The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-01
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Won fool mar
way?"
You know I do she said. give told
you-how often. But, Joe, Joe. you
haven't any money! You've got to have
money to liver
gu needn't worry about that" re-
turned the master of 81 genially. 1--WE
saved enough to take care of me for
long time"
Joe, please! I know it isn't SO. If
you could wait just a little while-only
few weeks-only few, joe
What forY'
1 could let you have all you want.
1t would be such a beautiful thing for
me, Joe. Oh, l know how you'd feel.
You wouldn't even let me give you that
dollar found in the street last year,
but this would be only lending it to
you. and you could pay me back some
time
"Arielr' 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 Nlghtsr"
mo, no." she cried vehemeDtlv.
"Grandfather would give me anything.
He'll give me all the money ask for"
Money! said Joe (Which Of us Is
wandering? Money? Roger Tabor give
you money!
mot for awhile A great many things
have to be settled first"
What thingsT"
"Joe," she asked earnestly, 30 you
think it's bad of me not to feel things
| ought to feei?'
mo"
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 1
seemed all wrong to myself. Uncle
Jonas died last night. and l haven't
been able to get sorry. Perhaps it's
because I've been SO frightened about
you, but think not, for l wasn't sorry
even before Colonel FIitrruft told me-
about you"
Jonas Tabor deadw said Joe. "Why.
saw him on the street yesterday!'
eyes, and saw him just before
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-
tons together, and it had all turned
out well. It's very strange, but they
say now that Uncle Jonas heart was
weak-he was an old man, you know,
almost eighty-and he'd been very anx-
ious about his money The Judge had
persuaded him to risk 1t, and the shock
of finding that he'd made a great deal
suddenly
1--WE heard he'd had that same shock
before" said Joe, "when he sold out to
your father"
Eyes, but this was different, grand
father says. He told me it was in one
of those big risky businesses that
Judge Pike likes to go into. And last
night 1t was all finished, the strain was
over, and Uncle Jonas started home.
His house is only q little way from the
Pixies, you know, but he dropped down
in the snow at his own gate, and some
people who were going by saw him
fall. He was dead before grandfather
got there"
She put her hand on the boys arm,
and he let 1t remain there Ter eyes
still sought his with a tremulous ap-
peal
God bless you, Ariel!" he said. TITS
going to be a great thing for you"
''Yes-yes; It Is" The tears came
suddenly to her eyes. 81 was foolish
last night, but there had been such a
long time of wanting things, and now
and now grandfather and l can CO.,
You're going, tooc' Joe chuckled.
Its heartless, l suppose, but I've
settled 1t. We're going"-
Il know" he cried. you've told me
thousand times what he's said ten
times a thousand. You're going 70
Paris
Paris! Yes; that's it. To Paris.
where he can see at last how the great
ones have palnted-where the others
can show him! To Paris, where we
S9h 0toNy tOSelueF, WneFe ne cdQ learn
how to put the pictures he sees upon
canvas, and where p
go on" Joe encouraged her. Il
want TO hear you say it. You don't
mean that you're going to study paint
ing. You mean that you're going to
learn how to make such fellows as Flu
gene ask you to dance. Go ahead and
say it."
"Yes-to learn how to Dress" she
said.
Joe was silent for a moment. Then
he rose and took the ragged overcoat
from the back of his chair. "Where's
that mufler?" he asked.
She brought 1t from where she had
placed it to dry, behind the stove.
"Ioan she said h-,rh.iir- anan,A ror