The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-11-01

Is the girl, CourtIandt?"
There you co. said. demonstrate
ing The greatest unwritten truth about
a woman; namely, that every refiec-
ton arises from personal experience.
II one depIores sin, he has robbed his
employer in his youth; II one apostro-
pixies love. he is about to marry Miss
Jones OF Forty-eighth street. The girl
in ny case. dear Madame Won Hubert,
is that mysterious fairy-woman, daugh-
ter of Abu Jafer. surnamed the Vic
torious. second CaIiph of Basdad under
tie dynasty OF the Abbasides, asleep
on her silk carpet in Arabia"
Here The impossible German person
interrupted to inquire il thought the
tEuffies we're canned. did not think
they were canned, and he was content;
but the moment gave Sarah Lemarr a
lead and she seized 1t with the p-acti-
cal Gi-ectness OF a New Bedford skip
Now. courtlandt," she said. be
sensible. Beatrix needs $4,000"
s.IIow original Of Beatrix.' replied
Most OF US need only a couple OF hum
dzed."
IF you are going to be nasty about
Il Courelandt," she said, 81 willneyer
spcak 10 you again You must help
Bca:rix to ind this $4,000 The poor
gIrI IS dreadHully worried about it.
You see, CourtIandt, when the two OF
them awoke after the honeymoon TO
find ;aeir estate all Castilian haze, in
stead OF a conventional separation
they fell in love with each other like
a couple OF Breton peasants. Beat-ix
told ne all about Il: she is lovely She
does rot want the money for herself;
she wants it to pay Lieut. Gordon
Smiths debts. When his debts are
paid. he will be made a captain and
transferred to his old regiment IN In
dia. 3eatrix adores India; she is
quite content to go out there and live
| quietly on a captains pay, and love
her big Euglishman and be happy. But
she wants his debts cleared on; his
honor untarnIshed.' she calls it. 1t
seems to mean lot to her. and she is
SO absurdly in love with the tall sol
| der that it is enough to break body's
heart Now, Courtlandt. where are we
to get this money for herr"
Unfortunately" replied, II do
| not at this moment think Of a conyen-
| lent orphan to rob. How would it
/ do to rife the poor box at St
Thomas'?"
Sarah Lemarr ignored my second Of
Tense after the manner OF a woman.
and. likewise. true to the same man
ner, gave the remainder of the story
after having asked a decision in the
midst Of IT.
You remember Beatrix owned sev-
| eraI thousand acres OF forest land back
somewhere in the AIleghanies, il some
! county of the Virginias. Let-me-see.
! she said the name had been fortu-
nate one for the first Captain Smith in
America. and ought not to fail the sec
ond one
"Pocahontas.'' I suggested.
How stupid" she said 'of course,
Pocahontas. Wen. some lumber com
! pany has managed to steal hall Of
| Beatrix's land. and IT, and some other
| rival companies, now want to buy the
| remainder OF her. They will give
! 10000 They have. been logging her
| footsteps ever since she landed in
! New York But this is only $4,000,
! and Beatr:x needs $4,000. II she
could set back the land which has
! he "a y ~Irn. it would bring the other
! $4,000. / don't know how they man
| aged TO get it. Beatrix has the
! whole story IL detail. with maps
and so forth. 1 think she failed
\ TO l.Iy the taxes at some time,
! and they stole it that way. Now