The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-12-29
A Mystery
Cleared Up
By u D. EDWARDS
copyright. 1917. western Newspaper Union

(copyright. 1917. western Newspaper Union.)
Il tell you, Frank, you must carry
out my ~plans-enter my Office and learn
the business"
Frank Golding, a tall. handsome
young fellow of twenty-three, looked
at his father in a very wrathful man
like the modern boy he was, he went
In for athletics, sent his dad big bills
to pay and then must needs finish with
a run on the continent.
There he fell in love with a young
girl and came home crazy to be mar
ried soon.
Now, old George Moore had no pa
thence with his sons matrimonial
schemes and therefore frowned the
whole thing down. George Moore knew
his son inherited his own stubborn dis
position, but concluded to risk opposi.
ton.
"Well, anyhow, dad, can't you let me
invite her to a small dinner party here!
Then you a meet her. I know that
she and her aunt will be passing
through here on a motor trip next
week. Mother Is agreeable to the
plan"
"Uh! OF course your mother will
agree to anything you want" growled
the old man. "All right; you have my
consent, and now get along, for this Is
a busy day for me-"
The invitation was Sent to Brookline.
where the young girl, Miss Ruth Cor
don, said she would spend the winter
with her aunt.
The evening Of the dinner arrived,
and Frank Was cry happy and proud
when he led Miss Gordon up to intro.
duce her to his father.
He noticed on his fathers face a sud.
den puzzled expression. Then a pleas.
ed smile was quickly repressed.
He saw Miss Gordon also seemed
disturbed, and her color rose percept-
IDLY. How do you do, Miss Gordon?
We are very glad to see you here, and
If you will excuse an old mans famil-
iarity l will take a kiss"
Some other people came up. and the
girl quickly passed on.
During the dinner Frank saw his
father glancing at the girl and a half
smile pass owe his face. 1t puzzled
Frank and made him angry for fear
his father was finding something pecul-
lar about the girl he had chosen. Later
on that evening Frank had a little talk
with his father, but the latter would
not say much about the young girl,
merely remarking that if she only had
as much money as Mary Poole he
would be perfectly willing to have
Frank marry her.
Mr.. Poole, a former resident Of the
place and close friend Of Mr.. Moore's,
had died several years before and left
a large fortune to his only child, Mary
Poole. Frank had never seer the girl,
and just at that moment felt that he
was sure he never wanted to.
A month later Frank visited his
father in his office and told him he was
going on an auto trip to Boston. The
father, instead of growing at his sons
not settling down to work, cheerfully
handed over a generous supply of
funds, and Frank thought he detected
a pleased expression on his fathers
face.
Frank sped away in his car and was
outside the suburbs Of BroOkline when
ahead Of him on the road he saw quite
a crowd of people collected. Coming
up to them rapidly in his car, he jump.
ed out to see If he could be Of any as
sistance. Some one said a young girl
had been injured. He pushed his way
into the crowd, and as he caught sight
Of the face he sprang forward with an
exclamation of horror.
"Do you know this young ladyT"
said the policeman.
YES" said Frank. "She Is Miss
Ruth Gordon. and lives at - street.
Is she badly hurtY
1--WE don't know; she has been un-
conscious for some time. Here comes
the ambulance" said the policeman.
II will go ahead and notify her aunt,
with whom she lives" said Frank. On
reaching the house he said, Your
niece has had an accident, and they
are bringing her here"
1t was not long before the ambu-
lance came up, and the young girl was
carried to her room.
A little later came a famous surgeon.
who said he could not tell for several
hours whether or not an operation
wOuH be necessary.
The next morning Franks hopes
sank to zero when the famous surgeon
said, II will have to operate"
Frank paced the lower rooms Of the
house for what seemed to him hours,
finally throwing himself to rest on a
courch and must have fallen into q
slight doze. He was aroused by q
touch. and he looked up to see his
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