Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-01-27
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Miss Markland's Method.

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Miss MARYLAND never ran up against
stone walls. If she wished to 20
where the path was difficult she
smiled, and, presto, there were flowers
for her to step on. II it 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 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. a
little pale faced, specialized, red headed
creature entirely unlike the host of
Ylitors she had declined.
Professor Mikleman was an ar
:haeologist. 1t may be thought that
Miss MARYLAND wanted him on account
OF the ideality 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 hip
bone 1000 years old, piece of broken
pottery, coin so worn that only the
nose Of some dead barbarian king
could be discovered on it, 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 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.
1t was but a 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 a 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 a 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 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 a
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 MARYLAND persuaded him to guide
a party to some of his other excava-
lions. 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 for
her family lot in cemetery in Amer
lea.
On the return to Paris after ten
days absence examining Professor
Mfkleman's excavations he announced
that he was going to dig for Nelodu-
mum on the new site. Miss MARYLAND
persuaded him to consult with other
eminent excavators, and this further
delayed him. When he was ready to
proceed Miss MARYLAND induced her
brother, who was graduate of an
American university and great schol-
m fo1 irf IN tho tfov
and the two went with the professor
to the spot to be excavated. He or
dered several holes dug when Miss
MARYLAND suggested digging on a spot
near where some one had driven in a
peg. The professor did not notice the
peg, for Miss Markland was standing
on it. The workmen went down six
feet and brought up Roman helmet,
a piece Of broken statuary and half a
dozen arrows in quick succession.
The professor was much excited.
A number of coins, mostly Roman;
an earthen pitcher, greave and a Ro-
man short sword came next.
The professor was in ecstasies.
The next article was evidently quite
large, for the workmen were obliged
to dig about it. Finally they got It
out. When the professor saw It he
danced about, crying, "The head Of a
ram!' and, not knowing what he did,
threw his arms about Miss Markland's
neck. 1t was some time before she
could quiet him sufficiently for him to
explain that the rams head was a
Roman weapon for battering walls.