The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-12-11


health is not good. as you say, advise
you not to bring, but to send him.
There are times in the year when this
climate is rot good for weak lungs.
Notwithstanding the name. Go tolyour
friend in Brooklyn and let me have
Rob. will put him at once in my Of
flee, or in the bank, and use him as q
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 be- Will
either be OF incalculable value to me or
not worth his salt. l will continue the
remittance. of two thousand year to
you, or increase it if you wish. will
give Rob a fair salary to start on. and
ne snail have every comfort q boy
needs will not spoil him. do not
believe in that sort of treatment, But
l viii make a man Of him. Then to
look beyond the few years may have
left to ME, this great business which I
have built up will require some one af-
ter l am gone to keep it out of the
hands of strangers. There arc plenty
here who are watching with envious
eyes. Wealth makes enemies here as
elsewhere. Elsie is my only child. To
leave her this great industrial task
would be to have her lose 1t. So, If
Rob turns out to be what want him
to be. he will not only become my
manager when l am old, but he will
become heir TO some of the interests l
have made so valuable. This, think,
is Us good an opening as comes to the
average boy. Think it over, and let me
know your decision. l must begin to
train a 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. If 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-
ceptance.
1t will DE lonely for you, but think
OF Roh's future.
Yet. loving brother,
DAVID HORTON.
Ey the time Mrs Cleverdale got
through reading her voice was trem-
bling, and Rob was staring at her with
his eyes wide open, in the greatest
amazement. What a wonderful vista
was here held out to him! He could
even picture the thing to himself
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working hard to gain his uncle's con-
fidence, and trusted with the manage
ment of large affairs. But then-to
leave his mother! That dear mother,
whose prop he had been since his faith
err died. He could not think Of that.
There was silence for moment.
Il have thought this all over, Rob-"
said Mrs. Cleverdale, now speaking
calmly. 1T is the grandest thing for
you. Just think what future Uncle
David offers,'
''Eut you! can't leave you!"
MY dear boy, it is hard, but we
must lear It. And you will soon be
able to come and see me, you know,
and some day, perhaps, my health will
be. better, and ! can come to you. Yes
you must go. Uncle David has set his
heart on it, and would not dtsappoint
him. We have no one else, you know,
to look to-
Rob gulped down sob, and then and
there resolved to do just as his mother
advised, and to show as little emotion
as possible--thus making the parting
SO much easier for her.
Rob's picture was taken within the
week and sent to his Uncle David at
Buenos Ayres. with a letter from his
mother thanking Mr. Horton. and ac-
cepting his tempting offer.
ITO he cnntinuad