Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-07
R ROOTHTARKINGTON
Synopsis.

Chapter Eugene Bantry, Canaan
Und). young man, who has been east
to college, returns home and astouias
the natives by the gorgeousness OF MS
raiment. His stepbrother, Joe Loudeh,
is characterized by the group of aged
male gossips who daily assemble at the
National House for argument as the
good for nothing associate of doupllui
charters. 2-Eugene's appearance mas
pronounced effect upon Mamie Plke'
whose father, Judge Pike is the veal,
thiest and most prominent clli@en VI
Canaan. Joe worships Mamie from
afar. Eugene interferes in sno" hshl
between Joe and his holdenish ana
very poor girl friend, Aeriel TABOR, VINO
is worsted Aeriel holly resents ,he
interference and slaps Eugene. WHO
sends her home. 3-Ariel, unbecom-
ingly attired attends Mamie PlKe
BALL 4-Joe, concealed behind some
plants on the Pike veranda, watches
hungrily for glimpse of Mamie. Arlel
is ignored by most of the guests. Ariel
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 retires
to the Beach," low resort kept by
his friend, Mike Sheehan who dresses
his wound VI.--Joe leaves Mixes
place. He visits Ariel Tabor, who by
the death of her Uncle Jonas has be-
come rich. She wishes Joe to &C
company her and her grandfather to
Paris. Joe refuses and leaves Canaan
to avoid arrest for the trouble at Judge
Pixies. VII-Joe Is heard from two
years later as ticket seller for side
show. Eugene Bantry also meets him
seven years later in a low resort In
New York, but wisely refrains from
advertising it. VIII-Joe returns to
Canaan a full fledged 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
Joes admirers. seriously assaults
Nashville Cory, detractor. AT the
end of Happy's term in prison he Wis
| it's Joe. who has law office on the
square, with 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. Bantry's
engagement to Mamie Pike Is an
nounced. Bantry is now associate edi-
| tor Of the Tocsin, owned by Judge
Pike. x-Joe awakens after a 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
| to be Ariel Tabor, arrived in Canaan
the night before from her long sojourn
in Paris. She has seen Joe as she
alighted from the train and, realizing
| his condition, had escorted him home
after exacting from him a promise to
meet her the next day (Sunday) across
the Main street bridge at noon. Joe
learns that Ariel is stopping at Judge
Pixies homo, the judge having entire
charge of her money, etc. X1I-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.