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Show Ir- fLOVE and MARRIED LDFEj Imj. the noted author j Idah MgQclcme Gibson J I WOMAN'S INTUITION. Charles came home this morning full of enthusiasm for John and his business capabilities. "I tell yoli, Katherlne," he said "that husband of yours Is .one of tho best business men 1 have over met. He put his handrlght on tho weak spot of the whole matter." "Then you think, Charles, there's been some underhanded work'.'" I asked. "Undoubtedly," he ropllcd. "Havo you found out anything definite def-inite as yet?" "Only the fact that ono of your ivells, that up to date has been making mak-ing no progress whatever, suddenly! developed Into a real gusher the dayj before I left. This, you know, is unprecedented. un-precedented. But we think, or rather a John thinks, that 'those crooks," as he calls them, knowing that ho was new In the oil fleldB, thought they could put something over on him-" "Perhaps none of my wells has been a gusher," I said. "What do vou mean?" he exclaimed. Possibilities lUntcd At. "Why wouldn't it bo possible for those crooks,' as you call them, not .anticipating we would ever turn up to claim our property, to have started my well3 going with the idea of selling "fake" gusher to somcono?" I "I never thought of that." "As you know. Charles, 1 have I only a Very little spot of land down there,. .Mother never told mo that she had wells dug on it, and J am sure that father had never done so. In fact, I think both ,of them had forgotten iboul the land. is'uW wouldn't It bo feasible for sonfe unscrupulous person per-son to think 'they could steal the title .0 the land? You know you had some troubl6 about it before you" got down there. I've heard of salting gold mines why not salt an oil well" They 2ould go ahead and dig a .woll. and perhaps pipe the oil from one of their proven wells on the other side, expecting expect-ing to sell the fake 'guslier' immediately immedi-ately to a 'greenhorn.' Then when '.hey found that the owners had Uiriiod up and were really going to . J 'ight for the land, they just det'lectea the oil back to their own wells again. Now, when John has gone down there, they are playing the game again, ex-, ex-, pectirig in some way to get even with him. This may be, probably is, a wild Idea of mine, Charles, but 1 am groping around in my mind for some fUtj applanation of the strange boha-vior of my oil wells." "Why, lCuthcrlnc, that's a very plausible Idea Where did you hear of such a thing?" Jntiiiliou of Woniun. I ' I didn't hear it at all. It struck ! me that it might bo possible. It's a kind of woman's Intuition." "Why don't you write this to John'.'" "Oh, John would say I was a goose." "Well, I'll write to him," said Charles. , "That's all right, you write him. llell take it from you, and he would not tako it from me." "Woll, T'm going to write. -Because, to tell you the truth, Katherlne, 1 do not think this oil property of your'3 will pan out as well gs you expected. I really hope John won't put any more money Into it," ' ' Did you tell him that before you came away?" "Yes, my dear. 1 told him." "Whstt did ho .say?" "That he wa3 going to see the thing through." t "That's Just like him. especially as he fs going to see it through with my money," - rtDon't give him any moro of your money, my dear." "I only have $5,000, as you know. In the bank, out as 1 gave him my power of attorney, I cau't very well keep that from him," "But surely ho won't ask you for any money or use your money: lie must have plenty of his own If he wants to carry out his idea." Has Peculiar Ideas. "I sou you don't know John as well as you think you do. My husband,' Charles, fins the most peculiar ideas about money that I have over knowii. 1 think he makes a great deal of money, and yet J have never known where he has invested It or what he has done with it. If John should dlci tomorrow, without a will, I would not1 know where to look for his invest-1 monts, or anything ho might leave." I "Don't you think ho has any life ln-1 surancc?" asked Charles. ! 1 laughed. "Have you any Idea, Charles that John Gordon would in -, vest anything that would not bring! money to him?" " j 'Uut of course he wants to takc care of you '." i "He expects to while he is living, and in his own way.'' "But i he should die?" persisted! Charles. . i Who was it who said, 'After mo tho deluge"" 1 asked. 1 Tomorrow Charles Doesn't Under-1 stand John. " I |