The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03
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Let me take Them" she said, won.
dering at his embarrassment. He
FASTENED to say. mo, it is raining,
you will not want to carry a pack.
age. will send them tomorrow"
He wondered what she would have
thought had she known where they
we're and how sacredly they had been
treasured.
MY name is Helen Arnold. Send
them to 500 Hawthorne Ave-"
Helen Arnold" Mr.. Eliot said, in
an astonished tone. but noticing her
look of surprise he added quietly, II
knew a Mr.. Frank Arnold in TIE East.
You remind me strangely of him,
but IL is probably just u strange coin.
cidence. He owned a large manufac.
turing establishment. but failed in
business on account of the dishonesty
OF one he considered his hes.
friend"
The tears came to her eyes as she
said: He was my father" Mr..
Eliot tried to speak naturally, as he
said, May | claim YOU as a friend for
your fathers sake? He was one OF
the noblest men | ever knew"
She held out her hand and said in
q pathetic way. IL have been so lonely.
1t is good to meet some one who
knew my father"
May | call this evening and talk
to YOU of him? | know it is asking
much Of you, but"
~ want you to come" she said
eagerly, IF you knew my father
That evening as Helen Arnold pre-.
pared her tea and toast. she hummed
softly, the first time for many weeks.
She had been so lonely, but now
some one was coming who had known
her father. With unusual extrava.
gance she added some fruit to her
evening meal.
When she came down in a dainty
muslin dress that she had not worn
since the other days. Mr.. Eliot did not
at first recognize the pathetic little
creature he had seen at the store.
You seem like an old friend" she
said, giving him her hand in a cordial
way. 1T is so lonely to know no one.
| feel sometimes that | must give up
and go back"
Why did you come here all alone?"
he asked.
Take that easy chair and ! will
tell you ell about it. 1t will be a COM
fort to tell some one my troubles.
It Is kind of you to want to know.
After the failure and fathers death
ta1t thnt u,apfnh m oaf ua fro m
all the people | knew. My mother
died when | was little. so father was
all | had. Some OF my friends tried
TO be kind. but | could not endure
their pity. or to be dependent upon
them.
II had some ability for writing and
came here expecting to make my liv-
Ing In that way. So many. many
things hat | wrote were rejected and
when the little money | had Was al
mos, gone. | went to work in a store.
still try to write in the evenings,
out often | I'm too exhausted to think.
Oh. | am so tired OF 1t ALL"
Poor child" he said, II should
tkinl: you would despise the ore who
brought this trouble on YOU"
The man who caused my fathers
failure, and indirectly his death, Is
dead. There Is a son, but | have new.
or seen him. At the time Of the
failure he was abroad. do not like
to think OF him, but he may not ap-
prove of what his father did"
HE would surely suffer did he real.
i1n u,hof trnthln has nnnnn IN ynu -
he said, shuddering. The paleness OF
his face startled her.
by the way" he said. carelessly.
just before leaving. "let me take some
Of your manuscripts. know an edi.
tor that | am sure will accept them.
You will probably hear from him in a
few days
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