Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-17

entable lack or tnat excluSlNeneSS
which, she assured him. had charac-
terized his mother Of blessed memory
and both his paternal and maternal
grandmothers. 1t was on the occasion
Of his having brought home from col
lege for the holidays that splendid fell
low, John Lowry, a diamond In the
rough, and in his pride in Lowry's
friendship having taken him to call
on Miss Wolcott, who. with her liter
airy tastes and extensive travel, he
was sure would appreciate his brill
liant college mate, fustead Of which
he had brought On himself long philo-
sophie homilies upon the duty incum
bent upon "the old families" to pre-
serve their exclusiveness and not to
admit into their sacred circle any vul-
gar new element. When, with youth
full enthusiasm, he had rebutted her
theories as narrow. old fashioned and
so forth she had pinned him down to
the fundamental question, "Do you or
do you not believe in blood, Peter
Klnross!'
~ do! The blood that makes true
men and women, not the blood that
makes snobs!" With which parting
shot he had left her. and the GOODNESS
between them thereafter had never
been overcome.
He remembered his cynical reflection
at the time Of her brothers death.
tShe'n think the angels in heaven will
Fnol h1~oroI NJ thu oYv.(y,ol re a TVr0.
cott!"
Yet he found himself just now, per-
haps, inconsistency patting himself on
the head for his perspicacity In having
recognized that Eunice was Of no
common stock.
he himself had no doubt OF the
truth of the confession" n OF Eu-
nice's identity with the stolen child.
But while the moral evidence seemed
clear and convincing, would it be suf-
fcient without the legal proof which
he recognized was lacking to persuade
Miss Wolcott of her duty to give up a
fortune after nineteen years possess
sion Of it? Here would be a test OF
the good blood" Of which she was SO
proud.
at would be more than common hon
esty; it would be heroic. But If she
takes after her niece she won't lack
the heroism!"
The fact that the communications to
Miss Wolcott of Beatrice Daniels, the
trained nurse, had been ignored did
- lno rrn11 for L1,1nfooSc "a GO 1nHf
nov
Kinross threw himself back on his
pillow and clasped his hands under
his head. No use to undress-he
couldn't sleep. The thought Of this girl.
brought up as q servant to the Morn
ingstars, her marriage to their son
opposed because her poverty made her
mot good enough fur our Abe" her
ignorance of life combined with her
knowledge of books making her unique
to the point Of being pathetic-this
young creature to suddenly find herself
a great heiress. The sp%eculations
which the situation gave rise to drove
sleep far from his brain. Would she
be good enough for "'our Abe" when
her story was known? He chuckled
when he thought Of old Morningstar's
earnest endeavors to hang himself.
metaphorically speaking, by opposing
his sons marriage to a great fortune.
"She may imagine she's In love with
that fellow Abe, eve having seen
any other sort Of men, but Of course a
few months in the world will cure
her"
He wondered whether he would do
well to tell her at once all that he
knew Of her or to wait until he had
e Miss Wolcott and learned wheth-
err or not there was going to be diff
Guilty about her coming into her own.
1t would be cruel to raise her hopes
before there was some assurance OF
their being realized. He would do well
to put her off when they met tomor-
row night in the haunted room with as
little as would satisfy her for the time
being. He would then communicate at
once with Miss Wolcott. If she was