The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-09-01
HfTTY's GREAT FIND
~ FLOYD CLAY


Il vas the biggest garnet for eft
miles around He Who had plannei
and suilt the house had nof paid spf
cial attention 70 the rooms and hall
below. sut he had provided q garre
that al wfo came after hir should b,
proud o. II vas long and vide an,
contained treasures beyond eaumerz
ton in the shape OF spinning wheel
ano bedEteads and bureaus and chain
and what noi Of the long ago.
An antiquarian Who came one da,
and vas allowed 10 look but not Il
touchs said io the eldest sister.
There is nothing like Il under th'
sun u yon viii let me dig here fol
: week VIII give you hundred dol
lars
~Nsi for thousand. was the re
ply
'Bu. Why
-Bscause you would make a dust
and Hitter
When Betty I.a7rence. a cousin. al
the age Of ten had Waited the Misses
Shaw and become houesick and shed
tears. the sisters conforted her b.
promising.
Nov, BETTY. chirk up and be q good
girl. and you shall see our garrett
Nov, al nineteen, she vas 4 visitor
Al the old house again. Size had a
lively remembrance Of that quaint
room. and vas determined to over-
haul il Il given half = chance She
dNelt upon the idea 50 constantly
that she came 10 believe that some
where in that collection OF musty
relics Of the past there lay concealed
a document which would bring a
treasure 70 its finder She even pic
tured herself standing before her
startled old cousins. document in
hand. this announcement ON her lips
Ny dear cousins. ! have found .
great treasure
One oay, while waiting her oppor-
tunity TO explore the garnet. a young
TaaH known to tie sisters called on
an eFrand for his .nc;her and was in
troduced 10 Miss Betty as Mr.. Ford
Kirkwocd. The following day while
she was out for a walk. he turned
up as IL BY accident This happened
sgain on the third day. and On the
fourth be forgot 10 ofser an excuse
for IT'S rather marked recurrence.
Within week It had happened so
frequently that neither saw anything
unconventional in the matter
This rapidly developing acquaint-
ance did not escape the Figilant eyes
Of the cousins One day the elder
sister observed frankly:
Il suppose ] ought TO warn you
against love at first sight
-F3ut as you never loved at first
sight or second sight or any other
sight. how can you. Cousin Phoebe7~
Az this the gentle old woman
smiled feebly.
Ford Kirkwood is a fine young
man. but he has no money" she went
on dutiiully
Nor have + shall not fall in love.
dear cousin / shall not elope ] shall
never marry-at least not until
Until when, Betty?v
Until ! fad a treasur r declared /
the girl as If she meant it. In her
soul she believed there was a treas /
ure In that garret She felt like de-
manding the privilege Ct exploration. /
but still she bided her time.
Her opportunity came suddenly.
There came day when the sisters /
we're called away on a matter Of busl- !
ness which demanded their personal
attention.
7 an so afraid you viii be lonely" +
said the elder sister sympathetically
We shall be away at least three
hours"
"Oh, no: / can take long walk
ird then read awhile after coming
sscA.7 said Eetty, trying hard to keep 4
Ter voice steady
Scarcely was tho vehicle bearing
he sisters ont Of sight VIXEN Betty
lew to the garret- Once within the
orbidden treasure house she stood
Or long FIVE minutes feasting her
yes. Then she selected the oldest
nd most battered trunk Of the en-
Ire lot for inspection.
Letters and docurnents7 Why. the
runk was full to rspletion with them.
here were deeds. mortgages. re-
eipts, bills of sale, private letters.
rants and what not, ard the girl had
nly giimmering Ct vhst had once
cen their legal value Three bcurs
ad gone by and the return OF the
sters might be expected at any me-
zen, when she selected a parchment
most at random. replaced the 9Th
rs IL the trunk and left the fascinat-
ig spot.
Nobody but an old pirate could
ave written hand Ike that. and Of
'urse If he was pirate he must J
ave written about a treasure.
lall ask Mr. Kirkwood to help 10
lrsvel it,
When he saw It Fcrd. Kirkwocd
reed with BETTY that It was tho
ork Of an old pirate but Es ad-