The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-08-31
IlE Inn IRON TUscITE
~ LOUISE OLIVER.


One day the postman lett q letter
at the front door addressed to the
Misses Fairlelgh and having for fl
postInark. Tuscite, Ariz. The upper
LETT corner OF the envelope indicated
that the communications had c0lne
from the Office OF Franklin K. Powers,
secretary and treasurer Of the Grand
Canyon Development company.
For goodness sake, hurry up r
urged Aurelia, unable to benz the sus-
pense any longer, while Alicia, woman
like, was running her eye ever the
whole thing at once ind trying to
grasp the meaning.
"I'm hurrying." Alicia's voice was
an almost inaudible whisper, and the
letter shook so she could hardly hold
1T Its about a mine, Reelie, and 1t
seems we are to ~get some money !
Here, you take it; I'm shaking ~
overt"
Here's what the letter said:
Dear Mesdap,fs; AS represents
tive Of the g. q. u. company Of Tus-
cite, in which your late uncle, Moses
3. Wright, was 3 director and stock
holder, I have the pleasure to inform
you that the Marian Turquoise mine
recently redeveloped has yielded rich
matrix deposits and, as beneficiaries
OF Nh. Wrfgnt's estate. You are en-
titled to twelve per cent III the net
profits. / inclOse q check for your
share Of the dividend, and will report
quarterly unless receiving contrary d.
~rections from you.
II am yours most faithfully,
FRANKLIN x. POWERS"
.Reelie"
Yes, really! But, joking aside,
here's q check for eleven hundred and
thirty-six dollars that's real enough,
and III. show you how I'm going to
spend part OF 1t right now"
"Oh, Relief"
For goodness sake! Is that all you
can say?" dropping the cover on the.
sewing machine none too gently and
pushing It noisily to It's corner.
You and l are going uptown and
buy-sOme buds and we're going TO the
seashore on the first train in the morn
ing"
The Traymeer hotel, housing a whole
cityful Of people,. might have had
their own brother as q guest and they
not know 1t, so 1t was not surpris-I
Ing that they had been enjoying sea
air and sunshine and had time to burn
red, peel and burn brown again be-
fore they discovered that Franklin K.
Powers, the geniis OF their fortunes.
was their ~neighbor.
Rough, bluff, a man Of forty-five or
SO, he had the broad genialitys Of the
West and was decidedly good looking
besides. Their friendship ripened rap
idly.
And gradually It grew to be quite
the thing for Alicia to go with Mrs.
Brown to q Chinese auction or crab
bling with the Smith children at the
Inlet, while Aurelia and her Westerner
tried all the breakneck contraptions
that were ever invented to catch the
nimble sixpence.
You are q person after myown heart,
Aurelia," he said one day ssthe best
sport I've ever known. I'dlike to see
You on q COW pony In riding toys and
sombrer0. You'd take to the life like;
q kitten to catnip. You're made for 1t.
It's & wonderful ride to the mine, and
the presence Of few bad Mexicans in
the vicinity only adds excitement.
Here m your sister / vas going
to ask YOU something Important, but
It will Keep until tomorrow"
But Aurelia's dream OF happiness
came to q sudden end when d page
brought q note to her next morning.
Have been suddenly called home.
VIII write later!
Weeks went by and no word came.
The hotel porter who brought the
mail told q scufle he had and
OF scattered letters that were all gath
cred up but one.
AureIia waited In stoical silence, and
finally began to think Of Coalport and
her machine. Work might kill mem
DRY. Then one day she saw on the reg
lister *. Powers. Tuscite, Ariz."
But something odd happened. Mere
suspense turned into certain unhappi-
ness Tor Aurella. for Mr.. Powers had
changed 20 completely In his absence
thathe might have been another man.
was not only reserved and back
ward In his conversation, but he
seemed to have forgotten all about
his former affinity, or rather preferred
to sit quietly VI q corner Of the long
porch and talk with Alicia.
~ nm going home,s announced Aus
relia one morning. lsAllcia came nv
and found her on the floor before an
open trunk. sxrrounded#by clothes of
NIL colors.
'Reelie y said Alicia, softly going .up
md laying hand on her shoulder.
ssCo1ne downstairs D minute, won't
yol7 Vel have \ surprise tor you.s
~ What III it3!',
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