Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-27
At all the Significance Of what she hac

At all the Significance Of what she haa
heard.
Kinross drew q purse from his peck
ct and, taking out some bills, laid thers
before Eunice. "Your aunt gave me
this money to give to you for your
expenses until you join her In New
York"
The girls eyes opened wide. II am
to 90 to my auntT' she breathlessly
asked. "My aunt! 1t seems so
strange" she said, her face flushing,
n CULVER in her voice that revealed pitt
fully her lifelong loneliness, ITO feel
that there Is some one in the world
belonging to mel"
"Your aunt expects to send her Sec
rotary. Mrs. Kenyon, widow, down
here for you next week to take you
back with her to New York. This
money. she instructed me to tell you,
you can use in getting yourself some
clothing for your journey with the
help Of Mrs. Kenyon. When you are
h the world for your welfare. know"
"Eunlce." cried Abe, starting up,
"you amt a-goin' away to stay away
amt not, you ain't?' he pleaded. "Och,
Eunice. II you'd say yes to me I'd
leave you hire the washin' with the
money wot your pop inherited to you,
and I'd leave you spend at the cloes all
you wanted, and we'd go good bit.
too, to circuscs and county fairs and
even to the rooft garden in town. We
could afford to with your havin' such
q lot yeti Why, guess we could af-
ford most anything! Won't you say
yes to meY'
Eunice slowly turned her eyes upon
him. "say yes to you now with free
dom--freedom just at my hand? Mar
ry you and remain bond slave, with
my heart still crying out as 1t has done
all my life, Who will deliver me from
the body Of this death?' Tie myself to
you, when liberty and the wide world
lie before me? Oh, Abe" she exclainl-
ed, III the thought Of marrying you
was horrible to me while I was under
your mothers and fathers tyranny
how must 1t look to me now that am
+, free-free to live, to be myself. to
feed the hunger Of my mind and soul
with all the beauty Of the WORLDLY
Marry you, Abe?" A little ripping
laugh broke from her lips. Klnross felt
his brain beat with the shock Of the
10Y that suddenly surged up IN his
heart ct the revelation Of her words
while he mentally pronounced himself
an ass for his stupidity IN not having
realized the impossibility of her caring
for Abe.
"Ty-rantry!" exclaimed Mr.. Morning
star, taking up her words. while ABE
looked dazed "After all me and MON
done fur you-and our son even want.
In to marry you and US urgin' it-and
glvin' you back your $1,000
The draft for that money was IN hef
hand. She suddenly broke in upon his
speech by holding it out to him.
/ "Take 1t back. l know how you
have suffered in having 1t forced from
you. And / don't need 1t. Take 1t as
payment for my board during the re-
mainder Of my stay here"
Mr.. Morningstar almost pounced up
| on 1t, while his small eyes CLEANED
"That amt no more'n right, SEEM you
!; don't need it, and me couldn't rightly
spare it," He glanced triumphantly AZ
Kinross. "You thought you was won
4 derful smart, amt, gittin' this here
money or Of me? But got ahead OF
you that there time"
Kinross gave a short laugh. I'm
satisfied with my work" he said.
"Eunice, you amt goin' to act so on.
! grateful as to leave right In the mid
die Of cannin' season?" exclaimed Mrs.
I Morningstar,. with momentary re-
turn to her habitual asperity toward
the girl. "You could put of goin' to
your aunt till couple weeks already
anyhow. How is me and Ollie goin'
to get through all without you? And
mebbe If you stayed on a couple OF
i weeks you'd come to see it some DIFF.
ferent about Abe too"
"Just as soon as the lady whom M
aunt is sending for me can take me
/ away shall CO."
4 "Well, IL you don't call that actin
Mcknight in the middle OF cannn'
the tomats, too, yet!'
Och, MON, you talk dummv said
her husband, with disgusted turning
of his back on her and finging his
words behind him at her. with q
fortune waitin' fur her at New York
over, what would she do with stoppin'
to help with our cannin' the tomats1
She kin afford to buy canned tomats
out Of the grocery stores and won't
have to bother no more with putin
up. know what a big fortune means
to person If you don't. / knowed q
man out west was worth worse'n $780,.
600 yet"
/ Again Mrs. Morningstar sighed
heavily. "Eunice," she said, changing
I, her tone to motherly persuasiveness,
you'll come to see us now and again,
/ amt? You would like to come home
where you was raised, still, a'r't you
would?'
Eunice looked at her and shook her
head almost shudderingly.
"Neverw
! CANT you got no gratefulness!
Mrs. Morningstar exclaimed in de-
! spair.
"But what" the girl asked gently,
"have 1 to be grateful to you for? 1t
seems to me have much-very much
more-to forgive. With $4,000 left to