Howard Pyle, a chronicle by Charles D. Abbott, with an introduction by N. C. Wyeth and many illustrations from Howard Pyle's works.

THE RETURN
pened in this case. The young lady had made so deep an
impression that Howard Pyle found it convenient for him
to call at the Poole house very frequently. He was no
longer a stranger there. In fact, his visits became more
and more regular, and by July, 18 8o, the two young people
had become engaged.
Howard Pyle now found it very necessary to ascertain
whether or not he could make enough money to support two
in the same manner in which Miss Poole had always lived,
for it was inconceivable to him to think of marrying her unless he could give her everything which she had in her
present home. To be sure, he was working regularly for
Harper's, occasionally he had pictures in other magazines,
and there was the prospect of Robin Hood. All things
considered, he felt that he was justified, but first he must
see Mr. Parsons. Miss Poole was spending the summer
in Rehoboth, a little seaside town on the Delaware coast
a few miles south of Cape Henlopen. He wrote to her on
July 29th. 11 0 * 0 That will make a hundred and thirtyfive dollars worth of work since Monday at noon. I guess
we ought to be able to live on that if I keep it up....I
want to write a letter to old Parsons and tell him of my
future prospects. I would rather see him but that would
take another day and-well I can't spare it just now. He
ought to know, however, as he holds the loaf of bread
from which we are to cut an occasional slice." But on
second thought he did not write to Mr. Parsons; he concluded that it would be preferable to wait until business
carried him to New York, and then to broach the allimportant subject. In the meantime there were several
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