THE ONAVS EEA lVl3.l1Ol'l S Srlas Nlartrn was a nrrser H lrsed rn le outsklrts ot the crty of Larlton New Harnp shrre People sard he w rs worth rrrrrrx thorrs ands but no one knew where h kept t certarnly drd not spend rt on hrrrrselt for hrs home was a shack hrs clothes shabbx rr I hr ate the srnrplrest of food One day as he was chopprng wood the mal man stopped at hrs shack Hlltl handed hrrrr a letter He never before recersed rrrrrl so he was sonlewhat excrted H s face tell as he rerd the letter The mall man rrotrced rt and asked Bad news Mr Martrn arrvthrng I tan do' Then Silas Martin told hrm hrs storv Hrs onlr srster had ytars before rrrarrred agalnst her parents and brothers wrshes so was drsrrr herited and they had never herrd of her after ward Now she and her husband both berng dead frrends were sendrng then only chrld a daughter to hrm for support He drd not w sh ller to come he hated her father mother and herself Mr Bryan the rnarl man frnallx per suaded hrm to care for her when she tarrre Marlon canle she was r sweet grrl of ergh teen snlall and darnty She was not l9C9lV9ll wrth nluch welconle but she had heard before collllng that her Uncle Sllas was a mean rllrser so she made the best of rt She had enough to eat and plenty of clothlng NXlllCl'l she brought wrth her Her mothers long rllrress had kept her from school for a yell so she persurded her uncle to let her frnrsh rn the vrllage scht ol student was rlearly ready to graduate Allce Lrndon a grrl who had been very krnd to her and proved to be a deal frrend had lov rng parents who were plannrng therr daughter s future educatlon College How Xlrrron drd wrsh to go to college wrth Allce Ther were to graduate ln a week She knew her uncle could well afford rt so spoke to hllll rbout rt but he called rt nonsense and would not lrster to her The next day when 'llarron carrre home frorrr school her uncle had a wrsrtor a tall slender dark halted gentleman She knew at the frrst glrnlpse of hllll that he w rs r srllran He was tryrng to get her uncle to rnvest rn some Oll wells for whlch he was actrng as agent Sllas Nlartrn refused to have any thrng to do wrth hrrrr at frrst but the agent could talk and frrrallr persuaded hlm to rnvest He agreed dlltl th agent sard he would brlng the rrecessrry prpers the next afternoon for hlrrl to srgrr He wrshel I ern l good ewenrng and left Nlarror trret to tell her uncle not to srgrr those prpers per haps he was a fakrl or the ol wells rrrrght not be any good but Sllas Xlartrrr sr d he knew hrs rl n busrness and told her to rrrrnd her owr busrness Marlon went to bed late that nrght but she C011 d not get to sleep If she rorrrrl only go 1924 Reward rw rx to school wrth -Xlrce Hllll prepare herself to do sornethrng reallx worthwhlle She las ake r r long trrne and frnalls dec ded 0 get up lntl go outdoors It was lll00I'lllgllI and warrrr e laps r wort brrrrg sleep to I She arose qu etlr. dressed and slrpped out rdc wrtlrolrt w rkrrrg her uncle Behrnd the house was 1 lrlll lt the bottom of whlch a snr lll stre lrrr ran Xlarrorr started down the hrll she loved to hear the w tter tall gently over the pebbles The brush was qurte thrck on one srde of the stream and as she neared the streanr she heard vorces She glrded softly near the buslles and lrstened hrrdly drrrng to breathe She at once recognrnd the vorce ot the Oll agent con rersrng rn low to ICS wrth some one else She could hear hrs words plarnly He rs to srgn the papers torrrorrow afternoon lou have the crr e rdx at the crossroads at three oclock sharp Ill hurry there wrth the rnoney rts a bag frrll and we wrll leave the country at once Be cause Old I rne wrll he hot on our tracks to rrrorrow and there rs a warrant out for us Thrs rs rrsky bus ness now dorl t forget And they departed Nlarron hurrred to the house awoke her uncle and told hllll what she had heard The next morn ug Nlarron and her uncle went to the vrllage together and everyone was very lllUCll surprrsed to see Sllas go to the sherlff s offrce Fllrt ttlernoon when the agent called wrth so marry people rt the shack of Sllas Nlartrn He w as greeted bw the sherlff hrs deputy Mar ron and SlldS w ho greeted hlrrl w th a pleasant g00tl afternoon He was very nervous but trred not to show rt The sherlff took a yellow paper tronr hrs pocket .1 telegr rrn You rre taught at last N11 Noon here rs a telegram from Nlr I rne and here rs a warrant for your arrest He took the handcuffs from hrs pock Nlr Noon looked frrst at the revolwers held bx SlldS arld the deputy then put out hr hands tor the handcuffs He surrendered quret ll wrth r trrghtened look on hrs free He was taken to the D0l1CQ headquarters rn New Xork and w ls grw en a severe sentence After thu had gone Sllas Nlartrn the hard herrted old rrlrser put hrs hands on hrs nrece s shoulde Nlarron what do xou warlt nlost rn the world I want your lose answered Nlarrorr Xrrd would lou lrke to go aw w to school rx wrth Xlre Vlell I guess sou deserrr that and rrrore 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