Connecticut western news., 1919-10-02
SYNOPSIS.

BSden has reached the age of eighteen xssent to the auto in which =Dr. Hardy. gMinent eastern physician, and his daugh- s Irene: ] are touring G the ite country brings ring @g is broken and he is necessarily con- Aned to his bed. Friendship, and some baaEfa. bbaRE m0re' develops between Irene ana
 The doctor, who had been resting in the room with his patient, entered the Kitchen. During the setting of the limb he had gradually become aware of the rcsition of Irene in the household; ag the boy and girl as they now stood aE the bright morning sunshine, he with his big, wiry frame, his brown faae, his dark eyes, his black hair, she, Eund and knit and smooth, with the Bnk shining through her fair skin and Tas light of youth dancing in her gray aEes and the light of day glancing on Aer brown hair, must have told him E&ey had sprung from widely separat- 1I stock. For one perilous moment he was about to apologize for the mistake HEade in the darkness, but some wise Instinct closed his lips. But he won- axred why she had not corrected him. They were seated at breakfast when i, g&e senior Elden made his appearance. He had slept off his debauch and was Es sober as a man in the throes of al- eydsolic appetite may be. Seeing the strangers, he hesitated in his lurch to- ward the water pail, steadied himself aU widespread feet, very flat on the Rbor, and waved his right hand slowly I'm the air. Whether this was to be un-. akBstood as form of salutation or a gesture of defiance was matter of in- heTpretation.
 'sVishitors," said the old man, at hHgth. "Alwaysh welcome, m sure. BA-scush me-" He made his uncertain Eay to the water-bench, took a great drink and set about washing his face Hnd hands, while the breakfast pro- ceeded in silence. AS his preparations DRared completion Irene set a place at Ehe table.
 Won't you sit down here, MT. El- aRnT she said.
 There had been no trtrcduc.ion5. Dnve ate on in silence.
 , Thank you," said the old man, and Tfs8rerwas something in his voice which tnay have been emotion or may have been the huskiness of the heavy drink @gs throat. The girl gave it the for rneer explanation. AS he took the prof lfEred chair she saw in this old man 'DAreds of dignity which the less refined eye of his son had not distinguished. To Dave his father was an aff1iction to be borne an unfair load laid on boy whO had done nothing to deserve this Uunishment. The miseries associated with his percentage had gone far to make him sour and moody. Irene at first had thought him rude and gloomy; flashes of humor had modified that opinion, but she had not yet learned ffat his disposition was naturally a 10oyant one, weighed down by an en- vfronment which had made it soggy And unresponsive. In years to come abe was to know what unguessed depths of character were to be re- vealed when that stoic nature was Er0gs-sectioned by the blade of keen and defiant passion.
 Mr. Elden promptly engaged the doc fpr in conversation, and in few mo- ments had gleaned the main facts in connection with the accident and the father and daughter which it had Brought so momentarily under his roof. He was quite sober now and his speech, although slovenly, was not in- delicate. He was still able to pay to woman that respect which curbs the coarseness of tongue for years sub ierted to little discipline.
 After breakfast Irene attended to ne wants of her father, and by this xfrne the visiting doctor was manifest Ing impatience to be away. But Dave declared with prompt finality that the N1Tses must rest until after noon, and the doctor, willy-nilly, spent the morn Ing rambling in the foothills. Mean while the girl busted herself with work about the house, in which she was eff FRcting a rapid transformation.
 After the midday dinner Dave har- nessed the team for the journey to tDwn, but before leaving inquired of Eene if there were any special pur- gnases, either personal or for the use fan the house, which she would recom- xnend. With some dif1dence she men, E0ned one that was uppermost in her ah0ughts-soap, both laundry and toi- MeE Doctor Hardy had no hesitation HIp calling for box of his favorite c5eaxs and some new magazines, and asok occasion to press into the boys Mnnd bill out of all proportion to the value of the supplies requested.
 The day was introductory to others Meat. were to follow. Dave returned lie next afternoon, riding his own Xprse and heavily laden with cigars, M&gazines and soap. .tgs.. ..
 The following day 1t was decided nat the automobile, which since the accident had laid uDtnfned.by the road