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By ETHEL HUESTON.
BEGIN BERE TO-DAY.
ilia soul as a realtor was torn
Gloger la Tolliver was rod. tager (within him. He wished to obtain faller une a mialater, and her stepmother.
The former VAT EXHITH, My
Tirun
very available cent for the place,
bus fe in the title town of Rett be knew that Mrs. Brooks had very little money at best, and that 7 1+ atowy to al 1.
this none- Ker sta le art. So she extenced to her
and the only nibbler Patty Sear friends, Yoldy Jurkons,
100-tempting bait-might be easily deterred Trom purchase.
Wowing Mrekes, that she was polite to start
Herne ter the Hor
Tu Jenky Brooks, stier school tonelor. wife of all Benny Broke, ural an ally when shes roll trast 12plicity, she confided her intentio of ungling Junior
Chunter
Clubs bhe ket Junky to art na her agent in the pitch of the Bill Rash farm
Bearer Hart with me and Farm Brost fr Joplin Wisthury. The rest her plate were
till in her head, unformisted,
"And" the trid Jenky, “he wire wind boring
him ear to his price. Alunet half of whet
ter make will be right."
A
He did not wish to scare her off. He knew only too well that from the common utilitarian standards of southeastern Iowa the place was worthlese.
The house had fellen into disrepair, the place was all Hrown up to weeds and brush, and
lay entirely off the good. state road at the end of about a mile and Ter Frisky, who, will her husband,
per the venture promlint great may daliare saved, & manier om hulf of the worst wood lane of the farm would ten & trimming after which even lown is capable.
CHAPTER 11 Jeaky at her small bobbed head Westbury determinedly. Joplin
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11 spoke guardedly. "Well. there's about 10 acres," he said. "Right on the river, woods-".
"Isn't it too bad about the rocka?" haul the reputation of being pretty Mrs. Brooks spake from her heart, crafty, but Jenky was going to ex-for 10 acres of garden would mean ercise some craft on her own ac-almost wealth. But Joplin thought count. In her anxiety to obtain it was just her slick way of remind- terms which would be satisfactorying him that the place was no good.
3748*l to Ginger Ella, she
"It's a very nier house," he said which Mr. vaguvis. troubled uncertainty
she demanded Wealary took for personal dis-
"Is it indeed?” satisfaction with his terms, and she
"I was afraid it would hopefully. could not have assumed a more be all tunible-down by this time." elfective way of dealing with him.
Plainly those inquiries of hers displayed but a moderate interest.
"Well, of course it's run down- n bit," he agreed. "Chimneys down maybe and some windows
To tell the truth, Mill Rush was of a little value and had been hopelessly for sale so long, that he had forgatirn all about it. It was not a farm not as forms go in Nets paintlag and plastering and Foundations have to be lewa. It comprised about 10 acres what-nat.
at.
of land which could not possibly be tightened up, I suppose, and roof farmed with the exception of a few repaired,
But it's a good house,
small separated garden spots. The fund that's the main thing." 1ilable and had been sold away
"Oh, dear," said Jenky. "If ite
from the house in every direction, got to tus painted nul plastered, and 20, 40, or 60 neres at a time, to en-have new thar and windows and a nete foundation and a new roof lange good farms adjoining.
build
a new
The house on Mill Itush was not you ruight as well
It was im-house. Nuthing there but the walls." Her voice was anxious, because
a farmhouse, either.
practical, rambling and attractive. Lorilt of grey stone and time-stained she was wondering what Ginger hindes, with queer porches here would say to that.
oddly and there, and with Rabled attic.
the entire
indeed The house, establishment, was the work of man who had greater talent for life than agriculture. And upon his in- evitable failure, he had let the farm
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Joplin thought it was sarcasm which edged her voice.
He smiled good-naturedly. "But my dear woman," he said, "at that price you can afford to fix up the old house."
He considered carefully. "Well,
go tu Joplin Westbury on a mort-now, there's about 10 acres (good Ruge and returned to his home in town farm land"
"If it can just be farmed," she the East. And Joplin, realizing that a farm endowed with an artistic, sold hopefully.
"Lots of lowa farm land brings Cottage with a small im- atable, located at a nie-five hundred an nere."
Jenky shivered. He mistook the Rabbit River, was not in any sense gesture for a shudder of dissent.
"Well, now, I tell you what. Of an agricultural prize in Iowa, had cleverly managed the sale of the course, some of this land can't be Picturesque. valuable farm land, bit by bit, leav-farmed. Pretty, yes.
Ноине, уен. But it can't be ing the house and its 10 acres of yes scattered brushwood, rocky bluffs farmed-not all of it can't. Say
$3000-" and scattered bits of garden land to fall into complete and becoming decay.
As soon as Joplin realized that it instinctive matter of respect in was indeed that very useless bit of her, for she could not consider the rocky, brush-grown land that Mrs. (expenditure of thousands in a alt- Jurat enthusiasm of the realtor swept fell that she was going to walk de- liberately out of his ulice and aban- into his voice.
(don the project.
"Oh, well, now," he laughed "MIL Rush-Bura I know pleasantly, "let's not quibble.
mean-out on
Twenty-five hundred'll turn it." Rabbit! Gosh, what a site! What
"Twenty-five hundred-
Jenky stood up, It was a mere
ASAHI Brooks was interested in, the nnt-ting posture. But Joplin Westbury
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"Oh, you can have it on terms.
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KAISHA the river. Falls just a little above look at her, noted the modest gown,
the house, and the best fishing pool with bits of thrend from the tent: on the river right behind it. Ideal ing of rags, noted the anxious line SENER BEER HONGKONG for n suminer home for a town wo-between her eyes "any 500 -down
and uh-25 a month,"
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like yourself."
"Can it be farmed?" asked Mrs. ; "I think it over" Her voice Brooks anxiously.
was faint. "I'll have to ask Ginger "Farmed? Sure it can be farmed. En.
All Towa can be farmed. Greatest His eyes narrowed. He knew Gin- little farming state in the Union!"ger Ella. "Oh, yeh, she's a great "I thought it would be too rocky, "little pal of yours, an't she? And she said slowly. She was relieved. she's a great kid, too. Well, if she's and it was gratitude that slowed a friend of yours she'll advice you her voice. Ten neres of beans and to snap it up quick. peas and garden truck-and
"I tell you what I'll do-seeing
sum-
mer to can for her winter's use the place is just standing idle and "I'm glad it can be farmed," shooing nobody any good-I'll let you added
have that place for $2000, 300 down "Well, of course, it can't all be and 25 a month. You can't nak het- farmed, not every foot of it." ex- ter than that. You see what Miss What Ginger has to say to that kind of |plained Joplin Westbury.
enn you expect at that price?" proposition."
"What price is it?" She asked! the question in simple interest, but Joplin took it n sly defence.
CINEMA STAR COMING TO HONGKONG.
GEORGE O'BRIEN PAYING COLONY A VISIT.
The feature of the Queen's: Theatre programme to-morrow will be "Rough Romance," a story of showland, starring George O'Brien.
"will," promised Jenky eagerly. "I'll ask her this very night."
(To be continued.)
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However, Mr. Fessenden, the Direc ment of the Theatre was advised tor General of the Council, to-day was by telegram yesterday that George quoted as saying that the tracks will himself will be in Hongkong to- close on March 31. He added that the tracks at present are commercial con- morrow. His admirers will be cerns, and if they operated as exclu- able to see him in the flesh and on sive clubs with high membership fees the screen on the same day. Mr. so as only to be open to those who O'Brien arrives on the President could afford to bot, then the Council Claveland, which is due to berth would probably have no objection to nt 7 a.m.
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