New-York tribune., 1901-08-25
TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR
BY DAVID ". TAT.4ADcr

Cf Urr-x
since the world began). the circumstance Is csr-
tainly worthy of mention A mere rnepsfon :.
sufficient Ii is not necessary that evervtbino
including the miracle and the triumph OF the
business principle. be accounted for and ex
planned Some things are spoiled by such a
process.
NOW, please do not ulisunderstand me- DO
not mean to- insinUate that the story of David
Cutter and Susan Cross and the business princi-
pie and the miracle is in any respect a creation
OF fancy, for it is not; il is composed Of facts
good hard. solid facts which are none the
less factfuI because they cannot be readily ae-
counted for and explained
David Gutter junior Of Messrs Bitman & Cut
ter. railway contractors found in his mail on a
certain morning two letters neither of which
would have created any unpleasant cOmmOtion
in his breast had IL not been for the other one
OF these letters was from his partner. Mr. Bit
man, then personally experimenting a piece Of
line construction in the SunoIkviIIe region the
other was from Susan Cross the only girl
whom Mr.. cutter during his forty years of some
what strenuous life had felt drawn to irresisti-
bly,, then sojourning during the period of sum
mer heat at Well known and popular resort in
the Redstone Hills
Mr.. Hitmans letter was of a purely business
nature. ~Scurry around" it said rather arbi-
trariiy. and get five thousand pounds Of
giant powder. Dynamite and the other terrars
won't do See 10 it yourself and have it shipped
without fail Tomorrow
Susan Crosss letter was longer and touched
another spot. My darling il, said. from which
the reader may obtain a more or less definite
idea of the point which MIR. Gutter had reached
in his courtship, THE Wigslethorps are goina, to
Europe the day after tomorrow. and they wish
me 70 run over with them. They are coming
ttFrN l1snV4
come up here on the 10;;:0 tomorrow morning?
We can have nice long visit if you come. and
then You can go with us TO Boston Tomorrow
night and see me Oft. You must love" There
was rloTe than this in the letter but what II was
Is nobodyts business. Mr.. Cutter purred audi
bly, as he read it, Then ne transferred his at
tention Mr.. Bitman's letter. and spat And
then he from his revolving chair and
paced the floor for a term Of SIX minutes by the
clock.
mighty struggle took place within him dur
ing those six minutes. He wanted 70 visit with
Susan Cross. and he told himself that susan
Cross would rot listen 70 any excuses which
was probably true. But business is business
and he knew perfectly Well that Mr. Biunan
meant precisely what he said. He knew further
that the work then in progress was not pro-
ceedinS so rapidly the terms Cf the con-
tract required, and that not only a tidy little
sum Of money in the balance. bu; the reputation
of the firm as we'll Really. there were no two
ways of looking ac the from business
standpoint. The powder must go forward and
he must not leave his post until II had gone.
After that-well he could run down 90 the juno
ton. where the railway branched OF toward
Boston and SunoIkviIle. and meet the girl. and
nothing should tear her from his side unul the
liner sailed
His course planned he Went about the eXecu-
De difficult Five thousand pounds is
great deal of powder. and. often happtls. even
il regard to more staple articles. All the dealers
were nearly out of the stuff Finally. however.
into The work required nearly lhv en-
tire day. He was barely in time 10 make the
shipment on the days last freight train lie
went TO the junction on the same tram supper
less. perspiring. covered with dust, bat lhal
pretty Well satisfied with himself. ~ the JUNG
ton he learned that more trains -drryins
way freight would he going to SUncli,v.iie that
night. and he stIaishtway began boraba. d-1-rt
mission 10 have the powder taken forvard
by the passenger train. He gained his p''A: at
last. and in all probability saved his own life
and the life of Susan cross, theoretically H4Ich
more precious. by doing.
Even after the train had arrived from 'he