The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-01-22

Know now q woman may % nanOIe0
Just so"
The next morning while Miss Cart
right was busy with a customer Jim
beckoned Perkins to come into the OF.
dee and when there said:
"Discharge me."
"Discharge youT"
Yes. Os,ensibiy III 10 away for
awhile You can keep up my salary
I'm going to try to work out q scheme"
Perkins frightened with hope u
thought you would be sInar enough to
circumvent her" be- said.
~ hn ven't done II yet"
Half nm hour later Jim walked ont
Of the store. Stopping before 4 cOun
ter where stood Miss Cariright. he badp
her goOdby. thanking her for the many
kinds acts for which he was indebted
to her
"Why do you go?'
I'm discha rged"
oh: Wei. guOdby!'
Miss Cartright was all smiles the res,
Of the day. Mr. Perkins appeared mel
ther very Cross nor very amlabIe. Miss
Cartrtght was affabie to him and did
what she could to win . smile from
him.
A few days later Jim In male costume
appeared at Miss C%artright's boarding
house and asked to see her. She en-
tered the room where be was and look.
ed at him In surprise.
sSH~ Ahtu Al;.~ S~-~ - ~.
asked.
why. Of course I'm Sara Cartright
And you're Ellen Forsythe. What are
you doing in those clothesY
Jim smiled. You're not the first per
son who has mistaken me for my sis.
ter. | have come to you to learn where
! can find her. ha ve been told that
you work in u store where she keeps
the books"
The oma looked at him. puzzled
He returned her look through his own
honest gaze and won.
You must be twins" she said
I'VE are"
Your sister mas left the store. me |
don't know where she has gone"
How unforrunate!' said lin. evi
IDENTIFY much disappointed. ID You
know of any one who can put me IN
her track"
mo, | d" not unless MIR. Perkins. TOR
whom she worked, can do SO"
Where can | find him."
Miss Cartrlght told Jim where he
could lind the store. Before leaving he
asked her If he could gel 4 room in the
house where she lodged. and be was
referred to the landlady. who gladly
o him in This being arranged. he
departed
But he didn't 60 to Perkins store.
He wrote Perkins a note lin q DISCUS
ed hand asking him II 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 be would remain
uC "AS WILL uC udO lVuuu uS
sister. An uncle bad died and left the
twins a large fortune.
Jim was anxious to lind his sister
because their property had been left to
them Jointly and II could not touch
It without the Others assent
From time to time Perkins received
communications from bis -bookkeep.
er stating that all was working vel!
and 1t was to be expected that his q
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 II was opened there
stood Miss Forsythe's twin brother
Ellen" exclaimed the astonished
Perkins. what does this mean?"
I'm not Ellen Forsythe. I'm Jim
Edgerton."
He pushed his way into the store and
shut the door after him. Then he told
Perkins his story from first to last.
From his pocket he took a letter from
Sara Cartright. accepting from him a
proposition Of marriage. and handed it
to Perkins. The latter read 1t and.
throwing his arms around Jim. ex.
claimed:
~ loved you rs a 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.
'"NO What did he sayY"
He said. We must hang together or
hang separately In other words. II
she goes for you I'll prove she was en-
gagged to me II she goes for me I'll
depend upon you to clear me. But she
won't 20 for me. I'm sure Of that"
why not?"
II won her on the ground that ! and
my sister were heirs to n big for
tune"
The next day Sara Cartrigbt was dis
charged from Perkins service. and Jim
was made junior partner In the bust.
ness he proved to have excellent
business qualifications. and Perkins.
hoinp un6pr a uroat ohli0atiOn I'm him