The Arvada enterprise., 1919-05-22
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He knew vesy well that WAat ~
~ nd aboat III dauShtee and 10.
sspA 6tagg was quite tToe. In Ais self.
ishseas ~ had besn dad IN thaGo
yeoss that ths hardware merchant was
baked ol AAppinaA
N eaypeatse had always boea Q
se1.csatsfsd individual. 6eslFe0s ee
Ais ON eo@feeA and rather misssiy.
Hs AaA not aypssvsA. n tAs 1rst paaeA
e ~ ht1noey botween Joseph Dtaeg
aa1 ~ daAeAtse ADanda.
mo goodu eo0e q thak" ~ I'D
tesd himsslk
That = - eeel - JsdsdiaA Pa.sow.
H 6seenaw q ~ start tAs less ef tAe
gizi's ~ absot ~ hoasa 1ee Ais
VIII vas tAes helpless invali6
1Asa Ma RaslsW 1isd Tlas dsatA
0A1s paaia9 sl1u 70 tAs caspsntse
ut 1A11vb naxsiase Was boanA -
belng i1eeovealeoeo - him. Especial.
b 4 ~ married. Q close.dstsd yoang
60slneD 1an Me Jee 0taeg would
~ b tzoa ~: q ~ reading ee hs
wtfsS Win NJ. ParioW discovered that
IL peo0EU ~ eeesplsd svsa ~
ehop u which hs worked, which had
ben Sivsa b Mr.. PaxioW b. hse par.
sots. was y - ~ cole properly 4
hse daughtaF. Aandy was tho hslr.
NJ. PasioW Ma not posDess svea q liSs
intsrsst = ~ estata
Il was . Nov 10 tAe caspsutse. Hs
oads Q oeed ineoos and had noaay
b baAk Ut - Ieved neosy too weli
- WisA - Qsnd Il afese ~ he'd naAs
T. h "a ~ waat - eivs - ~
0laea. X AaAdy remained unmarried
t1eeo Ws1A nsvee - any quest1oa -.
tween tAs0 e rent g tAs lika.
IAHs6oee. II ~ Was not actually tAs
ea1se q ~ 0lDseeace Tat arose b.
twssa tAs Two yoans psopsa. - sslssd
aa6 snlasgsd soea II aaA did sll In
~ power 70 make Q nsfe nigundse-
sanding grow into Q quarrel hat nsl-
tAsr of ~ proud. hisA-spiritsd Iovses
would beidgs.
JsdidiaA Parsow k.sw Wy Joe
0tagg had taken that other IN 10
raitA camp meeting. The yong nm
had stopped ct ~ Pariow place when
Amanda was absent and explained to
he giriS fathes. But the latter had
never mentioned this fact Do his daugA-
".
Instead he had made Joe's supposed
o6ense ~ gfeatef By Guggeotioo and
innusn0a And Il was be. too. who
had urged Tie hurt Mandy to rstaliats
by eelng 10 the dance With another
yoang man. Neeti1g Joe stag later.
Tie eaypsatse had said bitter things
70 hin. p1sporting to come from
Mandy. II WAS all mean and vile: the
old nan knsW Il noW-As ~ had
known Il tAsa.
All thsss ysass - had trisd % add
foel 10 ~ nfe e his daughters anger
against Jes etasE. And hs believed
~ had bsas0ted tAsssby. But some
AeW. during the past few moaths, hs
had begun 10 wonder II, after all, ''tAe
game WAS worth the candle"
euddsaly hs had gainsd Q visioo Of
what Amanda PaFsow's empty life
meant b hae.
CafelyA Nay. interested only In ses.
Ing ~ friends made happy. had 10
Idea a the turmoil she had created In
Mr.. Pasiow's mind.
DuSing The time that the nurse was
at tAe abandoosd lumber camp caring
for JUdy Aasoo. Carolyn May hoped
that soosthing might take Unclo Joe
there.
TIE ns4t Friday. after schoo, WAS
out. Miss Amanda appeared at tAe
etags home and suggested taxing Cars'
In Nay into The woods with hse. '.foe
tAe weekend" - she iaughinsly said.
tn. the hackman. had brought The
aurss home for few hours and woold
take Ass back to Judy's cabin.
"Pooe old Judy y much better. but
she 10 still suffering and cannot b left
alone for long" Aiss Amanda oaid.
''Carolyn May will cheer her up."
NJ. Parlow would drive over On Sun.
day afternooo and bring the little girl
Ao0a OF course. Prince had 70 20
along.
That Friday evening at supper mat
tiers In the big kitchen Of the StaSg
house were really at serious pass. Jo-
eepA etagg sat down TO the table visi.
bly, without appetite. Aunty Rose
drank oos cup Of tea after another
without putting Q crumb between hss
upG.
"Say. Asnty Roes." demanded Af.
STAG. "what under the son did we d
before Hannah's Car'lyn came hsee
anyway Seems 70 ne We didn't really
i've. IA wsr
Aunty Rose had ~ answer 70 make
b tAess QusstieoA
In he morning thero was smoky
fog over sverythins-a fog that The
sun did not dissipats. and oshiod
which Il hooked hke a sooemous saS.
froo bah.
NJ. staey wsat dewn 70 tAs store q
usual Nsws cane ovse ths loag-6s'
tsncs wires that Thousands q acFe1
q woodland weee burning. that the to-
~ sooeeves Wsee oat. and that ~ farm.
~ e - eatife township % he fas