Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-01-11

Bring Rob down here. Or. II youl
health is not good. as you say. I advise
you not to bring. but to send him.
There are times In the year when this
climate is not good for weak lungs,
Notwithstanding the name. Go to your
friend In Brooklyn and let me have
Rob. will put him at once in my Of.
fee. or in the bank, and use him as a
sort OF private secretary. II he shows
adaptability. this will enable him to
grasp the details Of the large concern.
and by the time he is twenty he will
either be OF incalculable value to mo or
not worth his salt. / will continue ths
remittance Of two thousand year to
you. or increase It II you wish. Will
give Rob fair salary to start on, and
he shall have every comfort q hoy
needs. ! Will not spoil him. I do not
believe in that sort OF treatment. But
/ Will make man of him. Theu to
look beyond the few years l may have
left to me. this great business which
have built up will require some one af.
ter l am gone to keep It out of the
hands OF strangers. There are plunty
hero who arc watching with env.ous
eyes. Wealth makes enemies her, as
elsewhere. Elsie is my only child. To
leave her this great Industrial task
would be to have her lose II. SO. II
Rob turns out to be what / want him
to be. he will not only become my
manager when am old. but he will
become heir to some OF the interests ]
have made SO valuable. This. think.
Is as good an opening Us comes to the
average boy. Think II over. and let me
know your decision. ! must begin to
train n manager soon. cannot stand
the strain much longer. Anita and
Elsie send love. They are speaking OF
having their photographs taken. and
Of sending you some. II they do. will
add mine. Send Rob's and yours
Rob'S so that may know him when he
arrives. You see. count on your ac-
cepianec.
!, will be lonely for you. but think
Of Rob's future.
Your loving brother.
DAVID HORTON.
by the time Mrs. cicvcrdaio got
through reading her voice was tfcm-
bling. and Rob vas staring al her with
h!a eyes wide open. In tho greatest
amaxcmcnt. What a wonderful vista
was here held ou, TO him: Hc could
even picture the thing TO himself
there. in that almost unknown country.
working hard to gain his unele's con-
ldenec. and trusted with the manage
ment of large affairs. but thcn-;o
leave his mo,hcr' Tha, dear mother.
whose prop he had been since his faith
or died. lie could not think o: that.
There was silence for a moment
Il have thought this all over. Rob-
said Airs e. rsrdalc. ao~ speaking
calmly. 1T Is tho srandest thing tof
you' Jus; think wha, future uaels
David osIcrS.'
"But yoa' can't leave you."
My dear boy. 1, Ia hard. ba; ne
MUS; bear Il. And you ~ili soon 30
able to come and sec INC. you know.
and some day. perhaps. my health will
be better. and I can come 10 you. Yes.
you must so. taeie David has scs his
heart on IL. and would not disapt.oias
him. We have no one else. you know.
TO look to-
Rob suipsd down a sob. and thea and
there resolved 10 do jus, as his mother
advised. and TO show as little emotion
as possibie-,hus making the partin.
so much easier for her.
Rob's picture was taken within tho
week and sen, TO his raeie David a.
Bucnos Ayres. with letter from his
mother. thanking Mr.. Horton. and se-
eep,ins his tempting offer.
Ito be coniinusa.l