Show U DJ the relatives of g jabez thorpe eg p by CALVIN HENDRICKS 3 rj 19 nai 1921 western newspaper paper union one foot in the he grave and the other oilier on a banaria banana peel jabez thorpe to my way niky of thinking exactly my iny opinion A man of hl his age crossing the ocean never was a hundred miles away from his onn lidai thi tone before a terrible nal he Is taking gIll 1 thus the gossiping gosti gos ping neighbors of the reputed wealthy ve althy proprietor of thorpe farm it was an all echo of the current luither chatter luit ler of tile the village when hard lifted miserly old jabez thorpe announced that ho ili uns nas going to england to settle the estate of a ills dla lant relative it had been a nine days under thorpe farm was not the pleasant ebl C 1 place in ili chii ali world it had a pretty fair house on oil it but poorly furnished As thorpe grew older lie he had used rl three acres near the house and dented out the rest of his land ten tell years previous he had adopted me he child of a second cousin nellie thorpe T kurpe sho she had grown into his life more of a comfort guide and support than lie he realized it was when lie he canie came to give up to nellie the entire charge of his business during his absence that he began to understand liow low much lie he depended on her it is not so hard as I 1 fancied nellie wrote to evan pearson her lor loer who was filling a clerkship in another town uncle jabez does not know that I 1 am keeping right on with my little business I 1 want to prove to him what a busy housekeeper I 1 am when he returns besides that 1 I niu inett st fit myself for our own home long long ahead dear but sure to tome lone it if you long for it as I 1 do nellies Ne Illes business was selling milk and es eggs e s then there was an interruption sad sudden and overwhelming the ste si etner anier in which ahner abner thorpe had sailed on oil his homeward trip was reported lost off the canada coast only a few of the passengers had been tui Z iid the name of jabez thorpe vas not among the list A week later it wit was generally la in the vil h I 1 I 1 Q e tha he had met a watery fate awl men much to the discomfort zw e the ilie heirs apparent began to ii i i f ticie alee was the relict of a 1 l of labez jabez thorpe la in weeds il Iii ii avys vs snuffling snuff liag and pitying her li if I 1 e re e u was as a fantastic f fusay old kiil waid rui chibin in who entertained great epes because jabez thorpe had once lai iila t liui lie a i birthday gift there mere was till i auth studying for the bar ft lirt clah i a near relationship and a fht deal of knowledge as to the let gi aliis ea tf of ibe estate there was bouth besides and all these planted themselves about the premises never would the faithful persevering nellie forget one bright n ns as slie went about the house attending to her manifold duties the young itne of tile the law vas smoking a pipe in ili the sitting silting room the other male of oe tilt the slow development of the li ecate ate was as asleep with ills his feet on oil the table in the parlor the enuf ailing bellet and the fussy old maid anere pre battering hatt ering away like magpies mag P jes alen nellie heard a roar she dropped the plate she was holding and it was smashed to smithereens at her feet then with a scream of if elight dell i glit she darted into the sitting tin room gave one glance at a sturdy burdy wrathful figure filling the doorway and bounded straight into tile arms of jabez thorpe oil oh uncle uncle she cried 1 I tim firn so BO glad so glad yes tind the only one who Is replied the old man as he placed a sheltering arm about her you young of insolence inso lencel 1 lie he shouted at the astonished smoker out of if here with that hat vile pipe of yours here wake up and march 1 I lie he added pulling the ilie sleeper from the chair As to you ladles ladies he sang out to the occupants of the parlor ive heard in ili the village age of how bov youve all flocked here like a flock of crows after a carcass well old jabez la Is hillve and kicking after all and before the day Is over hes bes going to save sav eyou you the expense and trouble of coming to any more funerals by leaving what lies hes got when hen its ready to leave to the only ore one among the crowd of you who Is 13 worth two pins and nellie it was after the dejected disappointed mob of fortune seekers had left that nellie proudly exhibited her bookkeeping it ended by the old man manifesting real affection for hla his loyal and faithful housekeeper in the words N you have proved what you are dear child true and good with a heart of gold we will have evan pearson Ien down here saturday evening tin and biake anike a new deal all around |