The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-13

aAEaaa we
be 70 kDoH lhst one Of the plates
should Be broken between ais death
and tse reading of the KAiy he vas
fair enoash. Hs isit one TO your
mother and ere 10 my father Surely
that vas q fair division ~ the tw0
H.a intention was ail right"
Wen, tnen. said Settle. stamping
q very pretty 1itsie foot tits shame
fui that our parents should be 80 nur-
rihiy stubborn as 70 rght over one
miserable oIe plats.7
you cant blame them. exactly,
defended HARRY. ehsritably.
And % the meantime we can't
even announce our engagement"
walled Netsses 70 say nothing Of get.
ting married
We don't wart 70 get married un-
4 til spring. reminded Harry. 0ptimis-
4 ticsily. Something Wil turn I'D he-
Z fore then-sf I hare 10 turn it Up
myself
tie smiled do~n into the worried
little face. but found no answering
smile. Ever since Jason Pomfrets
win had been read. and ii vas found
that the two famous Washington
plates were lefr % bis brother Sfias
Warren. and q Martha BouFn. there
had been bitter warfare Waged be-
+ tween the tEp iegstees. In the hustle
" preparing for the funeral one Of ths
plates bad been broken beyond the
sRiii " tne most expert mender t0
put together. and Mrs Bourn and
silas Warren. VITO were both little
mad On tha subject of CHINA. had TAX
En- the natter into the courts. each IN
sisiing tnat the remaining plate was
the one Jason Pomfrst had repeated
y Indicated as the one he wished the
claimant 10 have.
But Harry did not let the grass
grow under hiz feet He vent to see
bis closest friend. Dick Lyons, who
was noted as a expert in Old porce-
iains He had done Dick a great
favor once. ana Dick did hot hesitate
a moment He managed to mees Mrs.
/ Bcurn 1t an erening party.
Il don't want to see you get the
worst Of this row ever that Washing
ton plate be said when be had
aroused her curiosity sufficiently.
I've often studied that collection Of
Jason Pomfrets. and other experts
had always agreed with ne that his
Washington plates we're not genuine. :.
Don't tell me that she command
ed with a sniff. .ITe seen the plate a
hundred times ana I know very Well
that 1t Il a reai Washington
Look here suggested Dick. -Yog
can look the Ytate over closely SO long
az you don't take It out Of the execu
n tors Office. You've seen Il a hun
dred times, but you never looked Al
50 with doubt because you took It foi
granted that It was what Pomire
I said it was. Tou look it over careful
! y and y0u1l get the credit for drop
ping the fight over a plate that is no
\ worth fighting over"
a If this Is trick" began Mrs
B0urn, and ahe paused She coull
N think of no threat terrifying enougl
a ard her silence was more eloquent
"It's not a frick." assured Lyons
" What Harry had not counted o.
was that his father and Nettie
mother should arrive at the Office @
the lawyer executor at the same time
A 1T IS the came that l took frOr
the cabinet declared the lawyer tar
y. mol reiishlHg the suggestion ths
A was conveyed 10 their demands.
Its rot that Mrs Bourn hastene
10 explain i've always had sn ide
x that the plate was not genuine and
want TO make certain that the plat
"a worth fighting over"
4 Funny Won never thought Of m;
before commented siias Warren So
uiciousiy. ere always had %
l doubts he aided. With the collector
= vanity and pride in his knowledg
! "HarrY tnid ne the other night th'
ono # hts friends. also. had expresss
BIS dc9hts I'm going to bring al
\ other expert In
Il don't Hk that that win {
necessary. hastily said Mrs Bourn
she looked douhtfully FIRST at II
a plate. then At the lawyer The iattf
was above suspicion even ii the plat
was not Win Sigh she turned
over to silas who ID turn laid it {
the desk.
4 don't want ever 10 see It again
A he declared ITO think that a chez
COPY should have spoiled our frien
ship al these months. That's wor
than the loss Of the plate. We usl
TO be pretty geod friends Martha"
"We ran &c good friends, 81
sHas.e she reminded
Lets 70 out and have lunchel
and tal6 it oger.H suggested slla
and they talked It over with su
a good effect that they went from the
to the jewelers. and when they car
out a solitaire on the widows iing
A announced that she expected short
70 change her state Of loneliness.
Nettie and Harry, watching aero
A the street. smiled at each other
"That VIII simplify matters a gre
deal" declared Harry IN tones Of
lief "Wegl give them the Washil
ton plate for wedding present"
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