Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-08
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BY CHARLES ]. BELLAMY.
copyrighted by the Author, and published
by arrangement with him.
BY CHARLES J. BELLAMY.
CuAPTER XIV.


clouds buShed RED at tho coming OF inc most
ardent lover IN tine universe lil' liultIul
Dldc, eafth, shllled hef Slau "elcoiie up 70
him, but gave place 10 settled peace ahu IoNe
as the early hours Went ny buL IL was tlo
saddeat DAY OF ililip breton ne, SO terri.
be tAuhuefboI uuu iaiieh ui'o'' h'1' ou' "a
tue clear SKY
woman manu- uai SVIu'N mn anu ne
had looked 70 Ger iot an ,te 'llo9t P'tIouS
experiences oil me huIHIit'''oii might nay
stllfed IN some hearts p'e'Seu 'ed'e'Uh "
relleNe lueh hrulhB CONSCIOUSNESS Vi iV97'
put the oioN 20 us i3'o anu 'lI 4'iE"o We %
much heavier tuull 'le nuiI Oh III PLIoe 'tiiH
ne dld not hllhk ~ 10 "Hui.col' nc WIS olilS
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heait 10 woman before ne nau Ii'tlle',
heri 10 teach every lasje 10 lhcIlhe toward
heF' 10 eui!eT eNriN i''le llH VI teii"si He.S
ana worship III MS rins 10 pour mo us
ldoal OF hef' ANA ail ms pans touched heI
somewhere anu al MS 'uouSH'H' even SuIu
us sno cou'h mover ui'''TI 'V'.i'", ""uHu ""ou'
uei PeiSonahtF Us Hc c'iCelNc' "a IL "' 'oiii0
point III tHGlr processes anu no" every
houi OF MS ne must uo eiAulVIcreu ny some
dohlluel VI VIM l'c il' nolNu toI am t 10,
us p'iny sou'n VIM tI''1 mo- '.i'iS was ms
iei pie"tn' tue 2oi' hl''' 'u'n VI ''I' ""uoi AZ
tuo iuco"ay "uio" lup MN was iiNo Hei
VOICE plohuo iacG l"o"eu uo"n IRON one
Vi tue "lHuo"7 u 'Ho weave Ioohl' IiIe'o was
ni1'ihs expression on II Hhe DeIth@ ana
So u mus, DC forever
Al Tue he'ld OF the counting room tanle 'ab
MI bitVoh' SHINING an" p''l''' bCtoic nliil
were pHeu tIe hCiNy tonnes containing inc
records OF ms great factory Oy ms sue stoou
TWO cie'AS 10 issisI III hahuhhS ana explain,
lhS theh Around inc tao!e' attentive anu
eager were gathered rs many as couIu geI
theFo' Oh shreWd, nara business men. "A
dozen more Oh the same uhlhsJahaDIc SpeclesI
stood about the room and leaned against the
windows, quiet and obserVant, listening to
all that could throw any Light on tho matter
under discussion IL was the nomehtouS
meeting OF the PfoSpectlNobt ockholdeislh the
corporation looming up in magnificent pro-
portions before their fancies.
The paylnaster and the attorney stood at
hand apt with suggestions; one OF them had
the smile born Of fond hopes of unlimited
Tees but the other an awkward fretted air at
the sudden change from one to so many
superiors. The mil owner was detailing to
thus most Interested audience the details OF
the iiourishing industry he desired to enlist
them in and their eyes shone eagerly at the
prospect of buying such stock at par. They
imagined their thousands doubling their
hands in such an investment, doubling with
out an effort of theirs, doubling in spite of
their idleness, which added never one stroke
of theirs to the sum Of the muscular force
that furnishes the wealth of tho world.
But what could possess Breton to make this
changef Was he rich enoughG Absurd
who ever was rich enoughi Perhaps there
was some flaw somewhere and this cunning
lawyer knew all about it. They must not let
themselves be fooled so ethey listened with
still quickened attention, and waded stspic-
ledgers, for few pages, to ferret out the
secret
1.-THE gentlemen may ask" Mr.. Giddings,
the lawyer, had noticed the puzzled express
sion on their shrewd faces, why Mr.. Breton
makes this Offer. From the amount of stock
we propose to ISSUE it ought to be clear
enough and lie laid his fat finger in tho
palm of his left hand. 'He proposes to keep
Just as big an interest here as ever, but the
plan is to mako these mills, as they shall be
extended gentlemen, as they shall be ex-
tended, the most stupendous manufacturing
enterprise in the country For that there
must be more capital and YOU are invited to
ioinn
Philip had but little to say to the unwel-
come visitors, whose carriages, of all varie-
ties of elegance, lined the roadside without.
He moved about among them more like Il
stranger than the least pretentious Of them
all.
"Ellingsworth, Mr.. Ellingsworth," called
Mr. Breton, why, he was with me only last
night Can he be sickt'
Yes, sick with shame, and Philip thought
how quickly the flush Of pride would fade
out of his fathers pleased face, If he knew
knew that his own son, the heir of his mil
lions, had been discarded at last by the girl
he had already taken into daughters place
in his heart And it was this Same man
Philip had defended and argued for, that
had struck his deadliest blows at the mills,
and now thrust his knife into the very home
of the rich man. 1t would ernbitter the
fathers life, when he came 20 know of the
broken heart his boy must bear forever-but
he need not know Just yet.
Now and then the young man went out
into the hall for clear view of the massive
mills, and glanced fearfully along their front.
and listened. But the roar Of the machinery
did not abate, and through the Jail like win
dows he could see tho tireless men and women
forms stepping backward and forward, rais-
ing and lowering their hands Mt fine tasks that
had ushered in their cherries youth. and
vera wearing out their tedious lives Very
likely there would be no trouble; could it be
they had been influenced by his worcls2 God
forbid that any such responsibility should
rest on him Once a man annesred aft n
door. PhiliDs heart STONED beating for an
instant he thought him the first of n long
line that yould now rush forth from tbaiI.
prison But the man only stood lstlesslv n
moment MS If there was abSolnteIv nothing of
imnortance on bis mind ond tban wont hecl,
So Pbilin returned 70 the Office
rs that Breton's son. that voupp man who
Locke 60 nnlal Ha DOM saaTn tn tal-a ,nrcb
in+aras,t in This business u
1--WE always noticed business talent wears
out in one generation. The father earns and