Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-06-27

on the gas upstairs was . single man
and had got down to his last dollar,
l believe?"
1T ees SO, but the plot. monsieur
the plot?"
why. you've got 1t right before
you on the blackboard. There isn't
boy 10 years old in Indiana who
couldn't see It, The baron fell In love
with my daughter in Berlin, and fol
lowed US here. He discovered my
wealth. He would have become my
son-in-law for cash. Betty will never
marry unless her heart goes with her
hand. She turns the baron down. and,
having reached the end Of the rope,
he suicides. Do you catch on?"
"But he suicides in my hotel" pro-
tested the landlord.
For sure, but that's the keynote.
He does 1t for love. That's where the
romance comes in. He does 1t for the
love Of my Betty and we are going
to stay right here through the season.
It will 60 out that we are trust
magnates-syndicates- multi-million.
aires. Our incog is lifted"
And the titled will flock here for
the love. the romance. your daughter
and your cash?"
Right you are. You are improving
on 1t. They'll come from every town.
ship In Europe like a drove of steers.
You can put up your prices 80 per
cent, and then have to turn them
away. We will now settle on what
whack Of the profits am to have, and
then I'll see that the Geographic &C.
counts of the baron's suicide are doc
tored to suit the case. From this
time on cringe to me whenever pass
through the Office. Tell your porters
to get down on their knees. Let the
walters stand in awe of me. l have
and the cash. I'm the It, l can shell
out the plunks to pay the debts of
three or four dukes. and I can dope
out the sugar to restore the castles of
half a dozen counts. The barons are
small game, but let 'em come along
and pay board and room rent. Every
thing counts. There will probably be
some sirs and honorables among the
gang. Put 'em on the top floor at
parlor prices Do you savey?"
What a man-what a mani" an
swered the landlord as he threw up
his arms and laughed in glee.
When the plot had been submitted
to Betty she protested:
"Why, daddy l haven't got the
wardrobe for rich young lady"
you don't want it. l am rich but
eccentric. It's one of my idioms that
you should dress plainly"
"And I'll be made love to-"
UNLESS all our plans fail, yes!
Don't get ratified Just imagine you're
back home in Indiana, and Bill Jones
or Abe Smith is shocking around. Let
'em pour their tales of love and devo-
ton into your ears. but keep 'em on
the hooks, the same as we do calf
when we start in to wean him. II
they get too fervid send 'em to me
and I'll talk mill dam to 'em. I've
owned six of 'em in my time, and l
can tell what a mill dam will do I'm.
der any and all circumstances
The baron's suicide, as a pls.in,
straight case of shuffling of, would
doubtless have hurt the hotel, but
when 1t was known that he had died
for unrequitted love OF a multi-mil-
lionaire's only daughter, the case ex.
uded romance and interest That the
young lady and her father had trav-
eled over Europe incog to keep clear
of wife-hunters added interest That
the father owned the Sycamore river,
the state of Indiana and ever so many
mill dams, as the papers had 1t, ex-
cited the avarice of impecunious no.
blemen. and day by day the landlord
of the hotel patted the Hoosier on the
back and whispered:
more great people coming! More
rooms reserved! Mon Dieu, but what
a man-what head on a man! A
baron ruins my hotel and a mill dam
saves her!"
Miss Betty continued to be plain
Miss Betty. A few Of the aristocratic
but untitled guests sneered at the per-
sonal looks and her wardrobe and
speech, but she made no change. The
great majority whispered: American
eccentricity," and that covered every
thing She numbered her victims BY
skies and sevens. They came to ad-
miro and to love, and to tell their
love. They loved her for herself
alone, and then went down to the Of
fee to hear from the fathers own lips
just how many mill dams and saw
mills he owned. and how he proposed
to divide with his son-in-law. There
were counts with castles, dukes with
medals and barons with palpitating
hearts. Outside OF these were stray
honorables, sirs and only sons, and
none Of them came for three or four
days \ week. They Just sat right
down to see the case through, and
those that couldn't be accommodated
got into the nearest caravansaries
and were more or less on the spot.
Miss Betty didn't play any game.
She was just Indiana all the time.
ChA had ami1oa for oil nrn> a.