Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-16

DiScbarge me"
Discharge youY'
yes. osteDsibly. III 70 av..
awhile. You can keep up me 80. ~
I'm going to try to work out scbo,.....
Perkins frightened with bo~~
thought you would be smart esop,.
circumvent her" he said.
II haven't done it yet"
Half an hour later Jim wak.s
of the store. Stopping before w
ter where stood Miss Cartrlgbt r.
her goodby. thanking her for tba ,s s'ss
kinds acts for which he was inaeh,.,
to her.
why do you goF'
I'm discharged"
"Oh. Well. goodbyr'
Miss Cartright was all smiles .h.
of the day. Mr.. Perkins appeared -
Their very cross nor very amiable. W..
Cartright was affable to him ana al
what she could to win a snlle ,,cm
him.
few days later Jim in male coS,p,,.
appeared at Miss Cartrights boardIn,
house and asked to see her. shs ~
tered the room where be was ana loo,,
ed at him in surprise.
rs this Miss Sara CartrirhtY 4.
asked.
why. of course Pm Sara Cart1rht
And you're Ellen Forsythe. What an.
you doing in those clothes?'
Jim smiled. You're not the fret ~.
son who has mistaken me for INV -.
ter. have come to you to learn wbera
l can find her. 1 have been told tb,,
you work in a store where she keens
the books"
The woman looked at him, p1zzlss
He returned her look through his own
honest gaze and won.
You must be twins" she said
1--WE are"
Your sister has left the store. and
don't know where she has gone"
How unfortunater said Jim. Ell.
IDENTIFY much disappointed DO you
know of any one who can put me %
her trackT'
mo. 1 do not unless Mr.. Perkins. 70,
whom she. worked, can do So"
Where can / find himp
Miss Cartright told Jim where hs
could find the store. Before leaving Be
asked her if he could get a room in tie
house where she lodged. and he was
referred TO the landlady. who gladly
took him in. This being arranged, BE-
departed.
But he didn't go to Perkins store.
He wrote Perkins note Gin DISCUS.
ed han0 asking him if he could let
him know the whereabouts of Ellen
Forsythe and received a reply from
his employer that he could not This
note he showed the next evening to
Miss Cartright and made her joyful
that Miss Forsythe had not only left
Perkins employ, but they had evident
" parted in other respects. Jim told
Miss Cartright that he would remain
where he was until he had found bis
sister. An uncle had died and left The
twins large fortune
Jim was anxious to find bis sister
because their property had been left to
them Jointly and one could not touch
it without the others assent Il
From time to time Perkins received
lions from his ex-bookkeep
err stating that all was working vel
and it was to be expected that his enc
my would be outwitted. Then one
evening when Perkins was at the store
working on the books there came rap
on the door. When it was opened there
stood Miss Forsythe's twin brother.
. Ellen" exclaimed the astonisbed
Perkins. what does this meant"
Tn not Ellen Forsythe. I'm jim
He pushed his way into the store and
shut the door after him. Then be tod
Perkins his story from first to last
From his pocket he took letter from
Sara Cartright, accepting from him
of marriage, and HANDED
to Perkins. The latter read 1t ana
his arms around Jim, eS'
claimed:
Il loved you rs a girl. and now |
owe you as a mani You've got me oul
If the biggest scrape OF my life.
DO you know what Benjamin Franz
in said to his fellow American Resoi0
ionists:" asked Jim.
mo. What did he say"
He said. We must hang together o.
lang separately In other WORDS
The goes for you I'll prove she was eI
gagged to me. If she goes for me
lepend upon you TO clear me. But sps
won't go for me- I'm sure Of thaL
"Why not?"
81 won her on the ground that sp
ny sister were heirs to n DIG \"
une"
The next day Sara Cartright was us
harged from Perkins service. ana S's
vas made junior partner in the ~,
less. He proved TO have e4ee1s
BUSINESS qualifications. ana fe'an
'eing under great obligation 10 ~
dvanced him rapidly. 1t was mol W
efore Jim was the real manager
lis partner deferred 10 him ID
hings. Jim was of an inventive ~
Z mind and inclined to enter upon
aths His ventures were sueces
nd he made for himself ana fe'A
large fortune. q,
But he never let up on the iat's'
IA king lov" To him.