White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-24
HONEY SWEET
BY Macy JORDAN GARTH.


fCopyriehf. 1918. Western Newspaper UnionJ
aVolume one of my life-closed"
yan.Daere brought together the loci
snaps of the great ledger. He was
| through with buslness-all through.
| After ten years Of striving, specializing
| manipulating, leading the feverish, un-
certain life of the average broker, he
; had arrived at a point where every
| dollar he had In the world must go to
meet his honest obligations, or he must
! stand forth In the world a ~dish0nOred
bankrupt.
sowing nothing, owning nothing" he
unused, with q half whimsical smile.
II wonder what will open volume two
of my life. Come IN"
A ARE good friend, Tom DALEY, had
tapped at the half glass door, peered
| in and came In, throwing himself into
a chair and strangely viewing the
trusted and beloved chum Of q fun
decade.
ats true?" he asked, dismally.
"You've sold your membership
Daere nodded. gravely but serenely.
There a a certain joyous satisfac-
tfon in feeling q load of debt lifted
from his shoulders.
"You don't want a position-back-
ing. maybe a loan?" persisted gener-
ous-hearted Tom.
Not a bit OF 1t. The game hasn't
been worth the candle. / have no
thought of renewing 1t. Good old tel
low! you were one of the tine ones
~What's your planr'
II have Zone.
Tom meditated, moodily Surveying
hts friend with real pity. He did not
like the sheer resignation Of his mood.
II seemed ambitionless.
@Oh. by the wayi" he spurred up
abruptly. 1--WE a draft for You. It's
only one hundred and seventy-ive dol
lars. but it may be the f~orerunner Of
q regular income"
Daere glanced over the document.
II was dated at Hopeton. 1t was
| signed Abner Wade.
"Must be a mistake" he submitted.
81 know no Abner Wade"
"you've forgotten, that's ALL" OBJ
served Tom. ''One of your many kind
| deeds. Remember my coming to you
four years ago telling of an honest,
worthy old fellow named Wade, at
Hopeton, who had "A little place and
wanted a thousand dollars to expert
ment in bee cu~lture?'
"Why, yes" dimly acceded Daere.
4.There was a broken-down old man
who had been a professor OF ento-
mology in a college and his daughter,
Muriel. / vouched for repayment and
YOU never even asked for details. Well,
this morning l got their first check.
1t seems that every dollar you loaned
| those worthy people,, and every dollar
they have made has gone into q eat
ing plant to provide for the bees in
winter and a lot of other n~ew-fangled
| contraptions, invented for bees spe-
cially by the old professor. They have
lived, got out of debt, the place Is
! clear, prospects dazzling, and you can
imagine the delight of those square,
| deserving people to be able to begin
paying dividends"
aWhy, there couldn't be more than
| the usual 8 per cent interest" began
Daere.
THE professor insists differently. He
| has placed the title to the whole bust
ness in your name and has settled on
an equal division Of the profits. You
can't bulge him on that, so, in the
| -al~x - khlc oh4ynfpohlo pnuorfu Won
seem to take a joy in adopting, you
are moi only a landed proprietor. but a
partner In a most promising business"
81 declare" muttered Daere, really
Interested, you give me something to
| think about"
He thought so much about 1t that
| morning saw him headed for Hope
ton. 1t was a pleasant diversion to
weave a fancy picture of rural fe-
licity, to feel as though he had an
anchor settled somewhere. He made
m inquiry at the general store at
Hopeton as to Wade's bee farm.
THAT'S It," explained the man In
charge, and pointed to a written adj
v-ertisement tackled onto a bulletin
board "Wanted-Man for light work."
| and there followed the route to the
bee farm in question.
II Van Daere had. found a Grabbed,
self-absorbed old fossil and a captious,
suspicious old maid daughter at the
bee farm he might not have stayed.
Instead, he came across the most de-
lightfully intelligent old fellow he had
met in a year. Az to the young lady,
as to Muriel-she was beautiful and
attractive as her own sweet, modest
name. ~
So Daere 'shired out" Within q
week he was as deep in the science of
bee culture as the. old professor. The