Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-10
Peter, Hammer
and Nails
BY DOROTHY DOUGLAS


9NA so@cA 4dpPi4s III hcl pi6 SUI
'as he bent over the hearth in an effort
to erase some of the stains from the
old tiles.
Peter grinned. I'm going to take
out some OF those bricks in the chin
neypiece and make u niche for dads
pipe" he said.
That's a fine idea. You might
make one for my tea cup. Who
KNOWS, you might find fortune
stuffed away in there"
cit wouldn't be the first time. But
| hardly think the old boy that had
this house was In any way eccentric
he seems to have been just quiet old
bachelor"
However, and because truth is near
~ always much stranger than fiction,
Peter did lind something when prylng
out bricks from the chimney.
1t was u fair-slzed tin box stuffed to
The very brim with currency of large
denominations. Peter did not stop at
once TO ascertain the amount for the
note in an envelope was his first in
'erest'
II read In the event OF my moi
making a proper wiz, l want 10 state
mat the money enclosed withih the
ooN Is ior Mary Ellen watson daugh'
yer OF Mary Anne watson ana Con
way watson
1here was aiso note seated ana
marked only Tor Mary Elieh.
Inc newspapers OF COURSE saiu
MS excited mother.
Ihey found that the money amount
ed 70 nearly eleven thousand dollars
ana lost no time III inserting para
sdph IN al. the daily papers TO the
eHect mat Mary Ellen watson would
iearn something 10 her advantage Il
she communicated with P. Anderson,
q Ash Grove Jersey city'
Mary Ellen Watson that afternoon
was reading her evening paper us she
eoihhiulea hohlewarn from her rather
tirlns day ia The once OF lawyer IN
lower broadway her mlhd was
really ponderins on the adyisabllity
OIL marrying the lawyer lie cert'lhlS
"es persistent wooer' But she
couldn't quite feel mat he was the
one man her ideals mad always SET up
Then Mary Eilen's casual eyes met
her own name ana the Interesting
news In the paper. NO longer was she
casual. SHE could hardly wait FOR the
train to pull into the station and she
leaped swiftly out ana dashed nome
Mother kead thatf lsn'i that
Iuhhy . what Oh eafth 40 you sup
POSE y means
tiiiik y must mean soinetnlhs
very nee my ueur' oui iioiu "la'
source nave no ldea' sala her
mother
bu' Isnl neat uuoI 10 Asu
Grove cunt eat my u,nher uii'n
l rus over ana nhu out what NS ah
about
Ahry Elleh went over 10 'lie mouse
thht had Always been SO seeluued from
view lhut they scarcely re"iiHeu tiley
han nelshDofs' She rang the ooor'
nell anu waited her ue'ir' oenuhs III
Il very grand manner
1t peat even more wheh Dig refer
opened me door.
IN -Aaly h''on N"'son' s"iu
Mary.
Ie'er > hear. pea.s "cre no' ca
eetiy leenie. Mary hiien On 'ily uooi-
s'ep was a peuu''iui 'iSioi' ou' Vn "'s
oWh-WeH' II was ,'ke a sunny OH VI
heaven cropped suuuehiy uo"h'
Come IN Mary Ellen WATSON ne
said quickly, and led her inside
She Topped swiftly Dut graeethiy
Into chair when she heard the GOOD
news a few minutes later she hau
sped over 10 zen ner mother anu 10
read 'he seaieu note
Dear Chiu' II ran ! hANe 'o'eu
your motnef since pelore hne ""'
married ana nave watched over ne'
welfare unknown un s'ss1 ysais .
SINCE tne man sue n'a'',eu mas no'
provided anything lor you '"V, i uln
putting tiiis money away year pg year
and VIII give II 70 you on your twenty
hfst nlrtilua!' naNe seen YOU i'on'
my windows, growing into ioFeiy "o'i'
anheod-lust IKE your lnotie''
There we're Il Few lines more Dul