Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-12-24

model calls Hall tries to rush her into
an immediate marriage, She, too defers
her answer until the evening. Flodie tries
to show Hall a certain way out Of the
bury, heir to the millions In case Hall
fails to marry on time, calls.
CHAPTER VI.-Continued.
Flodie stared at him fascinated. as
. bird by snake. Try as she could
It was impossible to deny his accusa-
ton.
Hold on a minute. now!" He shook
his finger impressively. "I'd give
good deal ii was satisfied he wouldn't
be married before midnight"
Flodie could stand it no longer. 1t
was useless to attempt to hide her
feelings from this man. Her heart
was bursting. "Oh, SO would l, If
had the money!" she cried, woebe-
gone.
Jonas leaned back, with a smile of
victory on his face. wall, l guess
got to the woman of 1t at last" he
glcated. "All women Is just alike.
whom you como right down to 1t. One
man among a thousand have l found;
but = woman among all those have
not found'-that is. different But
that's neither here nor there. sus-
pected you was sweet on Hall; your
face give you dead away. Wall, then,
miss" he brought 1t out deliberately,
seems to me our interests ought to
be Identical"
What d'you mean?" Something In
T1odiss subconsciousness was awak-
Aned.
you. bein' = woman, don't want him
70 marry anybody else. Wall, neither
DO l." He watched her closely, heart
lsssly.
II sse." said Flodie frigidly. 'bs-
cause you'd lose 4 fortune"
"Oh. 1t amt the money, miss. don't
yeu misinterpret my motives. I don't
want cent of 1t for myself. It's what
I can do with it. See here; II Hall
Dets that money. he's bound to throw
away on all sorts Of foolishness. II
10 marries tonight, some sheep-head
ID, extravagant woman will have the
spendin' OF It," He watched the SHAFT
strike T1odie. and went ON. WHARF
~, II / inherit it-why. l got my plans
MI laid out Already" He leaned for
ward earnestly. why, do you know
miss, they's heather In tho tropics
what don't know what clothes DO, lei
alone the Bible. They tell me they
amt . toothbrush nor a pair O. corssti
IA all Polynesia. And all of them mis-
srAble niggers got to be damned ever
lasting. Then they's hospitals l In
tend to endow, and tracts ought to b.
printed" But Flodie's eyes we're cas-
down. He saw that he had lost hi.
audience. and came back to his bes
argument. Think o. Halls wife
THROWN that cash round on parties
and low-necked dresses-to say nothin
. balls and concerts and theaters!
WELL" Flodis said, with patheti,
hook in her face. Il don't see what W,
can do about 1t. He's made up hi
mind to marry tonight, and he's al
ready proposed to three women"
Jonas whistled long and low
Looks like we got to get to work II
. hurry don't 1t? See here, miss" h,
spoke slowly and emphatically. "Yo'
can do 1t. Why. women 10 born 70
tricks like this. What's that jeremiah
saysf "A woman shall compass
man. That's right, too. You'll I'm,
. way and depend on me to help al
/ can. What dye sayf"
Flodie's mind had already 1umpe
20 the task. Why not try to save Hall
that was the excuse she gave hel
SELF To be disloyal to him was ur
thinkable, but to prevent q lifelon,
unhappiness due to his marrying an
one Of the three women he had pre-
posed to-Ah, that was another thing
What II she could accomplish 1t. an
ret the best Of this scheming hype
orits into the bargainf There was
nagnifcent chance for a woman
strategy Suddenly the thought came
beautiful. complete. She jumped v
sxcitedly. 'I know!" she cried.
WHAT Got an idee a'readyr j
mas grinned.
Yes! I'll tell you. I'm going I
ret those three women together in thi
room-and then-Pll Just let natur
take its course! II something doesn
happen, then l don't know anythin
about women"
Jonas chuckled, delighted. wal
mat will be picnic, won't It'll B
Jimmy, I'd like to see the fun!"
no" said Flodie, you'll have
leave. I've got lots to do, II I'm
manage this thing. and I've got to d
II alone. Now, let's see! Wait mil
ute-Halls giving q party tonigh
Suppose I tell him that | invited yol
and you come round at about eleve
o'clock. Then I'll tell you how ma
tiers are going"