Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-18
CHAPTER XVIII.


c. NENDING the call of trial Thorpe
took a three weeks vacation to
visit his sister. Time. filed
with excitement and response
bilitr. Ind erased from his mind the
bitterness of theil. parting. Now he
fourd himself SO impatient that he
could hardly wait to get there.
HI learned on his arrival that she
was not It home Mrs. Renwick proved
not nearly so cordial as the year be-
fore. but Thorpe, absorbed in his ca
gerness. did not notice it. Mrs. Rem
wick thought Helen had gone over to
the lIugheses.
Thorpe found the Hughes residence
without difficulty and turned up the
straight walk to the veranda. On the
steps of the latter Il rug had been
spread. A dozen youths and maidens
lounged on it's soft surface. Thorpe.
us he approached the light from tall
lamyp just inside the hall, hesitated.
vanity trying to make out the figures
before him.
So it was that Helen Thorpe saw
him first and came fluttering to meet
him
"Ch, Harry! What surprisev' she
cried. and flung her arms about his
neck to kiss him.
glow do you do, Helen?" he replied
sedstely
This was the meeting he had an
ticiI,ated so long. The presence of
others brought out in him irresistibly
the repression Of public display which
was so strong an element Of his ca
reer.
A little chilled, Helen turned to in
troduce him to her friends. He took
place on the steps and sat without
saying word all the evening. There
was nothing for him to say These
young people talked thoughtlessly, as
young people do, OF the affairs belong
ing to their own little circle. He had
thought pine and forest and the trail
SO long that he found these square ell
bowed subjects refusing to be jostled
aside by any trivialities.
Hi, took Helen back to Mrs. Rem
wicll's about 10 o'clock. They walked
slowly beneath the brond leaved ma
pies, whose shadows danced under the
tall electric lights and talked.
"I[ow have you done. Harry" she
inquired anxiousls'. Your letters have
beall SO vague"
Pretty we'll" he replied. IF things
20 right hope some day to have a
better place for you than this"
Her heart contracted suddenly. 1t
was all she could do to keep from
bursting into tears. The Indebtedness
of Ibis answer exasperated her and fill
ed her with sullen despair. She said
nothing for twenty steps. Then:
'lIarry." she said quietly. .'can yon
taxa me away from Mrs. Renwicks?"
q don't know. Helen. can't tell
yet Not just now, at any rate"
"lIarry," she cried. ''you don't know
whit you're doing tell you can't
staIld Mrs. Renwick any longer. l
know you've worked hard and that
you'd give me more il You could. But
SO lave l worked hard. Now we ought
to change this in some way. I can get a
position as teacher or some other work
somewhere. Won't you let me do thatY'
Thorpe was thinking that 1t would be
easy enough to obtain Wallace Carpen.
ter'li consent to his taking $1,000 from
the profits of the year. But he knew
also that the struggle in the courts
might need every cent the new COM
pany could spare. 1t would look much
better were he to wait until after the
verdict. II favorable. there would be no
difficulty about sparing the money. II
adverse, there would be no money to
spare. And SO until the thing was alb
solutely certain he hesitated to explain
the situation to Helen for fear Of dis
appointing her.
II think you'd better wait, Helen,
all that later when it becomes neces-
sary."
"A4nd in the meantime stay with Mrs.
Renwick ?" flashed Helen.
",'es. hope 1t will not have to be for
yerr long"
NOV long 10 YOU tuluh, lul1J
pleuded the girl
''rhat depends ON circumstances" re-
piled Thorpe.
"Oh!" she cried Indignantly.
Harry" she ventured after time,
"wily not write to Uncle Amos? His
wanting us 70 come to him seems to me
very generous
",Kou will do nothing Of the kind"
commanded Thorpe sternly. amos
Thorpe is an INSCRIPTIONS man who
became unscrupulously rich. He delib-
erately used our father as tool and
Their destroyed him. l consider that
any one Of our family who would have
anything to do with him is Il traitor!' !
Tie girl did not reply.
Mkt morning Thorpe felt uneasily
fepentant for his strong language. Aft
er all, the girl did lead mcalotonous