Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-13

had a high sense of honor and he stip-
uiated that if either of his sons should
be guilty of any dishonorable act he
should forfeit his half of the $1,000
O00- Henry insists that Arthur has
forfeited his rights and that the
amount withheld should be paid to
him now; but his conduct has been
such that feel 1 should serve him i'll
to pay him SO large a sum of money.
Moreover, / owe something to his
daushter-to Helen. Owing to her IA
Tiers reckless life I have had her
make her home with me for several
years She is a noble girl, and very
beautifuiIyou must have seen, Mr.
Donovan, that she is an unusually
beautiful girl,
Yes" I assented
And better than that" she said,
with feeling, .'she is a lovely char
acter.''
I nodded. touched to see how COM
pletely Helen Holbrook filled and sat
lshed her aunt's life. Miss Pat con-
tinued her story.
MY brother first sought to brighten
me into settlement by menacing my
own peace; and now he includes Hell
en- in his animosity. My house at
hen thieves entered it and I was
obliged to leave. We arranged to go
abroad, but when we got to the steam
er we found Henry waiting with a
threat to follow US if I did not accede
TO his demands 1t was Father Stod-
dard who suggested this place, and
we came by circuitous route, paus-
ing here and there to see whether we
We're followed You can imagine how
dlstressing-how wretched all this
has BEEN
Yes; it is a sad story, Miss Hol-
brook But you are not likely to be
molested here. You have lake on
one side, high wall shuts off the
road, and l beg you to accept me as
your near neighbor and protector. The |
servants at Mr.. Glenarm's house have
Deen with him for several years and
are undoubtedly trustworthy 1t is |
not likely that your brother will find
you here, but if he should've will |
deal with that situation when the time |
You are very reassurfng. no doubt |
we shall not need to call on YOU. And |
hope you understand" she continued. |
that it is not to keep the money that |
| wish to avoid my brother: that if it |
were wise to make this further di
vision at this time and it were for
his good, 1 should be glad to give
1lm all-eyery penny of it,
Pardon me, but the other brother
he has not made similar demands |
you do not fear him. 1 inquired. |
With some hesitation.
''No-no," And a tremulous smile
played about her lips. Poor Arthur,
lie must be dead. He ran away after
he bank failure and I have never
leard from him since. He and Henry
we're very unlike, and I always felt
more closely attached to Arthur. He
yas not brilliant, like Henry; he was
'entle and quiet in his ways, and IA
her was often impatient with him.
4enry has been very bitter toward
Arthur and has appealed to me on the
core of Arthurs ill-doing. 1t took all
is own fortune, he says, to save Ar
hur and the family name from dis
onor''
She was remarkably composed
throughout this recital, and 1 mar
eled at her more and more. Now,
fter moments silence, she turned
0 me with smile.
We have been annoyed in another
L
ate to tell you of it
Pray do not-you need tell me
othing more, Miss Holbrook"
Tt is best for you to know My
1ece has been annoyed the past year
Y the attentions of young man
HON she greatly dislikes and whose
existence distresses her very much
ldeed.''
Well, he can hardly find her here;
nd if he should"
Miss Ho1brook folded her arms
pom her knees and smiled, bending
oward me-
'Ohi" she exclaimed; The isn't
iolent person, Mr. Donovan. He's
lily, absurd, idioticl You need fear
o violence from him.
"And of course your niece is not in
not fellow to appeal :,
, her Imagination"
THAT is quite true; and then in
resent unhappy circumstances, with &
er father hanging over her like a 3
lenace, marriage is far from her q
loughts. She feels that even if she I
ere attached to man and wished to j.
AIRY, she could not 1 wish she did :
OF feel so; I should be glad to see
er married and settled in her own
ome- It's very dreadful thing, as
ou can understand, for brother and
ster and father and child to be ar
lyed against one another =
1 wished to guide the talk into
leerfuller channels before leaving. III