Catoctin clarion., 1923-06-21
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"IIow's IhatY' asked me spinster
eagerly.
"Wc are waitin| fo' Sandy to show
you the letter." said Sam.
Miranda read the letter through
twice, folded it and held it in her lap
for few moments. Then:
81 don't rightly git the motive back
of this writin'. 1t amt, been sent
without one. Mebbe she's just taken
fancy to Molly, mebbe she's wOm-
an that likes to do kind things and
thinks Molly'Il pay well for bein'
taken up. l don't mean in money,
but, if Molly didn't have a show Of
bein' rich, an warn't pritty, which
she is, amt certain Mrs. Keith 'ud
be so eager. l guess it's all right.
but, somehow, it don't hit me as
plumb sincere"
You'd vote ag'in it?" asked Sandy.
moo. l w'udn't.'
81 fggered on putin 1t up to Molly"
THAT'S good i1ee. An, as her
guardeen. I'd suggest that Mrs.
Keith lives up to that half-promise of
hers an make It condition she
brings Molly out here inside of six
months. Thatll give time for fair
trial an you can see right then TO
yoreself how it's workin'."
That's plumb fine idee," said
Mormon, looking triumphantly at his
partners.
1t ran with Sandy's own wishes and
he subscribed to it. Sam indOrsed 1t
as well, and letter was sent east
that night, containing tte proviso Of
Molly's return and another that Molly
should bear all her own expenses Of
tuition and living All this to hang
upon Molly's own desire to make the
change. -
When Molly's letter came there ap-
She admitted that she had been some
times Lonesome" at the school.
After that Molly's letters were
prime events at the Three Star. She
wrote every week telling Of life at
the Keiths'. Miranda made up the
w tHclil. N1olls "IotV.
1T Is full Of excitement, this life
at the Keiths', and they are just
lovely to me. There Is a lot of COM
pany always at the house and every
one seems to be enjoying himself. but
somehow 1t strikes me as not quite
real I want to be back where no.
body pretends.
"Id give anything, sometimes, for
n good gallop through the redtop and
sage and rabbit-brush on my pony"
There was more talk of dinners
and dances, of receptions and thea
ters, with mention of Donald Keith
here and there, chat Of new clothes,
kind words for the elder Keiths.
Don't think I've changed" she said
'I'm the same Molly underneath even
II have been revamped and deco
rated"
The famous White Gold prospec-
fuses and advertisements duly fol-
lowed the news stories. Casey Town
doomed with some bOna-fide strikes
that sent Keiths stocks soaring high.
The porphyry dyke at the Molly mine
began to yield rich results almost
from the first, and dividends were
paid in such quantities as to stagger
the Three Star outfit, who saw them
selves in a fair way to become rich.
All over the barren hills, where the
first futile shafts had been driven and
abandoned, buildings sprang up like
mushrooms, housing machinery, send
ing up plumes of white smoke that
tokened the underground energies.
The three partners held consulta-
ton as to their disposal Of the checks
that were sent them.
MOLLY, she's gettin' the same
amount we're splittin' both ways"
said Sam, "but somehow it don't seem
right to me the way we come in. 1t
was her dads mine. He found it. All |
we did was to find her-an' Grit done
that"
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