Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-09

"she signs herself Marianne" sal,
Jane, thouhtfully.
Mary ANN"
No. You kind of give It tn,
French uplift, don't you know? Mart
anne! So. Are you sure you neve
met her, Pete? She goes everywhere
Mrs. Shirley Evarts Dean. She wa.
born In Idaho, raised in France. aftel
her people made money and married
Shirley Dean three months before he
was killed in an aeroplane acciden
abroad. He left her an awful lot Of
money and Anita"
"Daughter?" .
mo. His only sister, She was fit
teen, then, and so beautiful that a
shah or nabob or some such thing ocel
in the far east offered Dean her weight
IN gold, or maybe it was silver"
You're getting mixed, Jane"
Il don't care. It's all mixed up
anyway. The long and short Of it is
that Marianne is on this side now
and she has Anita with her. Anitas
twenty and cc,le's thirty and they've
go eight MONS between them" 80
Peter had been listening idly to his
sisters chatter. 1t was the late Sun.
day morning breakfast hour and he
sat in wave of newspapers, for
when Peter read 1t was with an aban-
don almost princely. He never re-
folded. He merely scanned headlines
and tossed aside the sections. But
suddenly his eye caught a line so
startingly pertinent to the subject in
hand that he was held by it.
Briefly it stated that the Dean es-
tate was finally settled and, owing to
depreciation of securities and stocks,
it would barely reach $4,000. The
main residue, amounting to 100000,
had been conveyed by trust deed be-
fore Mr.. Deans death to his beloved
daughter.
by George, Jane; listen" Peter
read 1t over hurriedly. THAT cuts
off Mary Ann and Anita. didn't
know he had daughter"
Jane sat speechless. Mrs. Deans
letter lay in her lap. They had TAX.
en- over one of the handsomest cot
tages on the mountain for the fall
season. The whole little select COL
ony was. on tiptoe waiting the arrival
of the two.
1t waited now with more expectan-
cy and alertness, wondering whether
Anita or her pretty sister-in-law would
win the richest bachelor in Georgia.
Peter Sewall. But Peter was called
north repeatedly on urgent business
and it gradually leaked out that Dean
had appointed him trustee over his
daughters estate.
"Oh, Pete, you are almost abomin.
able sometimes" Jane told him.
When you know how anxious we all
are to know what she's like and when
he ever married before
Her name is Shirley" said Peter,
"She is very beautiful
girl and altogether charming. Her
mother was New York singer. She
died when Shirley was baby. That's
all"
II believe you're in love with her."
,uspiciously.
Peters blue eyes twinkled.
~ am. I think she's adorable"
Then you should stop riding with
Anita every time you're here and
leading her on to think you"
"Jane, you women are SO delight
.ully vague anu luucuultc III yOul az
Jacks on poor devil Of male. Are
you warning me against Anita?"
"I shall warn Anita against you,
Peter"
Nevertheless Peter rode late that
afternoon with Miss Dean. Out
through the tall scattered pines the
-oad led The day was glorious. Sun
shine drenched the world with gold
md there was light breeze blowing
n from the ocean. Anita was hatless,
her dark hair caught back with a
oarette and falling loosely to her
waist Peter looked now and then at
1er fine clear profile, the nose that
lust escaped fitting a challenge at the
world, and the lips that always held
l smile for him. Her eyes dropped
1t the corners and they we're very
lark.
WAS it a shah or nabob?" Peter
said to himself meditatively.
What did you say?" Anita asked.
Nothing. Eas Jane warned you
7et?"
She smiled and nodded at him.
"n'd YOU need warning?" Peter