The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-26
Always a Girl Accomplish
WHENEVER A GET.RICH.QUICK BUBBLE BURSTS A YOUNG
WOMAN LNvARIA BLY POPS OUT.

from the earnest residents Of New
England she wanted to help develop
the marvellous property. Connie was
suddenly called to the mine and the
girl was asked to explain about the
property.
us there any of the radium in
town." h was asked.
although Mr.. Morgan said he had the
coal cellar full of 1t and more on
the way from the NINE"
Ihereupon the young woman excus-
ed herself. saying that she would get
the record box showing just how
many tons Of the stuff there were in
town: This was some time ago and
recordse are hard to find.
During h investigation Of a bubble
that popped in the neighborhood OF
the Flatiron building one of the girl
employees was asked to tell how quick
~ the concern made fortunes for 9TH
"Bing!-as quick as that" she said,
at least that was the way they pro-
missed to make them"
United Wireless preferred, which
was very common and common, which
was sometimes preferred, as bubbles
run, was a cleanup second to none. The
bubbles stenoGrapher was Stella Lew
Is, a girl OF Is, who on tho very day
h a the company and its people were
indicted. became the wife of Christie
pher Columbus Wilson. the SNUG and
~bespectacled old president of the con-
Germ.
Wireless, true to its name in one re-
spect at least. vas always in the air.
lts gross receipts were also it's net.
1t coined money. Its stenographic
WORK was OF h best. When Il portion
of the $4,000 holders of its securities
sent to Marshal Henkel the signal
to marry the tricky Christopher was
the most fearful person in town.
IIucicn Mesmin. who for the most
part Wos too busy to work, set out to
interest a goodly section Of Canada
IN a. form Of reciprocity. He wanted
to organize a great company to
nance the innumerable tied up Legal
cfes of millions awaiting claimants in
the banks of England.
when he was arrested the inevitab BILE
young woman was there with the lace
handkerchief.
1T cannot be true" she said; there
must be some frightful mistake"
Those who claim to know say that
Ada Jean Mckay, the woman of the
less than eleven aliases for facilitate
Ing her work. The story of how she
assisted at q reception to the late Cas-
par Purdon Clarke and entertained art
connoisseurs on another day, is re-
called with regret by not a few. Ada
had talents Of her own but she was
part Of a system In which her real
position was at the elbow of the ge.
ntus-the mar with the large money
making idea.
Women figure in tho get.rich quick
games in other ways. too. Sometimes
they are apparently at the head them
selves. Violet Gordon Charlesworth
claimed that she was a great heiress
and succeeded in getting considerable
sums from English people. Media
Ourosoff, who claimed to be a countess
flashed across Fifth avenue, capitaliz-
Ing cupidity. She disappeared as sud-
denly as h had appeared.
When detectives from headquarters
or the postofflce inspectors or deputies
from Marshal Henkel's office pull back
the curtains, as one or other is doing
every day or SO. Miss Innocence, who
ia becoming sophisticated, or Miss So
p~histicated. who is posing as innocence
is found sitting in the shadow Of the
/, great safe in which the peoples mon.
ey ia slowed away.
And there she sits until the great
light Is turned on.