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Show sq'TexAr KDaJloon and t K : -ifs-.Qernice Bajdine. to discover that a young girl had en tered the field and cornered the crop-so crop-so far as this particular region is concerned. con-cerned. A little investigation showed that this energetic young woman is in a fair way to make a fortune in a few months. It is known that she got a great bargain in nearly all of her leases. As a sample of the shrewdness that she displayed, it has leaked out that she leasej one forest for $100 in which there are several giant trees that will yield twenty bushels, or 880 pounds, of pecans. Av a low estimate the profits accruing from this single transaction will fal little short of $5,000. " Miss Bardine has furnished employment employ-ment for all the boys and girls in. the country. It is believed that she will clear $25,000 before the season closes. It was a bold and well planner! venture for a young girl. She has displayed such extraordinary foresight fore-sight and such masterly executive-ability executive-ability that people are beginning to believe she is no ordinary character. She firmly believes that she will make a great fortune. "I will be worth a million," she says, "in less than five years' Those who know her best would not be surprised if she should corner the pecan crop of the world next year. Bernice Bardine, a pretty Texas girl, who is yet under 20 years of age, has displayed better Judgment and buiueBo acumen of a higher order I than a score of male competitors who are engaged in the same business that occupies her attention at the present time. Last year Miss Bardine and her brother, who is younger than herself, made a little money gathering pecans. Since then she has been studying the business and laying plans for future operations. During the last summer she carried on an extensive correspondence correspond-ence not only with mercantile establishments estab-lishments in various cities that handle pecans but with reliable people who reside in regions where the toothsome nut grows. In this way she became thoroughly posted in all matters pertaining per-taining to the present crop. Feeling confident that pecans would command a good price, she set to work some weeks ago, and, aided by her brother and a few trusted assistants assist-ants who were sworn to secrecy, she quietly leased every pecan grove and forest of any value in the Colorado valley. When buyers appeared in the country, startling the ranchers by offering of-fering to engage pecans at 7 cents per pound, those who make a business , of gathering the nuts were astounded |