The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-01-15

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Its a problem. Let ne sleep over
It. I'll see II | can 6nd q solution"
Being q woman yourself. you will
know how q m may be handled"
Just So"
The next morning while Miss Cart.
right was busy with q customer Jim
beckoned Perkins to come into the Of
dee and when there said:
"Discharge me-"
discharge your"
Yes. ostensibly. I'll go away for
awhile. You can keep up my salary
I'm going to try to work out a scheme"
Perkins frightened with hope. II
thought you would be smart enough to
circumvent her" be said.
II haven't done 1t yet"
Half IN hour later Jim walked out
of the store. Stopping before q coun
ter where stood Miss Cartright. he babe
her Yoodby. thanking her for the many
kinds acts for which he was indebted
to her.
"Why do you go1'
I'm discharged"
'Oh: Well. goodbyr'
Miss Cartright was all smiles the rest
of the day. Mr. Perkins appeared mel.
ther very CROSS nor very amiable. Miss
Cartright was affable to him and did
what she could to win q smile from
him.
A few days later Jim In male costume
appeared at Miss Cartright's boarding
house aud asked to see her. She n.
tered the where he was and look.
ed at him In surprise.
rs this Miss Sara CartrigbtT' he
asked.
why. Of course I'm Sara Cartrtght.
And you're Ellen Forsythe. What are
you doing In those clothesT'
Jim smiled. You're not the drst per-
son who has mistaken me for my Sis
ter. hav e come to you to learn where
! can End her. | have been told that
you work In a store where she keeps
the books"
The woman looked at him. puzzled.
He returned her look through his own
honest gaze and won.
You must he twins" she said.
I'VE are"
Your sister has left the store. and 1
don't know where she has gone"
How ~nnfortunate!' said Jim. evi.
IDENTIFY much disappointed. DO you
know Of any n who can put me Oh
her track?"
mo. ! do not unless MIR. Perkins. for
whom she worked. can do So"
where can | find him|"
| Miss Cartright told Jim where he
could find the store. Before leaving he
asked her II be could get a room in the
house where she lodged. and he was
referred to the landlady. who gladly
took him in This being arranged. he
departed.
But he didn't go to Perkins store.
He wrote Perkins Il note lin q disguis-
ed hand' asking him II he could let
him know the whereabouts Of Ellen
Forsythe and received q 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
ly parted In other respects. Jim told
Miss Cartright that he would remain
where he was until he had found his
sister. An uncle had died and left tho
twins a large fortune.
Jim was anxious to fnd his sister
because their property had been left to
them Jointly and one could not touch
1t without the others assent
From time to time Perkins received
communications from his ex.bookkeep-
er stating that all was working we'll
and 1t was to be expected that bis enc
my would he outwitted. Then one
evening when Perkins was at the store
working On the books there came a rap
on the door When 1t was opened there
stood Miss Forsythe's twin brother
Ellen" exclaimed the %astonished
Perkins. what does this meant"
I'm not Ellen Forsythe. I'm Jim
Edgerton."
he pushed bis way into the store and
shut the door after him. Then be told
Perkins bis story from Irst to last.
From bis pocket be took a letter from
Sara Cartrigbt. accepting from him a
proposition of marriage. and banded It
to Perkins. The latter read It and.
throwing his arms around Jim. ex.
claimed:
II loved you ~ q girl. and now I
love you as a man! You've got me out
Of the biggest scrape Of my life"
do you know what Benjamin Frank.
lin said to his fellow American Revolu.
tioniSts?" asked Jim.
mo. What did he sayT"
HE said. we must hang together or
hang separately In other words. II
she goes for you III prove she was en-.
gagged to me II she goes for me I'll
depend upon you to clear me. But she
won't 90 for me. I'm sure Of that"
why not?'
II won her on the ground that I and
my sister were heirs to a big for.
tune"
The next day Sara Cartright was dis