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"A cousin of o, and I went to

his funeral I happened to hear of the Carlow 'Herald' through an agent

there, the er, and even

htless than now, and I had a little money and I handed it over

for the 'Herald' I wanted to run a paper h I only lived here the first few years of my life and all

the rest of it had been spent in the East, I was born in Indiana, and, in

a way, the thought of co back to a life-work in my native State

appealed tothat the people out in

these parts knew more--had more sense and were less artificial, I mean--

and were kinder, and tried less to be somebody else, than almost any other

people anywhere And I believe it's so It's dull, here in Carlow, of

course--that is, it used to be The agent explained that I could make the

paper a daily at once, with an enor Then I caot Possibly it is

because I am sensitive that I never let To; but I don't believe his welcoood heart"

"Failure!" she cried, and clapped her hands and laughed

"I'h I"It is only that I have dropped out of

the world while Tom is still in it"

"Dropped out of the world!'" she echoed, impatiently "Can't you see