Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-04

She drew his head to her bosom.
"The mouse was some help after all, %
she murmured with a happy little
laugh. Lion thought he was at the
jumping-off place, but mousie caught
his beautiful, frightened tail just in
time-though it took an awful big
mouse-pull to save him from going
overland now she is going to kiss
him for being a stay-at-home work-lion
and ready to fight the whole world
rather than let her 60"
ITS going to be hard business
Chris"
81 know it-but you mustn't get
discouraged"
"Manaswan is such confoundedly
small place; but I know good many
people, and that's something. Ander-
son, the surveyor, might give me a job.
l know something of that, you know
a great deal" ..'-. -
"All too skilled for me, I'm afraid,
andewhat's worse7-unionized. !" ID, r,s,z4j
"And the fire department, as you
said. A sailor ought to make a good
fire-laddie." f-.#, ! f."
"That's a long shot-politics, you
know. Pretty hopeless for an outsider
to break in" 81 ,.r
"The telephone company"
eyes. I'll try them. The electric
branch was very thorough at the
academy, I could take dynamo to
pieces once, and, what's more, put IL
together again and make 1t co.
"You see. you know lots more 'hah
you thought you did"
"Pll get books out of the Y. M. Z.
A. library and brush up bit"
eyes, do that, certainly"
"And there is Beckles bank. Beckles
is such a funny old fellow, Chris-ln-
satiable about the islands, and spe-
cially about the girls. Has dreams OF
going out there, I fancy, and turning
Grand Turk. the fat old scallawag.
When said the prettiest women IN
the Pacific came from Manihiki ana
IJahine, he carefully wrote down both
names in little book, with the most
owlish expression you ever saw-rlght
in the middle of stocks and bonds and
mortgages"
"And Doty. Be sure and remember
Mr.. Doty, Matt. He likes you aWfuliy
we'll: admires you. and looks up TO
you tremendously"
ooh. I'll manage somehow some
wav. And then seventy-five dollars a
month. and you!"
"But try to save every penny OF
what you have and I'll begin saving
my allowance. I don't want to live at
your horr;d Mrs. Sattane's. We must
have little home all Of our own" y.
ooh, Chris, when you say that 1t
seems too good to be true!! simply
can't believe it."
"And in three years we'll turn out
a dentist and go live in New York,
and perhaps sooner If papa comes
round" .a
cts dreadful what schemer he'll
think me, Chris. 1t almost makes me
wish you didn't have all that money
"Not when he knows you gave up a
fortune rather than betray friend.
That isn't like schemer, is 1t 1t
will all settle itself, and the three OF
us will live happily ever afterward-
for he's awfully generous, too, Matt,
and lovable and good and kind, and
when he knows It's love-real love
he'll melt-and in a year or two he'll
think ne aTrdnSeu IL OIL AAHlooiA @AN
be quite proud Of it."
"Well, that's long way off. The
important thing now is to land a pay.
envelope every Saturday night, isn't
it,"
Important? Oh, Matt, you just
must!"
"And then you'll come - really
come? Chris, I still can't believe It'll"
"You will when you've got seventy
five dollars a month"
"I may not even reach that all at
once. God knows, it may be hard to
get forty"
"That will be start, anyway, and II
we dc have to wait little my allow
ance will be mounting up
eve shan't wait If We can help It,
I'll turn the old town upside down
Oh, Chris, with you to work for what
couldn't I do"
She rewarded him with pressure
of her hand.
81 will make it up to YOU" she said
Cali I can give you is love, but you
shall have more of 1t than any man
ever had before. Remember that to