The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-02-27
MYSTERiOUSJ. C. b
BY MARTHA E. EATON.

found a letter. stamped. and addressed
to Mr.. Page B. Cushman. Portland. Me
/ She inquired Of the passers-by Il
they had lost 1t.
They all answered mo-" so she de
cided to mail 1t. All day long the name
Page b. Cushman. kept running
through her head.
II wonder IL he is young, old, mar
fied or single"
Then she wondered who had written
the letter, and IL they were worrying
"If I only knew" she said. Reading
the paper, these words caught hel
eye: "Lost--A letter addressed tt
Page b. Cushman, Portland, Me. Find
er please return to J. G. B., care Bos.
ton P"
| "Nlercy, what shall do?" She de-
cided to write to ]. C. B., and tell him
that she found the letter and had mail
ed 1t to the addressed To think was
to act, with Kathie. She signed her
latter, X. w. L.. that as>all, but she
knew she had relieved the mind OF
J. COB.
Mr.. Page B. Cushnan received his
letter in due time, so J. G. B. re-
ceived the answer from him, short
ly after his advertisement appeared
in the paper. -
But J. c. B. WIS crazy to know who
mad done him the kindness Of mailing
| the letter.
He was young and fond Of adven-
cure, so put personal" in a paper:
"Win X. w. L. please communicate
with J. G. b., as same would like to
express thanks in person"
Mother" called Kathie. excitedly,
come herel"
"What ever is the matter? asked
her mother, as she came hurrying In.
Listen" and Kathie read the per-
sonal. "ShalI I tell him-or her--or 1t,
who / ann"
Certainly not" answered mother
SO ]. C. B. remained in ignorance. In
the meantime Mr.. Page b. Cushman
came to Boston on business, met j.
C. b., and he told him the letter had
been lost.
Cushman became interested also In
the person who had had the good sense
TO mail it.
Katherine went to Portland for
party to which her college chum, Flea
nor Page. had invited her.
In their bedtime condolences she
related the story of the lost letter.
Eleanor chuckled at the name Of
the addressee, but said never word.
Eleanor was disappointed, she con-
eluded. Everything was ready for the
party All was jolly and bright. Flea
nor and Kathie awaited the coming Of
the guests. They arrived. lively jolly
bunch of young people.
"Kathie," said Eleanor, when the
dance was over "meet my cousin, MI
Page 3. Cushman." Kathie fairly
jumped, but acknowledged the intro
ductfon with q smile.
She thought, what a fine looking
man. As for Page, his heart gave
big tRfump when he looked into two
beautiful brown eyes, uplifted to him.
They danced and their steps were
In perfect unison.
During the evening Kathie said:
"Who is =. G. B.?"
'J. C. B.r am sure I don't know"
answered Sfr. Cushman.
"You dontT questioned Kathie
that's strange" she added.
They dhnced and Kathie forgot her
curiosity as to the person Of J. O. B.
Then Eleanor danced with her cousin
and said, WHO is J. G. b., Pager"
For heavens sake, Eleanor, who is
this mysterious J. G. b."
'That's what 1 want to know" re
marked she with(a twinkle In her eye,
Miss Laurence also asked me the
same question"
Eyes, we.wsnt to know"
swell. why ask meT'
Because you must know; he is a
friend Of yours"
'Is he?"
"wen, he wrote you letter and
lost It,"
"Ohr'
"And Katnie found It,"
The holidays over, Kathie went back
to Boston. Page was often in her
mind
Eleanor came up TO Boston to shop
and stayed with Kathie.
They were driving down Washing
ton street In Kathie's car, when they
saw Page with big fellow like him.
self. hurrying along in the crowd.
"Oh, Pager called Eleanor. He
turned and saw Eleanor, and the girl
he knew now was the one girl for
him.
Bradley, this Is my cousin, Miss
Page. and Miss Ksthie Laurence"
mr.. Bradley and have met before.
haven't We Jackr'
I'VE certainly have. Kathie."
'.Eleanor. behold J. @. B.. John q.
Bradley," continued Page.
'sThen you did use your own Initials.
Jack"
IT mailed your letter."
you're a wonder. KathIe; you put
. nice little sum In both our pockets"
I'm glad" quietly. with a smile IN.
to Pages eyes. The young men were
In the car by this time, being rushed