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"A penny for your thoughts, Wil bur," spoke pretty Erna Barton, and the somber face of Wilbur Gray, evi dencing a mood of profound abstrac tion, brightened up magically, as It always did when this charming girl was beside him. "Am I sure of the compensation of fered?" challenged the' young man lightly. "There!" and Erna pressed an old battered copper coin Into Ills hand. "Now confess, sir! Not only do 1 re ward you with the conventional pen ny, but I present what may be a rare coin." "So rare and old thai its Inscrip tion is fairly undecipherable," replied Wilbur. "It seems to wear the green nnd grime of the centuries." "I found it among a lot of relics of the olden, olden time that poor dear grandfather so cherished," explained Emn. "He also left some old pieces of delftware and ancient firearms. "I shall keep the coin always, Erna," said Wilbur. "I hope It will be a guardian of good fortune." "But what about the pay?" Inquired Erna, archly., "I bought your thought* —what were they?" "Well, Erna," answered Wilbur, his glance softening and replete with sentiment, "I was thinking how dear ly I lov«d you when I came home for the holiday vacation." Erna's fair golden haad dropped, but she drew nearer to him on the porch seat. "And how much more 1 love .yon now," continued Wilbur seriously. "And when I come home next summer I hope I can add to it all by asking you to become my wife." "I hope so," said Erna spontaneous ly, lifting her clear, honest eyes to meet his own, "but you must not think of that until your are sure that little Eva and I will not be a burden to you. All grandfather has left us Is this little place, and some money 1* owing on that." "I hope to be able to clear up every thing and more," spoke Wilbur confi dently. "Send your sweet, best wishes after me when I go back to work In the city, that I may find some way-of earning more money than I do now." "Be patient, dear," soothed Erna en couragingly. "Our ship is surt to come In some day, and it will be the more precious for the waiting." Wilbur was employed in a broker age office. Opportunity came to him through this business connection of making money, but he had no capital to invest. About two weeks after his return to the city a close friend, Paul Warfleld, dropped Into his room at his boarding house. "I Wish I had a thousand dollars, Wilbur," he said. "I've got a tip that would make me a fortune in a month." Wilbur smiled Incredulously. He had always keRt away from tips and New Triplex Springs Iron Out Rough Roads ROADS seem smoothed out by the wonderful new Triplex Springs of Overland 4. Triplex Springs hold the wheels to the road, while the passengers ride in comfort. Their astonishing qualities have created an entirely new conception of light car riding ease. 1 ^.. HOPE IMPLEMENT CO. speculative proposition* generally, and, besides, he realized that War field was a 'good deal of a "Don't laugh at The hour was Just up when Raul excited and breathless, returned. "Ons of the only two known!" he falrlj shouted. "The other Is In the Brit Ish museum. I have an offer of six hundred dollars." "Take It!" cried Wilbur Impulsive ly, "and use Ave hundred dollars of It for your wonderful speculation." Which turned out Just as Paul had predicted. There was a later division of twenty thousand dollars' profttB, and Wilbur Gray went back to his na tlve village to make Erna Baaton the happiest girl In the world. Another Degree. Grandfather is a learned Indiana professor—one who is greatly respect ed by all his neighbors and acquaint ances. But his little three-year-old granddaughter knows him quite another way ffbm any other person, us the be stower of anything she may wish. The other evening his mother left her with grandfather while she went to a party. For a while everything went all right and then baby began to get sleepy. At the same time she longed for mother to tuck her In bed. Then she pitched her voice high and walled loud and long. Grandfather presented money, trlnk ets and everything the house offered, but still the baby walled. More pres ents, and flrtaily the baby took ehough notice to utter this rebuke: "I want oo to know I'm tryln' for my mudder." This comfort is now ob tainable in a light car with economy in fuel and tires and remarkably low upkeep cost Overland 4 is started and lighted by the Auto-Lite two-unit system. It has U. S. L. batteries. It is equip ped with all the latest car essentials and conveniences. a dreamer. me, Wilbur," said Paul. "This Is no wild fantasy, bat a sure thing." "Some stock on the boom, eh?" "Nothing of the sort. It's a sure prospect, with a sound, substantial basts. It's land—land that never de cays, never burns up, never wear* out. Wall street can't play with It. "Land with a gold mine on It, I sup pose?" Intimated Wilbur qulzslcally. "No, Wilbur, It's an eight-acre strip and last week on the next forty a prospector made a strike. He sealed the well, and Is frying to keep his discovery quiet until he can Interest some capitalist to buy up all the other land In the vicinity. The very choic est is the piece I have a chance to buy. My old aunt Is willing to in vest half of the money required. Couldn't you raise the other five hun dred In some way, Wilbur?" "Oh. yes. sure certainly!" derided Wilbur. "See," and he emptied ht^ pocket of the few coln» it held. "I might buy a hundredth part of an acre," and Just then one of the coins slipped through his careless finger* and rolled against Paul's foot. The latter picked It up to restore It to its owner. Then with a profound stare and a voluble: "Hello! Where did you ever get that?" He held close to the light the copper penny Erna Barton had given to Wilbur. He ruhhed it. took out a magnifying glass and added: "Say, did you know that you have a treasure?" "What do you mean?" questioned Wilbur. "Why. that this is a Cirencester penny of the period of King Stephen, probably one of the rarest coins In the world, centuries old. Will you let me take it to an old collector I know? I'll be back In an hour." *vy.t -1 -?f- More work—more kinds of work —more days in the year. That is what Cletrac farmers are getting from their tractors and it is put ting them ahead of their neighbors in profits from the land they till. The Cletrac is not simply a "plowing" tractor. It does good plowing—better plowing in fact than other tractors—because it works at 3 1-2 miles an hour. But it does all the other farm work too. It gives the farmer a simple, compact, reliable and economical power. It is built right. It will last. 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