Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-03-14

| away at The elements or invention for years.
ssii Luks. warmly; TO get TO know every
| discovered application Of science TO me-
! c.@R,cs. 50 as - ie familiar with ones tools
= 4 were, AMI ,Sen 10 effect original CON-
| LBstiOns. ! cont want 90 boast. tut my
mali invention haven't failed. and am
justitei in believing my big ones won't
have invente an electric tram-car which is
hound to surersede all other
-Ah, well, my lad, ii the Patent fetches
! you the money it has cost you, III concrat-
Ulats you
Luke was accustomed to his fathers in
creiulity, Tut toni III. i. scene to affect
! him painfully.
You must Try 10 have faith in me,
| father he :aii, endeavcring to speak
calmly, "for have made uo my mind not
| 10 sell the pat n, bu. to work it myself t.
/ 60 which l must throw up my present
| clerk, hip and start an office on my own &C.
count. 1t may involve Living On very little
| for awhile. but it must pa in the end
| Luke, lace was iul Of the exaltation
/ which proceeds from I. sense Of great
.chievenelt-ths loos q. :he man who
originates, whsther arts. poes. or inventor
I o"ciii WIN "ciSIiphiS g, knclI Dcslle
him, and drew bis arm arouui her shoulder
you viii trust NE. Little woman, and put
up with being on short-ce NJ mons for a b.t!'
said Luxe Sun ling down at her.
Reuben's thin ligs were pressed together
as he sat and grim:y watched the pair At
last he stood up, pushed his clair back, and
addressed them with deliberate, chilling
contempt.
Luke, you're a fool Your wife's never
been anything else. | needn't say the
same of her. But for man wh1 has
one grain OF sense to tlrow Up a
goo place for the sake OF pushing
rubbishy invention. that's what cali the
act OF a fool, and I'm ashamed to have suc1
fool for my sou. IL you think I'm going TO
spend my little savings to keep you out of
the workhouse, while you're waiting for a
fortune that's to be made out Of a tram-car, /
you're "A fool for that, too. As soon as ever I
you can't pay up. wash my hands Of you,
.od quit the touss- sha'n't miss you; there's /
nothing your silly wife does for mo I can't /
do better for myself
Luke was in far too excited a state to bear /
this quietly, and answered with violence ,
which Gwen souyh in vain to soothe There I
was a terrible scene, and at the end Of few I
minutes. the fair eiif-e Of homo pace,
which she had labored at so long and pa
tiently, lay shattered before her.
The hardest time OF her married life fol- 4
lowed, for Luke in a state of irritated deter /
mination TO succeed, was sorely trie by the I
dilatoriness AMI procrastination of every
body whore approval and cooperation were
necessary to the bringing out of his inven-
ton. AMI Reuben was more cross grained
than ever 1t fell to Ovens share
to cheer and in.pirit her husl and, to bear
the freshly -kiniled fire Of her father-in-law's
vituperation, and to make her diminished
allowance cover the most necessary ex-
pen-es.
At last Tie trnm-ca- was given public
trial and from ,hat day the tide ,i,wly
turned. Nobody buried To tax. up the IL
vention, but still the capital to form "a com
pany was gradually subscribed, and LuEe
ielt his way grow clear AMI easy before him.
a steady demand sprung up Tor the Spar
row tram cars, and the divi leeds rapidly
rose. Luke was made h.Cch Of now, and on
all sides manuia, turer> AMI spectators
sent him orders for sp,c rel inventions,
offering him large sum, if lac couI meet
their requirements. Some Of the request.
were absurd but many presented problems
possible OF solution, and the demand for his
productions preceding the supply, Luke's
work was freed from the arxieti-s OF the
man who invents first and finds his marke
af;erward-if he can
AT home it seemed at first as if his sue.
cess would widen rather than heal the
breach between his father and himself, foI
Reuben grew more silent and mooiy as hi
son went up in the world. During the day
of anxious poverty, while essailIng Gwer
with ceaselesS reproaches, he had
exercised much ingenuity in secretly sup
plying the wants OF the household; but now
that the privations of the young couple were
at end, he CHOSE TO telieve that they
wished him dead or gone, ami when Gwen
told him one day that Luke inteniei to take
a larger house, the old man broke out hit
ierly. They were getting too grand for him.
he said. Tie furniture which he and his old
woman had b1uSIt when they married. are
which he hal brought with him to his sons
wasn't good enough for fine new house
and he'd better betaks himself some Where
else with it
Don't say that, father,' sail Gwen
wherever We go, your rooms shall have the
o. things in"
Oh, Of coursel The Old things are COCO
enough for the old manl' retorted Reuber
unreasonably. You'll stow me away
IN the back rooms, and get new friends tc
Jul A>O, NO. Al get D |
room somewhere, AMI have q woman in t.
look after me. I'm led TO neglect"
But, father, said Gwen, patiently passing
over a charge She had heard over and oven
again. Il want you moro than ever now
y on see, Luke wants me to be fit to talk e
the gentlemen who come to see him
and thought perhaps you'd teach me Gu: Of
the books. SO | may know something
Luke hasn't time. and don't feel as cou {
get on without help. Besides, can't bear ,
10 think OF your living away from US now.
YOU'RE talking nonsense said Reuben.
hortly AMI sharply. I've not been 50 kind
70 you that you need set yourself agains; tie
parting
You are rare good TO Peter and when "
were in a bad way You stool by Us. father !
That's what | remember | know well +,
enough your saving, deal small er for
what you did for u"
The old man uttered impatient Pooh
rooh.' and, rising from his chair, fiigeteI
about the room. Then he sat down agan
and silently watched Ovens needle as i;
flew in and out Of tn, work upon her knee.
Dye really mean you'd ike to learn o
me- he asked at last, doub,fully. after all
the hard things I've aid TO your
q couldn't have gOn, IN doing FOR you SO
!
tieness of his tone. II hadu't known that
you thousGt kinder-more kindly o ne than
ever You sad. You didn't mean 1t Just now
wien you said that you were used to :
neglect
NO, Lass, said Reuben. takin, her hani
I'D no call To mean such an uutruth a, that
You're good gal; I'll teach you wia: you
like"
After this it was surprising Low well
Reuben got with his dauS htcr-.n La "
Her intelligence delis ltei him. and he va,
never tired II boaStinZ If the progress she
made il history, arithmet.c. grammar. aud
Not but what he often spoke
snappishly, but the Old constant friction was |
a; an end, and past resentment quietly for :
gotten.
1T seems 20 me Peter AMI Gwen are rum {
ming one another close" said Lake lo-,kinr-
up from his papers with Il smile one evening.
Bless You. no. declared Reuben. Pete,
a sharp little lad. tut he's nowhere Leslie
his mother She's one in thousand, | tell
you-one in a Thousand
Music with Meals
New York Tun.s
He said he'd Just come from Paris in the