The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-29
TEN MINUTES
viii THE
Short Story
Writers
The Compensation
BY Grace Agnes thompson

NNdGIlus MdiAhN SAcUP&u bNA Va tAN
puddle and, more disheartened thap
ever, picked her way ruefully around
the remaining pools TO the next curb
ing.
Whether Encouragement Or actual
ears Or only the morning mist had
50 obscured her vision as q mlsdi-
rect her feet can not De said Ger
ainly il was not because her head
was held too high tor she had no
difficulty a moment later in discov
eriHg BIZ Of wet and soiled, but
oddly covered paper that lay near
the curb
She looked cnriously at it for an
instant then stopped and picked IL
up, Tue expression OF her face as
she turned the paper over In her
hand and further examined it was
one TO remember Looks OF mere
dulty, then Of eager scrutiny, and
finally OF joyful certainty, succeed
ed each other with starting swift.
ness.
ats q great deal too good to be.
true, she thought, hugginge herself
mentally Five hundred dollars
the amazing wonder Of it.'
Other explanatory thoughts leaped
through her mind. while she folded
the treasure and tucked It safely into
her pocketbook Then with feet so
tight that she scarcely felt them In
spite Of their soaked condition and
the eXasperating wet gag of her own
skirt against her ankles She hurr-
red on IN the direction ot Newspaper
Row, on the way committing with
herself somewhat after this fashion
'lt's tate ! guess. Here 1--we fum-
cd and m0urned for TWO months be
aalse | couldn't 60 ald now, On the
very day when ] nave 10 make my
decision, the was Is made as easy as
can be- oh OF course. there's =.
owner. And could advertise it,
but why2H There'd be al least
score Of owners then It's meant Tor
ne, and I'm going TO Keep it.'
Further sohIoquy was prevented
by the greeting OF Hobbs one Of the
city men, who turned The corner oi
Water street just IN time to accom-
pany his sister reporter part the
remaining few doors and mp the ele-
yator flight 70 that noisy place or
typewmters, editorial shears, and the
dodgng proof boys whittier they were
bound
At her desk an hour later her two
stories of the morning written and
{ ONE letters looked over Marion
pen. a leisure ten minutes In stidi-
ously avoiding lily glance at the
Lost. columns oi the newspaper she
was readins then fascinated by tte
dread of II as stndiously sought out
and read them through
mo $500 bills she breathed, at
last. getYently,
WAa. that Mr iapgood wheel
"a around from hla desk
Nothing didn't SAY anything
Marion ayowed guilily AS She drew
her papers together VITA unsteady
fingers and closed her typewriter
Late in the afternoon. Marion sat
again AZ her desk ana wrote a letter
% Professor aud Nrs Maeendie.
which contained the following para.
graph
gives me pleasure than ! can
even vaguely express 70 say that J.
am after ali. able 10 accept your or
fer have made arrangements
with nav newspaper g0r a correspon.
aence page and az least two maga
zine are really 10 publish uy copy
As 90 my invalid mother the means
came % hand this morning for seud
ing her 70 th em0untains for ebe
ummer as our doctor urged
When tine letter had been posted
and the daily supply Of Polly Prem
bio cops sent 20 tho pressr0om. Mar
lon picked np a very much nnfoiued
! o'clock edition and proceeded to
put Il into reading condition. She
was nat even kaimking 0f Los
columns when har eye caught that
miserable, eflnsiug iilte Lost al
Nlta is stupid iace eerng ont from
between ESQ bis protective straycd
Pana
loe lhis morning about X Al
ui nem baatan pusutiiee, a $3.50
Dams note issue VI 1907. National
Baak Ut New York Ciy bearing SO
i3ia89 Bauks have been notified
II finder wil return note to ro1
5lB Eschange Buadlng wlll be wea
rewarded
al right Certainly. Marion heid
bee tower ln between set teeth ana
Stripped the framework of nor tvpe.
vii n Doesn't matter abom no
ot course
Al 5iJ precisely pretty stenog
apber ia tbe ont office of glg Ex.
ehanee Buidine. stopped drawing ou
hni. 0faee.t ana nf,r0.d og34s 1,., M