Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-03-27
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
Minnie. spring house girl at Hope sana
forium. tells the story. 1t opens with IN
brrival Of Miss Patty Jennings. who Is re
ported to be engaged to marry a prince
Ind the death Of the old doctor who own
the sanatorium. The estate Is left TO
ecapegrace grandson. Dicky carter WIN ,'
must appear on a certain date ana III,
the sanatorium successfully Tor wv
months or forfeit the inheritance a cas-
Of mumps delays Dicks arrival MI. ino
burn Ii lowering about In hopes OF hot.l
curing the place for summer no.e'
Pierce. a college man in hard luck. Is prs
vailed upon by Van Alstyne. DICK prS. ~
er-tn-law. to impersonate the missing nj
Carter arrives. Dick. who has eiope.
with Patty's younger sister. Dorothy. AZ !,
rives. and the couple g into hiding .e !,
the old shelter house. Fearing 70 taS
ium. Dick arranges with Pierce TO con
tinue in the management Of the properly
Julia Summers. leading lady OF Pietce
ssr.1ded thssts,cei S S2escs u promise
The prince. under the incognito OF Osxa
Won invalid. arrives At the Isanatorum
Barnes, character man with fierc ~ |"
and sradu, nsy =; a., tA pierce. who
very much Interested In Patty: snow .,
strong dislike for invalid. DICK oecomS =
psevish over the Independent mannear ~, :,
Miss summer discovers that the DiS S
Carter she u seeking u the owne. y. -,
.enatorium. Dick, in attempting u 10 nsSr
his love letters from Miss I'M. IN,
wrong letters. Miss summer cog M.
commissions from overeatinf. The pausnSli
believe II has besn poisoned ~ the oop0'
N-HARkknaaAd.
He staggered out, with Mr.. bigs'
lust behind him. and from that mo
ment they were all demoralised. One
By one they left to look for Doctor
Barnes, or to get the white OF egg
which somebody had suggested - an
antidote.
Ivas alone, looking down at Ara
bella. Or rather. / thought wa
alone. for there was q movement oy
one OF the windows and Miss Patty
came forward and knelt BY the dog.
-Of all the ahsurdities!" she said
Poor little thingi Minnie. believe
she's breathingi"
She put the dogs head in her lap
and the little beast opened it, eyes
and tried to wag it, blue tail.
"Oh, Miss Patty. Miss Patty!" I ex;;
claimed, and I got down beside hef
and cried on her shoulder. with her
stroking my hand and calling me dear
est! Ne!
was wiping my eyes when the
door YVES thrown open and Mr.. Pierce
ran In. He had no hat on and his
hair was powdered with snow. He
stopped Just inside the door and looked
at Miss Patty.
my 0od!" b exclaimed. II thought
you were poisoned!"
Il am all right" she assured him
land little Arabella will be all right
too. She's had q convulsion. that's all
probably from overeating. A fol
the others-l"
where ID the-whsrs = Won In
waldf"
He has gone to take the white Of IN
egg" she replied rather haughtily
He walked to the window and saw
him looking hard at something out
side In the snow. When he walked
back to the IRE he was smiling, and
he stopped over and poked Arabella
with his finger.
80 that was IT." he said. Full to
the scuppers, poor little wretch! Min.
ME, I am hoist with my own petard
which In this case was . boomerang
(which 10 In English" asked.
with the instinct Of her sex. Ara
bella has unearthed what was meant
to be buried forever. She had gorged
herself into = convulsion on that rab-
bit l shot last night"
They went to the house together. he
carrying Arabella like q sick baby and
Miss Patty beside him. ! went over
and looked down into the spring. and
It seemed to me It was darker than
usual. It may have smelled stronger.
but the edge had been taken OF my
nose. 70 to speak. by being there %
long.
The only thing could think of was
10 empty the spring and let the water