The daily Alaskan., 1916-05-10
A Wild Goose
 Chase
By F. A. METcHEL

thought, resource, Ingenuity - indeed, those faculties which go to make up smartness-shOuld rule, bequeath my fortune either to my beloved daugh- ter, Imogene Spangler, or to the man she shall marry, the inheritance to be decided in the following manner:
 My property, consisting of twenty bonds of S5,O00 each, Is buried In the state of Florida. They will be found either on the right bank of the St. Johns river, at its junction with the ocean, or at Glencoye Springs, twen. ty miles northeast of St. Augustine. The finder of the bonds-elther my daughter, ImOgene Spangler, or her husband-shall be their possessOr."
 Surely, Tom," suid Imogene after reading the will, father must have been dellrious when he signed his will You'd better go to Florida and visit the two places named in the will Quite likely you'u find a pointer in the one where the bonds are buried"
 'I think you had better go with me. We can make 1t Q bridal trip"
 Very good. Name the day"
 Imogene and Tom were duly mar ricd and preparations made for the wedding Journey. The evening before their start Imogene went into her late fathers library, where the old gentle man had kept many atlases-for he was much interested in geography with view to locating the points where they were to hunt for the bonds. Mir. Spanglcr had set great store by a revolving plaster globe four feet in diameter. Imogene found St Angus tine on this globe, but not Glencove Springs, so she got down an atlas con tainfng a sufficiently detailed map and located the points exactly.
 The couple left the next morning for the Flowery State, passing gradually from winter into summer. When they reached St. Augustine Tom proposed that they put up at third rate hotel or q cheap boarding house. He did not approve of spending money freely until they had found the money to spend. But Imogene said that, being on her wedding journey, she proposed to live like a bride. Tom was Overruled, and they went to the most expensive hotel
 After a few days rest from their journey Tom proposed that they should proceed to lookup their fortune. lrno- gene seemed to be in no hurry.
 I'm comfortable here, she said. Suppose you go to both points"
 But in case l find the bonds l shall be the owner of them
 Suppose you are? That won't make any difference to me. think the hus' band should have the money anyway. Papa was like most men; he thought that power in the family is lodged In the one possessing the funds. He should have known that women don't work that way. Their power lies be- yond dollars and cents You go ahead and find the bOnds."
 Tom was puzzled. For him to so Off to hunt for a fortune on such meager Information as he possessed seemed ridiculous. He showed a disposition to give up the matter
 "Oh, go onr" said his wife. You'll get mighty tired sitting around with me long before the honeymoon is over. Quite likely you'll find cIew. Father wasn't such a fool as to hide fortune where no one could find It."
 She kissed him and patted him on the back and sent him away. He went first to the Springs, where he spent day looking for a sign. Finding none, he proceeded to Jacksonville and thence to the coast. But never 6 sign dId he see. As for digging anywhere without a sign, he was not so stupid as that. So after three or four days absence he returned to St. Augustine, He expected to find his wife dlsap- pointed at his failure, but she met him with a smile.
 You don't seem to be much de pressed at the loss of fortune" be remarked.
 Isn't it a wife's duty to cheer her husband in times of adversltyT she replied.
 q hope you'll be able to keep 1t up when the bills begin to come in."
 Brush your hair and get that dlsap- pointed look off your face. Things are not so bad as they appear. I have something to tell you, The night be- fore we left for this place went Into fathers library to look upon his globes and maps where these places you have been are. Something in the words Glencove Springs sounded suggestive. Springs, springs kept saying. Why I did 1t l don't know, but l pressed my thumb on the globe at the point where Glencove is and broke through the surface. Taking a knife, began to dig and found the bonds. Here they are"
 Going to her trunk, she unlocked It and took out twenty per cent gilt edge bonds.
 Tom kissed her enthusiastically. Then suddenly the smile left his face. and he said:
 "This makes you governor of the