Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-12-29
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How could ] forget. dadf You Son
mean That YOU have rrniiy ordcfe
them Tor me5" cried Pauline del. .ht
ediy
u was about 10 do 80 yesterday
when lost my pucketbook ia been
20 the bank and drawn the cash was
bringing Il home to you when some
how. somewhere not far from home
lost the confoundcd thing You'll
have 20 wait another week Tor the
furs. puss"
what sort Of pockctbook was Il
iadf' asked Pauline mechanically
The question seemed natural one
enough now-she had interviewed so
many lost property owners that day.
New one ! bought q week ago. red
Russia, had four hundred in il and %
clipping Of some sort about queer uses
Of electricity"
Dad" cried Pauline tragicaIy.
"Wellf' asked her father. u know
II was careless. but
1T isn't that but I believe ] found
that very pocketbook yesterday al.
gertiscd it In this mornings paper"
We'll. by Jovc. where is it?" asked
lcr father, with keen interest
II don't know where il Is now" con.
fesscd Pauline I've interviewed dol
ems Of people today II does seem a-
though the streets must be strewn with
pocketbooks. so many have been lost
was most particular about idculiG
cation. and it happened that the las,
young man who called described the
pocketbook so accurately that / gave
1t to him"
Mr. Lester knitted hIs hroNs tnougnt.
fully. That's very qucrr Pauline
Nou better tell me an about il and DE
sure and recOllcct an YOU can about
the people VINO called in regard 60 The
matter You see, there are many dis
honest men. and women. too, for that
matter, who make u business of an
swcring advertisements Of that sort
Sometimes they can guess very ac.
curatcly at the appearance of a lost
article Indeed, SO clever are they
that they manage TO possess them.
selves of many articles To which they
have not the slightest right Did you
ind Il clipping in the bookF"
Pauline flushed at her own vanity
in attributing the possession Of her
picture TO some infatuated young man
when it was that dearest OF men. her
father after all, who had preserved
her likeness
Il didn't notice the clipping, dad"
she said, but ! did find n magazine
reproduction Of my pOrtrait-that and
the money"
II certainly did not have your pic.
ture, Pauline, but that is detail Tell
me what you can about the people who
came today"
Pauline did so, emitting no incident
that she could remember and calling
upon her maid TO substantiatc amy
doubtful points in her narrative Wnen
she had concluded Mr. Lester shoe.
mirthfully
Never mind, Pauline; but it is rath-
er funny, you know. I'm afraid there
was more avarice than romance in the
situation. Very likely the last half
dozen men who called were in league
to claim the pocketbook BY clever
guessing and the process of eliminat
ing certain facts the last claimant w1s
able to give "A rather accurate descrip
tion of the article and so assured you
Of his ownership. There, my dear
don't feel badly Almost anybody
might have been deceived in the same
way. Suppose you come to my study
and show me the picture You say
you kept that"
Quite mortified and very penitent
Pauline fetched the clipping from her
room and laid it on her fathers desk
Mr.. Lester adjusted his eyeglasses and
looked critically at the clipping Tnpu
he nodded approval
Very good indeed, Pauline" Then
he turned the paper over and smiled
humorously. Some Peculiar Uses of
Electricity" he read handing the
clipping to her
Pauline looked and DluShcd painful
IT, What vain goose | am, Are
you not ashamed 10 have such fool
ish daughter? But it was - cuiuci
dence, wasn't it,"
MIR. Lester drew her down TO his
knee and kissed her gently There
is more to this matter, Pauline l han
pened into Frank Seymour's office to
day and picked mp this clipping from
his desk. He had Just cut it from a
magazine. and it lay electricity side
up. | read part of it and asked him
if l might borrow the clipping. He.
seemed rather embarrassed. under
stand the reason now The sly young
dog"
Pauline buried her blushing face onI
his shoulder. You don't mind dad
She whispered
Yes and no. Pauline" he admitted
betwoan a sigh ana smile 1T is