Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-02-18

you! by JoVe, III you weren't In NV
own house, I'd kick you down-stairsl.
And with that, he flung impetuouslv
out of the room.
Jonas o u glance followed him
"Peevish, amt he? How be ye gettin,
along?" he asked ~anxiously, in an I'm.
dertone, of Flodie. Anything han.
pened?"
well l should say!" said Flodie
you ought to have seen the show
But we're not out of the woods, yet
Still. l think that if I have time and
luck, l a put it through"
Eye can? BY whillikens, that's fner
Good for you! Wall, we ought to know
pretty soon now" He looked up AT
the clock. "Only, let's see-an hon,
and thirty" He stopped, staring at
the clock, then, with a puzzled face,
drew his own big watch from his
pocket, and compared 1t with the
clock. "Say!" He turned eagerly tn
Flodie.
"Hush!" cried Flodie, and laid her
finger on her lip.
Jonas expression grew crafty. Then
he grinned. "Oh, l see! Got a little
scheme fixed up, eh?" He walked tn
the couch and sat down, beckoninp
her. Say, jest set down, won't We,
and let me know how things stand"
Flodie demurely took a seal beside
him.
"Then they amt no danger of any a.
them three ONE gittin' him, is
they?"
why" said Flodie, mot if we can
manage to keep them away from him.
1t isn't SO easy al it looks. Those
women are getting desperate, now,
and you've got to help me fool Them
me? How? What can l do?"
why, if n of them gets him.
you've got to just jump in, and break
it up in a hurry. Don't let her get a
word in edgewise, if you can help il.
Fall on the floor, smash a window
anything! 1t doesn't matter what
they think
by Jimmy, I'll do it, you bet!" cried
Jonas. "One thing l do know: How
TO nandle WOmen!'
There's millions in it, Mr.. Hassine
bury!"
"And I'm the Teller what's goin' tc
get 'em!" He seized Flodie's hand be-
fore she could protest, and shook it
'energetically. Say, miss, you're a
little wonder! Think of your dom all
that just on my account-you're q
friend worth havin', d'you know it?"
ut was nice of me, wasn't it?" Flo
die replied modestly, turning away to
bite her lip.
Jonas hitched his chair closer
Why, l been a-thinkin' of it over to-
day, and | got a proposition I've de
cided to make to We. If / git this here
money, and it looks now like l should
what dye say to we two hitchin' I'm
together?"
Flodie jumped up suddenly. "Now
hold on, miss!" Jonas exclaimed, and |
stretched forth his long arm in ex
postulation. You hear me out fust |
I've kind O. took a notion to we, and |
I'm willin' to try it, if you be. | don't |
see where l could do better. and you'd
git a good man il you got me, miss |
If l do say it,"
THANK o kindly" said Flodis
"but I don't really know what in the
world I'd do with you if I got you"
Jonas stared at her as If she were
raving. you don't know what you're
talkin' about! Don't you realize if you
marry me you'll get four million dol
lars? Lord, any other gal would just
jump at the chance to have the
spendin' o. that money"
LET EN- jump!" said F1odie. "Thats
my advice, Mr.. Hassingbury; you take
a good jumper. And I want to give
you a tip" She went up to him and
took him confidentially by the lapel Of
his coat. There will be three women
here tonight, and all of 'em can jump
like grasshoppers. Once they find out
you have money, and they'll jump at
the chance, you see! They'll jump all
over you'll"
Before the astonished Jonas could
reply, Alfred opened the door to a lady
g~orgeously arrayed in blue. Flodle
gave one look at her, then whispered
There's the first one of 'em now!
Miss Gale" Then she stepped for
ward, shifting Transplant scornful!'
and welcomed Rosamund.
An elaborate, painstaking picture Oh
feminine frippery was Rosamund Gale
She came in as if making a stage en-
trance. Something was to happen to
night. Rosamund was on the war
path.
She barely acknowledged Flodies
greeting, or Jonas presence, but cast
a hasty anxious glance about; then
seeing no women, seemed to breathe
freer. where's Hall?" she asked al
most Immediately.
ooh, somewhere about. In with the
musicians probably" Flodie turned 70
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