Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-13


c,eyr,eh& 1899. ~ Doubleday, \
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CHAPTER VI.
Whsrsin che tisart: Of Pete csrsen 10
Touched BY Girl.
IRs CoMsTOoK picked up sew
efal papers and blew out the
kitchen light She stood In the
4 middle Of the sitting room floor
forsa time and then went into her
room and closed the door. Sitting on
the edge Of the bsd, she thought for
Z few minutes and then suddenly bur
led her face IN the pillow and again
heaved with laughter.
Down the road plodded Margaret and
wesley sinton. Neither Of them had
words to utter theif united thought,
"Done" Missed w esity ut las: "ncne
brown! Did you ever feel like bloom
In, COMPOUNDED donkey? How did the
woman do itT
..she didn't do it!'' gulped Margaret
through her tears. "She didn't do any
thing. She Just trusted to Elnora's
great big soul to bring her out right,
and really she was right and 80 it had
to bring her. She's darling. Wesley.
But she's got Q time before her. Did
you see Kate Comstock grab that mon
ey? Before ok months she'll be out
combing the Limberlost for bugs and
arrow points 70 help pny the tax.
know her."
-Well, I donty' exclaimed sinton.
aShe's too many for me. But there is
q laugh left in her yet. I didn't s'pose
there was. Bet you q dollar If we
couid see he, This minute she'd be
chnckling over the way we got left"
Both Of them stopped In the road and
looked back.
There's ElnqFa's light in her room. !"
said Margaret 1.-THE poor child will
feel those clothes and pore over her
books till morning. but she'll look de-
cent to go to school, anyway. Nothing
is too big price to pay for that"
Eyes, II Kate lets her wear them.
Ten to one she makes her finish the
week with that old stuff"
.'No. she won't" said Margaret. "Sbe
don't dare. Kate made some conces-
sions all right, big ones for her-if she
did get her way In the main. She bent
some, and IL Elnora proves that she
can walk out barehanded in the morn
ing and come back with that much
money in her pocket, an armful Of
books and buy turnout like that she
proves that she Is Of some considera-
tion, and Kate's smart enough. She'll
think twice before she'll do that. FL
morn won't wear calico dress to high
school again. You watch and see If
she does. She may have got the best
clothes she'll get for time for the
least money, but she won't know it un-
I'll she tries to buy goods herself at
the same rates. Wesley, what about
those pgices1 Didn't they shrink con-
siderabl1f
"You began It," said Wesley. CHOSE
prices were al right. We didn't say
what the goods cost Us; we said what
they would cost her. Surely she's mis-
taken abqut being able to pay all that.
Can she pick up stun Of that value
aronnd the Lmberlost? Didn't the
Bird Woman see her trouble and Just
give her the money!
II don't think %" said Margaret.
"Ssems to me I've heard Of her pay
ing or Offering to pay them that would
take the money for bugs and butter
flies, and I'VE known people who sold
that banker Indian stuff. Once !
heard that his pipe collection beat that
OF the government at the Philadelphia
centennial. Those things have come
to- have value"
s.Well, there's about bushel Of that
kind Of valpables piled up in the wood
shed that belongs to Elnora. At least
/ PICKED them up because she said she
wanted them. Maggie. how the nation
did Kate Colnstock do that?"
.sYou will keep on harping. Wesley.
I told you she didn't do it. Elnora
did It'll She walked in and took things
right out Of our hands. S'pose we'd
rot Elnora when she was q baby, and
we'd heapSd on her all the love We
Cart on orr own, and we'd coddled,
petted apd shielded .e-. would she
have made the woman that living
alone, learning to think for hcssek
ana taking all the knocks Kate Com
stock could give have made Of her?
.sYou bet your lifey' cried Wesley
warmly. Loving anybody don;t, hurt
them Ne wouldn't have done, zAAy-i
thing. but love her. You can't. hurt
child loving It. She'd have learned 70
work, ~ sensible. study. and grown
into woman with us, without suffer.
ing like poor homeless dog"
But you don't get the point, Wes-
10y. She would have grown into : hne
w6naa1 with NJ; Just seems - Il m
lQss 49, born to be tihe. but q We