Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-09
Synopsis.

Chapter Eugene Bantry, a Canaan
Und). young man, who has peeh ease
to college, returns home and astouiius
the natives by the gorgeousness OF ms
raiment His stepbrother, Joe Louaeh.
Is characterized by the group or aseo
male gossips who daily assemble AT .he
National House for argument as ,he
good for nothing associate OF douo.iu'
charters 2-Eugene's appearance mas
q pronounced effect upon Mamie PIKE
whose father, Judge Pike. Is the veal
thiest and most prominent citizen OF
Canaan. Joe worships Mamie lrolh
affair." Eugene interferes In snow nSht
between Joe and his holdenish ana !"
very poor girl friend, Aeriel Tabor, VINO
is worsted. Aeriel holly resents the
interference and slaps Eugene, VINO
sends her home. 3-Ariel, unbecoin-
ingly attired attends Mamie Pike
ball. 4--Joe, concealed behind some
plants on the Pike veranda, watches
hungrily for glimpse of Mamie. Ariei
is ignored by most of the guests. Arlel
discovers Joe, but shortly afterward,
learning that her uncle Jonas Tabor.
has died suddenly, leaves. V-Ihe
Daily Tocsin of the next day tells OF
Joe's discovery on the Pike veranda
and of his pursuit and escape there
from 1t also refers to wounds In the
head OF himself and of Norbert FIT
croft who detected him. Joe ret1res
to the Beach" low resort kept by
his friend, Mike Sheehan, who dresses
his wound VI--Joe leaves Mikes
place. He visits Ariel Tabor, who by
the death of her Uncle Jonas has be-
come rich She wishes Joe to ac-
company her and her grandfather to
Paris Joe refuses and leaves Canaan
to avoid arrest for the trouble at Judge
Pixies. NII-Joe is heard from two
years later as ticket seller for side
show. Eugene Rantry also meets him
seven years later in a low resort In
New York, but wisely refrains from
advertising it. VIII--Joe returns to
Canaan full iedged lawyer Even
his father ignores him, and he is re-
fused accommodations at the National
House. IX.-Joe is welcomed at the
Beach," and Happy Fear" one OF
Joe's admirers, seriously assaults
Nashville Cory, detractor At the
end of Happy's term i'm prison he Wis
it's Joe, who has a law office on the
square, with a large practice, prin-
cipally among the lower classes, and
is frequently attacked by the Tocsin.
Joe begins. in his loneliness to yield to
the seductions of the bottle. Bantrys
engagement to Mamie Pike Is an
nounced. Bantry Is now associate edi-
tor of the Tocsin, owned by Judge
Pike X--Joe awakens after bad
night" with the words. Remember.
across the Main street bridge at noon"
ringing in his ears. He goes there and
Is presently Joined by the most beauti-
full and most beautifully dressed girl
he has ever seen. NI-She turns out
the night before from her long sojourn
in Paris. She has seen Joe as she
allghted from the train and, realizing
his condition, had escorted him home
after exacting from him u promise to
meet her the next day QSunday) across
the Main street bridge at noon. Joe
learns that Ariel is stopping at Judge
Pixies home, the judge having entire
charge of her money, etc. XII-Eugene
Bantry, altho engaged to Mamie, is
much smitten with Ariefs charms
Judge Pike tries his usual clustering
tactics with Ariel, but subsidies when
she tells him that she shall ask him
to turn over the care of her estate to
Joe Louden XIII--Ariel holds a sort
of informal reception at Judge Pixies
and learns that the tough element"
is talking; of running Joe for mayor
XIV-Happy Fear and Nashville Cory
have more trouble.