Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-10

best wishes. and had willed tho money
and property-all of it, mind you-to
Cousin Percy, giving az his reason
that he thought Percy would make
better use of it.
OF course, I had everybody's sympa-
thy and condolence-even Percy's, for
that matter. My mother wept; and,
as l recall 1t, Lsette managed to com
pass a tear or so when I told her what
had happened; or rather what had so
ignominiously failed to happen.
Whatever will you do?" she fall
tered. II suppose you will really have
to GO to work now, won't you, Stan
Perish the thought" I told her;
then I gave the good reasons why
there was no hope for us in that d.
rection. "A fat chance I'd have to
earn any real money. 4 can navigate
a yacht little,-drive a motor, ride
a polo pony, and play a fair hand Mt
bridge and the other great American
game . l think these are the sum total
Of my shining accomplishments. You
needn't return the ring" 1 grinned,
seeing that she was looking at II
rather regretfully. "You can wear
it on some other Finger, you know"
Yes; I suppose / could do that"
h agreed; and I'm blest If she didn't
shift it to a finger of the other hand
right there and then! =.
1t was less than a week after this
little fade-out with Lisette that
Percy's letter came. This is what it
said:
Dear Stannie:
II know just about how you felt
father Jasper's will read, and It isn't
going to make you feel any better now
when I tell you that I knew of its pro-
Visions more than a year ago. When
the will was drawn, grandfather
showed it to ma, and ave me a sealed
envelope, which I wa to open after
his death That envelope, as l knew
at the time, contained, among other
things. a codicdl to the will BY its
provisions you r to receive a legacy
under certain conditions which were
I might think best.
your portion Of Grandfather Jas
pers property vas worth, At It's latest
valuation, something like SAC, 600. 1t
lies In a perfectly. safe repository, sit
uated between the 106th and 10th
degrees Of longitude west from Green
wich. and the 35th and 10th degrees
north latitude When you find it. you
will be able to identity it by the pres-
enc OF a gill with brown hair and
blue eyes and small mole on her left
shoulder, a piebald horse which the
girl rides, and a dog with a split face
half black and half white. You will
be more than likely to find the three
together: and II you make the ac-
quatntance Of the girl, you'll be on the
trail Of your legacy.
80 there o are. Stannie, old boy;
there's your fortune. All you've got
to do Is TO 90 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 am,
Your a~ffechonate cousin.
Percy"
Naturally, I had a quiet little laugh
over this screed Of Percy's, taking it
for a Joke; a poor joke and in rather
bad taste. Il thought. In that mood I
handed the letter to LAsette for her to
read. She didn't laugh, but she did
look a bit scornful and put about, il
you know what l mean.
Il don't suppose the blue-eyed girl
would appeal to you" she said,
though the horse ana the dog might.
When do you stArt?"
We discovered that Meridian los
west Of Greenwich split the state Of
Colorado just beyond Denver, Color
ado Springs ana Pueblo. ana the hunt
~ . nice. hairy pair Of 'shaps' and
three-fourths Of the remainder Of the
state, . slice Of Utah. q good bit big
ger slice Of New Mexico, with a bite
out Of the northeastern corner Of All
sonA just for good measure.
! = for the Wild and woolly" +
brayed. Don't you see me rugged out
! M nice. hairy pair Of snaps, and
riding Observation-Disclosures beliavs
thats the phrase-0ver the snow.
capped peaks or the boundlen prairies
~ the case may be7 But just imaEine
Percy the immaculate pulling a hone.
head joke like this!"
questioned.
Sure ! AM; and It's . rather rotten
2 at that I should say-considerinr