The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-10-04
A Knave of
Conscience
Bv FRANCIS LYNDE.
CHAPTER Nvu.-CoNTlNUED.
Copyright 1900, by Francis Lynde.)


Griswolds pale face flushed, and
h his inger-tips tingled again. you
are very kind: kind and charitable.
/ think sympathy has been an I'M
known quantity in my equation.
May l really come to see you as a
friend?"
Haven't | said it?" she asked; and
she might have emphasized it had
= not Raymer come to take Griswold
: home.
Raymer's sorrel had covered halt
the distance from the lake edge to
Mrs. Hocomb's before it's owner
said:
"Well, how near do we come to
y aping the manners of the effete
n east?"
''1'm no authority" said Griswold;
adding as salve: 81 enjoyed it,"
"Then you weren't bored?"
81 fancy Miss Grierson doesn't
often bore people. does she?'
''No; she has knack Of stroking
you the right way. Ii takes her ia
ther to do the other thing
"rhe magnate? l thought you
said he was Il public benefactor."
''Did l? We've told ourselves that
till we've come to believe it. But
he's principally for Jasper Grierson
5 at bottom"
Naturally. Greed is the Jugger-
naut of this end of the century"
"Bah! That's a sheer platitude in
your mouth. Griswold You don't
know anything about it, you men of
letters and leisure. It's simply a
savage fight for survival, and the
man with the money WINS
Eyes? | believe I've said some
such thing myself. But I've been
hoping you'd manage to escape"
II might have escaped. | was do
ing we'll enough, but ! couldn't
stand it to see the town growing
away from me. So 1 borrowed
money and spread myself; and now
I'm fighting for dear life with the
rest of them"
Griswold's comment was brief and
to the point. '"Tell me about it," he
said.
cts a short horse and soon cur
ried,2 said the iron master, bitter
~. "Two months ago l borrowed
$4,000 of Jasper Grierson's bank.
gave him a GO-day note and mort
gage, with the verbal understanding
that / was to have my own time for
payment. The 60 days will be up
Tuesday. and he has notified me that
I must lift third of the indebted
ness on that day"
ga third!"
eyes. Of course it's preposterous
He knew MI the circumstances at
the time; that the loan was build
ing fund which couldn't bear fruit
until it was planted"
Griswold shook his head. "Yor
certainly took terrific chances"
"Didn't L? 1t proves what a mar
will do when he is greed-bitten
And the worst of it is that three
fourths Of the original capital be
long to my mother and sister, ant
they were both distrustful of tn,
spread-eagle move with Gricrson as
hacker"
Griswold was silent while the sor
rel was measuring a full square
Then he said: "What is Grierson'
object?"
81 don't know. To break me or t.
own me, I suppose"
"rhere may be an alternative
what was it you told me this morn
ing about the it'll" social lnelce?"
Raymer pulled the sorrcl up short
ttyyoovnrs.t Il oh
has put him up to it for that"
81 suppose nothing that involve
Miss Grierson. But isn't it possibl
that her father may be rcsentful ia
her? l believe if you could persuad
your mother and Miss Gertrude t
call
Raymers laugh was not mirthful
''You would be the last man in til
world to act upon a suggestion {
that sort yourself. Griswold."
'tOh, I don't know. If it is only
little social friction"
Its more than that; though WI
it should be don't know. Ielie,
my mother and Gerty would ia,
beggary cheerfully before the
would pay that price. Anyway,
d shant' ask Them
ISL what will you do?" ...
eff / knew | shouldn't be unloa
ing my grief ON YOU"
They had reached Mrs. Holcoml
~ gate and Raymer cramped the bug,
at the curb. But Griswold did n
\get out. Instead he put one hand
Raymer's knee and said: "Have y
aver thought of taking a partner?
NRaymers smile was mere gri
ace.
eft begins to look as if I shor
have to take one that don't wan
"It needn't come to that. I ha
some money which I want to inv,
where it will do the most good
Il, the greatest number. You spo
this morning of some plans you h
in view for the betterment of We
workmen. If you will carry tn
out, and let me help. we can arrar
little surprise for Mr.. Grierson.'
Raymer was stupefed, as he hat
good right to be. But he manae
,ag to ask how.
I'm the simplest way imaginal
Come to me tomorrow morning ;
"a l will give you the money to t;
up your note and the mortgage"
"You? But, Griswold, man, !
Ii didn't understand me. It's ninet
fve-thousand dollars!" He said
IL Alo&