Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-31

villages, this was fairly correct ia
cob Romer did not go there every day
but he had been twice in three
weeks. Since Vida's illness, after the
affair of No. pit, her friend, Miss
Nunsby. had been with her continu-
ously Rose had left her father and
80 Dudley gardens to the cares Of
Leeby Callum whom he daily abused
continuously in language quite incom-
pherensible to her. This did not hurt
Leeby Callum. She was glad when the
master relieved himself" 1t showed
he was not "keppin' anything up
against her"
Still, even two such visits were too
much for James Kahn to consider
with impunity. To his distorted mag
5ination, 1t seemed that his master
was not SO confidential with him as
he used to be. He had noticed, also,
that Jacob Romer had directly, con-
suited young Calmont "a mere tool
of Morris = on more than one &C.
casion.
Doubts harrassed James Kahn on
every side. Since it was his nature
always to play double game Cor In
deed. several at one time) he sus-
pected that others were doing the
same thing - perhaps safe enough
belief, but not one which makes for
personal popularity.
What, for instance, if Johnemann
who had been on the Good Intent
! with him recognized Vida He had
certainly looked very strangely at him
the day of the pit disaster Might he
not forestall him with Jacob Rome1
by presenting the old dotard with q
long-lost daughter, thus earning his
gratitude? Certainly Johnemann hae
better be looked after.
Then Serb fell to rejecting on the
reasons which might prevent the CIR
from listening to his offers He ever
went SO far as to suspect dism'sse
servant at the "Caravanseraf' of tel
ling tales. This man had been working
up at CORN Castle for old Abraham
Fyfe. are gardener and Abraham
Fyfe was a favored guest at Gleb
End cottage.
Otherwise it was simply incompre
hensible that he, rich man, high in tn
confidence of the head Of the Incubu
, Romer 6 Co. should be sighted
without reason given, by a slip of
, girl
/ TITS the Romer temper" he affirm
7 ed at last ''Look at her nose! TIL
| odd Jacob sticks from her eyes lik
r fire from flint believe now that
! | We're a poor man with my way t
5 make, l might have better chance.
t Like most men when baffled, h
| never suspected that he himself wa
the cause.
1t never struck HIN that he migf
sell his house, his horses. his motor
and prtend to be poor. But this VIZ
/ too much to face James Kahn woul
not give up farthing he had game
:, for half a dozen Vidas. Vida and til
n ia things = good! Without - man
r thousand times no!
n But all the same the distant VIII
e and near grunt of James Kahn's m
tor became familiar sound in tt
r. little house at Glebe End sitting BAG
n from the gate into the wood. Ar
It Vida. who till now had known I
n fear, besought little Miss Nunsby
e remain with her. There was som
thing about James Kahn which intil
d idated her
e "But my father will go crazy
e said Rose Nunsby, shaking her heat
o IF he is left any longer with Leel
Callum, and the soapy blocks whi'
n, are Leeby's idea of boiling new pc,
D. toes there will be murder DONE
er Meanwhile old Dick had recommer
re ed his service at the Carron Pit al
n was absent most of the day and t
er whole of the night the next. Sin
to the disaster Vida's nerves were n
w. what they had beeen. She was afra
es and she knew not of what The da
st We're growing shorter. The tall tire
i: were shaking themselves clear
leaves. which it was the girls pie;
ure to gather and burn in the sh'
MINDLESS afternoons her friend. Re
IT. Nunsby. assisting her. Occasional
av Phil helped, too, when he co,
IT. snatch time from the duties of his
he cupation. He went and came at
al times. making straight up from
IN pts dronping off his fathers
ne on the pretext OF going to consult