The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-05

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NO greater riddle than bis. 81
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4 gleyed hand touched The arm Or
I'the youth he turned 10 face Janet
Milton. 4 As ~
4 had almost III srnn, t,esan the
girl Indignantly. trying 10 catch up
.thon r. 4 s;sis
Jones laughed. He shortened his
stride to the length OF her own.
Ss.'I wanted to congratulate YOU con.
tinued the girl without waiting a re.
ny. We are all SO pleased--father
especially. He is much interested In
syou." a $3.50 II. SS5
Jones stared. It occurred TO him
that the whole world WAS going mad.
You congratulate mssyt he repeat
Certainly" answered the girl. .,You
.know that ] am Interested In you"
yshe flushed prettily. Fl am glad that
your future, As SO assured" ''e'7 ~
Jonesi9thought Of his jobless state,
and the loan that he had SO recently
accepted from his landludy. He saw
anything but an assured fortune ahead
of him. He grinned. S,ssS;,
IT Is nice of you to be Interested
in me-" he said, but. really, i don't un IN.
derstand." p 3 ss'i I5
Janet smiled up at him with a light
In her eyes that brought the old inex.
plicable thrill. Z. ~ ~ Y.
You are modest" she said softly,
We know all aboutit; We can't help
but know all aboutSlt, Of course. You
are certainly entitled to. your rare
good fortune. We, are glad-father
and mother. and I--that It could have
been you" 3,
But" interposed Jones, politely.
striving to get head and tall to the
mystery. Il dom t-----" ~
:, %. here comes father now" inter.
',rupted the girl gaily. y h
= A tall, lean man, stern.faccd. and
with iron gray hair. came up to them
land promptly seized the hand = Of
young Jones In strong. firm clasp.
Il Lucky fellow" he said. ~ am
glad that It was you-and, by Jove,
you didn't know-that's the funny
Part of It" 49, b
a jones felt like saying that, as a1tnatl
ster Of fact. he didn't know yeti but
Milton pere was keeping up d run.
ming fire or conversation.
7 have been watching you for some
time, continued Janet's father, land
y guess It Is too late to speak OF
that now-I had Intended to do some.
thing for YOU shortly-but here comes
Forbes. ! must speak with him. Don't
forget to call-soon" With another
cordial shake Of the hand Milton
turned away. ~ lys G
For while Jones and the girl
strolled on in silence.
Janet"
The youth had at last come to a
decision. i5 " S5t1s tiT rGs
Janet, would you mind telling me
,1-;explaining-7what you land your
father tmeanA what y9HfiSere talking
about when ,you!spole u hyisood for
tune'%;titiitfs ~ vi t5 HGh
iIT1hs sill stopped = stare X! 'aatthimlin
d. YOU mean lei ssH u ade.
mandcd. Surely, with the papers full
Of 1t. you must realize that we couldn't
help, but know about your wonderful
Inheritance" ; nj fl slsl.
1t. was Jones' turn to stare.
Can It be-" continued the girl,
that you. Of MI people. haven't
heard? Haven't you rend the papers?
Haven't the lawyers come to, your"
One question at a time" laughed
Jones. "But-no to all OF them. II
don't know thing about It," \
The girl unused FOR n moment.
DO you remember that once back
in Rousville you rescued an old nun
from drowning in Snail creek?"
Yes" answered the youth IAN
old pauper who was walking to New
York, ! believe; he was very grateful.
us I remember"
THAT old pauper.' as you cnll him."
continued the girl. owned IN lnven-
tion that was financed after he reach.
ed the city. and his royalties amount
to over n million dollars He died
yesterday. He had no relatives. and
he left all his great fortune to you
The. papers published the story today
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