The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-02-22

some n these days. Possibly we may
lose ,on nlioecthcr.'
III looked II me with u~ndi.ruiscd
astonishmcnt. ..What makes y say
thatgr
.sItcu xay Won arc worth nearly .
miiiinn.'f
:. See hcrc-this X III confidence. !
Ned Nv. fLfy i0g' 4 great deal that isn't
true. Bnt In This instance ftfy are M
far wronr. But WHY should 4 quit on q
millione Have some more mushrooms.
This X Tile only place | can ret q decent |
steak in town.
live seen the time YOU would have
been content with 4 quarter Of 4 mill
ion.~
..Yes: III the long ago. DO You
know. I was 4 fool in those DAYS. Ma
ture never intended 4 man should be
content. He ought 10 be Just a. eager
70 make his tenfh-yes. Lis hnndredth
million fiji that matter-as bis first.
For my part but mind YOU don't lcf
vonr hive know ii: I don't care ID get
them after me-Tyc 10 Intention 81
quitting til I've made five millions"
lyon have only another step 70 take.
ard sou win establish your claim 10 all
tie privileges enjored by arisfocrats.n
He laughed.
mo. | am too sensible for that he
replicd: ..alihough. for that matter.
YOU know always held nature had
made It's divisions. There will b. hew-
ers Of wood and drawers Of water -
long as grass grows or water runs"
~ meant there il danger that one day
YOU will look with contempt on a man
with les than ten thousand 4 wear"
..Don't blame ME. my boy" he re-
Piled. in a ~patronizinr manner | imme-
diately resented, '.if I've set my pegfo
five millions
1--we seen the time you We're as well
on. enioyed the world. literature. art.
the society II your friends. and. above
an. the companionship Of your wife and
children. and al on less than three
thousand 4 year. for I happen 10 know
YOU gave literally and lent freely"
II can only repeat--iive million is
nv figure And i've only made the
irst notch On that stick
..How II YOU faiis Yon never know
when the sec-saw will bump Won on the
cround.''
The next day Eugene F. lost a hum
drcd thousand. A week later he was
not worth ten. There came out u =
contest. such As waS never witnessed
before nor since between oil operators,
mere wrecks 81 men mentally and NOR
ally. physically and financially. CHIEF
among whom was Eugene F.. The
faraniula'S bite had poisoned his life
: blood. He was was no longer the brisk
neat. ScrupuIouSly-drcssed quiet-man
Need gentleman. He was unshaver
half the time. His eyes were shifting
never steady. and partly discolorcd
Unrest and the fever If speculation lief
, their traces -stamped-I should "a,
, braad.f him As an unsuccessful man
/ once heard a man (anh he helonge'
to my own rniid. more'S the pityl, -,
that All labor was degrading. He cite'
!. our great manufacturing centers-poini
4 ed ID the homes a the workers who's
/ products arc the very pillars q th
Il earth % far a. H. commercial. monies
1 and many Of is social institutions a
" concerned. and proved 10 his " salts
1 isfaeticn that the tendency q All labo
\ was 70 brntalize; 70 harden; q deStro''
. the sensibilities. lie made the too com
mon mistake Of coniounaing effect
\ with causes.
wonder what this student would =,
G II some me should cite 10 him the cas-
4 If Eugene f.. II might puzzle hin
" ID define the precise value Of the paten
4 ~ nobility he derived through tw
\ year. intercourse with The men who gos
y ern the world marts, md represent "a
ramiiicd interests q trade.
4 Eugene was rushing-hc nevc
walked rs other men walk now-pA'
me q day. when ! caught bis arm.
Il Hello. Howd'y old hoyY"
w That's precisely the question hAv
determined ~ ask you. Come IN hcr
w and have a glass Of wine A. l N