The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-10-24

| did II only for the tina. l sald-didn't
I?-that when | had chance to rent
II for more I'd have to do 1t. l am
sure | must have said that. Well, any.
way I've had an opportunity to let II
go for fifteen. OF course If you feel
you can pay that much-otherwlse I'm
sure I'll be sorry to see you leave, but
business Is business, isn't 1t, Miss Haw.
kins?'
Sally Hawkins said she supposed II
was and asked for a day to think
things over Possibly she ought to tell
Mrs. Kline, she reflected, that she had
lost her position and that she wouldn't
be able to stay. Still she'd have to live
and she'd have to get another position.
III the meantime she had about $40 in
the world to live on.
That afternoon Sally went the round
Of the agencies where she hoped to
find word of another position as gov
erness, tutor or private school teacher.
Likewise she tried for positions in
offices, but as she knew nothing Of
| typewrlting or shorthand she was I'M
successful. When she boarded car
to go home after her weary searching
she passed the conductor quarter.
He looked at her with scrutiny.
Sorry, MISS" he said, "but this is
plugged. l suppose you didn't know
it?"
Arrived at the boarding house Sally
found two letters on the hall table adj
dressed to her. One was from the dye
ing establishment where she had taken
her one and only evening frock to be
dyed rose color from white.
1--WE regret that the silk has gone to
pieces in the dyeing," Sally read, "but,
as you had this work done at your
own risk, we assume no responsibility.
Regretting that this has occurred and
trusting that you will honor us with
your patronage in the future" etc.
The other was from her brother, away
in college, asking her if he could bor-
row S25. He'd return II fvefold as
soon as he was through and had
chance to make his living.
Sally dragged rather weary feet up
to her small bedroom. The first thing
she saw was the clover plant, which
seemed to be thriving in its new sur
roundings. Really, it was very re-
markable. Sally looked at it and
counted the leaves. There were twen-
ty-one four-leaved clovers on the plant,
four three-leaved clovers and few
with five leaves. Sally wondered il
any one ever found a clover plant so
extraordinary.
At dinner that night Sally must have
shown something of the WEAKNESS and
encouragement she felt.
"Weil, did something extraordinarily
nice happen to you today?" asked the
widow. You look terribly tired. You
know you said you thought something
nice was going to happen. Did it?'
"Why-why, l found a lucky clover
plant" said Sally, not able to recall
anything else of a pleasant nature that
had happened that whole day.
Have you had good luck?" asked
the widow sharply.
"Not yet" said Sally.
There you go again." said Mr..
Hodge. Always cheerful, amt your"
After dinner Sally looked again visit
fully at the four-leaf clover plant. 1t
had brought her the worst sort of bad
luck all day. She wanted to get rid
Of it. She wondered whether anyone
would want it. Then she suddenly be-
thoNght herself Of Frank Lawrence,
whose room was on the floor below,
and Selling her plant, she sped through
the hall to knock at his dor.
He opened the door and ushered her
into the room he used as his study,
where the table was strewn with books
and papers. He was visibly embar-
raised by her visit.
IT know you teach botany" said
Sally, land so thought maybe you'd
like to have this plant 1t is extraordi-
nary to have so many four-leaved clo-
vers on one plant, isn't it?"
Most extraordinary" said DR..
Frank Lawrence, not paying the least |
attention to the clover plant, but look
ng intently at the pretty girl before
him. Most extraordinary that you
should appear when I was thinking 30
ntently of you. 1 was wondering
Miss Hawkins, in fact, I've often won
Tered if you'd ever care to 60 to the
heater with me-"
Sally said she would be delighted;
n fact she wanted to go then-that
light.
The next morning Sally appeared at
he breakfast table with a smile even
more cheerful than usual.
did you have any good luck?" asked
he widow with sarcasm in her tone.
1.-THE best luck in the world" said
sally, looking straight at Frank Law
ence. "And the interesting thing
bout It," she went on to explain, SIS
hat the good luck that came couldn't
ossibly have come II had not found
hat clover"
And two weeks later the boarders
card the amazing news from Mrs.
line that both Professor" Lawrence
nd Miss Hawkins had left-both left