Mower County transcript., 1904-02-10

always va 1uely tuppc sed came -,
made. 4 hkeit but. after have. earn m
ed It all 4 do not belieye the practtce.
win appeal tome much. However
can stand IWsll enough fora raarI.s 81
stwo or three.sfo am Young ana fTen
you viii hayessn1ade your everlastinpg
fortune, Of course. : q q:
shes trump, { said Thorpe rs Hin
self, ..'and she shall have her everrlassat-
ing fortune re there's such d thing in
the he5country,'' d
he jingled tie $3.50 in his i, pocket and
smiled. That was the extent Of his :ev-
erlasting fortune at present..
The letter had been answered from
Detroit. ass35,.x ass35,.x ss54S s
II am glad you are settled. /" he wrote.
AT least 7 know you have enough to
eat and a roof over you. / hope sin
cerely that you will do your best to at
yourself to your new conditions i
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'' 80 y + & zE8ss =
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 fit of the blues: from
Il evy1, ;o1 fo ho %:,,oo e1o L.
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 corresponding
degree sensitive to the opinion of the
few they love. This feeling was fur
ther exaggerated by constitutional
shrinking from any outward manifes-
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 a great deal Of
thinking and planning which he kept
carefully to himself. He considered
In turn the different occupations to
which he could turn his hand and neg
atived them one by one. Few business
firms would care to employ the son Of
as shrewd an embeZZler as Henry
Thorpe Finally he came to decision.
He communicated this decision to his
sister. 1t would have commended it.
self more logically to her had she been
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 blindly. She knew that her
brother intended going west, but as to
his hopes and plans she was in igno.
rance. A little sympathy. little mu-
tual understanding, would have meant
great deal to her, for a girl whose
mother she but dimly remembers turns
naturally to 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. ri,
At the beginning of the row in the
smoking car Thorpe laid aside his let.
ter and watched with keen apprecia-
ton the. direct practicality of the train
mems method. When the bearded man
fell before the conductors blow. he
turned to the individual at his side.
"He knows how to hit, doesn't hep
he observed. "That fellow was knock
ed we'll off his feet'' I'll
"He does," agreed the other dryly.
They fell into a desultory conversa-
tion of fits and starts. Woodsmen of
| the genuine sort are never talkative,
and Thorpe, as has been explained,
was constitutionally reticent. In the
course Of their disjointed remarks
Thorpe explained that he was looking
for work in the woods and intended
first of all to try the Morrison & DAILY
camps at Beeson lake. =
"Know anything about logging" ?" in
quired the stranger.
"Nothing," Thorpe confessed.
"Ain't much show for anything but
lumber jacks. What did you think of
doing?" 1"
II don't know" said Thorpe doubt
fully. II have driven horses a good
deal. l thought might drive team.''
The woodsman turned slowly and
looked Thorpe over with a quizzical
eye. Then he faced to the front again
and spat.
! "Quite like" he replied, still more
| dryly.
| The boys remark had amused him,
,, and he had showed it, as much as he
| ever showed anything. Excepting al
ways the river men, the driver Of a
team commands the highest lwages
among out of door workers.
! It is easier to drive fire engine titan
a logging team. =
But in spite of the naivete of the re.
mark the woodsman had seen some
thing in Thorpe he liked. Such me1.be
come rather expert in the readingSof
character. He revised his first inten
ton to let the conversation drop. 81,
Il think NJ. & D. is rather full ul
| just now," he remarked. I'm wallsin
boss over there. The roads-&is about