The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-01-05

Number. One; and shock Number Two
was strictly personal to me: Grand
father Jasper had left me his love and
best wishes, and had wflled the money
and property-all OF it. mind you-to
Cousin Percy, giving as his reason
that he thought Percy would make
better use Of 1t. h..
OF course, / had everybody's syympa-
thy and condolence-even Percy's, for
that matter. My mother wept; and,
as / recall 1t. Lisette managed to COM
pass a tear or SO when / told her what
had happened; or rather what had so
ANONYMOUSLY failed to happen.
Whatever, will you do?"l she fall
tered. II suppose you will really have
to go to work. now, won't you. Stan
ME r. tF@ e g #t z
TPerish the thought" / told her;
then / gave the good reasons why
there was no hope for us In that di-
rection. "A fat chance I'd have to
earn any real money. ! can navigate
La yacht-a l~ittle,-drive d motor, ride
a polo pony, and play a fair hand at
bridge and the other great American
game. ] think these are the sum total
OF my shining accomplishments.
You needn't return the ring" !
grinned, seeing that she was looking
at it rather regretfully. "You can wear
It on some other finger. Won know" 8
yes; ! suppose / could do that.p
she agreed and I'm bIest IL she didn't
shift 1t to a finger of the other hand
right there and then! :
1t was less than a week after this
little fade-out scene with Lisette that
Percy's letter came. This is what 1t
said +. r1 I
Dear Stannie: IL ~ i.
Il know just about how you felt
last week when you heard GRANDPA
Their Jasper's. will read, and 1t isn't
going to make you feel any better now
when I tell you, that / knew of its pro-
visions mor than a year ago. When
the will was drawn, grandfather
showed 1t to me, and gave me a sealed
envelope, which I was to- open after
his death. That envelope. as I knew
at the time, contained. among other
things, a codicil to the will, BY its
provisions you are to receive a legacy
under certain conditions which were
to be revealed to you at such time as /
might think best.
your portion of Grandfather Jas
per's property was worth. at It's latest
valuation, something like $4,000. 1t
lies In a perfectly safe repository, stu
ated between the 1O5th and 10th de-
grees of longitude west from Green
witch. and the 35th and 10th degrees
north latitude. When you find it, you
will be able to Identify it by the pres
ence OF q girl with brown hair and
blue eyes and small mole on her left
shoulder. a pfebald 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 1t you make the ac-
quaintance q the girl, you'll be on the
trail of your legacy.
So there you are, Stannie, old boy:
there's your fortune. All you've got
to do Is to 60 to work and find it. Per
haps by that time you will have ac-
CURED the working h~abit--which is
what Grandfather Jasper hoped might
prove To be the ease.
wishing you great Joy In your
search. I am.
"Yonr afrectionate cousin.
PERCY"
Naturally, 4 had q quiet little laugh
over this sereed OF Percy's, taking 1t
for a joke; q poor joke and III rather
bad taste. / thought. III that mood u
handed the letter to LIsette for her TO
read. She didn't laugh, but she did
look q bit scornful and put about, III
You know what / mean.
II don't suppose the bIue-eyed girl
would appeal 10 you she said.
though the horse and the dog might
When do You start ~.
We discovered that Meridian los
west OF Greenwich split the state of
Colorado just beyond Denver, Colorado
Springs md Pueblo, and the hunting
ground plotted out for me took iii
three-fonrths of the remainder of the
state siicesof Utah. Il good bit bigger
slice Of New Mexico. With bite ont
~ the northeastern corner of Arizona,
just Tor good measure.
ME- 4 the Wild and woollyl 1" |
brayed Don't you see me rugged out
IN 4 nice, hairy pair Of snaps and
riding NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. believe
thatss the Dhrase-over the snow
capped peaks AZ Tia boundless prairiea.
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