The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-11
CHAPTER XVI.

a GAIN the middle OF September
"a and the beginning Of the fall
x "a term. Trove had gone to his
old lodgings at Hillsborough,
and Polly was boarding in the village
for she, too, was now in the uphill
road to higher learning. None save
Darrell. who gave her the young mans
money. knew his secret--that he was
paying her board and tuition. unknown
to her. The thought of it made him
most happy, but now seeing her every
day had given him a keener sense OF
that which had come between them.
He sat much in his room and had little
heart for study. 1t was a coy room
now. His landlady had hung rude pic
lures on the walls and given him rag
carpet On the table were pieces OF
clear quartz and tourmaline and about
each window frame odd nests OF bird
or insect, souvenirs of wood life and
his travel with the drove. There, too,
on the table were mementos of that
first day OF his teaching. the mirror
spectacles with which he had seen at
once every corner of the schoolroom,
the slung shot and bar of iron he had
taken from the woodsman Leblanc.
One evening of his first week at
Hillsborough that term Darrell came to
sit with him awhile
''An' what are theseg said the tinker
at length, his hand upon the shot and
iron
Il do not know
"Dear boy" said Darrell they're
from the kit OF a burglar. an how
came they here?'
81 took them from Louis Leblanc"
said the young man, who then told OF
his adventure that night.
Louis Leblancr' exclaimed Darrell,
1.-THE scamp an his family have cleared
out"
The tinker turned quickly. his hand
upon the wrist of the young man.
These things are not for thee to
have" he whispered. Had ye No
thought o. the danger?'
Trove began to change color.
81 can prove how 1 came by them,s
he stammered.
what is thy proofY Darrell whis.
pered again.
There are Leblanc's wife and daugh-
ter
"Ah, where are they? There b
many would Ike to know"
The young man thought moment.
well. Tunk Hosely. there at Mrs.
Vaughn's.''
''Tunk Hoselyr' exclaimed the tinker,
with a look that seemed to say: God
save the mark. An would they be-
heye him, think2"
Trove began TO look troubled as OAR
rel left him.
"I'll go and drop them In the river.n
said Trove TO himself
It was II o'clock and the street dark
and deserted as he left his room.
at IS a cowardly thing to do" the
young man thought as be walked slow
", but he could devise no better way
TO get rid of them.
Ia the middle of the big, open bridge
he stopped TO listen. Hearing only the
sound OF the falls below. Trove took
the odd tools from under his coat and
flung them over the rail. He turned
then, walking slowly off the bridge and
mp the main street Of HiIlsborough
AT d corner he stopped TO listen. His
ear had caught the sound Of steps far
behind him. He could hear il no lon
ger and went his way with troubled
feeling that robbed him of rest that
night In a day or two it wore of,
and soon he was hold of the bit, as
he was wont to say. and racing for the
lead IN his work. He often walked to
school with Polly and went to church
with her every Sunday night. There
had been not a word of love between
them, however. since they came to the
village until one evening she said:
4 am very unhappy, and l wish I
were home"
tsWhyf'
She was NOT able to answer FOR
Il know I am unworthy of you .vshe
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