Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-03-29
SYNOPSIS

SYNOPSIS
CHAPTER Handsome. fastidious
and wealthy-young st. Crotx Creigh-
ton awaits his sweetheart at their
trysting place. She IL fifteen minutes
late, this ordinary little Pennsylvania
Dutch girl. Nicely Schwenckton, but he
awaits her eagerly. She 10 so demure!y
beautiful. he thinks. but so out OF his
"class."
CHAPTER IL Nicely. in the
sShwsnekton home, i: altogether unlike
timely. and her speech has little of
the Pennsylvania Dutch accent. She
IL the teacher in the neighborhood
Croix' brother, is superintendent Due
to family differences. Marvin Creigh-
ton boards in town. near Nicely. who
Is living with the schwenektons, .
Nicely learns that Marvin was to have
married his cousin. . titled English
lady. but, believing she was attracted
by the Creighton wealth. had refused
Croix is to take Marvin's place and
marry the English girl.
CHAPTER III-on her way to . rem
devious with st. Croix, Nicely passes
Marvin on the road, She is somewhat
is aroused by Meely's report Of an
aged sutton for her hand. On his pre-
kerchiefs.. he demands a reward from
Nicely. The girl evades his caresses
and cleverly decoys him into admitting
he has no intention of marrying her.
CHAPTER IV-Marvtn visits school
In his official capacity as superintend-
emit. and discovers how shockingly lit
tie Nicely knows about school teach
ing She relies on her possession Of
. Normal school diploma to enable her
to retain her position. Mr.. Schwenck-
= stranger, and finding his watch gone.
demands the stranger get out and turn
over his watch. The stranger, st. Croix
Creighton. loses his way and comes to
recognizes Nicely. but tn. girl plays
her part we'll and st. Croix does not
suspect.
CHAPTER v-Meely encounters an:
other trying morning with the school
been found out because Of her knowl.
edge of English topics and her woeful
ignorance Of things American. but de-
the superintendent have an enjoyable
lunch in the schoolhouss together.
CHAPTER vI-Nettie schwenckton,
Sans daughter, Is greatly enamored
Of st. Croix and sends him letter
K, Inlnk king II Nicely WHO ScuI tu0
schwenckton writes St. Croix q note
urging him to. discontinue his atten-
Ss onS Ne se in nina having ' diseoSered
the latter Of course thinks he refers
to Nicely. St. croix offers Nicely love
in. She tells him she has found out
the sort Of man he IT," and leaves
Marvin ripens. St Croix- arouses his
fathers suspicious by telling him he
believes Marvin is going to marry one
upon his father decides to pay Nicely
q visit after school
CHAPTER VII-While his father is
away Marvin visits his mother, who
tells him of her anxiety over St. Croix
Marvin takes a photograph from the
baby album" and compares 1t with
Nicely Schwenckton, finding that 1t
bears a strong resemblance to his Eng
Creighton's curiosity. when he tells her
this, is aroused and she determines to
call on Nicely.
with Marvin, Nicely admits she 10 am
bilious for stage success and is teach
ing school only to get money enough
to take her to HOLLYWOOD, where she
dom. He tells her of her remarkable
resemblance to his cousin, Lady Sylvia
St. Croix, but although she Is obvious
Iy interested he Is unable absolutely
to confirm his growing suspicion that
Nicely Schwenckton" and Lady Sylvia
are the same person.
CHAPTER Ix-Mr. Creighton makes
His references to my son" the girl
naturally supposes refer to st. Croix.
They hear car approach and instant.
ly drive away Creighton ts lass assumes Ms.,I it
and hardens his heart. He offers her
$4,000 to leave the neighborhood,
avowing. his desire to separate her
from She nnn nay sns
accepts his proposition. The car they
had heard was Mrs. Creighton's, who,
recognizing her husbands auto. had
driven Marvin INA a driving. By Ia sees s
and Nicely are in collision to entrap
him into a marriage with the girl,
whom he is now convinced 10 Lady
Sylvia: He interrupts the converse
acceptance of the bride. Nicely makes
light of the transaction, and leaves
the two men, as she says, "for Holly
wood" Marvin and his father effect a
ton receives a telegram from Sylvia's
father announcing that his daughter
Is sailing at once to America. 1t IL
arranged that st. Croix shall meet her
Continued from last week.
Mr.. Creighton took st. Croix to task
for his misleading description OF the
school teacher.
"How you ever got the idea that
she was illiterate common"
"But she is I"
ave can't possibly be talking of the
same person
"The person I'm talking of Is Miss
,Schwenckton. the teacher Of William
Penn school, the niece of the farmer,
Sam SchwencktOn I had doughnuts
and coffee with her and Sam
Schwenckton and his wife in their
very own kitchen the night my watch
was taken from mel"
81 don't understand 1t at ALP com.
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