The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-04-27

clear steady blue, and MS frame WAS
slender but why. He Wore the regulation
mackinaw blanket coat, peaked cap
with an extraordinarily high crown, and
buckskin noccasins over long stockings.
The other was younger, not more than
&C perhaps, with the clcan-cut regular
features We have come to consider typi-
caly American. Eyebrows that curved
far down along the temples, and eye
lasheS of a darkness in contrast to the
prevailing note of his complexion com
bincd to lend him Il rather brooding, soft
and melancholy air which a very cursory
second examination showed 10 be hctl-
tious. His eyes, like the woodman s,
We're steady, but inquiling. His jaw was
square and settled. his mouth straight.
Unlike the other inmates of the car, ne
wore an ordinary business suit, some
what worn. but of good cut, and a style
that showed even over the soft flannel
shirt. The trousers We're. however.
bound inside the usual socks and runbers.
The two seat mates had occupied their
time each in his own fashion. The elder
stared straight before him, and spat with
a certain periodicity into the center OF
the aisle The younger stretched back
lazily in an attitude of ease. Sometimes
he smoked a pipe. Thrice he read over
nounced her arrival at the little rural
village in which he had made arrange
ments for her to stay. 1T is Interesting
now" she wrote. though the resources
do not look as though they would wear
well. am learning under Mrs Renwick
to sweep and dust and bake and stew
and do a multitude of other Things
which | always vaguely supposed came
ready-made. ! like it: but after / nave
learned it all. do not believe the practice
will appeal to me much. However, | can
stand il well enough for a year or two
or three, for ! am young; and then You
will have made your everlasting fortune.
of course
She's a trump" said Thorpe to him
self. "and she shall have her everlasting
fortune. if there's such thing in the
country"
He jingled the three dollars and sixty
cents in his pocket. and smiled. That
was the extent of his everlasting fortune
at present.
Thu letter had been answered from
Detroit.
Il am glad you are settled he wrote
'.At least I know You have enought 10
eat and roof over You. | hope sincerely
that you will do your best to fit yourself
TO Your new conditions. ] know it is
hard but with my lack of experience and
my ignorance as to where to take hold,
it may be a good many years before we
can do any better
When Helen Thorpe read this, she
cried. Things had gone wrong that
morning. and an encouraging word would
have helped her. The somber tone of her
brothers communication threw her into a
lit Of the blues from which, for the first
time. she saw her surroundings in a de-
pressing and distaSteful light. And vet
he had written a he did with the kind
est possible motive.
Thorpe had the misfortune to be one Of
those individuals who. though careless OF
what people in general may think OF
them. are in a corresponding degree SEN
sitivc TO the opinion of the few they love.
This feeling was further exaggerated by
a constitutional shrinking from any out
ward manifestation Of the emotions. Per
haps for this reason he was never en-
tireiy sincere with those he lsved.
After the disgrace of his father. Harry
Thorpe had done great deal OF thinking
and planning which he kept carefully to
himself He considered in turn the diff
ferent occupations to which he could turn
his hand. and negatived them one by one
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the son Of rs shrewd an cmbezzier as
Henry Thorpe Finally he came to de-
cision lie communicated THIS decision 10
his sister. It would nave commended X
self more logically to her mad she beeh
able to follow step by step the consid-
Grafton that had led her brother TO it.
As the event turned she was forced to
accept it blmdly. She knew that her
brother intended going west put as TO
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