The Parker post., 1912-08-31

Ell you OIL LnlS, ola man. Leu I'LL up
the tray"
mo you DON'T" shut off Lindsay.
He crossed the room and banged
down the cover of the trunk, knock
ing out one photograph on the floor.
AS he stopped for it, he saw 1t was
she herself, and underneath was writ
ten, with love always, Lola"
Its a mix-up in checks. / know
where mine went" he explained.
Don't get fused up and report it.
now. Give me half chance to make
the change"
And help you cover up the chance
you took, loss of 100000 while you
chased up a girl"
Its a lie, understand. l never
chased her. l wanted to badly enough,
but | came through to deliver the
goods to you straight Now, I'm going
back and find her, and I'll ship the
trunk TO you by express, but you let
me alone for a few days"
Its a girl case them"
IT'S going to be case of mar
rage, if l can find her." blurted out
The youngster Il don't even know
ler last name, but I'm going back to
find out"
He landed in Moose Trail late that
night, and routed out the sleepy
ticket agent. Before he let linn go he
had the name of the girl and where
she lived. Also, he had found his
trunk standing carelessly in one cor
ner of the dinkly little express office,
and had been told she had discovered
The mistake, and had left it there to
be claimed. He ordered it sent on to
Bidford, and went out into the moonlit
night, grinning happily.
Two miles over the hill road, the
fellow at the station had said, and the
second house upon the mountain side
above the dam. He walked it quickly,
the cool, keen air bracing his nerves.
When he came in sight of the house,
the whole humor of the chase swept
over him. He could not waken her,
total stranger, and say he loved her,
and had followed her there in the
middle of the night
So it happuened that when Tommy
Tyndall came along at sunrise, he
found a stranger leaning comfortably
on the bars, smiling at him. He had
business with Miss Tyndall. he said,
about her trunk
Tommy's eyes danced at that. "She's
awful mad about it, he vouch-
Safed.
But Lindsay tasted a bit of the
sweets of revenge when he told at the
breakfast table, an hour later, how he
had picked up the wrong check, and
had nearly lost $4,000 worth of jew
els
Old Ben Tyndall's eyes glistened.
Pretty careless to cart stuff like
that around, amt it?"
Il wouldn't take fifty thousand for
the treasures in my own trunk"
Lola said, wistfully. tits very, very
precious to me-"
Just keepsakes," explained her
father. Girls are sentimental" But
Lindsay's glance caught and held
hers this time, and he saw the color
rise slowly in her :heeks.
Il think you lost the real treasure
trunk, Miss Lola" he said, slowly.
I'm mighty glad found it, but was
coming back to Moose Trail any
way"
sis said she thought you would.
She told me about you on the way
home, and said she hoped she'd see
you again some time
TOM" flashed Lola. "Don't!"
Lindsay's eyes cleaned with happi
ness, and also pure boyish fun.
well, I'm here" he said meaning
ly, land I'm going to stay"
The old man had risen and left the
room. Tommy went also, presently
and the two were alone. He waited
but she did not speak. do you
mind?" he asked, finally.
Mind what?"
my staying here"
What have I got to say about ft?"
"Everything-you know that"
She hesitated, trying not to look
at him, and when her answer came
he had to bend his head to hear it.
1t was very demure, very impersonal
and yet it told him what he wanted
to know.
"I'm glad you found your trunk
here at Moose Trail"
$50 am I-bless it," he laughed, and
Lola was silent