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...-enonto be sneezed at.
- love;
oh
sand dollars to Squirm with tears in his
esyand remarks that it will be neces-
t be gumwood and
everybody out of step to the music be-
cause they was all steppin' over bundles
of imaginary kush they were goin’ to
make out of the PI‘airiegPride Bonanza
Oil & Gas Company.
“The Pres. escorts Miss Take into the
drug store for an ice cream soda with
his wife a-Dullin‘ at his coat tails like
A jealous hyena. ‘
.'‘‘Oh. yes.’ says Miss Take, ‘there is
Eypsum there by the lakefull. I pre-
dict we will strike granite sand‘ at‘ 300
feet. I think I will have Carmel,‘ she
smiles. ninning up, a rebellious lock oi!
h Ir '
a .
“I don't know what the Pros. ordered.
but I'll beo he got his when he stepped
over the welcome mat that night at
home, an‘ I'll bet it was hot: tongue and
cold shoulder the, missus gave him for
sulmer.
" he next morning Pod and me‘ meets
Miss Take in the parlor and splits three
ways, each takin' four thousand dollars
in l rgo hills.
hot a bad day‘s work. boys,’ smiles
Miss Take sweetly. ‘E5’ the way. r.
Pod, have you any Juicy fruit chewing
gum? I dislike licorice. it reminds one
so much of tsri‘ Huh’! Why sure it
was Shylock. That was his scheme to
get even with the corn growers and
Alfalfa Alfs of Prairie Pride."
“Well. if there-ls, I'll get it," cried the
tvishing nephew. “And have the
unique distinction of marrying on that
day. too
Tommy Faylon did not know so much
-then as he knows now, for Uncle Robert
died in August, 1915, and Tommy has, in
the natural order of things, aged since
them and with age comes knowledge.
But he did know enough to understand
that upon additional knowledge depend-
work for n
was the proposition.
it was well that Tommy was young.
have said. every one who heard
Iii: month of February. as every one
knows. consists of twenty-eight days.
the Ye
heard of there being thirty days in Feb-
ruary?
man's wit. say the philoso-
phers, lies the solution at many appar-
Tommy
to act upon it immediately.
the home of Alice Detwar.
He told her again of the extent of his
again he was assured by her that
me‘ his wife
in business.
her of the strange clause
contained in his uncle‘ ' ii.
"A d a million dollar he added. ‘'is
why, with anili-
lion dollars"-- His thoughts strayed.
o
she
hundred in the hand would set you up
in your venture. Five hundred in your
Docket is better than a million unob-
talnable."
"If he thought there was a Feb. .10, I
guess I can find it." said Tommy. "And
d, eh?"
tuition was not perceptive enough to
. grasp the kernel of the problem at the
moment. She believed it was all adead
man's trlck:v that there was nothing
' solid to the idea. Still, she assured her
fiance, it she could aid him her time
was his. g ' ‘ ' '
During the month of September. 1915,
Tommy Faylon spent his every wakirIK
hour poring over calendars, almanacs
and rare works in the‘ public library.
talizingproblem of his life. But he Put
in an entire month on his first line of
thougt, ..a .. .
- In October .he,tried a different cam-
k
He added wonderfully to his mentality.
but was no nearer the secret of wealth
when the end reached its close than he
was at its beginning. I-‘urrows aphearerl
on his W. lines creased h cheeks.
his eyes rctreiited in their wells, and he
grew nervous. ‘ ’
Never was anything harder soukhl
for. The quest of the Golden Grail, the
r alchemy's most potent power.
Diogenes‘ pursuit for an honest man.-
so did his promise to battle.
Often asked himself, Whoever heard of
February 30? '
llis uncle's doctor advised him health-
mllyr "Stop looking in books, you're
Wearing your life aw Take a sea
'ay.
trip: get health-restoring balm from
ocean air: put yourself where you can't
use a ook." ' .
A d on the heels of this advice came
word from Alice Detwar that her father
‘wanted to lake her for a trip to Hawaii.
Just for the sen voyage, and to get ox-
Derience ‘she would never hnve it she
married Tommy Faylon." She was do-
n: so soon he would have no unper-
‘unily of seeing her, before she left.
ill‘-e
. ..m,L..
l million dollars,
AAvMi.l1ion.on February 30th
(Continued From Page 2) r
Tommy hunted up the doctor. “I'd
follow your advice." he said. “but I
haven't the money. To travel costs
YHOYIE .'
"Why not take the hve hundred." the
physician suggested, “and by using it
hell) gain the larger sum? Pay where
you have to. and work your passage
where you ca .
n n Tom y was on the way to the
Pacific coast trying to get a glimpse
of the girl who was running away with
his heart. Alice had left by boat when
he reached there, so he was quick to
charter passage on the next steamer
0 put forth. Like a will-o‘-the-wisp
she (littered Just ahead of him wherever
he went, but he continued. In January
he found her in Japan, and there found
himself also.
.-
sheitold
"But before February ended,"
him, “father says I will e the ocean
on the Way home. 5 th nks the trip
has included all that is necessary. for
my experience."
‘ ‘ll return with
you." he informed
from Yokohama on February something
or other, a fact which recalled to his
mind that he was no nearer discovering
February 30 than he ever had been.
In ocean was 2. beautiful body. Never
had its surface been more conducive
to delight. Rough weather seemed impos-
sible. An the vessel on which they
sniled was one of the driest belonging
to the company. The officers and crew
were efficient, so the passengers had no
concern as their personal safety.
Hour after hour was spent on the deck.
watching the waves: Alice and Tommy
making love. and each wondering how
the conditions laid down in the last will
and testament of e late Robert Fay-
lon could be compiled with.
February 80 was a haunting
proposition. It clung to the brain as
tenaclously no sin. It offered attrac-
tion, but presented no hint of solution.
cast at him if he acknowledged that ho
had studied the l>ro.blem. had devoted
months to its solution. but could rebort
nothing but failure. Still, he toldhim-
sell’, his uncle may as well have com-
manded him to nnd a thirteenth month
on the calendar; the-task would have
been as easy. ' A
The passengers on the vessel watched
the two lovers curiously. It changed
there was A clergyman on board, and it
was not long before many were saying
it would be a‘splendid- idea for him to
these hints, shook his head.
"I hnvc no more chance of marrying
her,‘ he said to one man, who took him
to the salon and gave him aclgnr “than
I have of tlnding a February 80."
passengers, besides the captain A
"I understand," said the captain. ‘that
you wish this reverend gentleman to
marry you to Miss Detwar.'
“it has been said so in n joking way,
I think." slalnmered Tommy. .
‘‘“'i: may as well have the ceremony
now, then,". said Alice. Quickly. “We're
all here. and there are witnesses
enough."
"F:-hrimry 30." skroaned Tommy.
"Take hold of hands," commanded the
minister. He opened a prayer book to
the page holding the marriage rere-
" n you. Alice, take this
man " He proceeded with the rere-
mony, and before‘ Tommy Faylon re-
covered his wits he found hlmselfaben-
edict, married to the girl of his choice.
and the word of the Gospel strength-
-ening tlizffacl.
am unhapvllr happy." he said.
cunsolingly looking-into
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