The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-12-29
THE PERILS OF PAULINE
Written By Charles Goddard
ten By Charles Goddard


worked his fingers toward the mum |
my's right wrist
NO." said Paulinpe, II remember
now 1t wasn't to cure it at all. 1t
was to make it keep quiet"
"Ho! ho-" laughed Harry. Il never |
knew of any one making it flutter
much. | guess that was no dream"
Harry's father silenced him with an
impatient gesture and turned to Pau
line, who was watching the wind make
cats paws on the polished surface
Of the Hudson river.
$50 on, girl, go on. This is re-
markable l have read of this custom
in the Egyptian Book of the Dead.
Why did they want to keep your heart
quiet?"
"They said,' continued Pauline,
dreamily, that after | died my spirit
was to be called before somebody
God, | guess-who would judge wheth-
er | was good enough for Heaven or ,
not. That stone beetle was placed
on my heart to make it keep silent
and not tell anything wicked ! might
have done in life. Amt dreams carry
things? Say, Harry, there goes hy-
droplane"
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open window. The old man was alb
sorbed, too. He had at last worked
his fingers along the entire length of
the mummy's right wrist. 1t was dry
and hard as any other mummy he had
ever seen but it bore neither bracelet
nor any ornament whatever.
Well" he said, reluctantly, sit was
all dream, interesting but not inn
portant. Like Pollys dream, it was
just the echo of something have read
or seen"
"Oh, pshaw' what are dreams, any,
way?" muttered Harry Impotence.
Dreams" said Pauline, authorta-
lively, dreams are the bubbles which
rise to the surface of the mind when
it cools down in sleep"
Now" observed Harry, quietly,
when you and father are through
| talking about mummies and dreams,
| / wish YOU would consider something
| that | am interested in. I'd like to
| know how soon you are going to mar
ry me?"
Where did you get that definition
of dreams, Polly?" asked the old man.
From my story" said Pauline,
proudly.
| Both men at once remembered that
she had gone to find the magazine
and show them her first story. They
eagerly demanded to see it.
! Pauline picked up the Cosmopolitan
from the floor. She had dropped it in
| her agitation at finding her foster
| father had tainted. Sure enough, there
| it was:
FIRE ON AN OCEAN LINER"
BY Pauline Marvin.
1t was not the biggest feature by
any means, but it was quite a little
story and there were several big and
stirring illustrations. Both men beg
ged her to read it to them, but she
modestly declined. Mr.. Marvin adjust
ed his spectacles and read it through
from start to finish, frequently looking
up to compliment the authoress on
some point that pleased him. Harry
looked over his fathers shoulder, and
there could be no doubt they We're
both held and even thrilled BY the
story.
1t was the tale of a young ships
officer, who fell in love with one of
the passengers IA world renowned
dancer. The love was returned and
all might have been well had not the
captain of the ship happened to be
the young officers father. The cap
tain disapproVed and in his double
authority of captain and father he
forbade the. young man to have any
thing further to do with the fair pass
enger.
Then came the discovery of fire. 1t
was in the cargo and though serious,
could probably be conquered in time.
The great problem was to keep the
Passengers in ignorance until the fire
was out, The young officer told the
dancer of the secret danger and per-
suaded her to give an exhibition of
her famous skill in the forward saloon.
Through her efforts the passengers
were saved from panic When all was
over and the fire out, the captains
gratitude to the young woman over
came his opposition and it ended as
all true love should
Mr.. Marvin elapped his hands and
stated in a loud voice that he was
proud of her Harry expressed his APP
probation by bear-like hug and a
kiss all of which she accepted with |
bushes and protests.
"And-er-did they actually pay you
something for this?" asked the old
gentleman, whose orderly, business
like mind classified things as much as |
possible according to their financial |
return.
ooh yes" Pauline assured him,
they sent check at once. 1t paid for |
that frock you told me was too extra |
VACANT"
A hundred dollars?" ventured Har- |
ry from the depths of his ignorance /
of things feminine.
Both Pauline and her father cast
plying chances at him.
Look here, young man." said the |
elder Marvin, whoever led you to be- |
lieve that you could buy dresses for
girl like Polly at a hundred dol |
lars? If you contemplate matrimony |
on any such deluded basis as that you
had better back out now before it's too
late. Isn't that SO, Polly?"
why, father" protested the youth,
what do care what her dresses cost!
Polly knows everything have or ever
make is hers. and / can't think of a