The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-09
The NAN FROM 1uscI1E
BY LOUISE OLIVER.

S4ASoSS A$A6A Az ~ -
pOstmark, Tuscite, Ariz. The uppe
left corner of the envelope indicated
that the communication had com,
from the office Of Franklin X. Powers
secretary and treasurer of the Crane
Canyon Development company.
"FOr goodness sake, hurry upr
urged Aurelia, unable to bear the sus
pense any longer, while Alicia, woman
like, was running her eye ever thu
whole thing ut once and trying t.
grasp the meaning. q
'T'm hurrying." Alicia's voice was
m almost inaudible whisper, and thu
letter shook SC she could hardly hole
1t. cts about a mine, Reelie, and II
seems we r 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. G. 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 benedciaries
Of Mr.. Wright's estate, you are en-.
titled to twelve per cent of the net
profits. / inclose a check for your
share Of the dividend, and will report
quarterly unless receiving contrary dl.
rections from you.
II am yours most faithfully,
FRANKLIN X. POWERS"
"Reeliey"
eyes, really! But, joking aside,
here's q 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"
"Oh, Reelie"
"For goodness sake! Is that all you
can sayY dropping the cover on the
sewing machine none too gently and
pushing it noisily to its corner.
"You and ! are going uptown and
buy some buds and we're going to the
seash0re on the first train in the morn
ing"
The Traymeer hotel, housing a whole
cityful Of people, might have had
their W brother as a guest and they
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 X.
Powers, the genius of their fortunes,
was their neighbor.
Rough, bluff, a 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 60 with Mrs.
Brown to a 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
sixpence.
"You are a person after myown heart,
Aurelia," he said one day; "the best
sport I've ever known. I'd like to see
you on a COW pony in riding toys and
You'd take to the life like
q kitten to catnip. You're made for 1t.
It's a wonderful ride to the mine, and
the presence of a few bad Mexicans In
vicinity only adds excitement.
Here comes your sister. l was going
to ask You something important, but
It will keep until tomorrow"
But Aurelia's dream of happiness
came to a 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 a scutfle he had and
If scattered letters that were all gath
sred up but one.
Aurelia waited in stoical silence, and
inally began to think Of Coalport aud
Ter machine. Work might kill mem
Try. Then one day she saw on the reg
ster IF. X. Powers, Tuscite, Ariz."
But something odd happened. Mere
suspense turned into certain unhappi-
less for Aurelia, for Mr.. Powers had
SO completely in his absence
hat he might have been another nan
lie was not only reserved and back
ward in his conversation, but he
'eemed to have forgotten all about
lis former affinity, or rather preferred
o sit quietly in a corner of the long
,orch aad talk with Alicia.
II am going home," announced Au-
ella n morning, as Alicia came In
md found her on the floor before an
pen trunk, surrounded by clothes Of
IL colors.
"Reelie !" said Alicia, softly going up
nd laying a hand on her shoulder.
Come downstairs a minute, won't
ou? Wei have a surprise for you."
"yNhat Is it,"
"Come, and you'll see." Something
4 her sisters tone compelled her, and
he smoothed her hair and powdered
nose and went obediently.
I'm the sun parlor!" cried Alicia as
hey hurried yer soft, thick rugs that
every football.
Then at the door Aurelja stopped.
he suddenly understood the truth and
happiness surged back, leaving her
when one of two men, the
xact counterpart each Of the other,
ame over and took her hand.
II didn't get my answer, so I came
Or It," whispered he, "and l hope I'm
s lucky as Forbes, my twin brother.
nr vo,r sister has promised to be hin