The Monmouth inquirer., 1918-02-21

! and fifty dollars, and laid them on
| the desk before Miss Susie.
~ suppose Mr.. Merrick told you
| that he expected me to have the
salary for the week l was away?
Miss Susie could not answer for 3
moment
Didn't you need the money! she
managed finally to ask. I thought you
were going to need quite a while to
pay it back?'
at needed it very badly when I
asked for it, said Goode. ! believed
then that it would take me several
months to pay it back. A little money
has come my way during the week /
have been absent. thanks to being
able to gather 1t in. do not need it
now l find that it is not a good thing,
mentally. to let debts hang over
"'You had restful timer Miss
| Susie questioned In a far-away, con-
Yentional tone.
"Goode smiled wearily.
Not very, said he. The worried
! look came into his eyes with renewed
emphasis. An uncle OF mine, who
i died recently. left me a big farm up
the State. had to go up. there; but
/ with the exception OF the money got
from the trip. have had q rather
anguishing time OF it.
Miss Susie's face was blanched
and drawn l could tell that she was
suffering as she pictured the cause of
Goodies anguish.
/ sold a few hogs and drove OF
sheep Goode went on. That helped
quite a bit. | used to hope that my
uncle would leave me the money&he
left to charity, instead of the farm;
but I am glad now that 1: was the
farm he beQueathed 70 me-
1T viii always be sequestered
retreat for me- he added cautiously.
yet with certain boldness, 1t seemed
to me, for a man In his box.
Miss Susie looked at him In
alright. lie looked straight back 1t
! her, undisturbed.
i will not get to be with my fam
lily for some time, though he went
on, YEARLY.
"'what makes you think so?' Miss
Susie asked.
81 cannot keep them here be-
cause he paused aud swallowed
rather hard because my little girl
has bad lung. I did not know it
till few days before left. 1t upset
me 50 have not slept. feel better
to-day. The doctor told me yesterday,
before I left them, that she would
come through with big lungs by, keep
ing her up there. So you see they
have got to stay there and have got
to stay here-if the powers that be
will let me-
"sYou can run back and forth
often Miss Susie tried to say pleas
antly.
81 don't know about that, Goode
said, shaking his head grimly. 1T may
not be as free as you think
He turned to go.
"I thank you for the trust, Miss
| Susie he said earnestly. as he wheel
ed at the door and again faced her.
Have fully established CLAIM TO
your confdence?
WAS it your chiBT: that took you,
Mr.. Goode?' Miss Susie begged. with
a choke in her voice, instead OF an
swering him.
"Coode was startled into dosing the
door with nervous bang. Then he
stood perfectly still. his eyes search
ing Miss Susie's as an accused man
would the faces in 3 jury-box. He
opened his lips to speak. but they
seemed dry. He closed them nervous
ly.
Il wanted to cry out that the sus-
pense might be broken. In another
second believe I would.
"tWhat do you mean, Miss Susie?'
Goode managed to ask, his lips
aquiver. DO you believe
edo you deserve to keep her
| your child? Miss Susie interrupted,
fixing her gaze upon him.
Goodies eyes never wayefed from
hers. He was slow to answer.
"'T dol! he answered quietly.
''His eyes, just then. rs they ap-
peared to me. held brazen chal-
lenge.
miss Susie must have pIerced
them deeper than /.
"'You are an honorable man. she
smiled radiantly back at HIM. Then a
tear came into her eye and che turn
ed her head.
"She was correct"
The credit man" rose from his
chair and took out his watch.
'But Goode is doing time,"
chorused the clubmen.
"Oh, that is another Goode. They
caught him a few hours after our
John Goode came back.
Cur Goode is our foreign repre-
| senfafive now IL ha cahlad for q