The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-13


 the heroine is dispossessed. Well, then; I've been sent by the Review to bare all the disgraceful secrets of your lifeg'
 .I'm delighted to learn you'n be here so long. You can't possibly if: 'sh that task before next spring. His man ner. though quizzical was genuinely hearty.
 Don't laugh!' said the girl. There's nothing funny about it. 1 came north as spy.'
 ssThen you're a Northern Spy"
 ..Apples.' she cried. ..You remem- berel. didn't you? never supposed men like you could be ffppant. Well, here goes for the worst She outlined her conversation with the editor of her paper.
 ..So- you think I'm trying to steal Alaska, he said when she had ooal- cluded.
 That seems to be the general idea.
 dIts pretty big job.''
 s-Whoever controls transportation will have the country by the throat"
 Yet somebody must build railroads, since the government won't. Did it ever occur to you that there is a great risk involved in a thing of this sort and that capital must see a profit be- fore it enters a new field? wonder if you know how badly this country needs an outlet and how much greater the benefit in dollars and cents will be to the men in the interior than to those who finance the road. But per ceive that you are conseryatio ionist.
 sRabidi' Eliza bridled a little at the hint of amused superiority in his voice. ssFm a suffragfst too! I dare say that adds to your disgust.
 .sNonsenser he protested. tsI have no quarrel with conservation nor with votes for women Neither have I anything to conceal. Pm only afraid content with half information. h. complete facts are responsible for most misunderstanding If you are in ear nest and will promise to take the time necessary to. get at all the facts I'll make an agreement with you-'' < T promise. Time and typewriter are my only assets I don't intend to be hurried F
 Dan approached, drawn by the un- comfortable knowledge of his sisters predicament, and broke in:
 1tOh, sis has time to burn! She's going to write book on fthe salmon canneries while she's here. It's bound to be one of the six best smelIers.i''
 O'Neil waved him away with the threat of sending him out among the mosquitoes.
 1Tn agree to show you everything we're doing
 "Even to the coal fields Y'
 .eEven to them. You shall know ev- erything; then you can write what you please"
 "And when I've exposed you to the world as a commercial pickpocket, as a looter of the public domain-after congress has appropriated your fabu- lous coal claims twill you nail up the door of this little cottage and fire Dan ?''
 "No.''
 'sWiH you stin be nice to me?"
 My dear child, you are my guest Come and go winch and where you will. Omar is yours so long as you stay, and when you depart i4 triumph, Ieav- ing me broken, discr6dited wretch, shall stand on the dock and wave you bon voyage Now it's bedtime for my l boys since we rise at o'clock 1 Heavens. Five! Why, the sun isn't up at that timer
 tsThe sun shines very little here: that's why we want you to stay at Omar. I wish we might also keep Miss Natalie"
 When the callers had gone Eliza told 1 Natalie and Dan:
 @He took it so nicely that I feel more I ashamed than ever. One would think lie didn't care at all. Do you suppose I he does ?''
 There's no denying that you appear ed at an unfortunate time" said her brother.
 l whyY
 T won't act against my convic- tdons," Eliza declared firmly, "evcn if 1t means calamity to erybody." Natalie spoke for the first time, her voice tuned to pitch of feeling that entrusted oddly with their conversa- l tional tones. l .'If you hurt my Irish prince,'' she said. q shall hate you as long as l Ifve.''