The Irish standard., 1902-08-02
CHAPTER XNI.

S1i.hl LIN -NANl.
AS time is reckoned, Guy had So
journed in Goodwill county for a
period of two weeks, and two days;
but in the broad flight of events, af-
fecting his life for better or for
worse, this fortnight and more had
multiplied itself increasingly.
He had faced the citizens of Con-
cord very early Wednesday morning
and, with the timely aid OF Samp-
son, had succeeded in clearing his
fair name Of every suspicion. The
people began to see how they had
wronged the young mani, and, as
their anger cooled toward him, it
mounted higher against the Colonel
When public opinion had reached
the boiling point, the Coloncl's castle
WAS stormed and sacked and Guys
last glimpse of the fallen idol was
caught from the procession that
wended it's way down the main street
and out of the town. Before these
irate citizens returned, the train
from the west had arrived and de.
parted, and Guy had gone with it.
His airy dream of Il fortune had
been snuffed out like candle in full!
glare. His Inheritance. all that had
been saved from the wreck of his fa-
ther's estate had sunk from a value
of many thousands to n few paltry
hundreds. The dream was past. The
stern awakening was at hand, and
there was nothing for him but work
AS he toiled over some ones set OF
Mbools, he could reflect philosophical.
ly on the 'rigor of the game" that
had wrecked him.
Miss Betty was the one bright spot
in all that chaos of maneuvcr, plot
counterplot and checltmate He was
in love with hcr-hopelcssly, he
feared, in more than one sense of the
word. Had Concord won the county
seat and had he, in the "boom" that
followed, realized small fortune
out of his lots, lie might have prose
cuted his suit, wooed and won. Let
sentimcntalists pratc as they may
success in business very often goes
hund-in-hand with success in love.
Besides. Guy had II reserve of pride
How could he face Miss Betty ant
tell her that the son of Monitor,
Herbert had hardly Il dollar that he
could call his own? No; he would
'buclile in," make his mark and thcl
go to her. Months would ccrtainl,
elapse, perhaps years, but if his love
could not withstand the wear of time
wherein was it worthy? If she caret
anything for him she would wait. On
the other hand, if she did not care
for him she would marry some on.
else and he would face the future il
manly way and do his utmost tt
forget. 1t was wise counsel that hi!
heart took from his head and he Sc
about his plans with courage and de
termination.
He made jamestown his Mecca an,
there he found loan and invest
ment concern i'll need of an assistan
bookkeeper. He passed an examina
I tion, was found competent and en-
tered at once upon his duties. Hi
weekly stipend was $20-no half tn
pocket money his indulgent fathe
had at one time allowed him.
1t is very easy to work toward
goal as bright as the one Guy ha'
set for himself and it was astonish
ing how he made shift to economic
Week by week more than half hi
salary was laid by and, when
month had passed, he was so hungr
A for news of Concord and Miss Bett
that he wrote Il line to Pcttibone
In the letter he asked how man
Concord people had moved to Har
mony; asked if the Colonel had eve
been heard from; inquired abou
3 Waffle, Glimmer, Billlins and other
y and requested the sheriff to send hin
81 bills for the lumber and hardwar
z used in the ill-fated courthouse. Gu,
!, said that he intended to pay thes
d bills and would do so in time. II
4 wrote no word about Miss Betty
4 eager though he was to hear fror
her. But Pettibone knew. His repl
would be filled with information
concerning the owner of the blu
eyes, Guy was3certain.