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DAILY CAPITAL JOUKNAJj, BAJUMM, OMUOK FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1007.
THE
CONQUEST 0 CANAAN !
"iSjTO'
..ii. . .
By BOOTH TARKINGTON,
Author of "Cherry." "Momleur Dcaucalre," 'Etc
COPYR.IGIIT, 1005, BY HARPER t OROTI1ERS
CIIAPTEIl XIV.
A8 upon a world canopied with
etorm and hung with mourning
purplo nnd hnbltatcd In bluck,
did Mr. Flttcroft turn his morn
ing fnco at 8 o'clock antomorldlan
Monday ns ho hied himself to hlo dully
duty at tlio Washington National bunk.
Yet tnoro than the merely funereal
gloomed out from the hlllodky area of
his countenance Was thcro not,
1' fulfil, n glow, a Vosuvlan Bhlmmcr,
bonuatli tljo murk of that darkling
eyo7 Wan hero one, think you, to turn
the othor check? Little bus ho learned
of Norbcrt Flltcroft who conceives
that this fiery Bplrit wns easily to be
quenched I Look upon tho Jowl of him
and lot Mm who dnros maintain that
people vcn tho very Pikes them
selves wcro to grind boucuth their
brougham wheols a prostrato Norbcrt
nnd lido on scatheless! In this his
own metaphor Is noarly teuched: "I
guess not. They don't run ovor me.
Martin Pike better look out how ho
tries It!''
So Mother Naturo at her kindly
tasks, good Norbcrt, uses for tier
unguent our own perfect Inconsist
ency, and often when wo nro Htabbcd
deep in tho breast sho distracts us by
thin scratches In other parts, that in
tho Itch of theso wo may forgot tho
greater hurt till it bo hculed. Thus,
the remombrunco of last night, when
you undlugulscdly ran from tho wrath
of a Flko, with a pretty girl looking
on (to say nothing of tho acrid Arp,
who will fling tho legend on a thou
sand wlndB), might well ugonlzo you
now, ns, in less hasty moments and at
a saro distance you urooa upon tuo
pltoous figuro you cut. On tho con
trary, behold! You soo no blood crim
soning tho edges of tho horrid gash in
jour panoply of self cHteom; you bnt
smart and Bcrntch the scratches, for
getting your wound In tho hot Itch for
vengeance It is an Itch which wiJI
last" (for In such" matters your temper
ball bo steadfast), and lot tho great
Goliath in tho mean tiino bowaro of
you I You ran last night. You run of
course you ran. Why not? You ran
to fight another day I
A bank clerk somotlmos has oppor
tunities. Tho stricken fat one could not un
derstand how It came about that ho
bad blurted out the damning confes
sion that he had visited Beaver Bench.
Whou ho trlod to solve tho puzzle, his
mind rofused thu strain, became foggy
and the terrors of hlsjKjsltton ncuto.
Was he, like Joe Louden, to endure
tho ban of Canaan nnd, Ilko him,
tand excommunicato beyond tho palo
becAUBo of Martin Plko'a dlsplcasuro?
For Norbcrt saw with perfect clearness
today what tho Judgu had dono for
Joe. Now that he stood In danger of
a fttto identical this came homo to him.
IIow many others, ho wondered, would
do as Mamlo had done and write notes
such ns he hnd recelvml by tho hand of
6am Warden lato luut night?
Dear Sir thin from Mamie, who, In tho
CanaimltlHh way, had boon wont to tut
dree him na "Norb!" My father wishes
mo to Mate that after your remark yes
terday afternoon on tho top, which wns
overheard by my mother, who happened
to bo standing In the hall behind you,
and your behavior to hlmiolf luter on
he consldors It linpoaalbla to allow you
to call any more or to speak to any mem
ber of his household, Yours respectfully,
MAM 113 1MKE.
Erasures nnd restorations bore wit
ness to a considerable doubt In Mamie's
mind concerning "Yours respectfully,"
butbho had Anally let It stand, evident
ly convinced that thu plain signature,
without preface, savored of nn Intima
cy denied by tho context,
"Dear slrl " repeated Norbvrt be
tween sot teeth. " 'Impossible to allow
you to, call any morel' " These and
other terms of his dismissal recurred
to him during tho morning, and ever
and anon ho looked up from his desk,
bis lips moving to the tune of those
horrid phrases, and stared out at tho
street, Basilisk glaring this, with no
Christian softness In It, not oven when
it fell upon his own grandfather, sit
ting among the sages within oasy eye
shot from tho big window at Norbort's
elbow. However, Colonel Flltcroft was
not disturbed by the gate of his de
scendant, being, tu fact, quite unaware
of It. Tho aged men were having a
busy morning.
Tho conclave was not what It had
been, (Heo Arp and all his works.)
There had come as thu yearn went by
a few recruits, but faces were missing.
Tho two Tabors hail gone, aud Uncle
Joo Duvey could no longer lay claim
to tho patrlarchshlp. Ho hud laid It
down, with ti half sigh, nud gouo his
way, Eskow himself was now tho
ehlMt of tho couscrlpt futhora, tho
oeleI and Bqulro Duckalew pressing
Mm closely, with Peter Bradbury no
great flaw behind.
To4ay they did not plant their feet
upon tie braaa rati Inside tho hotel
windows, but court! the genial weath
er outdoors and, aa their summer cus
tom -was, tilted back their chairs In tho
akade of tha western vrall of the Iwild
lag. "Aad who coW of dreamed," Mr.
VrallHtry waa aaylag, with a aide
g4a t,m&ey at Miaew, "tkat
Jfftwui Tabor veaM ever turn out to
HX9 ajsteUteJlfttt:
Mr. Arp ceased to fan himself with
his wldo straw hat and Bald grimly:
"I don't see ns Jonas has 'turned
out' not In particular! If he's turned
at all lately I reckon it's in his grave,
.and I'll bet ho has If ho had any way
of hoarln' how much sho must of spent
for clothes!"
"I believe," Bqulro Bucknlew began,
"that young folks' memories are short."
"They're lucky!" Interjected Eskow.
"Tho Bhorter your memory tho leas
meanness you know."
"I meant young folks don't remem
ber ns woll ns older peoplo do," con
tinued tho squire. "I don't flee what's
so remarkable In her comln' back and
walkln' up street with Joe Louden.
She used to go kltln round with him
nil tho ttmo beforo sho left tiere. And
yot everybody talks as if they never
heard of scch a thing."
"It seems to me," said Colonel Flit
croft hesitatingly, "that sho did right.
I know It sounds kind of a queer thing
to say, nnd I stirred up a good deal of
opposition nt homo yesterday evening
by sort of mentioning something of
tho kind. Nobody seemed to ngreo
with mo except Norbcrt, nnd ho didn't
say much, but"
Ho was Interrupted by nn uncontrol
lable cncklo which issued from tho
mouth of Mr. Arp. Tho colonel turned
upon him, with a frown, Inquiring the
cause of hln mirth.
"It put mo In mind," Mr. Arp began
promptly, "of something thnt happen
ed Inst night."
"What was it?"
Kskow's mouth wob open to tell, but
ho remembered Just in tlmo thnt tho
grandfather of Norbcrt was not the
nudlonco properly to bo solcctcd for
this recital, choked a half born word.
coughed loudly, realizing that ho miibt
withhold tho story of tho felling of
Martin Plko until tho colonel had tak
en his departure, and replied:
"Nothln' to speak of. Go on with
your argument"
"I'vo finished," said tho colonel. "I
bnly wanted to say thut It seems to
mo n good action for n yonng lady like
that to como back horn nud stick to
her old friend and plnymato."
"Stick to him!" echoed Mr. Arp.
"Bho walked up Main strcot with him
yesterday. Do you call that stlcktn'
to htm? Sho's been away a good
whllo; she's forgotten what Canaan is.
You wait till sho sees for herself Jest
what his standing In this com"
"I agree with Eskow for once," in
terrupted Petor Bradbury. "I ngreo
because"
Then you bettor wait," cried Es
kew, allowing him to proceed no fur
ther, "till you hear what you're agree-
In' to! I say you tako a young lady
like that pretty and rich and all cul
tured up, and it stands to reason that
sho won't"
"No; It don'tl" oxclalmed Bucknlow
impatiently. "Nothing of tho sort! I
toll you"-
Kskow roso to his feet nnd pouuded
tho pavement with his stick. "It
Btands to reason that sho won't stick
to a man no other docent woman will
spunk to, a feller that's been tho mark
for overy stono throwed In tho town
over flluco ho was a boy, an outcast
with a reputation ns black as n
preacher's shoes on Sunday I I don't
caro tf he's her oldest friend on earth,
sho won't stick to him I Sho walked
with him yesterday, but you can mark
iny words, his goose Is cooked!" Tho
old man's voice roso shrill nnd high.
"It ain't in human nature for her to
do It! You henr what I say you'll
never seo her with Joo Louden again
In this, llvln' world, nud she as good
ns told mo so hersolf last night. You
can tako your oath sho's quit him al
ready! Don't"
Eskvw paused abruptly, his oyes wid
ening behind his spectacles. Ills jaw
fell. Ills stick, raised to hammer tho
pavement remained suspended In the
nlr. A sudden color rushed over his
face, and he dropped speechless In his
chair. Tho others after staring at
him In momentary alarm followed tho
direction of his gaze.
Just across Main street and In plntu
view was tho entrauce to tho stair
way which led to Joo's otlleo. Ariel
Tabor, nil In cool gray, carrying n big
bunch of white roses In her white
gloved hands, hnd Just crossed tho
sidewalk from a carriage and wns us
ceudlng the dark stairway. A mo
incut later she came down again empty
handed, got Into tho carriage nnd drove
away.
"Sho missed htm," said Bqulro Buck
ulew. "I saw htm go out hnlf an hour
ago. Hut," ho added and, oxerclslug a
self restraint eloio upon tho saintly, did
not oven glauco toward tho heap which
was Mr. Arp. "I notice sho left her
flowers!"
Ariel was not tho only pno who
climbed tho dingy stairs that day and
read tho penciled script upon Joe'
doer: "Will not return until evening.
J. Louden." Many other cuuie, all ex
ceedingly unlike the flrst visitor. Some
were quick and watchful, dodging into
tho narrow entrance furtively; some
wile contemptuously a long aa they
were In view of the street, drooptug
wanly aa tby reached the staUa; m
were fhTn" and 'troubled. Not all of
thorn rend tho messago, for not all
could read, but all looked curiously
through tho half opened door at the
many rosea which lifted their heads
dellcntely from a water pitcher on
Joe's desk to scent that dusty place
with their cool brentli.
Most of these clients nftcr a grunt
of disappointment turned and went
away, though thcro were a few, cither
unable to read the message or so press
ed by anxiety thnt they disregarded It.
who entered the room nnd sat down to
wait for the absentee. Thcro were
plenty of chairs In the office now, book
cases nlBO and n big steel snfe. But
when evening came and the final gray
of twilight had vanished from tho win
dow panes nil had gone except one, a
woman who sat patiently, her eyes
up m the floor and her hands folded In
her lap, until the footsteps of the last
of the others to depart had ceased to
sound upon the pavement below. Then
with a wordless exclamation she
sprang to her feet, pulled tho window
shade carefully down to the sill nnd
l
J-
A lady beautifully dressed in -white
dimity appeared In the looricay.
when sho hnd dono that Btruck a match
on tho hcol of her shoe n soiled whlto
canvaB shoe, not n small one nud ap
plied tho flu'mo to u gns Jet. Tho yel
low light flared up, aud sho began to
pneo tho room huggardly.
Tho courthouse bell rang 0, and ns
tho tremors following tho InBt stroko
pulsed themselves Into Bllcuco sho
heard n footfall on tho stairs and Im
mediately relapsed Into n chair, fold
lug hor hands again In her lap, her ex
pression composing Itself to passivity,
for tho step was very much lighter
than Joo's.
A lady beautifully dressed In whlto
dimity appeared In tho doorway. Sho
hesitated at tho threshold, not, appar
ently, becnuso of any timidity (her ex
pression being too thoughtfully assur
ed for thut), but almost Immediately
sho camo In nud seated herself near
tho desk, acknowledging the other's
presence by a slight Inclination of tho
head.
This gravo courtesy caused a strong,
deep flush to spread Itself under the
rouge which unevenly covered tho wo
mnn's cheeks ns sho bowed elaborate
ly In return. Then furtively, during n
protracted silence, sho took stock of
tho new comer from tho tip of her
whlto suedo shoes to the filmy laco and
pink roses upon her wldo whlto hat,
nnd the sidelong gazo lingered mnrvcl
Ingly upon the quiet, delicate hands,
Blcndor and finely expressive, In their
white gloves.
Her owu hands, unlike tho lady's, be
gan to fidget confusedly, nnd, tho si
lenco contluulug, sho coughed sovcrnl
times to effect tho profneo required by
hor Bonso of fitness beforo sho felt it
proper to observo, with a pollto titter:
"Mr, Louden eeems to bo a good
whllo comlu'."
"llnvo you been waiting very long?"
asked tho lady.
"Ever Blnco 0 o'clock!"
"Yes," said tho other, "that Is vory
long."
"Yes, ma'am, it ccrt'nly Is." Tho Ico
thus broken, sho felt freo to uso her
eyes more directly and, after a long,
frank stare, exclaimed:
"Why, you must bo Miss Ariel Ta
bor, nln't you?"
"Yes" Ariel touched one of the rosea
upon Joo's desk with her linger tips
"I am Miss Tabor."
"Well, oxcuso mo for asking; I'm
sure It nln't any business of mlue,"
said tho other, remembering tho man
ners duo one lady from another, "Hut
I thought It must be. 1 oxpect," sho
ndded. with loud, Inconsequent laugh
ter, "there's uot mnuy in Cauann nlu't
heard you've come back." She paused,
laughed again, nervously, and again, l
less loudly, to take off tho edge of her
abruptness, gradually tittering herself
dowu to a pause, to fill which sho put
forth, "ttlght nlco weather wo bo'n
havlnV
"Yes," said Arlol.
"It wna rainy first of last week
though, I don't mind rain so much"
this with more laughter "I stay in
tho houso when It rulus. Somo people
don't know enough to, they say.
You'vo heard that saying, nln't you,
Mis Tabor?"
"Yes,"
"Well, I tell you' she exclalaed
noisily, "there's plenty ladles and ga
'lemen in this town that's Uko that"
Her laughter did not cease. It be
camo louder and shriller. It had been
until now a mere lubrication of tke
conversation, helping to make ker
easier in Mhva Tabor's presence, but aa
it Increased in sbrlllneM b aeamed.
ja be toeing control of herself, aa l
nor lauguter werogettlng.awiiy "with
her. Sho was not far from hysteria
.when she stopped vlth a gasp, and
sho sat up Btraight In her chnlr, whlto
and rigid.
"There 1" sho Bald listening intently.
"Ain't that him?" Steps sounded upon
tho pavement below, paused for a sec
ond nt tho foot of tho stairs; there was
a Bnnp of a match, then tho steps
Bounded again, retrentlng. Sho Bank
bn4ck lu her chair limply. "It was only
some ouo stoppln' .to light his cigar In
the entry. It wasn't Joo Louden's
Btep anyway."
"You know his step?" Ariel's eyes
were bent upon tho woman wonder
lugly. "I'd know It tonight," was tho an
swer, delivered with a sharp and pain
ful giggle. "1 got plenty reason to."
Ariel did not respond. Sho leaned a
little closer to the roses upon the desk,
letting them touch her face and breath
ing deeply of their fragrance to ueu
trallzo a pcrfumo which pervaded tho
room, an odor as henvy and cheap
sweet as tho faco of .the woman who
had saturated her handkerchief, with
It, a scent which went with her per
fectly nnd made hor unhappily defi
nite; suited to her clumsily dyed hair,
to her soiled white shoes, to the hot
red hat smothered In plumage, to tho
restless stub fingered hands, to tho fat,
plated rings, of which sho woro a
great quantity, though, surprisingly
enough, the lnrgo diamonds in her ears
wero puro and of a very clear water.
It was Bho who broko the ellenco
onco more. "Well." Bho drawled,
coughing genteelly at tho samo tlmo,
"hotter late than never, as the saying
Is. I wonder who It Is gits upnll them
comical sayings?" Apparcntlysbo had
no gcnulno dcslro for light upon tills
mystcry'as sho continued Immediately:
"1 havo a gcu'lemau friend that's al
ways plttln' 'em off. 'Well,' ho says,
tho best of friends must part,' and
'Thou strlkcst mo to tho heart' all
kinds of cracks Uko that. IIo's real
comical. And yot," Bho went on In an
altered voice, "I don't Uko him much.
I'd bo glad If I'd never seen him." -
Tho change of tone was so marked,
that Ariel looked nt her keenly, to find
herself surprised Into pitying tills
Btrnngo client of Joo's, for tears had
Bprung to tho woman's eyes and slid
nlong tho lids, where sho tried vainly
to restrain them. Her faco had altered,
too, Uko her voice, haggard lines sud
denly appearing about tho oyes nnd
mouth ns If they had Just been pen
ciled thcro tho truth Issuing from bo
ncuth her pinchbeck simulations Uko a
tragic mask rovenled by tho displace
ment of a tawdry covering.
"I expect you think I'm reul foolish,"
Bho Bald, "but I bo'n waltln' so awful
long, nnd I got n good deal of worry
oiujiyjnlnd till Isee Mr. Lon.don."
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It was all my fault. I deserve all ig badly you can S
's comlu to me, I guess. I done taking Dr. Kilmer, n;.
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n't great kidney, liver and blX!3
. I It corrects inability to Tm "?"
m1 scalding pain ia pif
""ram sorry." Arleljturned'lrom tho
roses and faced her and tho heavy, per
fume. "I hope ho will como soon."
"I hope so," said tho other. "It's
something to do with mo thnt keeps
him away, and thcr longer ho Is the
more It scares me." Sho shivered and
set her teeth together. "It's kind of
hard waltln. I ccrt'nly got my sharo
of troubles."
"Don't you think that Mr. Louden
will bo nble to take care of them for
you?"
"Oh, I hopo so, Miss Tabor! If ho
can't, nobody can." Sho wns crying
openly now, wiping her eyes with her
musk Rnnknrl handkerchief. "Wo hnd
(.to send for him yesterday afternoon" the bladder, or the kidnIn? tt
llfT-. .nn n tlnnnni. TtnnnV. .In mi lirPIlV drum n...l . 'J' lil
au tuuju iu uuiivi UIUI.IJ, av juu V.. . . "lu va5le ntavt
mean?" asked Ariel, leaning forwnrd. ' . "wuuer troubles almost,
"Yes, ma'am. It all begun out there- "".. "1 "Sen'eutp the hC
i... i. iw,.. ., , .ui. -" yoiaincu
1CUDL
mo.
that
wrong! I dono wrong! I'd oughtn1
never to of went out thero yesterday
She checked herself sharply, bul "-"" pm m passing it,
after a moment's nauso continued, on- "'"."""P'easantiieceji;
couraged by tho gravo kindliness of ,d To gCrup8nnln .fr &i
w.. . .. . iiujui, me lima and th .
wldo whlto hat "I oughtn't tn nf effect nf R..,.t-..i 7 ex1
wont." sho rencntcd. "Oh. I reckon It stands the hltrhest f. ..."
I'll never, never learn enough to keep ( cures of the most distressing c
out o iroumc, even wucn l seo u Bni,i hv ii T r ' l0tth.
cotnln'! But that geu'leman friend of one-dollar size botte
mine-Mr. Nnshvlllo Cory's his name-' sample bottle ofi thh v2ZfV
ho kind o' coaxed mo into it, and ho's covcry and a book that teliiifl
ricnt comical wnen uo'B witn mates. uouiBcniirceovniai . a
nnd ho's good company, and ho says, ,n".& Co- tyugbaraton, N. y
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-uiauuine, wen uanco uio ugm iun-'nn-, p, :,," ,w,uHi a
taBtlc' ho says, and I kind o' wanted ntatake.fficKteffiS
something cheerful. I'd bo'n workln' Root, Dr. Kilmer's SwamD-R"
etendy qulto n spell, and It looked like address. Bingbaiuton. rfv ,
t . a i 1 ii hntl '! 0.
X1U Willi IC-U IU HI1UW II1U U HUUU 11U1U, HO
I went, nnd thnt's what started it"
Now that sho had begun sho babbled
on with her story, nt times Incoherent
ly, full of excuses mado to herself
more than to Arlol, pitifully endeavor
ing to cbnvlnco herself that tho re
sponsibility for tho muddlo sho had
mado was not hers. "Mr. Cory told
mo my husband wns drlnkln' and
wouldn't know about it, and, 'Besides,'
ho says, 'what's tho odds?' Of course
1 knowed there was troublo between
him and Mr. Fear that's my husband
n good whllo ago, when Mr. Fear up
and laid him out. That was beforo me
and Mr. Fear got married; I hadn't
oven bo'n to Canaan then; I was on
tho stage. I was on tho stago qulto
awhile In Chicago beforo 1 got ac
quainted with my husband."
"You wero on tho stage?" Ariel ex
claimed Involuntarily.
"Yes, ran'om llvln' pitchers nt Gold
berg's rat'skellcr, and amunchoor
nights I nenrly always donon. sketch
bottle.
(Continued on pago Boven).
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