The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-01-27
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pect name: like that belonged to-
face like that. BY lingo. it would be
strange if that mailman persuaded her
to marry him. hope he does. If
I'm any sjudgesof character, Jack Web
ster won't he cruel enough to chain
that vision 10 Sobrante; and besides,
she's liable to make him decide who's
most popular with Jhim-Henrietta or
Billy Geary. If She does, I'll play
yGeary to lose Well! Needs must
when the devil drives" And he. en-:
tered the station telegraph Office and
commenced to Write:%l ~
= An hour later Miss Dolores Ruey,.
alias Henrietta Wilkins, was handed.
this remarkably verbose and truly
sscantlid Telegram: *+ 43 ~ ....
T. "NIisssHenrietta wilkins, Lower 6,
Car o. on Board train "a. )
=: DO you recall the. bewhiskered,
ragged Individual you met on the S.
r.. =. :A:.ss& s. l., train in Death val
ley ten: days ago? He lifted his hat
to you tonight, and you almost killed
him with look. It did not occur to
him that you would not recognize him
disguised as a gentleman, and he lift
ed his hat on impulse. Do not hold 1t
against him.. The sight CT you again
set his reason, tottering on it's throne,
and he told me his sad story.
"This man, John Stuart Webster, is
wealthy, single, forty, fine and crazy
as a March hare. He is In love with
you. You might do worse than fall in
love with him. He is the best mining
s'engineer in the world, and he is now
aboard the same train with you, en-
l. route to New Orleans, thence to take
the steamer to Buenaventura, Sobran-
r tie, C. A., where he is to meet another
]unatic and finance a hole in the
ground. I do not want him to so to
}Sobrante. If you marry him, he will
not. If youf do not marry him, you
still might arrange to make him listen
{ to reason. If you can induce him to
come to work for me within the next
so days. whether you marry him or
not, will give you $1,000 the day he
reports on the job. Please bear In
mind that he does not know l am do
ing this. If he did, he would kill me,
but business is business, and this is
plnin business proposition. I am put
ting you wise. so you will know your
power and can exercise 1t If you care
to earn the money. If not, please for
get about it. At any rate, please DO
me the favor to communicate with me
on the subject. if at all interested.
Edward p. jerome, President Colo
RADIO Consolidated Mines, Ltd, Care
Engineers Club"
The girl read and reread this te1e-
gram several times, and presently a
slow little smile commenced to creep
around the corners Of her adorable
mouth.
II believe that amazing old GENTLE
man is absolutely dependable" was
the decision at which she ultimately
arrived, and calling for telegraph
blank, she wired the old schemer: -
i, "Five thousand not enough money.
Make it $4,000 and I will guarantee
! TO deliver the man within 80 days. l
stay on this train to New Orleans.
\. ''HENRIETTA."
! That telegram arrived at the Engi-
neers' club about midnight, and pur-
suant to instructions, the night bar
keeper read it and 'phoned the con,
stents to Neddy Jerome, who prompt
~ tclephoned his reply to tho telc-
graph Office, and then sat on the edge
of his bed, scratching his toes and
mcditating.
That's remarkable young wom-
an" he decided, land business to her
finger tips. Well, I've done my part,
and it's now up to Jack Webster to
protect himself in the clinches and
breakaways."
About daylight black hand passed
Neddy Jerome's reply through the
berth curtains to Dolores Ruey. She
read: g..
accept. When you deliver the
goods, communicate with me and get
your money. ..s.ls
= JEROME"
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She snugyled back among the pill
lows and considered the various as
poets of this amazing contract which
she had undertaken with "A perfect
stranger. Hour after hour, she lay !
there, thinking over this preposterous
situation, and the more she weighed
it. the more interesting and attractive
the proposition appeared. But one
consideration troubled her. How
would the unknown. knight manage an
introduction? Or, ffhe failed to man.
age it, how was she to overcome that
obstacle?
ooh, DEAR" she murmured, II do
hope he's brave"
She need not have worried. Hours
before, the object of her thought had
settled all that to his own complete
satisfaction. and as consequence was
sleeping peacefully and gaining
strength for whatever Of fortune, good
or i'll. the morrow might bring forth. |