Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-01-04

the two places named in the will.
quite likely you'll find u pointer in the
n where the bonds are buried.''
II think you had better go with me.
We can make it Il bridal trip"
Very good. Name the day"
1mogene and Tom were duly mar
rled and preparations made for the
wedding journey. The evening before
their start hnogen" went into her late
fathers library, wIerc the old gentle
man had kept many atlascS-for he
was much Interested in geography
with Il view to locating the points
whore they were to hunt for the bonds
Mr., Spangler had set great store by IL
revolving plaster globe four feet i'll
diameter. lmogene found st. Angus
tine on this globe. but not Glcncove
Springs, so she got down an atlas con
tanning a sufficiently detailed map and
located the points cXactly.
The couple left the next morning for.
the Flowcry State. passing gradually
from winter into summer. When they
reached ST. Augustine Tom proposed
that they put up at Il third rate hotel
or a cheap boarding house. He did not
approve of spending money freely until
they had found the money to spend.
But lmo@cnc 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 Il few days rest from their
Journey Tom proposed that they should
proceed to look up their fortune. limo
gene seemed TO be in no hurry.
I'm comfortable here she said.
suppose You so to both points"
"Hut in case l lind the bonds | shall
he 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 i'll
the one possessing the funds. Hc
should have known that women don't
work that way. Their power lies be
yond dollars and cents. You 20 ahead
and find the bonds"
Tom WAS puzzled. For him to go of;
to hunt Cor Il tprtunc on such mcagel
Information rs he possessed seemed
ridiculous. He showed Il disposition to
give up the matter.
oh, go on said his wife. You'll
get mighty tired sitting around with
me long before the honeymoon is over.
Quite likely you'll find a clcw. Father
wasn't such Il fool rs to hide a 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 a
day looking for Il sign. Finding none.
he proceeded to Jacksonville and
thence to tho coast. But ncver a sign
did he see. AS for digging anywhere
without Il sign, he was not so stupid
as that. So after three or four days
absence he returned to st. Augustine.
lie expected to find his wife disap-
pointed at his failure. but she met him
with a smile.
You ont seem to De much de-
| pressed at the loss Of Il %fortune.' he
remarked.
Isn't it !; wife's duty to cheer her
husband in times of adversity:" she
replied.
II hope you'll be able to keep it up
when the bills begin to come in"
Brush your hair and get that disap-
pointed look off your face. Things are
not so bad as they appear. | nav
something to tell YOU, The night be-
fore we left for this place | went int
fot1,np'. Him, NV t> I,,1- ,,,,,, III. ,,lolnc
and maps where these places you have
been are. Something in the words
Glencove Springs sounded suggestive.
Springs, springs l kept saying. Why
did it / don't know, but l pressed
my thumb on the globe at the point
Where Glencoyc is and broke through
the surface. Taking a knife, l began
to dig and found the bonds. Here
they are"
Going to her trunk she unlocked it
and took out twenty 6 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
household
"Not at all. [ expect to defer to
you in everything was the comfort
ing reply.
But she never assigned the bonds to
him, and he learned in time that lr*
father was not so crackbrained as Was
supposed.
Tail of the Ptarmiqan.
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