The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1906-10-12

lie glanced severely at his ward
Helen. whose duty IL was to scan the
paper while the doctor attended to his
family duties The girl usually quick
TO respond and tell the family the prin'
cipai news of the day. was strangely
silent Then she gave a great sob and
laid her handsome head OF glorious
brown hair ON her arm and sobbed VIC
lontly
The doctor ceased his carving and
reached for the paper with only the
exclamation We'll. I'm be- dishcd''
The family awaited In fever oi I'm
patience Finally the doctor laid down
the paper and said In husky voice:
Yes. It's pretty bad-but not hope
less Hes young. you know and one
knockout ought not to carry him un'
| der Bvsidcs. II YOU care so much
your fortune IL ample"
That's the trouble the girl sobbcd.
lie Is 80 proud that ne will not let
anyone help him-lcast G.. all WON
an and the woman he loves
The other members Of the family
who had listened to this obscure con
vorsatiun patiently hoping that the
key would be- given them, rcyolted at
/ this point
Doctor" remarked Mrs Doctor. Sc
vorcly. will you kindly serve the
brcakfast-or let us know what II Ia
All about"
without responding TO this sarcasm
with his usual righteousness the doctor
silently passed the paper to his better
half and after she had read the impor'
tant story which had SO perturbcd the
other two she wiped her eyes and
passed the paper along.
And really II was too bad Great
black headlines chroniclod the failure
OF the house Of Cudoyer a Co, which,
while merely meaning the loss OF ~
many thousands to Cudoye. with his
millions. meant the entire wiping out
of Bently Chalmcrs-thc Co, who
had all his patrlmony invested In the
business The paper stated spccitlcal
~ that the failure not only would wipe
out all the young man hal Invested
but would eat up the entire Chalmers
estate Also that young Chalmers In
sisted that every dollar Of indebted
ness be paid II he had to take the
clothes from his back
Now the interest In all this lay Ia
the fact that Bently Chalmers was the
afianced husband OF Helen and tina
theirs had been the most perfect ant
beautiful love story possible To I'm
agine. Both Of the best type OF Amer
leans. both left with ample fortune
the attraction was not strange.
Chalmers, with the independence o
the young American. however, was no
satisfied TO lay back and live on tn
Income derived from the struggles an,
labors OF the past generations and hal
plunged into business to carve out hi
own career.
To the doctor tho failure was sa
because he well knew the terrific dii
nculty In rocouping fortunes-and h
well knew the value Of money,
To the girl II was n catastrophe b,
cause she knew the indomitnblc prid
Of her lover and she foresaw the en-
OF her own happy dreams.
Even as they talked the matter owe
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summoned TO the door When she r,
turned her white face told the story
She sat a moment as n dazed and the
dropped her head onto her arms an
sobbed In way to draw tears TO ever
eye.
Come, come" cried the doctor
this Is no way TO carry on. Out wit
Il, Mistress Helen, Has he lifted you
Released me. she nodded, and say
he starts for the West tomorrow {
begin over again-and that am no
to wait for him because he oyidontl
Is cut out for failure and IL unworth
for any selt'rospecting girl TO thin
about"
"Um," Fruntod the doctor. "Wo
cheer up and eat piece of this tel
derloin, think there are ways I
bring young fools like that to hcI
milk"
The girl looked up with hope shinln
through her tears, when the doctC
used that particular tone she kne
he was on the warpnth and that h
had an idea or two up his sleoye-an
all the town knew when the doctor %
on the warpath there was trouble
sight for the enemy. And Helen kne
that the doctor loved her as his Yer
own and that all things would be don
for her happiness,
There were many conferences b.
tween the doctor aud his pretty war
and these usually ended In tears an
temper on the part OF the latter. BJ
the doctor was firm and nothing va
dono-with tho exception OF the qui,
work the doctor did to locate the q
calcitrant lover
Finally one glorious day the doct'
came home almost bursting with n
important news he had to give on
He summoned Mistress Helen TO b
den with an air OF mystery whlc
caused him an accounting with b
spouse, who rightly believed she Bhou
be the FIRST TO hear the news
lie told Helen that he had succeedC
In locating Bontly Chalmers IN
western town whore he was workir
IN an Office like a slave for a thousar
dollars a year, Then the doctor an