Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-26

-. Mona Hartley and her chum. Mary
Park. nheSy hadn't '%s gone there he ensa- to aa-
cause they wantes G to 1ar fsiR DSt tbev pe
liked to be in the air; they felt that
they could think more clearly.
sooS Somsthipgs ssd Mdns simply Ply Got to turn up
luck at all lately, Mary. And our money
is getting too low for comfort. it seems
81 know itr said Mary. you're not a
pit more worried than am, my. dear!
One thing after another that looked
promising has gone wrong"
L think I know why, too" said Mo.
ma. I've become a fatalist since we
Joined forces, Mary. And we've failed
lately because we've, tried to plan too
luck, everything went splendidiy!"
thoag6ttuiiy It's 1t sr esFtalnly aia true Nat thst
wSa WI fq fotuss tFust to SpoSSb 1 we just took
too SAID Mona. You and I believe
that We're justified, after the way the
We tried to earn an honest living
we've planned our campaign and these
unscrupulous men shall pay the cost of
But what was going to say was
that most people wouldn't admit that II
was, ever right towel, to mislead
sometimes! Ana, If were going to do
that sort of thing. we can't expect to
make our plans ahead, the way a
nary circumstances who were going
into some perfectly respectable and
perfectly. studied business would"
1--WE ea1t Se any 1 Woree on as So sTy II ".
just sit still and wait for something to
turn up we cant lose"
And as you say that" said Mona.
'Look--a bench just big enough for the
pair of us-and sheltered from the
road by that .elump Of bushes!",
ut looks like an invitation" said
But they were not alone long. A
curious thing happened. A taxicab
jumped out. calling to the driver to go
on while he himself plunged across the
lawn. going through the bushes. Plain
But he was not quite quick enough, for
from another and pursuing taxicab, a
woman jumped, as 1t stopped. She had
seen him, and now she followed him,
calling his name as she ran: "Jimmyi
Mona and Mary looked at one another.
chance that it might lead to something
interesting for them only time could
tell And time. 1t proved, did not mean
to keep them, waiting long. The young
and met his fair pursuer-she was
remarkably good looking woman,
though of an ordinary type-with as
good a grace as he could muster.
And then she led him straight to a
bench that was only removed from the
one where Mona and Mary sat by few
bench were invisible from the other
Mona and Mary could hear. however,
even II they could not see. AND what
fPeg SH fSs %as fn t a Plea
him not to abandon her, saying she
could not live without him!
EdiThMThsts serrSut the pse odD he said
any more it would be silly for me to
nothing I can doT7yOpTe as rich as
she cried out furiously at that But
she renewed her pleading-until, at
last:
a woman, as so many of us have loved
you-and she won't care! Then you'll
so that's his beastly name. is it2"
said Mary, in a whisper. She wrote II
down at once in little notebook she
camieo, and her eyes sparkled as she
saw Mona nod. you never can tell"
Harrasford was trying hard to get
away. but the woman clung to him per-
sistently. She was becoming hysteri-
cal, and at last, with a calm and cyni-
cal brutality, he called a passing po-
liceman.
cant you save me from this an
noyance, officer% he asked.
The woman shrank away then-he
had accomplished his purpose at lastI
Mona and Mary looked at one an
other
"YEs" said Mona. "oh. I'd love to
punish him. The brute Even II there
wasn't a chance for US to get anything
out of him-and I really believe there
is"
80 do l." said Mary Well look him
up, at least. He's worth that much
trouble"
"Heayens" said Mary, later; when
she had found a copy of who's Who"
in their apartment. "James Schoolcraft
Harrasford! There's a town named for
him-and he's worth millions. actual
millions! He belongs to all sorts of
clubsl Fair game"
"Ta1ly-how cried Mona. "our luck
has turned"
They found out q little more about
Harrasfor6 before It seemed safe to
evolve a plan for collecting any part
OF their bill against society from him.
What they found out was both en-
courag ging and the reverse. He was
susceptible to women. but not as Rey-
nolds and HoEbrook had been. He was
spoiled, Mona said. Resistance angered
him: angered him to the point OF max
inv him lose interest,