The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-11-08
A Mystery
= Cleared Up
hPAuuNE D. EDWARDS

Il tell you. Frank. you must carry
out my p~lans-enter my once and learn
the business"
Frank Golding, a tail. handsome
young fellow Of twenty-three. looked
ct his father In q very wrathful man
ner. He had been to college, where.
Ike the modern boy he was. he went
IN for athletics, sent his dad big bills
to pay and then must needs finish with
q run on the continent.
There he fen In love with q young
girl and came home crazy to be mar
ried soon.
Now, old George Moore had no pa
tience with his sons matrimonial
schemes and therefore frowned the
whole thing down. George Moore knew
his son inherited his W stubborn dis
position, but concluded to risk opposi-
ton.
aweI, anyhow, dad, can't you let me
invite her to q small dinner party heref
Then you can meet her. I know that
she and her aunt win be passing
through here on e motor trip next
week. Mother II agreeable to the
plan"
'Uhi OF course your mother win
agree to anything you want" growled
the old man. IAN right; you have my
consent, and now get along. for this Il
q 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 wal cry happy and proud
when he led Miss Gordon up to intro.
duce her to his father.
He noticed on his fathers face q sud,
den puzzled expression. Then q pleas
ed smile was quickly repressed.
he saw Miss Gordon also seemed
disturbed, and her color rose percept-
IDLY. "How do you do, Miss Gordon7
We are very glad to see you here, and
IL you win excuse an old mans famil-
iarity / win take q kiss"
Some other people came up. and the
girl quickly passed on.
During the dinner Frank saw his
father glancing ut the girl and a half
smile pass over his face. II 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 q little talk
with his father, but the latter would
not say much about the young girl,
merely remarkdng that If she only had
as much money a Mary Poole he
would be perfectly willing to have
Frank marry her.
Mr.. Poole, q 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 seen the girl,
and just at that moment felt that be
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 ut his sons
not settling down to work, cheerfully
handed over q generous supply OF
funds. and Frank thought he detected
q pleased expression IN his fathers
face.
Frank sped away In his a and wal
outside the suburbs Of Brookline when
ahead Of him on the road he saw quite
q crowd Of people collected. Coming
up to them rapidly in his car, he jump.
ed out to re II he could be Of any as
sistance. Some one said q young girl
had been injured. He pushed his way
into the crowd, and a. he caught sight
Of the face he sprang forward with IN
exclamation of horror.
"Do you know this young ladyr'
said the policeman.
Ruth Gordon, and lives at - street.
Ia she badly hurtr'
I'VE don't know; she has been I'M.
conscious for some time. Here comes
the ambulance" said the policeman.
II win 60 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"
It was not long before the ambu-
lance came up, and the young giri was
carried to her room.
A little later came q famous surgeon.
who said be could not tell for several
hours whether or not m operation
would be necessary.
The next morning Franks hopes
sank to zero when the famous surgeon
! said, II win have to cpsrate7
Frank paced the lower rooms Of the
house for what seemed to him hours,
finally throwing himself to rest on .
courch and must have fallen into .