The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-21

was taken into full and equal partnership.
and h" went straight to work. with dash
and energy, to reconstructing gems OF nrt
whose accessories had failed TO satisfy.
unner his hand, on that and succeeding
days, artillery disappeared and tho ON
b!sms OF peace and took its
p~i!ace-cats, hacks, sausagea, tugs, fire en-
glneB, pianos. guitars, rocks, gardens.
hower-pots. landscapes = Whatever was
wanted he flung il in; and tho more out.of-
place and absurd the required object was.
the more Joy he got ont OF fnbricating it.
applanded, the sex began to Aock in, great
was the prosperity OF the firm. Tracy was
Obliged to confess to himself that there
was something about work-even such gro
tesque and humble work as t%his--which
most pleasantly satisfied a something in
before. and also gave him II strange. new
dlgnity IN his own private view Of himself.
Ihe unqualified member from Cherokee
strip was in q state OF deep detection. For
. good while, now, he has been leading \
sort OF life which WAS calculated to kill; for
y had consisted in regularly alternating
days of brilliant hope and black disan y
pointnent. The brilliant hopes were Gre
ated by tho magician Sellers, and they al
ways promised that now he had got the
trick sure, and would effectively influence
That materialized cowboy to call at the
Towers before night. The black disap-
pOlntnlents consisted in the .persistent and
monotonous failure Of these prophecies.
At the date which this history has now
reached Sellers was appalled, to find that
the usual remedy was inope alive, and tlat
HAWKING low spirits refused absolutely to
III. Something must be done, he re
hected; it was heart-brenking, this woe.
TINS smlleless misery, this dull despair that
looked out from his poor friends face.
Yes, no must be cheered up. He unused
awhile. then he saw his way. He sa1d, in
his most conspicuously casual vein:
"~Er-nh-by the way, HAWKING, we are
feeling disappointed about this %thing-the
way the materlalizee is acting, | mean-wc
are disappointed; YOU copcede thnt?,'
"Concede it? Why. yes, il you like the
term.'
Very well; 50 far 80 good. Now for the
basis OF the feeling. It is not that your
heart, your affections are concerned; that is
to say. it is not that you want the material
ice itself. You concede thnt2"
Yes, concede that, too, cordially
IVORY we'll. again; we are making progress.
sum up: The feeling. it is conceded, ia
%engendered by the mere conduct of the
materlalizee; it iS conceded that it does not
arise from any pang which the personality
Of the materializee could assuage. Now.
said the earl, with the light of tri-,
omph in his eye, the memorable logic of
"AAS q 10 AOWA 10 tulB. our
has it's source III the money loss In
volved. Come. isn't that so?"
Goodness knows l concede that, with all
my heart.'
Very we'll. When you've found ont the
source of u disease you've also found out
remedy is required-just as in this
In this case money is required. And
only money" "a
The old, old seduction was in that airy.
tone and those significant words
usually called pregnant wor..s in books.
The old answering signs Of faith and hope
up in Hawkins c%ountenance, and
le said:
Only money? DO you mean that you
Know a way to-
Washington. have you the impression
hat ! have NO but those I ALLOW
he public and my intimate friends to know
"Well, Ter" A 40
rs it likely, do you think, that a man
moved BY nature and taught by experience
% keep his affairs to himself and a cautious