From what he tells me she is a
sharp, thrifty little thing. She pays her own board bill with her
relatives, chooses and pays for her own clothes, and puts the balance of
the money in bank for herself and her father."
"Does Tim ever go to see her?"
"Once in two years, regularly. He'd go east oftener, but it costs too
much money. He'd live near her, but he says he can earn more money down
here on the desert. Tim even talks about a college education for that
idolized girl. She looks out just as sharply for her daddy. Whenever
Tim is ready to make a trip east, she sends him the money for his fare.
The two have a great old time together."
"Tim may marry again one of these days, and then the young lady may not
have as happy a time," remarked Tom thoughtfully.
"I hinted as much to Griggs," replied Dr. Furniss, "but he told me,
pretty strongly, that there'll be no new wife for him until he has
helped the daughter to find her own place in life."
"Say!" muttered Tom, with a queer little choke in his voice.
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