Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-11-11

from his sister ana announcer ner ar.
rival ut the little rural village in which
he had made arrangements for her to
stay. 1T is interesting now" she
wrote though the resources do not
look as though they would wear well
1 ] am learning under Mrs Renwick TO
sweep and dust and bake and stew and
do multitude Of other things which
always vaguely supposed came ready
made like it, but after have learn
ed it all DO not believe the practice
will appeal 70 me much. However.
can stand il well enough for a year Dr.
two or three. for am young and then
you will have made your everlasting
fortune of course"
Shes trump said Thorpe to him.
self and she shall have her evevast.
in- fortune if there's such thing In
the country"
He iingled the SO so in bis pocket and
smiled That was the extent o. us ev.
erlasting fortune at present.
The letter had been answered from
Detroit.
81 am glad you are settled" be wrote
AT least know YOU have enough TO
eat and a roof over you hope sin.
cerely that you will do your best to ct
yourself 10 your new conditions. /
know ii 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 encoura ging word
would have helped her The somber
tone Of her brothers communication
threw her into st Of the blues from
which for the first time she saw her
surroundings in a depressing and dis.
tasteful light And yet he had writ.
ten as he did with the kindest possible
motives
Thorpe had the misfortune to be one
OF those individuals who. though care.
less of what people in general may
think Of them. are in a corresponding
degree sensitive TO the opinion Of the
few they love This feeling was fur.
ther exaggerated by a constitutional
shrinking from any outward NANTES.
tation Of the emotions Perhaps for
this reason he was never entirely sin
cere with those he loved
After the disgrace of his father Har-
~ Thorpe had done great deal of
thinking and planning which he kept
r.f ,,it 10 10
IN turn the different Occupation to
which be could turn his hand and neg
atived them one by one. Few busi ess
firms would care to employ the son Of
as shrewd an embeZZer as He .ry
Thorpe. Finally he came to a decisi n.
He communicated this decision to } is
sister. 1t would have commended it.
self more logically to her had she bee I
able TO follow step by step the consia
GRAFTON that had led her brother TO it, /
As the event turned. she was forced TO
accept il blindly. She knew that her
brother intended going west, but as to
bis hopes and plans she was in igno- /
rance. A little sympathy, a little NJ
tual understanding. would have meant
a great deal TO her, for a girl whose
mother she but dimly remembers turns .
naturally 10 her next OF kin. Helen .
Thorpe had always admired her broth
er, but had never before needed him
She had looked upon him as strong,
self contained. little moody.
At the beginning Of the row in the
smoking car Thorpe laid aside his let
ter and watched with keen apprecia-
ton the direct practically Of the train
mems method When the bearded man
fell before the conductors blow, lie
turned 10 the individual at his side.
"He knows how TO hit, doesn't hei"
be observed. THAT fellow was knock
ed well of his feet"
He does" agreed the other dryly.
They fell into a desultory CONVERSE
ton of fits and starts. Woodsmen Of
the genuine sort are never laxative,
and Thorpe. as has been explained,
was constitutionally reticent. In the :
course OF their disiointed remarks
Thorpe explained that he was looking
Tor work in the woods and intended
irst Of all TO try the Morrison & DAILY
camps at Beeson lake.
Know anything about loggingW in
luired the stranger.
Nothing" Thorpe confessed.
Amt much show for anything but