Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-05

and the silk. rotten with age, fell
apart in her grasp, showing the white
! cotton lining.
| Dick jumped to catch the screen. and
as he righted it there slipped from the
torn panel a long. legal looking en-
velope bearing some memoranda in a
grabbed handwriting.
by George shouted the young
man excitedly. What have we here
treasure trove? Polly. girl-catch-
| it's yours"
Polly's eager fingers caught the en-
velope and gave one glance at the SUI
! prescription; then she few across the
room to Miss Deborah's side.
THE lost securities" she cried. "See.
Aunt Deb: grandfather has them la
beled. How do YOU suppose they came
TO be in such a place, and suppose we
had never found the screenY
Suppose ] had not sold the furni-
turev' quavered Miss Deborah as she
| opened the bulky envelope and ex-
tracted the beautifully engraved GER
| tificates. do look at these. Dick
I'm so excited l can't read Il thing.
Father must have slipped them in
there absentmindedly those last days
before he was taken ill.,"
In very awed voice DR.. Fraser
read the list of valuable securities. and
when he finished with a long drawn
whistle of establishment Miss Deborah
and Polly were weeping in each others
arms.
won't the old house look perfectly
| lovely?" Polly was sobbing. "All the
! beautiful old fashioned furniture from
| the garnet and
"And Dick shall have the south wing
for his offices. and the carriage house
can be made into a very respectable
garage" added Miss Deborah, straight
ening her spectacles.
"What?'' demanded DR.. Fraser very
independently. Il couldn't, Miss De-
bcrah-Polly-I want to earn my own
home"
you will buy out DR.. Browns prac-
tice,'' said Miss Deborah decidedly.
you can pay me back some day if you
will But you can do more real good
by becoming my resident physician
than waiting there on the hill for the
patients that do not come"
Polly" pleaded Dick, I'm trying
TO keep my independence. Back me up.
You don't think ought to accept this
from Miss Deborah?'
Aunt Deborah" corrected Polly
sweetly. Then, If you marry me at
all, Dick, it must be exactly as she
say, fort viii make her awfully
happy, won't it, Aunt Deb"
Miss Deborah arose and, coming to
them. clasped her long arms around
them both. Il never had any children
of my own" she said huskily; you
two are all 1 have. Don't keep ME
waiting much longer for my happi-
nessr
Then the three heads came together,
gray and black and golden. and the
dragons on the screen seemed TO writhe
and twist and wink their green eyes
very knowingly as if they knew Miss
Deborah would have her own way
after oil.
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