Evening star., 1921-05-08

up on something he could put in the
bank in my name. ! don't kno"
whether she left anything to me or
not. but if she did III bet II dian I
out and spend it. He was that kind
His ideas about dollars was that they
were made round so they could roll
along.
which is one Of the seven mystic
reasons why have mighty little past
and no future. You can see for your
self how short ] am on looks;
il you're color blind I'll admit the
pale carroty hair. the moss-aSate
green eyes. and the rusty atik-effect
where my complexion ought to be
I'm long on disposition. though. and
my one fatal gift is conversation
Yes" says Miss Wellby. Il can dis
cover no speech impediment. And
your friend?'
"Inez Petersen" says l. prompt.
she was born plain Miss Petersen.
and it must have been when she was
I little and cute that they hung the
Inez on her: She's Swede on both
sides and she's lovely girl. You
handles her gum. We're from Duluth.
Minnesota. as IneZ would pronounce
it - Meen-ah soda - chanted through
the nose as if it were solo"
4 = 4
MISS WELLBY doesn't seem either
thrilled or convinced. Duluth"
she repeats. quite an interesting
city. I've heard"
You can play that strong" says ].
: It's five miles long. mile wide and
a mile high. and every year they ship
enough iron ore out of these to-"
Ma" | ask" breaks in Miss Well
by. ny you left?"
ABSOLUTELY" says !. To help
Inez find her Uncle NeIs. That may
sound little odd. too. She looks big
enough and husky enough to go out
and find three uncles all by hers T.
But I've been brought up to believe
that this was big. wicked town and
] couldn't let 1nez risk herself alone
here. You see, Inez did something
awfully mic" for me once. AS mat
ter of fart. she saved my life"
Really" says Miss Wellby. giving
her curious glance.
NO. she didn't pull me out of Lake
Superior or push away a freight train
that was about to run me down. says
/ she lifted me out of Tamarack
junction when ] thought I'd taken
root there. OF course, you don't know
Tamarack. You're lucky. It's three
miles from nodge's Clearing. where
II lived from the time ! was two until
was nineteen. going on twenty.
How Paw found Il, starting from Con-
necticut. ! never could guess. Maybe
he was just trying to lose himself in
the pine flats. But when he got to
this ten acres Of burned sand,
with the little clunp of black spruce
in the middle, he seemed TO be satis-
fed. Anyway. that's where he settled
down and proceeded to grow old.
! He built US perfectly good home
that is. If you don't care what you say.
There were two rooms and a loft-logs i
la id up with notch ends and the cracks
chinkcd with mud. Also a frame cook
shed in the back. Paw was always
promising to build another room, but
he never got around TO it. Poor old
Paw, He meant well. And then. he
| was kept rather busy supplying me with
rew stepmothers. 1t was the best thing
he did. finding some one to marry him.
/ don't know whether he was out for
| tn. long -distancc record or not. but il
looked that way. His scor. stood at
FIVE Not that he was fnicky about the
ones ne picked. We won't go into all
: ! the narrowing details. but they kept
getting worse and worse. AS for tn"
r last Mrs. Ephraim Dodge Well.
don't blame Paw for getting diseour-
aged. He just quit. Asthma compli-
9 iCItcd with matrmony.
quite Il lot VI US were lcfi-iour diff