The Winslow mail., 1916-11-24
THE MAN FROM TUsCI1E
BY LOUISE OLIVER.

left corner of the envelope indicated
that the communication had cOgne
from the office of Franklin X. Powers.
secretary and treasurer of the Grand
Canyon Development company.
For goodness sake, hurry upi"
urged Aurelia, unable to bear the sus-
penSe any longer, while Alicia, woman
like, was running her eye ever the
whole thing at once and trying to
grasp the meaning.
"Pm hurrying." Alicia's voice was
an almost inaudible whisper, and the
letter shook so she could hardly hold
1t. It's about mine, Reelie, and 1t
seems we are to get some money !
Here, you take it; I'm shaking all
over!"
Here's what the letter said:
Dear Mesdames: AS representa-
tive of the G. c. D. company of Tus-
cite, in which your late uncle, Moses
b. Wright, was a director and stock
holder, L have the pleasure to inform
you that the Marian Turquoise mine
recently redeveloped has yielded rich
matrix deposits and as benefciaries
OF Mr.. Wright's estate, you are en-
titled to twelve per cent of the net
profits. l incloSe a check for your
share of the dividend, and will report
quarterly unless receiving contrary di-
rections from you.
II am yours most faithfully,
''FRANKLIN X. POWERS"
"Reelie!"
Eyes, really! But, joking aside,
here's a check for eleven hundred and
thirty-siX dollars that's real enough,
and I'll show you how I'm going to
spend part of it right now."
ooh, Reelie!'
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 | are going uptown and
buy some duds 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
not know it, so it was not surpris-
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 genius Of their fortunes,
was their neighbor.
Rough, bluff, man of forty-five or
so, he had the broad geniality 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 a Chinese auction or crab
bing 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 a person after my own heart,
Aurelia," he said one day; "the best
sport I've ever known. I'd like to see
you on COW pony in riding togs and
SOmbrerO. You'd take to the life like
kitten to catnip. You're made for it,
It's wonderful ride to the mine, and
the presence of a few bad Mexicans in
the vicinity only adds excitement.
Here comes your sister. 1 was going
to ask you something important, but
it will keep until tomorrow"
But Aurelia'S dream of happiness
came to sudden end when a page
brought a note to her next morning.
"Have been suddenly called home.
Will write later'
Weeks went by and no word came.
The hotel porter who brought the
mail never told seuff1e he had and
of scattered letters that were all gath
cred up but one.
Aurelia waited in stoica1 silence, and
finally began to think Of Coalport and
her machine. Work might kill mem
ory. Then one day she saw on the reg
lister "F. K. Powers, Tuscite, Ariz"
But something odd happened. Mere
suspense turned into certain unhappi-
ness for Aurelia for Mr.. Powers had
changed so completely in his absence
that he might have been another man.
He 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 in a corner of the long
porch and talk with Alicia.
Il am going home," announced Au-
relia one morning, as Alicia came in
and found her on the floor before an
open trunk, surrounded by clothes of
all colors.
'Reelie!" said Alicia, softly going up
and laying a hand on her shoulder.
Come downstairs a minute, won't
you? Vel have surprise for you"
"What is it?''
Come, and you'll see.' Something
in her sisters tone compelled her, and
she smoothed her hair and powdered
her nose and went obediently.
''In the sun parlor ~ cried Alicia as