The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-03-18
CY
WHITTAkER'S
PLACE
BY JOSEPH c. LINCOLN
By JOSEPH c. LINCOLN
copyrith.. 1908. BY D. Appleton Q Co.
CHAPTER v.

EAYs passed Cyrus saw the
Iun house becoming woefully un-
HU tidy. Something must be done.
- The captain drew his chair
near the center table, took from his
pocket sheet Of note paper and pro-
ceeded to read what was written on
its pages 1t was a letter which he
had received nearly "a month before
and had not yet answered During the
past week he had read 1t many times.
The writing was cramped and blotted
and the paper cheap and dingy. The
envelope bore the postmark Of a small
town in Indiana, and the Enclosure
was worded as follows:
Captain Cyrus Whitaker:
Dear Sir-I suppose you will be a good
deal surprised to hear from me- especially
from way out west here. When you
bought the old house of Seth he and I
was living In Concord. N. II. He couldn't
make go OF his business there, so we
came west, and he has been sick most of
the time since. We amt we'll off like you,
and times are hard with us. What l
wanted to write you about was this: My
cousin Mary Thomas-Mary Thayer that
was-is still living in Concord, and she is
poor and needs help. though don't sup
pose she would ask for II, being too
proud-false pride I call 1t. Me and
Seth would like TO do something for her,
but we have a hard enough job to keep
going ourselves. Mary married a man by
the name Of Henry Thomas, and he turn
ed out to be q miserable good for moth
ing, as I always said he would. She
wouldn't listen to me, though. He run
nH nd of laa Ayri
and. I understand. was killed or drowned
somewheres up In Montana. Mary and
lseveral words scratched out herel got
along somehow since. but l don't know
how. While we lived In Concord Seth
sort of kept an eye on her, but now he
can't. Of course. She's a good GIRL or
woman, rather, being most forty. and
would make good housekeeper II you
should need one, as l suppose likely you
will. If you could help her It would be an
act of charity and you will be rewarded
above. Seth says why not write to her
and tell her to come and see you. He
feels bad about her. because he is SO sick,
! suppose. And he knows you are rich
and could do good II YOU felt like 1t. Her
fathers name was John Thayer. wouldn't
wonder IL you used to know her mother.
She was Emily Richards afore she mar
ried, and they used to live in Orham.
Yours truly, ELIZABETH HOWES.
Thomas, care Mrs. oliver. 1913 Blank
street. Concord. N. II.
N B.-Seth won't say SO. but ! will
We are very hard up ourselves, and II
you could help him and me with the loan
of little money 1t would be thankfully
received.
Captain Cy read the letter, folded II
and replaced it in his pocket He
knew the Howes family by reputation
and the reputation was that of general
sharpness in trade and stinginess in
money matters. Betsy's personal appea
did not, therefore, touch his heart &c
any great extent. He surmised also
that for Seth Howes and his wife tc
ask help for some person other thar
themselves promised darby in the
wood pile somewhere. But for the
daughter of Emily Richards to be sug
gested as possible housekeeper at tn,
Cy Whitaker place-that was interest
ing, certainly.
When the captain was not captain