Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1922-02-16

to do" &
Don't you like to work."
"Why-e-e, guess Pin like other for.
in that respect. don't lnind Wol@ u.
If can pick my job-u,,d my &. y.
pany. I've been having bully good
time hammering around this old btnle5
Of junk with your father. Or Mas
having one until Satun came also.
Meaning Mr. Buller,on?" III
"Quite SO; meaning Mr.. Bulle. ,u,,
christened Charles"
fought to stay here and listen If
you're going to say things about hi,n?'"
"Not if you are going to marry hlll.
you shouldn't"
"Well, why shouldn't l marry hin,
If want to? Hasn't he plenty of
money? And haven't told you tllut
I'd marry for money!"
"Humph!" said L; "when you talk
that way you are saying out loud just
what Lisette says to herself-only you
don't mean it and she does. But tell
me how did you get permission to
come over here and talk with met"
''Whose rmission-Daddy's?"
"No; Bullerton's, of course"
II don't have. to ask it--yet."
"Not yet, but soon," grinned. "All
things come to him--or her-who
waits. Just the same, you shouldn't
have come. It's cruelty to animals.
After a man has travelled thousands Of
miles to sit at the feet Of the one girl
in the universe, only to find himself
elbowed by brown-whiskered jeet-''
"Hush" she chided. Cant you
ever be serious? You are not sitting
at anybody's feet. What are you 60
ing to do about the mine?"
"Bullerton offered to unwater the
Cinnabar If I'd deed him a bit more
than half interest-and possibly he'd
still be willing to do that, which would
mean that he'd form stock company
and freeze me out completely when
he got good and ready"
"And what is the other way?"
HE offers to buy the mine outright,
just as it stands, for fifty thousand
dollars"
But your grandfather paid nearly
half million for 1t, didn't he?"
even SO. But, you see, in the pres
ent scrap I'm the under dog. The man
: you are going to marry has none of the
nice little scruples in a business trans
action-if you'll permit me to go that
far. He even threatens to turn me
over to the authorities for stealing
that inspection car and getting it
smashed"
"Oh, don't believe he'd do that r.
she deprecated.
1T is perfectly right and proper
that you shouldn't think so-in the
circumstances. Just the same, you'll
pardon me If say that I'm swearing
continuously and prayerfully at the
circumstances"
"You don't want me to marry money
and have good clothes and all the other
nice things, and travel and see the
world, and all that?"
mo, by Jove! l want you to marry
me-" r,
Her laugh, was just a funny little
gurgle. 4
"Bluebeard!" she said, just like
that. "And you haven't even killed
Miss Randle yet! Thank you, ever so
much; but don't want to be one of
several. Besides, you haven't any
money"
Talk Of impasses and impossible sit
uations! What could a man say, or
hope to say, to such girl as that!
did you come over here just to
torment me?' rasped.
"Woof!" she shivered, ''here comes
the bear again !" and then. right smash
out Of clear sky: kiss me-just
once, Stannie-bear..''
Did I? She was gasping bit when
she got up rather unsteadily to 60
back to the cabin across the. dump
head and wouldn't stay another min.
ute. though begged and pleaded with
her. AZ ~. ...s.
mo, indeed. Bluebeard man." she
said with that queer little gurgle Of a
| laugh. Ill think I have found out
what I wanted to. Goodby." And
then. after thought. she was clean
gone, she turned back to say. airily:
"Oh, yes II had almost forgotten what
came over here to fell you. You
mustn't sell the Cinnabar. .Stannie; not
for any price that anybody might Offer
| you. Go0dby. again." ,.
Can you beat It? When. the good
Lord made women He doubtless had
many patterns; but 1 do believe the
mold was broken and thrown away
after this Jeanne girl had been fash
Toned. For solid kour or more l "a,
on that slab bench at the shaftllouss
!. door in 9 sort Of bewildered daxe, won
dering If had been asleep and dream
]; ing, or If the bedazzling thing had
really happened.
'.3& At breakfast the next morning every.
/ thing passed of as usual and cor any.
thing that jeanne said or hooked there
needn't have been any. bench beside
the shafthouse door and the dream
theory ! had been playing with might
have been the sober fact. An hour
later, after l had gone across to the
mine Ry,11ortn,1 40 mr., .1,1you ~. .lt+,