The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-02-16

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which managed to find out everything
somehow. Reporters started calling on
him that very evening and he was
forced to give interviews. telling them
how the money had come from an
estate In Scotland which he had heard
of when lad but had forgotten about
rs he grew up. The next morning he
was spread all over the front pages.
Bertha solved the problem Of his
matrimonial obligation by writing him
q brief note, in which she congratu-
lated him on his good fortune and
voluntarily broke their engagement.
"You are on different plane Of life.
now" she wrote, "and 1t Is only hui
man nature under such conditions to
form friendships among the wealthy
class. So I'll say good-by."
She was right, and he was glad she
looked at it that way. he told himself.
and went out to take possession OF the
expensive automobile he had ordered.
The car business was not 80 rushing
now and orders were filed promptly.
At the wheel Of the 12-cylinder ma
chine he motored out into the country.
School children on their way home
asked him for a ride, but he paid no
attention. Later he would take people
for rides, but just now he was too
busy.
Casper opened the throttle and the
motor hummed When smaller cars
got in his way he dashed ahead and
passed them disdainfully. He turned
to look at a big. ramshackle building
beside the road, and while his atten-
ton was thus engaged his machine
left the road and struck a telephone
pole with terrific force. Blackness en-
sued.
In a semi-conscious condition he felt
himself picked up, seemingly hours
after the crash, and carried some
where. When he regnined his COM
plete senses he found himself In bed
in very plain-looking room. sweet
faced. middle-aged lady stood near
him. Acute pain in his right arm
caused him to vince.
Broken" said the woman sympa-
tnetlcally. he saw tldt sHc was
dressed in white.
"Hospital? 2" he asked.
Not exactly" she smiled. ITS the
Business Girls Home for Crippled
Children. You were brought here as
an emergency"
"The Business Girlsr' he asked.
"Yes. It's an organization Of young
women who pay a certain amount OF
their earnings every week to maintain
this institution. They work in secret,
believing that charity that proclaims
itself to the world is no charity at all.
'1t's not very elegant" she apollo
gized. "but we hope to have better
UNDERSTANDING. You can be re-
moved to one Of the uptown hospitals
In few days"
She left the room and he pondered-
He had sustained two shocks In the
last few days. The first, In the form
Of 81 100000. had put him in daze.
The second. in the shape of a tele-
phone pole, seemed to have brought
him out of it, He wondered If he were
dreaming 1t all, but the pain in his
arm was sufficient to convince him,
The sweet-faced woman hustled into
the room.
"The president of the Business Girls
is here" she said. "She's coming In
to see you. 1 can't Introduce you, for
don't know your name. There was
no Identification mark in your clothes,
probably because they're all new. She's
a wonderful girl. can tell you"
Presently into the room walked
Bertha Walton.
Casper" she exclaimed, and drew
back.
Casper's bordering had not been
without results.
Bertha" he called, don't leave. 1t
may be human nature to feel that
there's a barrier between us now, but
I've had all that kind of human ma
ture knocked out of me by telephone
pole. Come here and let's talk over
things For one thing, that note Of
yours is all foolishness, and for an
other, l want to discuss new build
ing for the Business Girls Home for
Crippled Children, and it's going to be
secret, too-because charity that
proclaims itself to the world is no
charity at ALL
(: And Bertha went to him, with
cheeks that glowed and eyes that were
glistening with pride.
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