Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-18
Synopsis.

| Synopsis.
| Chapter Eugene Bantry. Canaan
| (Ind). young man, who has peen cas-.
to college, returns home and astouiue
the natives by the gorgeousness Oh ms
raiment. His stepbrother, Joe Louoen,
is characterized by the group OF aseu
male gossips who daily assemble AT .ne
National House for argument as .he
good for nothing associate OF doup.lul
charters. 2-Eugene's appearance .,as
a pronounced effect upon Mamie rms
| whose father, Judge Pike is the veal
| thiest and most prominent cltlzen VI
Canaan. Joe worships Mamie from
affair." Eugene interferes in snow nslil
between Joe and his hoidenish ana
very poor girl friend, Aeriel Tabor Wiio
| Is worsted. Aeriel holly resents tne
interference and slaps Eugene, VINO
sends her home 3-Ariel, unbecom-
| ingly attired attends Mamie flkes
| ball 4-Joe, concealed behind some
plants on the Pike veranda, watches
| hungrily for glimpse of Mamie. Afiei
| is ignored by most of the guests. ARIEL
! discovers Joe, but shortly afterwaro,
| learning that her uncle Jonas Tabor.
has died suddenly, leaves. VINE
Daily Tocsin of the next day tells OF
| Joes 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 ny
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 &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 a ticket seller for side
show. Eugene Bantry also meets him
seven years later in low resort IN
New York, but wisely refrains from
advertising it, VIII-Joe returns to
Canaan a full fedged 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, a detractor AT the
end OF Happys term in prison he Wis
| It's Joe. who has 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. Bantry's
engagement to Mamie Pike is am
nounced. Bantry is now associate edi-i
! 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
i is presently joined by the most beauti-
full and most beautifully dressed girl
he has ever seen. XI-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 promise to
meet her the next day (Sunday) 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 Ariers 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"
lis talking of running Joe for mayor.
XIV-Happy Fear and Nashville Cory
have more trouble. Joe corners Happy
and sends Claudine (Mrs. Fear) to meet
him. xv.-Ariel visits Joess office to
put her affairs in his hands. While
there Happy Fear rushes in and an
nounces that he has killed Nashville
Cory in self defense. Joe makes Happy
give himself up. ) xVI-Mamie Pike
admits to Ariel that she, too, has be-
gun to believe in Joe Louden. xvii
The Tocsin makes virulent attacks on
Joe Louden and Happy Fear. Mike
Sheehan hints that he may shortly have
some interesting secrets to divulge in
connection with Judge Pixies affairs.
XvIII-The Tocsin continues its at
tacks. Judge Pike informs Ariel that
her supposed fortune consists of value
less securities. XIX-Aged Eskew Arp,
one of the band of National House gos-
sips and erstwhile traducers of Joe,
rescues Joe's dog from a miserable
death at the hands Of the townspeople
and then collapses.