The daily Alaskan., 1912-01-30
PICKING UP
 STONES
By M QUAD rirht lgii. by Associated l.it-
 e5ary Press


 and the need or a pump Cor the well and finally got around 10 say
 "JoSiaG. you won't be mad. wiil youE"
 Have you broke a bot of dlshrsy y' he asked us bc loosed up.
 No"
 "Thcn | ruess won't be mad What Is itg'
 "jSroree lee was over here Co see Jennie today Hes got back from col- ] laED He didn't stay but an hour and ! was siuiu with 'em on the vcrauda an tho time Nothing Co be mad about Is thercE
 "Wau. no. but | should have talked richt up Co him lf | had found him hr-c. He knows ! can't abide a lazy man. rnd that he can never marry Jcu. nle wEb my consent lt she ruas away t1 marry him. then she can nev- or d8rkcu my door REin. So he's back, phg'
 . "Yrs. hes finished concro"
 ewaW. what's he goIu' Co do, now that he's got through col'cCcf Is he colu' e, take ricA; hold and work Ike thunder t1 f,ay tbe old folks hack
 .Foefrh. ! can't exactly explain what he's made og himself hur p.skin' "n stones Ers somcthin' to da vi.b ii lrn pie knows. and after he WIS gone she said ,t WIS rar1 tradn Ni yon ever haar rf wrrt they calls a g''ri>r:.'
 Never. ng ru>N. and ! doaI want to. Coin 70 r. E.n' Un stones. Is hrs N'- f-- sr.rrl .r ku' un stones Instead a' r..r In. En r,n na~ #r'1 You rr.ErF s.- any mH-c. SEra- can are rr.t la.s turned out vuss'u ! pre- dutcf na would
 Three wears previous to the above couve-aatfan George leo. a farmers son. had r.r roprt'0g Jennie White. Ur was twenty and Jennie year vrr-.ar Ta ~rs called % -mart young man -'f r.a.rs ~-0s eaasu. 'ur nf a .a.-rr from tNn fn-nrr.~ standpoint f- a-ruaF tr re god msHh. It e-a-.rr SD rrr' vouua Ioo announced .hn- Na was going .a college That chrrcra 'Ir Whites r-inion nf him at once Colleges were Trr Sh.rkS and srrir-s and one no-~n lawyers They . simply s~rHe5 farmers sons Every r9srar he bad ever re7d of had been a rrua-a graduate We didn't turn the vor-e rr- ont doors. but hc gave him f. rr--.nrH that tle daughter would rs rr- -l.ua one who could ten a cab Hrec bead from a 1Ur}0ek.
 And rnnr}n1wn to him, thourh not e-r-eaF. tho rouuC people had main r-f-ef a friendly correspondence and met occasionally. and now things had ..al sn-t af climax George Ice n-f1rTrv .rUef at the house and the farmers vffr had noted what she raurT .z..rs That ta'k Iu the barn vrE had rea0 Go prepare tho husband and rrflr- Es- what might happen for vr. fryr1 that something would ha.raa. George Icr didn't seem Co ho aTH arafE sr anybody or anything. as she cv.-nseo5 t p herself and she Uat..aE rrrr Jennie was very f1-cfy. . Yes srrr.hiuE happened lt came tur days later Mr. Lee called again. end just fn time to catch the fr.hrc . before going ta ira fcd for his after raan.z work. Ua sInu3 richt mp Ike a man rrrrrp father and mother and said tH-t rc loved Jennie, hourd she loved him and wanted her for a wife His rooucSs and dignity tnnk the oN man haaE Cor a minute, hut presently n" asked
 am vau going 10 nm thc farm for your fatfev32
 aNo. ar- White. I have something better
 "I heard It was Coin' around and rIrs.r. mp stones In The fields
 vI .ra' rck un stones and [ shall i throw stones away. That Is part ot U. n-orpsSion Ky and by | hope I . sHaT ard what ! am looking for"
 Thou you looB for it and when you srH t vou can come hack Better stay away tU you do. don't want Jennie >a upset that she ETn't help her mother make sof, soap and put up . rf-Er5 rcarhcs"
 Six weeks aSscd away. and one noon vha~ Farmer White came up from rba spId De found young lee waiting for him. Al his feet was a heavy b-a.E af something done up in news -0rar.
 ~rou tod me when found some thias almost as good as gold or silver ! To come again, said the young man.
 "Ent you hain't done it"
 "I think so. Here's a block Of build ing marble that I've taken from the rilec hack there There's thousands and thousands cf tons of it, and it Is an on your farm. There's a railroad only mile away and a big city twen- tv miles oF. WW you take Sloooo for your farmT
 "Nouuc man. don't try Co be funny
 "vIl you take Sl5,ooo-S2oOoog"
 It took Farmer White a quarter of an hour Co understand the situation. ! Then the young man said:
 "I can sell the farm Co a syndicate for you. or I can marry Jennie and rfa- riert bore and boss things and hclr YOU make a fortune. Which