The daily Alaskan., 1915-03-13
The T ownof
 E1oIIoweIl
By EUNlcE BLAKE

| inherited SlU,UUU. he ulu uOI COlisluei the amount sufficient to compete in trade with the larger concerns doing business in the city and formed a plan to go west and grow up with the coun- try. But with the whole west to choose from he was at a loss where to betake himself.
 One day he received a circular direct ing his attention to the town of Hol- lowell. in q new fiedged state beyond the Missouri river. The circular named numerous advantages that Hollowell possessed The climate was per petual summer; the earth was so rich that seeds dropped anywhere would produce in abundance; the water was as clear as crystal.
 That's just what I'm looking for! exclaimed Edgar, and he went right off to his fiancee to tell her about 1t. She was so delighted with the descrip- ton of Hollowell that she said nothing would please her better than to live in such a place, whereupon Edgar proposed that since the distance there and return was great they be married and go there to remain. To this the young lady agreed. They were wed. and, prepared to settle in ilollowell, they started west.
 The circular was signed by one Al phonse Honeydieu, q real estate agent, who was selling town lots in Hollowell like hot cakes. Wharton wrote him | that he was coming, and MT. Honey dieu, who proved to be q French | Canadian. met him at the station, handsome brick structure that bespoke prosperity for the town. He took them to his house in S3GOO- auto and insisted on their being his guests while they looked about them. After rest overnight he took them on q tour of inspection, calling their attention to va rious properties that he had sold and resold at rising prices, making num- Der of persons rich. On the outskirts of the town was very large factory surrounded by a forest of noble trees, part of which had been cut down and the timber removed. MT. Honeydieu explained thnt the factory was used for the manufacture of wood paper and employed 1000 hands. It was shut down at the time for the purpose of putting in additional machinery, but would be started again in a week or ] two.
 Then the couple were driven back to the town and stopped at the library, which had been founded by Mir. Card ner Hollowell, the president and prin- cipal owner of the wood paper compa- nv. There was no one in the building except the librarian, a young woman who was spending her time embroid- | ering. MT. Honeydieu explained that books could be taken from the library and the citizens of Hollowell usually read them in their luxurious homes. Mir. Honeydieu told Wharton that there was q tract of land that he thought he could get for him at bar gain in the direction toward which the town was growing. The owner had re- gently died and his estate must be set tied within given period. There was hut ittle time to effect a sale, and he thought the property could be bought for song. In year or two 1t would he worth a fabulous sum. He drove the bride and groom out to look at it. and they were much pleased.
 Wharton told Honeydieu that ne wouldn't trouble him to take him and his wife in his auto any more. They would walk about and see the town for themselves. The rear estate agent protested against this, saying that his ear was especially intended for his clients: that he expected q dozen or two at once in a few days, but just now there was an interval. He couldn't think of permitting them to walk, Edgar insisted, and Honeydieu, when he found that he couldn't pre- vent Wharton from having his own way, reluctantly consented.
 When they were alone Mrs. Wharton remarked to her husband that for such prosperous place Hollowell looked very quiet. MT. Wharton said that there were not so many persons in the streets as might have been expected. Meeting a man, Wharton stopped him and was on the point of asking him some questions about the location when Honeydieu swung around cor ner in his car, interrupting the con- versation by telling Wharton that he had got a price on the property he had shown him so low that 1t fairly took his breath away.
 Mrs. Wharton expressed desire to do some shopping and insisted oil her husband accompanying her. This shut off MT. Honeydieu, and the couple were left to themselves. Entering a dry goods store, a clerk who had eyi' dently been asleep came forward.
 "What's the matter with this placer asked Mrs. Wharton. "There are a number of attractive buildings, and 1t looks prosperous, but there are few people in the streets, and there is arl | obcanne of hurry"