Connecticut western news., 1919-12-25
SYNOPSIS.


 CHAPTER Living with his father on
 sQon has reached the age of eighteen
 th few educational advantages. An ac- (n1nent eastern physician, and his daugh- [ Irene are touring the country brings ned to his bed. Friendship, and some.
 anE more. develops between Irene and
 CHAPTER II.--Irene greatly enjoys the 1nconventional freedom of ranch life, and & 10 affection. Qn Dr, Hardy's recovery .,sR. ss position in life and they will meet
 CHAPTER III.--The sudden death of his 13thtng but the few bare acres of the y&Rch. the. elder. man having through 1a2fg of dissipation wasted the income. IT debts paid. David goes to the nearest NNn. .determined to keep his promise to MGhe by acquiring an education and mak- q 3t work offered, driving team team G for "a a espa dealer. and meets man named Con N4f0, about his own age. by whom he IS I'd into dissipation.
 CHAPTER Tv.-Naturally of clean mind, 5zsEenseniai i % sSrro1ndings, and Fate 811ngs him into contact with Mir. Melvin
 wseoss ns so s ses s9ss MhsRs kATmeets Edith, his hosts pretty daughter. aan6 begins the coveted education.
 CHAPTER v-Attracting the favorable atfention of the managing editor of H1wspaper. David becomes reporter. 1ed general worthiness. falls in love with klM, though. with the memory of Irene in hls heart, David does not perceive 1t.
 CHAPTER vI.-Dayid advances to a po- 4itton of responsibility on the newspaper. Conward renews acquaintanceship with ffs town n Is "ripe" for a boom, through 0avid secures the backing of the news. sdI Ssed fa and Scfses tss two. % oe as conward and Nlden. go into the real estate business. vsalthy during the t:booTn," and when 1t . nearing it's inevitable end David dis eevers, through Miss Morrison, society empiosed tsat Irene @ Mardy tS s IS nno v Ing in town. with her mother
 CHAPTER vIII-The narrative turns to ene Hardys. in their eastern home. Mrs. Hardy unavailing1y seeks brilliant" naatch for Irene and realizes that her 1aughter,s affections are placed elsewhere. Irene confesses to her intensely annoyed 4other her lattachment to David Elden, hr Hardy leaves the tWo Suooso women satV with only a few thousand dollars, and Mrs. Hardy's health necessitating her residence m a driAE climate they move to the western City where David Elden is a citizen of importance.
 CHAPTER Ix.-Mrs Hardy enters fully into the Doom" spirit and while engaged n purchasing house from Conward He vainly endeavors to prevent Mrs Hardy investing in real estate, perceiving tho disaster at hand, but she is obstinate.
 CHAPTER x.-Conward. whom David is N9pidly coming to distrust, acquires an never liked David, invariably ": referring I o to him as the Cow Puncher. David presses Irene to marry him at once, but she is ..boom'' bursts and Mrs Hardy finds her e tnvestment little better than worthless. % own ends. M " she planes d EIden n David David dis. ss covers Conward seeking to take advantage If the innocence of a young girl working } CHAPTER xI.-After violent quarrel. 4uring which David strikes Conward, the q Irene and David which David treats with contempt; Irene finally agrees to dfsapproves of the match. Mrs. Hardy turns to Conward for consolation. and he fMmediately sees chance to .get even" with David by entieing. him into a situa- ton with a woman of the town under cir Shmstances that will compromise him.
 buIs her success Tn earning a uV1nB did not seem in the slightest degree te clear the way for marriage. She could not ask Dave to assume the support of her mother; particularly m view of Mrs. Hardy's behavior toward him, she could not ask that. She sometimes wondered if Conward- For a long while she refused to com plete the thought but at length, why not? Why shouldn't Conward marry her mother? And what other purpose could he have in his continuous visits to their home? Mrs. Hardy, although no longer young, had by no means surrendered all the attractions of her sex, and Conward was slipping by the period where young girl would be his natural mate. If they should marry Irene was no plotter, but it did seem that such match would clear the way for all concerned. She was surprised, when she turned it
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