The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-07-25

"He has lowered his ideals, and she
has not"
"Ideals! Will you tell me what
kind of stock they consist of, and if
our friend had much of it on the
start
perhaps he had not, but it is the
most valuable property a man can
start in life WITH
"You astound me. Where is it sit
uated?"
"Overhead, light that shines
affair.""
ga kind of headlight, suppose"
eyes, and when this light is OBJ
scured we grope in the dark and lose
our way"
"My friend, you speak in meta
phor"
"But speak truth. History sus-
tains the fact. Let nation lower
her standard of freedom and justice,
grasping for power and dominion,
and her downfall is assured. With
| nations and with individuals, the
| same law is true. I hold an ideal to
be the souls highest standard of
good and noble achievement"
"Yes, it's something you're always
living up to and never get, and if you
get it then you lose it,"
'.Lose it as an ideal, of course; gain
it as reality"
"Men establish new station for
ideals further on, suppose. Do you
think our friend Mack realizes what
| loss he has sustained in this kind
of property"
"He is losing the respect of men,
| and, if I am not mistaken, his domes-
tic happiness is at stake. What re-
mains worth living for?"
Margaret's father, who had always
been her comfort and companion,
from whom she had never before
withheld any important thing, know
ing his high-minded girl SO thorough
ly and the trend of the business ca
| reer of her husband, could not long
be kept in ignorance of the unhappy
state of affairs between the young
people.
Reluctant as he was to interfere,
yet his daughters happiness was to
him the dearest object in life. He re-
solved to have an interview with her
husband.
"You see, sir, I made mistake"
| said the young man, 'telling Mar
garet about my business affairs.
Women don't understand these
things"
"You made a mistake in doing the
thing, not in telling your wife about
it," said the elder man, kindly. "Wo-
men have a keener moral perception
than men. You would do well to sub
NIT the moral side of a transaction
| to her."
ooh, my dear sir, where would I
| come out?"
ga successful and honored man.
Aside from this, 1 think woman
ought to know something about her
husbands business affairs. Then if
| she is left without his protection, she
| is not at the mercy of any who may
be tempted to take advantage of
| her."
81 did not know you had such adj
vanced ideas in regard to women
said the young man. 81 knew you
had some views about justice, which
are somewhat"
"Old-fashioned, were you going to
say, or advanced also?"
mo, sir, think they are hard to
follow"
mot at adjust the opposite. My
boy, none of us is strong enough to
trife with justice. She will have her
reckoning with every transgressor.
Now, my boy, am going to take a
fathers privilege of telling you that
think your sense of right has been
obscured for time by your haste to
get ahead in the world, but take a
fresh start-you'll be astonished to
find how much easier it is to get on
when all the right-going powers are
on your side, and men learn to trust
you. Take a fresh start. This
doesn't count
"My dear sir, it has counted most
seriously; it has made us wretched.
Tell me what to dol"
"Make restitution to the widow
from whom you bought the property.
| Get a fair valuation on it and pay
her the difference Well fix it up,
and think things will look brighter
soon."
1t was fixed up and the sunshine
came back, and Margaret was her
old happy self once more, and there
was no more welcome visitor to the
home than the former owner, of
whom the young wife grew very
fond. Many cosy evening was
spent by the family party, which
usually included Margaret's father,
who seemed to take growing inter-
est in their home life.
One evening as the elder lawyer
| accompanied the widow home after
a pleasant visit, she said to him:
.'It was you who showed us how
right must triumph"
ut is estimated by the poet, Oliver
| Wendell Holmes, that out of 100 peo-
pie 81 are to be found On the side
| of right, so the world is saved"