The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-16

! Auh hi yOu WuHI 10, nan, Du
don't call me unlucky yet till die
They say luck changes every sever
! years, and I'm forty-two this month
so I've had seven years of bad luck
and now maybe it'll turn for good.
! CheCrfulness returned to Franks
pleasant countenance. and relief was
! spread over the broad features of his
sisters husband
He pulled the sorrel mare to a stand.
| still before brown painted gate, and
Hannibal numbered heavily to the
| ground. The screen door opened, and
woman appeared on the front porch
Of the house. 1t was Frank Peters
sister, Mary. She was mild, pleas
ant featured woman, very much like
Frank in disposition. Otherwise she
could never have lived happily with
that stout pessimist, Hannibal.
"Howdy, Frank!- she called. coming
down to the gate with n napkin cover
ed plate in her hand. "Tve been bak-
ing today, and l made a berry pie for
you" She handed up the pie, and he
peeped under the covering and smack
ed his lips.
That's n dandy, Mary" he smiled,
patting her plump hand affectionately
II don't know what I'd do for pie If
you didn't remember me-"
You can count on n pie once or
twice a week till you get married."
laughed Mary as he drove off.
Now you're putting a premium on
my keeping single" he called back.
As he drove up the slight incline
that led to his own house, which was
next to Flamm's place, he was think
ing about this subject. which was ever
a popular topic with his sister. 1t
was true that he would be fortytwo
this month. and as yet he was not
married, and there seemed no prospect
of his ever entering the matrimonial
state. In Little River he had the rep
utation Of being unlucky, but the i'll
fortune which had seemed to attend
his affairs the past ten years might
have been attributed more to his whole
souled generosity and unselfshness
rather than n mere trick of fate
Once he had been engaged to marry
girl, and she had died on the eve Of
their wedding. That was when he
was very young. A few years later he
again woOed a Little River girl, only
to lose her to his faithless friend, Dave
Raybold, whose note he had also in
dorsed. Afterward 1t developed that
the treacherous David had spent the
borrowed money on an extensive we'd
ing trip, which Frank Peters unluckily
had to pay for.
Inside his bachelor abode Frank pro-
ceeded to prepare his dinner with skill
worthy of a trained domestic. His
kitchen was as neat and cosy as a
ships galley, and the table at which
he sat down would have excited the
Of any housewife. 1t was
not until he had concluded his meal
and washed the dishes that he sat
down to open the pile of mail matter
which he had found at the postoffice.
First he sorted out the letters which
might be Of interest. There were only
The other being from his older brother
IN Nebraska. The circulars and cata-
Ogues he left for idle moments.
A perusal Of the Chicago letter left
lim open mouthed and staring. In
brief 1t stated that Messrs. Furrow &
Sharp desired the pleasure of meet
ng Mr.. Peters at their office in the
Mammoth building at an early date In
eference to his interest in the estate
# the late David Raybold of Chicago.
Franks gone to Chicago announc-
ID Mary F'lamm to her husband the
leXt morning. "He wouldn't say why
lie was going" She looked worried.
Hum" snorted Hannibal Flamm
ontemptuously. "It's an easy guess |
les going to buy gold brick"
When Frank Peters entered the Of !
Ice of Furrow & Sharp that morning |
e felt little shock at meeting Nellie
taybold there, She was pale and
vorn, but some magic within her had
managed to retain O certain gfrlish
'ok that kept the years at bay. Frank
ecided that 1t was the black gown
nd veil that made her look different.
nd as his hand inclosed hers in a
'arm, firm grasp pink flush invaded
er paleness and made her like the
'ellie of old who had blushed at his
pprOach.
Mr.. Furrow, a pompous little man
nth a throaty voice, soIemniy read
yer the last viii and testament of Da-
I'd Raybold. 1t seemed that David
ad come into legacy a short time
efore his death, and such was his
at the manner he had treated
is old friend, that he had In his incon-
equent way. left everything to Frank
eters except the widows portion Of
le-third of his estate, which was small
nOugh.
When Frank Peters heard this his
niger knew no bounds. He fatty re-
lsed to accept the Inheritance and
My after long consultation with Mr..