The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01
CHAPTER xxxvI.-contInued.
The God in the Machine.


Len had Jim set apart on the plantation
fur his own niger. They fished and went
huntin' and swimmin' together One day,
they'd been swimmin and was lynn up on |
the bank. Len got thinkin' he'd never
seen any one drown. He knew Jim
couldn't swim lick, so he thought he'd
have Jim go drown. He says to him,
Jim. go jump off that rock there! That
was where the deep hole was. Jim was
scarf but he had to go. After he'd gone
down once, Len says to him, Drown now.
you damn niSger! and Jim come up and
went down twice more. Then Len begun
to think Jim was worth a good bit of
money. and mebbe he'd be almighty wal
loped If the Truth come out. so he dives in
after Jim and gets him shore, and after a
while he brought him to- Anyway, he
said. Jim had already sure-enough
drowned as fur as there was any fun in it,
Well, Len Carey is an old man now, and
Jim is an old white-headed niger still
hangin' around the old place, and when
Len goes back there to visit his relatives
old Niger Jim hunts him up with tears
In his eyes, and thanks Mister Leonard fur
savin his life that time. Say, felt this
mornin' like Len Carey must feel them
times when Jim's a-thankin' him.
Shepler laughed.
You're a rare man, Mr.. Bines. I'll
hope to have your cheerful. easy views OF
life if l ever lose my hold here in the
street l hope I'll have the old Bines
philosophy and the young Bines spirit.
That reminds me- he continued as Uncle
Peter rose to so, we've been pretty con-
fdential, Mr. Bines. and I don't mind tell
ing you l was a bit afraid Of that young
man until yesterday. Oh, not on the stock
proposition. On another matter. You
may have noticed that night at the Old
RkerS'-well, women, Mr.. BineS, are I'M
certain. 1 know something about markets
and the ways of a dollar, but all l know
. ~, 1,,x,r>
You can't know any more about them, be-
cause they don't know any more them
selves. Just between us, now, 1 never
felt any too sure of certain young Wo-
mans state Of mind until copper reached
81 and Union Cordage had been blown up
from inside"
They parted with warm expressions of
good will, and Uncle Peter, in high spirits
at the success of his machina lions, had
himself driven up town.
The only point where his plans had
failed was in Mrs. Wybert's refusal to
consider Mauburn after the birth Of the
CasSelthorpe twins. Yet he felt that mat
ters in spite Of this happening, must go as
he wished them to- The Englishman-Uncle
Peter cherished the strong anti-British
sentiment peculiar to his generation -
would surely never marry a girl who was
all but penniless, and the consideration of
an alliance with Mrs. Wybert, when the
fortune should be lost, had, after all, been
an incident-a means of showing the girl.
If she should prove to be too deeply infat-
uated with Mauburn for her own peace of
mind-how unworthy and mercenarye he
l. Yves; for he had meant. in that event, to
disilIuSion her by disclosing something of
Mrs Wyberts history--the woman Maui
burn should prefer to her. He still count
ed confidently on the loss Of the fortune
= sufficing to break the match.
When he reached the Hightower that
night for dinner, he found Percival down
stairs in great glee over what he con-
ceived to be funny situation.
Don't ask me. Uncle Peter couldn't
get it straight; but near as I could
make out, Mauburn came up here afraid
the blow of losing him was going to kill
Sis with a broken heart and Sis was
afraid the blow was going to kill Mauburn
because she wouldn't have married
him anyway, rich or poor after he'd lost
his title, and she accused him Of caring
only for her money. and he insisted she
ought to marry him anyway, but she
wouldn't have it because Of the twins
Uncle Peter rubbed his big brown hands
with the first signs of cheerfuness he hac
permitted Percival to detect in him.
I Good fur Pish--that's the way to take
I down them. conceited Britishers-"
I But then they went at matters agar
from a new standpoint, and the result |:
they've made it up
selthorpes perished?" 49,. ....~
mot at all. both doing f1nely-haven't
even had colic-growing fast-probab bly,
learned to say fancy, now by this time
Nut Mauburn's going West with us if wei
take him." ..#'
'Factl Say, it must have been an awful
blow for him when he found sis wouldn'1
think of him al all without his title. ever
If she was broke. They had stormy time
Of it from all L can hear. He said he was
strong enough to work and all that. ant
since he cared for her, and not for hel
money, it was low down of her to throw
him over; then she said she wouldn't leave
her mother and us, now that we Nigh
need her, not for him or any other man
and he said that only made him love he
all the more. and then he got chesty, ant
said he was just as good any American
even if he never would have title; 81
pretty soon they got kind of interested il
each other again. and by the time I cam
home 1t was all over. They ratified tn,
preliminary agreement for a merger"
well. I snum'
"Thats right. SO ahead and snum. L,
snum myself if I knew how-it knocke,
me- Better come upstairs and congrat
ulate the happy couple"
"Shoo, now! certainly am mighty dis
appointed in that fellow. Still, he is we
spotted and them freckles mean iron i
along with the other properties
They found Psyche already radiant
though showing about her eyes traces Q
the storms devastation. Mauburn wa
looking happy; also defiant and stubborn
"Mr. Bines,' he said to Uncle Peter, g
hope you'll side with me- / know some
thing about horses, and I've nearly
thousand pounds that I'll be glad to put i
with you out there If you can make
place for me-"
zoe The old man looked him over quizzically
Psyche put her arm through Mauburn'.
I'D have to marry some one, you know
Uncle Peter
Don't apologize Pish. There's roor
for men that can work out there. Mr. Mau
burn, but there amt any vintages {
trouserings to speak Of, and the hours
long"
cry me- Mr.. Bines.''
WELL come on! If you can't skin your
self you can hold a leg while somebody els
skins. But you amt met my expecta
lions, I'll say that" And he shook han6
cordially with the Englishnan.
st say, you know said Mauburn late
to Psyche, why should l skin myself
Why should be skinned at all, yo
know"
''You shouldn't" she treasured hin
"That's only Uncle Peters way of sayin
you can help the others, even If you can
do much yourself at first. And won
Mrs. Dremler be delighted to know it
all settled?''
We'll" said Uncle Peter to Perciva