Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-01-08
Miss Markland's Method.

Copyright, 1908. by American Press Assoc
ciation.l
Miss MARYLAND never ran up against
stone walls. If she wished to 60
where the path was difficult she
smiled, and, presto, there were flowers
for her to step on. If it was neces-
Iary to plan she could plan admirably.
indeed, she was very resourceful.
Miss MARYLAND was looking for a
husband. Not that she was devoid
II offers. Indeed, her main business in
life seemed to be to avoid proposals.
She felt that it was time for her to
sarry, and she had 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, q
little pale faced, specialized, red headed
creature entirely unlike the host Of
suitors she had declined.
Professor Mikleman was an ar
:haeologist. It may be thought that
Miss Marallnd wanted him on account
Of the Identity Of the work that alb
sorbed him. Not at all. She was not
Ideal or intellectual and considered
the professor mere digger. The rea.
son she coveted him was because she
had no attraction for him, while a hip
bone 1000 years old, a piece Of broken
pottery, a coin so worn that only the
nose Of some dead barbarian king
sould be discovered on It, were enough
to make him dance in wild delight.
Miss MARYLAND, tactful, sympathetic,
Ingenious, instead of quarreling with
Professor Mikleman because he pre-
terred these things to her, resolved to
win him through her successful rivals.
Professor Mikleman's work at. the
time was hunting for a town Of the
ancient Gauls, Nelodunum, in what
had been the province of the senones.
It was but short distance from Par
Is. which city the professor made his
headquarters. Miss MARYLAND mani
tested an interest in the work and
formed party to visit it. 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 a month,
nothing had been found but the Jaw
bone Of woman, which the professor
pronounced Gallo.
The professor was getting discour-
aged. Miss MARYLAND sympathized
with him. She asked him what kind
Of things he hoped to find. He told
her that the Romans had campaigned
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
MARYLAND wanted to know.
The party, all except Professor MI
kleman, returned to Paris. Miss Mark
land wrote the professor encouraging
him to dig on. She knew he was brave
and would not give up. he did give up
and came back to Paris. Miss Mark
land induced him to revise his work
pertaining to the location Of Nelodu-
mum. He consented and spent month
in the Paris libraries. He found
new record indicating that the town
lay several hundred yards from whore
he had been digging. He was about
to hurry again to his. work when
Miss MARYLAND persuaded him to guide
q OartV to some NJ hia other oYcava.
tions. He consented.
The day before the departure Miss
MARYLAND received several boxes by