Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 294, 30 August 1909 — Page 6

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THE RICHMOND PALtADlU3i AND SUN-TELEGRAM, MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1909.

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News of Surrounding Towns

MILTON. IND, Milton, Ind., Aug. 30. Mrs. Albert Wadswort, who has ' been with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Narcus Moore, returned to Brownsville Saturday. Delmar " Doddridge went home with hr. Thos. Roberts, of Chicago, who was the guest of his aunts, went to Rich mond yesterdy to his aunt's, Mrs. Jes se Fulghum. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Parkins enter tained the Misses Mary and Sarah Roberts and guests, Mrs. Thos. Rob erts and son, Thos. Roberts, Jr., of Chicago, Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Williams re turned Friday eventing from a visit with their son andtfwlfe, at Indianap olis. Miss Nellie Jones entertained a company of twelve of her music pupils in the countryat her home here Saturday afternoon. Word, cornea fromIndianapolis that Mrs. Fred Slzeloveris getting along well. lens. Charles Ferguson , and daugh . tor, Miss Hazel Fenguson, were at Indianapolis, Friday. , They called at the hospital on Mrs.. Fred Sizelove. Mas Nellie Jones was in the coun- , try near Bentonville, F?riday, giving music lessons. She hasta-number of pupils. Mrs. Rebecca Werkingf accompanied her granddaughter, MissReba Ohmit, borne to Cambrlge City. Mtoa Cora Brown had a birthday Fslds. She was treated to a pretty pent eeed shower. George Baker, accompanied by his son, Robert, of Muncie, , spent yesterday at Frankfort Hiram Crook was at Green sfork Saturday, looking after the (interests of his farm. Miss, Ruth Leverton has returned from her visit with relatives at Munci. D. I. F. Sweney is in receipt of - the roster of the 84th Ind,,, which will .hold its annual reunion! at Dublin Monday and Tuesday, September 20th and 21st. Dr. Sweney and I D. Roark are members of it. Miss Margaret Crawford - is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Knlpes. Miss Nora Campbell has a sunflower of which the stalk is Ho feet high. It contains GO flowers. Mrs. Susie Wilson had , a birthday Friday. - She was given apretty post card shower. Miss Emma Gingrich has rented Dr. Sweney's tenant house. The family will move here from Connersville. Miss Gingrich is primary teacher in the Milton schools. Prof. CI H. Wood) writes from Winchester that he andhis wife are very well. Prof. Chas. Frazeef has gone to Bloomington to spend a few days with relatives there, after which he and his wife leave for Duluth, Minn., where he will occupy the chair of biology In the state university. Prof. Carl Mora gives an interesting account of the Sutherland College, Sutherland, Florida, He states that he will have upwards of one hundred pupils in his department of music. His wife, Mrs. Iona Summers Mora, is one of his assistants. In speaking of the cookery of the college he says that they have biscuits every meal, but dinner, then corn bread for that meal. They bake 700 loaves at one meal, and that they know how to make them, too. Mrs. Ida Shepler, of Raleigh, attended the Kelsey reunion at Roanoke. John I Manlove, of near Bentonville, bought 40 acres of land of the Sprong heirs. Joining his farm. He , paid $3,000. Ltnville Wallace, of south of town, has taken off thirty feet from the tops of two large pine trees, standing in front of his house. They, are old landmarks' and were 80 feet tall. Howard Warren has the scarlet John Lynch of Liberty, was in town yesterday. He was inquiring for G. F. Adams, of east of town. Miss Blanche Moore went to Richmond Saturday. Messrs. and Mesdames Will Hurst and Silas Clark were at Richmond Saturday. The cement wall in the north side of the branch, on Canal street is about completed. The township trustee says the cost will probably be a little over $30O. , The old canal bed has been utilized this summer by Messrs. J. B. Murley and Wlllard Ten Eycke for a garden. They had in about three-quarters of an acre, and had corn, tomatoes, cabbage, beans and potatoes. It reminds one of the little garden patches one sees near a large city. The crop was prolific." Your correspondent Is in receipt of two beautiful post cards. One from Miss Lulu Ward, showing the old block house on the road to the fort on Mackinac Island, a place famed in history and legend, and where one may dream the hours away. The other was from Russell Izor, of Indianapolis, who is taking his vacation In New York City The card shows Cooper Square, New York. Messrs. and Mesdames Carl Lliff, Luther Kimmel, of Winchester, Joe Burris and daughter, spent yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. - Kimmel. Mrs. Kimmel passed her 01st birthday Sunday, August 22nd. They were at dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Sowers near Centerville. W. B. Williams and O. H. Beeson, each bought Shorthorn cattle at the Union Stock Yards. Indianapolis, for feeding. Mr. Williams bought 32 head and Mr. Beeson 2S head. Mrs. Frank Murray, well known here, writes from Colton, California, that the mercury stood at 100 in the shade at 10 a. m., Sunday. August 22. It has been as high as 117. F. M. Jones states that his little grandda'ughter recently underwent a small operation for the removal of a growth on her arm. at her grandfather's, Dr. Myers, Huntingdon, Pa. She is getting along nicely. f Mr. and Mrs. Christian Kerber en

tertained Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Fritz, Miss Rose Honecker and Miss Louise Mueller of Indianapolis, at dinner yesterday. The Aucker-Clevenger family reunion was held at the Muncie Fair Grounds yesterday. Miss Mary Sills is visiting the Rev. Mr. McCormlck and family at Hartford City. The Rev. Mr. McCormick will also preach at the Christiaj church, here Wednesday night.

EATON. OHIO. Eaton, O., Aug. 30. Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. King are home from an extended sojourn at Oden. Mich. Thomas Lake of Dayton, spent Sunday here with his mother, Mrs. Eliza Lake. Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Poe. of West Manchester, spent Saturday and Sunday here with their daughter, Mrs. J. M. Neth. John McNamara was here from Cincinnati Sunday visiting friends. Eaton sent quite a large delegation to Richmond Sunday to hear Governor Glenn at the Chautauqua. Dr. O. G. Kelley, of Dayton, .spent Sunday and today here with his mother, Mrs. Elvira Kelley. Sam Blackford was a visitor in Richmond Saturday. Misses Leona Vivkrey and Mary Fisher spent Sunday in Richmond with friends. Ed and Russell Price were here from Richmond over Sunday visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Price. Mrs. Robert Duggins, of South Whitley, Ind., is here visiting her sister, Mrs. Elvira Monosinith, and other relatives. George Griffin has gone to Richmond to accept a position with the Prudential Life Insurance company. Mrs. Gus Bosch and little son, of Hamilton, are here visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marks Nation. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Grauser and children were here from Dayton Sunday visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elam Murphy. Mr. and Mrs. Tobias Polhemus of Gratis, spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. O. Wysong. Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Stout of Dayton, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hezekiah Stout. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gray and family attended the funeral of Nan Protsman at Lewisburg, Sunday. Mrs. Charles Schlenker has returned after a several days stay at Petoskey, Mich., and will spend some time here before returning to her home in Hickman, Ky. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Jugar and son, Master Joseph are at Chillicothe where they will spend two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jameson of Hamilton, spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Straw, northeast of Eaton. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Tyrrell spent Sunday with relatives at Brookville. J. H. TJnger spent Sunday with his wife at Middletown, Ind., where she has been visiting relatives for several weeks. Mrs. Unger and her grandson. Master Nixon Unger returned home with him. Mr. aud Mrs. Isaac E. Homan re turned Sunday evening after a week's visit with relatives at Milton, Fountain City and other towns in Indiana. Boone Kirby of Dayton, has been spending a few days with Charles G. Oldfather and family. J. H. Jones delightfully entertained a number of friends Sunday evening at his home on North Maple street. This day marked Mr. Jones's fiftieth birthday anniversary. An appetizing 6 o'clock supper was served the guests. Mrs. Ora Jefferson of Dayton, returned Sunday evening after a few days' visit with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Becker. Miss Ella Gardner who has been enjoying a vacation at Petoskey, Mich. will arrive home Tuesday. The following guests were hospitably entertained Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Straw at their home on North Maple street: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Phillips and son, Robert, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Huls and daughters, Mabel and Cornelia and George Huls and sons, Eugene and Russell all of Hamilton. The third consecutive defeat for the Eaton ball team was tendered them Sunday at the South Side park by the Cincinnati Pirates. The score stood 4 to 2. The game was one of the most interesting played here this season, both teams playing good ball. Evans and Kirby did the battery work for the Eaton team, while Sprengard and Boehmer performed for the visi tors. Evans was found for 9 hits, while the locals succeeded in getting but four off Sprengard. Sprengard had nine strikeouts to his credit, and Evans eight. The game was witnessed by the largest crowd of the season. The fast Somerville team will cross bats next Sunday with the Eaton ball team and an interesting game is anticipated. Of the two games played between these clubs each has one to its credit, and this game will be for the "rub," which makes it even more interesting. Miss Anna Clayton has gone to Chicago for a two weeks' visit with her brother. Charles Clayton. Grandmother Reid, mother of excounty surveyor, A. L. Reid, will go to Denver, Colo., next week to make her future home. Prof. J. P. Sharkey, former superintendent of the Eaton schools, but now occupying a similar position in Van Wert, spent Sunday here with his father, Gideon Sharkey. Attorney Wilfred Jessup, of Richmond, is a visitor in Eaton today. He is an assistant counsel for the defense in the Rife murder case, which began in common pleas court this morning. HAGERSTOWN. I NO. Hagerstown, Ind., Aug. 3a Mrs. Elizabeth Cory of Bluffton, is visiting John D. Hoover and wife and attended the Hoover reunion at White Branch on Saturday.' The school hack routes have been let and are as follows: Grafton Stewart.

driver for the back which carries the pupils to district No. 4; George Ulrich, hacks f.or the town school, carrying children from the north; Solomon Copeland and Oscar Jones will driva the hacks to the new school house east of town. Miss Leona Myers and James Good of Eaton, Ohio, spent Sunday with Mrs. P. H. Davis. Mr. and Mrs. William Level were called to Elwood by the serious illness of his mother, Mrs. John W. Level. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rinehart have named their baby boy Charles Henry, after its grandfathers Chas. Rinehart deceased, and Henry Strickler. Born, Friday to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stonecipher, a nine pound boy, first child. Miss El ma Kerr of near Mooreland is visiting Miss Nellie Brant. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Auit were calling on friends here Friday. Miss Irene Addington went to Portland, Ind., where she will be employe ! during the fall and winter millinery season at Wiley's department store. Mr. and Mrs. John Teetor went to Chicago Friday.

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BY CHAPTER XXVII. DOCBTS. The time of jubilation At the hankers?. The last word from Farson Sarah aii I go to sec the parade IP meet the DrvundsA fading life Sad thoughts. Jane speaks out What next t Sarah is no longer jealous. I lr was that autumn of jubilation III after the. Spanish war. The I morning when 1 drove through I I the city to the bankers' office workmen were putting up a great arch across the avenue for the coming day of celebration. Our people had shown the nations of the world the might and the glory in us. Forgotten now was the miserable mismanagement of our brave men, the shame of rotten rations, the fraud of politicians all but the pride of our strength! A new spirit had come over our country during these months a spirit of daring and adventure or readiness for vast enterprises. That business world of which I was a part was boiling with activities. The great things that bad been done in the past in the light of the present seemed but the deeds of babes. And every man who bad his touch upon affairs felt the madness of the times. Among the gentlemen gathered in the bankers' otiice that morning was my old friend Farson. I had not seen him since our unpleasant luncheon at the railroad station. He greeted me courteously enough, as 'if he had once been acquainted with somebody by my name. It was apparent that he had come there to represent what was left of the old New England interests in the railroad properties, but he did not count in that gathering. The men at Morris Bios, listened to me most of the time that morning. As we broke up for luncheon Farson congratulated me dryly on the success I had met with in the negotiations. "1 hope, then, we shall have your support," I remarked, forgetting our past dispute. "I am here to see that my friends are taken care of," he replied grimly. "All we hope is to get our money back from the properties. My people do not understand you and your generation. We are better apart." "I am sorry you think so." 1 said, understanding well enough what he meant. "I am sorry, too; sorry for you and for our country in the years to come. For she it is who suffers most by such ideals as yen stand for." "I think you are mistaken there," T answered peaceably. "We are the ones who are Basking this country great. If it weren't for men like me you good people wouldn't be doing any business to speak of. There wouldn't be much to be done!" "Our fathers found enough to do," he retorted dryly, "and they did not buy judges nor maintain lobbies in the legislature." "There wasn't any money in it those days!" I laughed. Talking thus, we reached the place where I was to lunch with some ethers, and I asked him to join the party. The uncompromising old duck refused. He wouldn't even break bread with me at a hotel table. "I am sorry yon won't eat with me, Mr. Farson. I don't hope to convert you to my way of thinking and feeling. But you were good to me and saved my life when I was in a tight place, and I am glad to think that no loss ever came to you or your friends through me. I have made money for you all. And I wish you would stay with me and let me make a lot more for you In this new deal we are putting through." "Thank you," he said, with a dry little smile, "but I and my friends will be content with getting back the money we have spout. Jir. Harrington, there is one thing mat you "western gentTemen no; it is unfair to casAtbat slm on one section of the country, and 1 have met honorable gentlemen west as well as east but- there is one thinthat you gentlemen of finance toda fail to understand there is always a greater rascal than any one of you somewhere, and it is usually only a question of time when you will meei him. When that time comes, he wi!! pick the flesh from your bones, and no one will care very much what happens to you then. And one thing moreto one who has lived life and know what it is. there is mighty little happi ness In a million dollars! Good moru ing. sir. He was a lovable old fool, though' AH through' luncheon and the business talk that followed in the afternoon to old gentleman's re: .arks kept comlu; back to me ia a queer, persistent way Feeling mj oats aa I 0d. i the full

Mr. and Mrs. Bornstine, Mrs. Emma Wilson of Dayton, Ohio and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Shew and granddaughter of Miamisburg, spent the day Sunday with C. T. Knapp and family. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith and family of Redkey, spent Friday with Mrs. Sara Smith. Miss Leona Halderman has resigned as teacher of a school in Dalton township and has accepted a position as kindergarden teacher at Indianapolis. The Thornburg reunion which was to have been held Sept. 2 at the fairgrounds, has been postponed indefinitely. Prof. Robe. Birt of Frankton, who has a class in music here, is taking a six weeks' vacation. Mrs. C. M. Molar and children are visiting Mr. Molar's parents at Covington, Ohio. Miss Pansy Newby of Lewisville, Ind.. visited Mrs. Amanda Gebphart Friday. Mrs. J. M. Loutz and son Harry of Richmond, were guets Saturday of her sister, Mrs. Theodore Sells.

blood o? my sut'eess, there was yet something unsatisfied about my heart. My braiu was busy with the plans of the Morris Bros., but nothing more. After the work of the day was over Sarah and I drove up to the park to see the parade of fine horses and carriages and smart looking folks who were out taking their airing. It was a beautiful, warm October day, and Sarah took cousiderable iuferest in the show. The faces of those in the carriages were not much to look at, take them by and large. They were the faces of men and women who ate and drank aud enjoyed themselves too much. They were the faces of the people who lived in the rich hotels, who made and spent the money of our country. And as I looked at them Farson's last words came back to my thoughts "There's mighty little happiness in a million dollars." "Van." Sarah said after a time, "let us drive over the avenue. 1 want to look at that house the Rainbows spoke to us about." So we turned out of the park toward the house on the avenue which we thought of buying, for we had been talking somewhat of moving to New York to live after this year. As we got out of our carriage in front of the lofty gray stone house a man and a woman came toward us on the walk. The man seemed old and moved heavily, and the woman's face was best to one side to him. Sarah glanced at them and stood still. "Van," she whispered, "there are Mr. and Mrs. Dround!" She hesitated a moment, and then, as the two came nearer, she stepped forward to meet them, and Jane looked up at us. The two women glanced at each other, then spoke. Mrs. Dround said something to her husband, and he gave me a slow look of returning recognition, as if my face recalled vague memories. "Mr. Harrington?" he said questionlngly, taking my hand in a hesitating way as though he were not quite sure about me yet. "Oh, yes! I am glad to see you again, now is Mr. Carmlchael? Well, I hope, and prospering?" The man's mind was a blank! "Yes, Mrs. Dround and I have been The man teamed old and moved heavily abroad this winter." he continued. "Liwe have conae back to live here. Am-' ica is the proper p'.ace for America:I have always believed. I have no i tienee with those people who espa.. ate themselves. Yes. Mrs. Drot:;. wanted me to take a p'.ace in Kent. 1m I would not listen to it. I know wher my duty lies" he straightened hitnse? with slow pompousness. -How are thchildren? All well. I hope? Jane was talking with Sarah, and th. four of us after awhile entered tin house, which was just being finishes by the contractor. In the hall Mr Dround turned to Sarah and mad? some remark about the bouse, and the agent who happened to be there, led them upstairs. Jaae and I followed. "So yon have come home to live 7" 1 asked. "Yes!" She sank down on a work man's bench, with a sigh of weariness As 1 looked at her more closely it seemed to me that at last age had tessfced. hex. Shore were wUtestrjt&da

in her black hair, and there were deep circles beneath the dark eyes eyes that were dull from looking without seeing anything In particular. "It was best for Henry," she added quietly. "He is restless over here. You see, he forgets everything so quickly now. It has been so for nearly

a year." j There was the story of ber days the t watcher and keeper of this childish man whose mind was fading away before his time. With a sense of the cruelty in It I turned away from her hastily and looked out of the window. "I do not mind most times," she said gently as in answer to my action. "It is easier to bear than some things of life." "Shame!" I muttered. "But there are days." she burst out. more like her old self, "when I simply cannot stand it! But let as not waste these precious minutes with my troubles. Let us talk of you. You are still young in spite of "The gray hair and the 240 pounds? I don't feel so young us I might. Jane." She colored at the sound of her name. "But you have got much for your gray hairs. You have lived more than ! most men." t "Tell me." I demanded suddenly'! know it was your hand that pulled me from the last hole. It was your money that Carboner risked? I knew It. Old Carbouer wouldn't tell, but I knew it!" "And you were on the point of refusing my help," she added, with an accusing smile. "I should have scorned you if you bad gone away without It!" "Oh. I didn't hesitate long! And I am glad now it was yours in more ways than one." I added quickly. "It was a profitable deal. Carboner wrote you the terms?" "Yes, but it would have made no difference if it had come out badly. You can't know what it meant to me to do that! To work with you with all my strength! It was the first real joy 1 ever got from say money and perhaps the last. too. for you are beyond my help now." "How did Carboner get bold of your husband's stock?" 1 persistd curiously. "That is my secret!" she smiled back, with a look of her old self. "Why should yon want to know? That is so like a man! Always wanting to know why. Believe in the fairies for once!" "It was a mighty cjever fairy this time. She had lots of power. Do you see that, after all, in spite of all the talk about genius and destiny and being self made and all that, I did not win the game by myself! I would have been broke now, a discredited gambler, if it hadn't been for your helping hand. It was you! And I guess, Jane, we all have to have some help." "You don't begrudge me the IMtle help I gave you the small share I had in your fortune?" "No, I don't mind. I am glad of it." That was sincere enough. I bad come to see that no man can stand alone, and I was not ashamed to have taken my help from the band of a woman. "But suppose I bad gambled with your money and lost.it? I might have easily enough." "Do you think I should have cared?" "No, Jane, I guess not But I should have!" "It's been the joy of these terrible years knowing that you were here In the world accomplishing what you were born to do. And that I had a little oh, such a little! share in helping you do it. Poor I, who have never done anything worth while!" "It seems queer that a woman should set so much store on what a man does." "It's beyond a man's power to know that! But try to think what you would be If you were a helpless cripple, tied to your chair. Don't you suppose that when some strong, handsome athlete came your way with nil his health you would admire him, get interested in him and like to watch those muscles at work, just the muscles you couldn't use? 1 think so. And If a good fate put it in your power to help him you. the poor cripple In your chair help him to win his race, wouldn't you be thankful? I can tell you that one cripple blesses you because you are you a man!" The excitement of her feelings brought back the dark glow to her face and made her beautiful once more. Ideas seemed to burn away the faded look and gave her the power that passion gives ordinary women. "You and I think alike, I love to believe. Start us from the two poles, and we would meet midway. We are not little people, thank God. you and I. We did not make a mess of our lives! My friend. It Is good to know that" she ended softly. "Yes." I admitted, understanding what she meant "We parted." "We parted! We lived a thousand miles from one another. What matters it? I said to myself each day, 'Out there in the world lives a man who thinks and acts and feels as I would have a man think and act and feel. He is not far away.' " She laid a hand lightly on my arm and smiled. And we were silent until the voices of the others in the hall above reminded us of the present Jane rose, and ber face bad faded once more into iU usual calm. "You are thinking of moving to New York? What for?" I spoke of my new work, the checkerboard that had been under discussion all day at the bankers'. "You are rich enough." she remarked. "That means so many millions more to your account" "No, not just that." I protested. "It's the solution to the little puzzle you and I were working at over the atlas in your library that day years ago. It is like a problem In human physics. There wen; obstacles in the way, but the result was sure from the start" "But you are near the end of it and then what?" "I suppose there will be others!" After a time I added, half to myself: "But there's no happiness In It There is no happiness." "Do yon look for happiness? That is for children!" "Then what Is the end of It?" For of a sudden the spring of my energies was slackened within me and the work that I was doing seemed senseless. Somehow a man's happiness had slipped past me on the road and now I missed it There was the joy we might have had. she and L and we bad not taken It Had we been fools to put it aside? She answered my thoughts.

did uot want io.it. Ihmt let metnfnk that after all. yeu regret 1 could not stand that No woman could bear It" Her voice was like a cry to my souL On the stairs above Mr. Dround was saying to Sarah: "No: I much prefer our Chicago style of building, with large lots, where you can get sunshine on all four skies. It is more healthy, don't you think, Mrs. Harrington?" And Sarah answered: "Yes. I quite agree with you. Mr. Drouud. I don't like this bouse at all. It's too dark. We shall have to look farther, i guess." Jane turned her face to mlue. Her eyes were filled with tears and her mouth trembled. "lKn't regret anything." she whispered. "We have had so much." "Van." Sarah called from the stairs, "you haven't seen the house! But It isn't worth while. I am sure we shouldn't like It." "You mustu't look for your Chicago garden on Fifth avenue." Mrs. Drouud laughed.

As we left the house Sarah turned to, Jaue aud asked ber ta come luck with I us to the hotel for dinner, but the j Drouuds had an engagement for thej evening, and so an appointment was made for the day following to dine together. When we. ,had said goodby and were In the carriage Sarah re- j marked reflectively: "Jane looks like an old woman. Don't you think so. Van?" CHAPTER XXVIIL 5KW AUBITIOX. Jane Dround point the way again The shots of Varktnaon and the senatorial toga Straus is dvad Tlusi nr& or politic t A (Iraim of wtalUi The f amity sail for Europe. Wi AM writing Sarah that, after 11. we cannot dine with you. My husband is restless and feels that we must leave for the west tonight It was very sweet of Sarah to want us; but after all, perhaps it is just as well. We shall see you both soon, I am sure. "But there is something I want to say to you something that has been on my mind all the long hours since our meeting. Those brief moments yesterday I felt that all was not well with you, my friend. Your eyes had a restless demand that I never saw in them befope. I suspect that you are beginning to know that success is nothing but a mirage, fading before our eyes from stage to stage. You have accomplished nil and more than you planned that afternoon, when we hung over the atlas together. You are rich now, very rich. Yeu are a power in the worldyes, you are not yet a very great planet but one that is rapidly swinging higher into the zenith. You must be reckoned with! My good Jules keeps me informed, you see. If you keep your hold In these new enterprises you will double your fortune many times, and before long you will be one of the mastersone of the little group who really control our times, our country. Yet I wonder yes, my doubt has grown so large since I saw you that it moves me to write all this. Will that be enough? Mere wealth, mere power of that kind; will it satisfy? It is hard enough to tell what will satisfy, but there are other things other worlds than your world of money power. But I take your time with my woman's nonsense. Forgive me! "I hear from a good authority in Washington that our old Senator Parkinson is really on his last legs. That illness of his this spring, which they tried to keep quiet was really a stroke, and It will be a miracle if he lasts another winter. Did yon know him? He was a queer old farmer sort of politician. His successor, I fancy, will be some one quite different That type of statesman has had its day. There is a career, now, if a man wanted it! Why net think of it? "Goodby, my friend. I had almost forgotten, as I forgot yesterday, to thank you for making me so rich. Mr. Carboner cabled me the terms of your settlement with Strauss. They were wicked! JANE DROUND. "It would not be the most difficult thing in the world to capture Parkinson's seat if one were willing to pay the price." The idea of slipping into old Parkinson's shoes made me laugh. It was a bit of feminine extravagance. Nevertheless this letter gave me food for thought Jane was right enough in saying that my wonderful success bad not brought me all the satisfaction that it should. Now that the problems I had labored over were working themselves out to the plain solution of dollars and cents the zest of the matter was oozing away. To be snre, there was prospect of some excitement to be bad ia the railroad enterprises of the Morris Bros., although it was merest flattery to say that my position counted for much as yet in that mighty game. Did I want to make it coant? I sipped my morning coffee and listened to Sarah's talk. Beyond business, what was there for me? There was our place down in Vermilion county, 111., but stock farming was an old man's recreation, I might become a collector like Mr. Dround. roaming about Europe, buying old stuff to put in a bouse or give to a museum, but I was too ignorant for that kind of play. And philanthropy? Well, in time perhaps wbea I knew what was best to give folks, which isn't as simple as It might seem. "I am sorry the D rounds couldn't come," Sarah was saying, glancing at Jane's note to her. "I liked Jane better yesterday than ever before she looked so worn and kind of ml.erable. I don't believe she can be happy. Van." "Well, she didn't say bo!" I replied. Yes. I knew Senator Parkinson a sly. tricky politician for all his simple farmer ways. He was not what is called a railroad senator, but the railroads never had much trouble with him. Before we bad finished our breakfast Carmicbael sent up word that be must see me, and 1 harried down to the lobby of the boteL He met m at the elevator and drew me aside, saying abruptly: "The old man is dead! Just got a wire from Chicago apoplexy. 1 must get back there at once." Strauss dead! The news did not come home to me all at once. His was not just like any other death. From the day when the old packer had first come within my siht be luid loomed big ana savage e my horizon, and around ..bias sejnahfjr jaj iiXe had ,rej-

volved fvr years. i haiedlflnX. 1 stated his tricky, wolfish ways, his hoc-it-all policy. . I despised his mean, unpatriotic character. Yet his going was like the breaking of some great wheel at the center of Industry. I had bated him. and for that reason I had refused all offers to settle on anything but a cash basis for. my Interests in the companies he was baying from us. Carmicbael and some others bad urged roe again and age la to go In with them and help them build the great merger, but 1 bad steadily refused to work with Strauss. "I cannot make a good servant" 1 had said to John, "and 1 don't want a knife in my side. The country is big enough for Strauss and me. 111 give him his side of the pasture." But now he was dead, and already somehow my hate was fading from my heart. The great Strauss waa bat another nxa like myself, who had done bis work in his own way. Carmlchael, who mas a good deal worked up, exclaimed: "This won't make any hitch in oar negotiations, narrington. Everything will go right on Just as before. The old man's plaus were laid pretty deep, and this deal with you is one of the first of them. Ills brother Jo will take his place maybe, and If he can't fill the shoes, why. young Jeuka. who seems to be a smart young man, or I will take the reins." (OKI Strauss had been married three times, but his children had all died. There was no one of his own to take the ball of money he had made and roll it larger; no one of bis own blood to grasp the reins of his power and drive on iu the old man's way.) "Say. Van." the Irishman continued, "why don't you think It over once more and see your way to join us? You didn't care for the old man. Bat you and I and Jeuks could swing things all right And we could keep Joe Strauss in his place between us. Why. kid. the four of us could make a clean job of this thing there's no limit to what we could do!" As ho uttered this last he grasped me by the arms and shook me. I knew what he meant that with the return of prosperity, with vast capital ready for investment, with the control of the packing and food products transportation business, which wo packers had leeu organizing Into a compact- machine, there was no limit to the reach of our power In this land, in the world. (And I was. of his way of thinking, then, not believing that a power existed which could check our operations. And I do not believe It now, I may add; nor do I know a man conversant with the modern situation , of capital who believes that with oar present system of government any effective check upon the operations of capital can be devised.) "Think it over," Carmlchael urged, "and let me know when I return from Chicago the first of the week. Ton don't want to make the mistake of your life by dropping ont Just now." But while he was talking to me, org-' fug on me the greatness of the future, my thoughts went back to that letter of Jane Dround's. She had seen swiftly a truth that was coming to me alow ly. There might be twenty, forty, sixty millions In the packers' deal, bat the joy of the game had gone for me. Alt of those millions would not give me the joy I bad when I sold that sausage plant to Strauss! I shook my head. "No; I don't want It John. Dot Strauss death makes a big difference. I am willing to offer some kind of trade with you to let you hare my stock am better terms If your people will da what I want" Carmlchael waited Cor my proposal. I said: "Old Park'nson ts pretty near his end. I hear. It's likely there will be a vacant seat in the senate some time soon." The Irishman's eyes opened wide la v astonishment "Strauss used to keep in touch .with Springfield." I suggested. "He' and Vltzer" (who was the great traction wolf in Chicago) "used to work pretty close together sometimes" "You want to go to the senate. Van?" Carmlchael burst into a laugh that attracted the attention of the men sitting around as. "It might work out that way," I admitted. "And bow about that judge business?" be Inquired, still laughing. "The papers would make it some hot for you." "No doubt I don't expect I should be exactly a popular candidate. John. But I calculate I'd make as good a senator as Jim Parkinson and a deal more useful one." Carmlchael stopped laughing and began to think, seeing that there might be a business end to this proposition. The time was coming when he and his associates would need the services of an Intelligent friend at Washington. He reckoued up bis political hirelings in the state. "It might be managed.' be said after awhile, "only our crowd would want to be sure we could count on yon if we helped put you there. There's a lot of bum, cranky notions loose In congress, and It's up to the senate to see that the real interests of the country are protected." "I ought to know by this time what the real interests are." I assured him. and when he rose to leave for bis train I added pointedly: "In case we make this arrangement there's more stock than mine which you could count on for your deal. We'd all stay ia with you." For there was the stock Carboner had locked up In his safe, and SIo cum's and considerable more that would do as I said. If Carmlchael and young Jenks put through their merger and swallowed the packing business whole. I knew that our money would be in good hands. "Well, when Parkinson gets oat well see what we can do," Carmicbael concluded. And thus the deal for Parkinson's seat was made right there. AH that remained was for the old man to bare his second stroke. "You In the senate that's a good one!" John chuckled. "I suppose next you will be wanting to be made secre tary of the treasury or president; maybe!" "I know my limit. John."

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