn American university and a great sehoI- ar. Co take an interest in Che matter. and the two wont with thc professor Co the spot to be cZcovated Hn ore dcrcd several holes dug whom Miss MarHand suggested digging ou a spot near where some ono had driven in peg. The professor did not notice Che peg. for Mss NarlIaud was standing on it. The worImcn went down six feet and brought mp a Roman helmet a piece of broken statuary and halt dozen arrows in quick succession.
 The professor was much excited.
 A number of coins, mostly Roman.