Show he was a nugget seeker by MARTHA MARTH A M WILLIAMS go 00 to hallax I 1 anywhere v ou out t of my sight I 1 myrtle stormed i drury her bar sister bister laughed teasingly us as she flung back I 1 put out elage junction Is plenty bad enough whatever ninde made you iou camp in it sis flower T shut api upi up let me think 1 myrtle mrtle hissed through set bet teeth drury had the money rather hir guardian did the pair were half sisters myrtle exquisitely dark leader blender 1 1 and graceful as her name flower with the accent ings of tel velvet vet dark eyes and red coral lips flery fiery selfish dominant wax was III cast in the role of dependent drury was fat but not placid A shrewd bargainer she was relentless in keeping bargains once made her mother root lier grandchild of plain hill bill folk had mysteriously inherited a halt half million it had bought her a husband in the person of a renowned yet fascinating spendthrift when she wan killed in a runaway accident two years later cynics said one olio to another the luck of drury greer I 1 he iad d been left very hand bomely provided for with only that lump of a baby named for him as the fly in tile the ointment drury inherited all her mothers longing tor for power and high plum place at ten when her father died leav lazy lag frig myrtle scant tangible assets she abe had driven her first bargain myrtle was to tuy stay on keeping the home up to greer level until drury properly trained and polished had been launched laun clied socially and put in the way of making a brilliant marriage th this in return for a lire life of easy luxury child that she was drury had real laed this was her only chance she had bad no background nil all tier her mothers mother a people were dead luckily in a way the money bought tier lier only a sort of shamed to tolerance lerance from the greers all that Is but myrtle who she stormed and raved sometimes stood loyally to her promise despite the protests of greers and lacys her mothers kindred her heart had for two to years kars belonged absolutely to one elliot lane a masterful person restive at waiting longer for his bis love lt it w was fis this that had moved myrtle to the h e desperate erate venture of mango junction a place she had been told where money counted for everything at home folk were barely civil to dr drury ry now just turned seventeen de spite the long bicke rings the stormy outbreaks myrtle had somewhat what of sisterly love for the lone creature until she saw her in the way ay of boing being safely married she could not feel that she had a right to her own onn happiness ness they hiie lind had corne come a day biuk back to the gorgeous hotel hut LS as at it towy them seh P s lind had not beep seen carr FRO esq stood as a inn in the path ile he was a sort of human blue book 1 knowing bowing all about everything evera ever body all the nice itice points of usage why oh I 1 why had fate sent him here myrtle had met him casually in her first winter out he bad do de to keep up the acquaintance telling tier irr hostess she la Is too beautiful unless she sha had the million poor fat free spoken drury would be fair game for him drury had find vanished myrtle sat pondering a quick vanishing by the night train she started to ring up the office and say so but sat cat down almost fainting at whitt what she saw through the open balcony window drury bare headed standing mighty straight facing raymond carr ile he was wag smiling down at hr her as he rarely had smiled at anything feminine she had given him the thrill of his life in mua blue linen her broad cheeks richly pink her clear blue eye dancing sandy tendrils eili clinging nging to her white forehead she was an adorable milkmaid to his dismay he had heard him pelf asking her bar would you like a spin to the lake this morning and had been answered brightly too late mister man sis flower wrote for a car as well as rooms im I 1 m sorry real sorry she did she left him no time for debate running on if the hotel car turns out to be just ordinary wont won t you please see that we have a better one please see that we have a better b ater one 1 I shall see to it that you get it farr carr returned smiling brendly even though im only a guest like ilke your self oh mercy mel me I 1 and I 1 took you for a livery man drury interrupted her cheeks true scarlet let s riot not spoil things by apologies he said touching her arm light ly no dont don t tell me your name I 1 want to find it out for myself rd rather tell you maybe you wont won t want to ask when you hear bear lt it drury said humbly rm pm drury greer you you roust must know all about me she was infinitely appealing even to a human blue book raymond carr took her hand saying with a dazed smile suppose we ve go find sis bis flower and ask her to us for a ride you you arent fooling loo lingl 1 abe si asked breathlessly lie he looked her full in the face questioning why should I 1 bar be ohl oh because because nobody ever before seemed to like me drury said bald huskily A girl at t school said id never get a husband unless he be was hunting for gold cold nuggets 17 1 I am just that sort carr an trying to speak lightly tut please to remember there la Is more akan one sort of gold |