Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-24
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Thank We, sir" said Bobbs.
.sHow long has Mr.. Carney been In
this condition." asked.
Bobbs looked at me in an unde-
cided fashion for moment and then
blurted out. why. don't know, sir,
as l ought to be talkin' of his affairs
SO much, sir. 1t don't seem to me as
it's quite right, SIR"
appreciated the fellows devotion
and loyalty to his masters interests
and fastened to reassure him. x
TITS all right, Bobbs.' said. "You
may talk to me perfectly freely for
understand everything. You know.
Mr.. Carney himself was here for some
time this morning."
Bobbs looked relieved and proceed.
ed without further difhdence.
why, / should say, sir, it's goin' on
about two years now. Ye know, he
had some trouble or other on his mind
when he went away, sir, an it seemed
to prey on him more an more all the
time. After a while he began gettin'
In with those people, which suppose
was q relief to him and kept his
thoughts of the other thing. At first
1t was only occasionally when he got
to feelin' specially downhearted, but
1t wasn't long before he was with 'em
ali the time, sir. I begged and begged
him to keep away from 'em, for you
know as well as do, sir, that only
one thing could come of 1t, but he
wouldn't listen to me and things kept
goin' from bad to worse.
cat the beginning he kept UP his In
terest in the business pretty well. but
finally he lost all track of that, and
then 1t wasn't many months before he
couldn't attend to it whether he want
ed to or not. That was the time / quit
drinkin', sir, for saw that he needed
every minute of my time, day and
night, or at least that he might need it.
His neglectin' the, business as he
did wasn't any harm, you know. sir.
for it's so well managed that it could
almost run itself, but did wish that
he had worked off his bad feelin's in
the Office, stead Of the way he did,.
My heart aches for him all the time,
sir" continued the faithful fellow,
brushing away tear with his
knuckle, but he got so obstinate that
nobody could do thing with him an,
anyway, could have managed him
myself If anyone living could"
you think there is no chance for
him now, Bobbs?" inquired anx-
iously.
mot one in million, sir" answered
Bobbs, sadly. Hes too far gone now,
sir. He was takin' the cure for time
an we began to have some hopes OF
him, but it wasn't any use, an the
first thing we knew he was as bad as
ever"
Il wonder he came back at all"
Il shouldn't have thought
he would have felt inclined to-"
II didn't think he'd core, myself"
said Bobbs, but he insisted upon 1t,
and, as told you minute ago, there's
no changing him now when he once
gets an idea in his head, so we packed
up and came He said he had some
matters to attend to with you that he
must see about at once sir
YES" l replied, "he arranged GER
tain affairs with me this morning"
Well" said Bobbs, I'm glad that's
done, for it will be great load on
his mind"
Where do you suppose he has gone
now% / asked. He left here very
and / wonder II he will get
into trouble" My calmness Of mind
WAS due to the fact that, under the
should not have cared
II he had broken his neck.
"Oh! he'll get back to the hotel, sir"
-Robbs. confidently. He told