Show E N by mae foster jay by W A wild co service SYNOPSIS mary daughter of a self lf made millionaire lio obsessed w with ith the idea that her er pers personality 0 na 11 ty Is obscured by the fact act that she in I 1 the child of the th rich david brown determines to make her way in life unaided she sha hits has a million dollars do llara which she insists her father invest in the wildest dream imaginable CHAPTER I 1 continued 2 daal there were tears in her voice you started you had your chancel I 1 want menel lias has anything la in life meant more to you than working up to success no bavli browns voice was husky with memories working up the glorious fight of achievement of amassing for his wife from an inherited few thop thousands sands the fortune her share of 0 which his youngest daughter now insouciantly was tossing to ito him a gold ball and chain these things had been his life if its the thing you really want mary I 1 wont bother you even with my opinion of it I 1 wont let your fortune bother you ill try to put it where it WUI will 10 some good only daughter since you insist on going out to learn the sting of poverty there must be no extremes no spectacular heroics you must remember that im alfill your father I 1 refer to emergencies of sickness accidents anything in which your own funds might not be adequate dont be a sll sit darling as she rumpled the heavy shock of hair im sot disinheriting you or leaving reason behind behind youre going to let your first job take yu quite away from home then you thought of that ile he smiled ruefully 1 I suppose I 1 had bad jumped to the natural conclusion that just take some job close at nand band until some nice chap came along and then settle down right near me like the other girls and uve happily ever after dad daal I 1 A prince for me marys lips twisted it ever occurred to you that im absolutely shut oft from romance that any little has more beaux than 17 I 1 the ones I 1 might haven have had have been fortune hunters hinters and jhb ones I 1 might have wanted have run because im the rich david browns daughter they fall in love with a rich girl at least until their pocketbooks are as ais fat as tiers hers another thing money cant buy romance maybe come too when im penniless and she finished the subject with a gesture 1 I want to go west before its all leveled and terraced and landscape gardened I 1 want to have a share in the development projects of our obrown own country ile he sighed 1 I dont blame you well there was a young fellow fro from m the west in our bank the other day ile he had a mighty interesting proposition we may loan him money hes coming back in a month or so wit with more information I 1 could get you oh no I 1 you get me ma a thing I 1 dunt you see that would be pull from the start I 1 want to land my own job as my classmates are having to do so be it well WEAL ill let you know w what hat I 1 do with your money horrors not no I 1 hold up your right hand now swear you wont so much as rewind remind me I 1 ever had it I 1 want to forget it I 1 want to be what 1 im m going to seem to be penniless ile he humored her 1 I swear and now I 1 must run I 1 promised ave ve id help her entertain the nurses from the american hospital presently david brown stepped out spon apon the veranda to watch the always thrilling spectacle of marys departure mary drove brov a her own car a long low ow roadster lle a boy she drove she had a boys virility shed forge out her success like a boy shed surmount her obstacles but it a collie came to thrust its slender blender nose into browns owns hand but wont she be surprised when she discovers what her obstacles are old man the tha precious infant thinks she can go out and duplicate her dads fight well nobody spelled her dads adventure by telling dm what lay around the next corner well leave th girl to run her own true line eh boy CHAPTER II 11 miss mary has a job in early fall when it was a day david brown returned from the new york banking house with which he identified to his home on the hudson was to find the place 0 in a state of wild confusion up tf lf enry he asked miss mary has a job sir air As the daughter of her father mary mient have stepped from tile the class room into a position to which it would have token taken her bar years to work up without any entering wedge lust just as aa one of tho the hundreds of mary browne in the world it had taken several months looking quizzically into the drawing room where chairs were occupied by trunk trays traya and boxes david brown asked a white capped maid moving day anna miss mary has r job sir air ashes determined to take only one trunk and there were things we had to sort out of her other twelve brown went on up the stairs oh daal dad darll darling ngi 1 A starry eyed vision in pink silk negligee leaped a rugged range of putts and boots a shimmering sea of satin and landed with her arms about her father whirled him about several times and climaxed her released feelings by a whirlwind tap dance shake a foot daal its to cele celebrate bratel david brown watched the feet for a moment then watched matched her steps just to show you that sixty years yeara got me down I 1 from conversation I 1 overheard as I 1 came up the stairs you have a job where Is it its in california paradise valley paradise good it that name yes yes but who Is the promoter or the development company what rating goodness I 1 dont know ill have to take a chance this Is the only job open in the world what do you know about the project mary laughed be surprised I 1 received a cheap looking little magaline in the malls one day a while ago and opened it to find myself invited to invest in a home for my old age in the most ideal home site in the world paradise valley invited to come and pioneer do de for scenery the magazine assured me the place has hag the alps backed right ott oft the map it alms aims to attract the moneyed dad since no house can cost less than ten thousand or was it one hundred thousand that idea anyhow I 1 figured it would require considerable development work to create a place like that at least it sounds like a big order so I 1 applied as a pioneer of progress and this morning had orders to report for duty mary picked up the momentous document paradise valley she read the heading and again her father repeated her words mary paused but he be motioned her to go on for reasons of his own he kept silent if he told her certain things he might have told her what good would it do no good her first project would go flocey fio flo oey b before she ever set out for it it october 20 1913 11 mary read on then for reasons of her own she skipped the rest of tho the heading dad would just worry the more the lamb an and d everything would be all right and read the body of the letter it was brief enough we can put you to work report at once salary 90 and field expenses jonn JOHN STARK engineer in chief 1 I can live on chati mary hastened to assure her fatt father r before he had time to remonstrate but he agreed with her yes its about one fourth of what your pin money allowance has haa been but you cap P live on it well this sounds like rather an inheres interesting ting adventure besides I 1 know stark well he makes it easier for cor me to let you go daughter hes the right sort one of the old timers mary wrecked his collar with a bear hug 1 I knew be for it ile he glanced about the room ive noticed a few evidences that you were assuming my consent well in the circumstances why it be a good idea for the poor working girl to accept a lift part of the way im going as far as new orleans leaving at midnight that will be great dad I 1 can you be ready 1 11 I can be ready in five minutes 0 0 the trip to now new orleans in the private car with its splendid appointments its valet and maid service was waa without thrill or excitement being as familiar as bread and butter adventure began when she went aboard the pullman on the westbound train at new orleans surely at least take a compartment part ment menti 1 her father had urged ridiculous I 1 I 1 could live for a week on the extra fare ill stake you to it as a going away present mary drew herself up primly sir I 1 can accept no favors favora from benevolent elderly gentleman however sweet but when they entered the pullman to find the seat opposite marys reservation erv er occupied by a mans hat and bag again david brown remonstrated but mary was adamant this will be just fun dad badt I 1 im out to rub elbows with the world how start better than by treading on the toes of the man in upper six the porters all ali aboard P 1 came quickly and mary stood in the vestibule to wave goodby good by just as if lie he been father and mother and so close a friend that her going created an ache deep within him just as if he worry over iller her safety secretly david brown waved back to her the modern girl hates scenes and he knew it it he could be a good sport in the modern way TO BE 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