The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-11-10

NnateNer VIII you 40! SIle I'M
tered. 81 suppose you will really have
to go to work now, won't you, Stan
nie?'
Perish the thought" l told her (;
then l gave the good reasons why
there was no hope for us In that d.
rection. "a fat chance I'd have to
carr any real money. / can navigate
a yacht-a little,-drive n motor, ride
a polo pony, and play a fair hand at
bridge and the other great American
game. | think these are the sum total
of my SHINING accomplishments.
You needn't return the ring" l
grinned, seeing that she was looking
at ii rather regretfully. "You can wear
1t On some other finger, you know"
yes; l suppose l could do that"
she agreed and Pm blest If she didn't
shift 1t to a finger of the other hand
right there and thenl
1t was less than q week after this
little fade-out scene with Lisette that
said:
Dear Stannie:
IL know just about how you felt
last week when you heard GRANDPA
Their Jasper's will read, and 1t isn't
going to make you feel any better now
when | tell you that l knew Of its pro-
visions more than a year ago. When
the will was drawn, grandfather
showed 1t to me, and gave me a sealed
envelope, which l was to open after
his death. That envelope, as l knew
at the time. contained, among other
things, a codicil to the will. BY It's
provisions you are to receive a legacy
under certain conditions which were
to be revealed to you at such time as l
might think best.
"YOur portion Of Grandfather JAS
per's property was worth, at It's latest
valuation, something like $4,000. 1t
lies in a perfectly safe repository, stu.
ated between the 105th and 10th de-
grees of longitude west from Green
witch, and the 35th and 10th degrees
north latitude. When you find 1t, you
will be able to identify 1t by the pres
ence Of a girl with brown hair and
blue eyes and small mole on her left
shoulder. a piebald horse which the
half black and half white. You will
be more than likely to find the three
together; and If you make the ac-
quaintance of the girl, you'll be on the
trail of your legacy.
$50 there you are, Stannie, old boy t:
there's your fortune. All you've got
to do Is to go TO work and find it. Per-
haps by that time you will have ac-
CURED the working habit-which is
what Grandfather Jasper hoped might
prove to be the case.
"Wishing you great JOY in your
search, l am,
"Your affectionate cousin.
"PERCY."
Naturally. l had a quiet little laugh
Over this screed of Percy's, taking it
for a joke; a poor joke and in rather
bad taste, / thought. In that mood !
handed the letter to Lisette for her to
read. She didn't laugh, but she did
look a bit scornful and put about, If
you know what l mean.
~ don't suppose the b~lue-eyed girl
would appeal to you" she said,
though the horse and the dog might.
When do you start?"
We discovered that Meridian 1O5
west Of Greenwich split the state of
Colorado just beyond Denver, Colorado
Springs and Pueblo, and the hunting
ground plotted out for me tool in
three-fourths Of the remainder Of the
state, a slice Of Utah. a good bit bigger
slice of New Mexico. with a bite out
of the northeastern corner of Arizona,
just for good measure.
"Me for the wild and woolly !"
brayed. Don't you see me rugged out
in a nice, hairy pair Of Snaps and
riding Observation-Disclosures believe
that's the phrase-over the snow.
capped peaks or the boundless prairies
as the case may be? But just imagine
Percy the immaculate pulling a bone.
head joke like this !"
you are taking 1t for a Joker" she
questioned.
"Sure / am and It's a rather rotten
one at that. I should say-considerins
the source"
"Then You won't go to look for the
blue-eyed girl with nut-brown hair ant
the cunning little mole? Think Of wha,
you may be missing!"
For just n crazy minute I had 8
bunch, or a premonition, or whateve,
you like to call 1t. that the letter nigh
not be a joke. Grandfather Jasper hat
always been a bit eccentric-a ricl
mans privilege and a rich old man..
incontestable right. What II he hat
actually done this thing to mei-s
thing scarcely less devastating thar
cutting me of without a pennyf Oh
the spur Of the moment I said:
III I should 60. would you wait 70
me, Lisettef"
She took her time about answerinI
"a good and s~uflcient plenty Of Il
II think perhaps rd better no
change the ring back. Stannie." Oh
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