The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-07-13
CHAPTER Vll-continued.

The captain said that he would be
down later on to talk things over.
Meanwhile, If the papers and SUCH
could be got together, it would sort
of help along"
When Mrs. Corcoran Dunn made her
that afternoon she found Caroline
alone ard almost in tears. Captain
Elisha hid broken the news at the ia
BILE during luncheon, after which he
went downtown. Stephen, having raw
ed, protested and made himself gen.
orally disagreeable and his sister cor
spondingly miserable, had departed for
the club. 1t was a time for conf
dences, and the willy Mrs. Dunn real
lied that fact. She soothed, comfort
ed and within half an hour had learn
ed the whole story. incidentally she
learned that a possible five hundred
thousand was the extreme limit of the
family's peeuniary resources.
NOW you know everythingr' sobbed
Caroline. ooh, Mrs. Dunn, you won't
desert us, will your
"You may depend on Malcolm and me,
DEAR" Mrs. Dunn declared. eve are
not fair weather friends. And, after
all, it is not SO very bad. Affairs might
be very much worse"
"Worse! Oh. Mrs. Dunn, how could
they be? Think of it Stephen and
are dependent upon him for every
thing. We must ask him for every
penny. And whatever he says to do
we must do. We're obliged to-"
On Thursday after luncheon as Cap
tain Elisha sat in his own room read
ing book he had taken from the
library there came knock at the door.
Come ahead inp' ordered the cap
tain. Caroline entered. Her uncle rose
and put down the book.
"Oh," he exclaimed, sis it you? Ex-
cuse me. thought twas the commo-
dore-Edwards, I mean. If I'd known
you was comm calm, Caroline, I
shouldn't have been quite so bossy."
THANK you" answered his niece. 81
came to see you on suppose you
might call it business. At any rate, it
is financial matter. I sha'n't detain
you long"
Captain Elisha was a trife disap-
pointed.
"Oh," he said, ION business, was it?
I hoped-I didn't know but you'd come
just out of sociability. However, I'm
mighty glad to see yor, Caroline"
Captain Warren" she began, "I--I
came to ask a favor. / am obliged to
ask it because you are our"-she al
most choked over the hated word-"our
guardian, and 1 can no longer act on
my own responsibility, 1 wish to ask
you for some money"
Captain Elisha nodded gravely.
II see," he said. well, Caroline, /
don't believe you'll find me very close
listed. | think l told you and Steve
that you was to do just as you'd been
In the habit of dom. Is your reg.
Tar allowance too small2 Remember,
don't know much about such things
here in New York, and you must be
AA~Ah oIu abOFEOOdlu ddo Lcll LuG IL
you have any complaints"
81 have no complaints. My allow
ance is sufficient. 1t is the same that
father used to give me, and it is all /
need. One Of the maids, Annie, has
trouble at home, and wanted to help
her."
The captain nodded once more.
"Annie, he repeated, that's the rosy
faced one, the Irish oneP
eyes. Her father was seriously In
jured the other day and cannot work.
His hip is broken, and the doctors bill
will be large. They are very poor,
and l thought perhaps She hest
tated, faltered and then said haughti-
iy, "Father was very sympathetic and
liked to have me do such things"
"Sho! Sho! Sartin! Course he did.
/ like it too. I'm glad you came to
me just as you did, Caroline. How
much do you want to start within"
II don't know exactly. thought /
might ask our own doctor to attend to
the case and might send Ihem some
delicacies and food"
"Good idea! Go right ahead, Caro-
line. How'd the accident happen2
Auybody's fault. was it?'