The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-07-18

AASA
asked shortly.
II haven't been to bed" she answer
ed. "Grandfather and I were up all
night at Uncle Jonas, and Colonel Fit
croft came about o'clock. and he told
u.s.
did be tell you about Norbert?'
"Yes-a great DEAL" She poured cof-
fee into cup from a pot on the stove
brought it to him, then, placing some
thin slices of bread upon a gridiron,
began to toast them over the hot Goals,
''The colonel said that Norbert thought
he wouldn't get WE'LL" she concluded.
land Mr.. Arp said Norbert was the
kind that never die. and they had quite
an argument
"What were you doing at Jonas Ia
bors1'' asked Joe, drinking his coffee,
with frightening eye.
I'VE were sent for" she answered.
"What for$'
She toasted the bread attentively
without replying, and when she decid-
ed that it was brown enough piled it on
warm plate. This she brought to him
and, kneellng in front Of him, her ell
bow on his knee, offered for his con-
sideration, looking steadfastly I'D at
his eyes. He began to eat ravenously.
"What for?" he repeated. "I didn't
suppose Jonas would let you come in
his house. Was he sick?"
"Joe," she said quietly, disregarding
his questions-"Joe, have YOU got to
run away"
Eyes, I've got to-" he answered.
"Would you have to go to prison if
you stayed?' She asked this with a
breathless tensity.
I'm not going to beg father to help
me OUT he said determinedly. HE
said he wouldn't, and he'll be spared
the chance. He won't mind that; no.
body will care! Nobody! What does
anybody care what do?"
"Now you're thinking of Mamiew she
cried. II can always tell. Whenever
you don't talk naturally you're think
ing Of her!'
He poured down the last of the cof-
fee, growing red to the tips of his
ears. "Ariel," he said, eff I ever come
back
! "Wait," she interrupted. "Would YOU
have to go to prison right away if they
caught you?"
"Oh, it isn't that" he laughed sadly.
but I'm going to clear out I'm not
going to take any chances. I want to
see other parts Of the world, other
| kinds of people. I might have gone,
anyhow, soon, even if it hadn't been
for last night. Don't you ever feel that
way?"
'You know do,' she said. 'I've told
you-how often! But, Joe, Joe, you
haven't any money! You've got to have
money to live!'
"You needn't worry about that" re-
turned the master of 81 genially. sI've
saved enough to take care of me for
long time"
Joe, please! know it isn't so. If
you could wait just little while-only
few weeks-only a few, Joe''-
''What for?"
II could let you have all YOU want.
1t would be such a beautiful thing for
me, Joe. Oh, know how you'd feel.
You wouldn't even let me give you that
dollar 1 found in the street last year,
out this would be only lending it to
you, and you could pay me back some
time
Ar1el!' he exclaimed and, setting his
empty cup upon the floor, took her by
the shoulders and shook her till the
empty plate which had held the toast
dropped from her hand and broke into
fragments. you've been reading the
Arabian Nightsv"
mo, nor she cried vehemently.
"Grandfather would give me anything.
He'll give me all the money I ask for"
money!" said Joe. (Which Of US is
wandering? Money? Roger Tabor give
you money!"
"Not for awhile. A great many things
have to be settled first'
"What things?'
"Joe," she asked earnestly, "do you
think it's bad of me not to feel things
I ought to feel?'
"No,"
"Then I'm glad" she said, and some
thing in the way she spoke made him
start with pain, remembering the same
words, spoken in the same tone, by
another voice the night before on the
veranda. "I'm glad, Joe, because I
seemed all wrong to myself. Uncle
Jonas died last night, and I haven't
been able to get sorry. Perhaps it's
because I've been so frightened about
you, but think not, for wasn't sorry
even before Colonel Flitcroft told me
about you"
"Jonas Tabor dead" said Joe. "Why.
I saw him on the street yesterday!'
Eyes, and I saw him just before l
came out on the porch where you were.
He was there in the hall. He and
Judge Pike had been having a long
talk. They'd been in some specula-
lions together, and it had all turned
out we'll. It's very strange, but they
say now that Uncle Jonas heart was
weak-he was an old man, you know,