The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-01-23
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ishness he had been glad all these
years that the hardware merchant vas
baked OF happlnsas.
The carpenter had always been q
self-centered Individual, cesirous G.
his own comfort. and rather Dissriy.
He had not approved. ia the arst pi-cc. !
Of the intimacy between Joseph 5tsgz
and bis daughter Amanda.
NO good1I come o. that" be had
toId himself
Thst IL. no good 20 JedIdish Psriow.
He foressw at tie start .se loss of the
girls help about the bouse. for his
wife was then beIp,,As Invalid.
Then Mrs. Psriow did. This death
made palmer ss.;, 10 the carpenter
that Msndy's marriage was bound &c
heing Inconvenience 10 him. Especial
y n she married q ciose-fsfed young
business man like Joe Stage would
this be true. For. at the reading Of his
vife's Will Mr.. Psrioy Uncovered that
ths property they occupied, even the
shop In which be worked. which had
been gives 70 Mrs. Psriow by her par
ents. was 70 be the sole property OF
hss daughter. Mandy was tho beir.
Mr. Psricw did not possesr even q life
interest 10 the estste.
Il was . blow TO the carpenter. He
made . good income and had money
Ia bank. but he loved money too well
t0 wish 70 spend II after he had made
T. De I'D not want 10 give up the
place. u Mandy remained unmarried
these would never be amy QUESTION be-
tween them Of rent or the like.
Therefore. II be was not actually the
cause Of tbs difference that arose be-
tween the two young people. he seized
and enlarged upon II ana did NIL In
Bis vowsr 20 make q mere mispnder-
standing grow into a quarrel that mel
tbsr Of the proud. high-spirited lovers
would bridge.
Jedidish Pariow knew why Joe
0tsgg had taken that other girl tn
Faith camp meeting. The young man
had stopped at the Psriow place when
Amanda was absent and explained 10
the girls father. But the latter Ind
Esver mentioned this fact to his daugh.
ter.
instead he had made Joe's supposed
ofRcnsc tho greater by suggestion and
innuendo. And Il was he. too. who
had urged the hurt Mandy TO retaliate
~ going to the dance with another
young man. Meeting Joe stagg later.
the cernenter had said bitter things
20 him. purporting TO come from
Mandy. n was all mean and vile; the
old mnn knew Il now--as he had
known II then.
All these yenrs be Ind tried 70 ndd
fuel to the fire of his daughters anger
sgninst Joe Stagg. And he believed
he had benefited thereby. But. some
how. during the pnst few months. hs
had begun TO wonder II. after all. "ths
game was worth the cnndle."
Suddenly he hnd gnined n vision oi
whnt Amanda Parlow's empty life
meant to her.
Carolyn May. Interested only in see
ing her friends made happy. had ne
idea Of the turmoil she had created II
Mr.. Parlow's mind.
During the time that tho nurse wa'
at the abandoned lumber camp carinI
for Judy Mason. Carolyn May hoped
ttat something might take Uucie JOE
there.
The next Friday, after school wa'
out. Miss Amanda appeared at ths
Btaxg home and suggested taking Chr0
iyn May into the woods with her, 'fo'
tho weekend" as she ianghinsly said
Tim, the hackman. had brought thu
nurse homo for a few hours and would
take her back to Judy's cabin.
"Poor old Judy is much better. but
she In stili suffering and cannot be left
alone for long" Miss Amanda snid
''Carolyn May will chcer her up"
Mr.. Pnrlow would drive over on Sun.
dny afternoon and bring the little girl
home. or course. Prince had to 90
along.
That Friday evening mt supper mat.
tcrs In the big kitchen Of the Stage
house were renlly ut a serious pass, Jo'
ssph Stagg sat down to the table visi'
bly, without appetite. Aunty Rose
drank ono cup Of ten after another
without putting crumb between her
lips.
Say. Aunty Rose" demanded MT
Stage. ''what under tho sun did we dc
before Hannah's Car'lyn came here
anyway Seems to mo we didn't really
live. did wer
Aunty Rose had no answer to make
20 these questions.
In the morning there was a smoky
fog over everything--a fog that the
sun did not dissipnte, and behind
which II looked like an enormous saf'
from ball.
Mr.. Stagg went down 10 the store M
usual News came over the long-dis
tance wires that thousands Of acres
Of woodland were burning. that the for
sst reserves were out. and that the farm
srs Of an entire township on the far
side Of the mountain were engaged In
trying 10 make barrier over which
Ehs flames would not leap. II was the
consensus OF opinion, however, that