The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-05

Keep of horses, and extra horse
and carriage hire ..........-...... 5,62S50
Chartering steam yacht Viluca
three months ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Z4,VUW
Expenses running yacht.......... $3.50. 2S
w L. Telegraph Company.... 81. TO
Incidentals -. ........... $50, 1853 80
Total ....:. ....................S 81, Ooz, 2osUs
His sharp old eyes ran up and down the
column of figures. Something among the
items seemed to annoy him.
Looking at those incidentals?' 1 took
those from the checkboohs. They are pretty
heavy
Its an outrager' exclaimed the old man,
Indignantly, that there $3.50 to the tele-
graph company. How's 1t come you didn't
have a Western Union frank this year? /
s'posed you had one. They sent me mine.''
"Oh, we'll, they didn't send me one, and
didn't bother to ask for it." the young man
answered in a tone of relief. "Of course the
expenses have been pretty heavy, coming
here strangers as we did. Now, another
year"
ooh, that amt anything. OF course you
got to spend money. 1 see one of them high
toned gents that died the other day said a
gentleman couldn't possibly get along on
lessn two thousand dollars a day and ex-
the limit none-you got right into his class
jest like you'd always lived here, didn't you?
| But. now. 1 been kind of lookin' over the
ground SINCE ! come here, and it's struck
| me you amt been gettin enough for your
money. You've spent free, but the goods
amt been delivered. I'm talkin' about your
| self Both your ma and Pishy has got more
| out of it than you have. Why, your ma
gets her name in the papers as. a philan-
| thropist along with that-how do the pa
| pers call her?'-the well-known club wom-
| an'-that Mrs. Helen Wyot Lamson that al
| ways has her name spelled out in full?
Your ma is getting public recognition for
her money, and look at Pishy. What's she
| gone and done while you been laxin' about?
| Why, she's got engaged to lord. or just
as good Look at the prospects she's got!
| She'll enter the aristocracy of England and
| have title. But look at you! Really, son,
I'm ashamed of you. People over there'll be
sayin' Lady What's-her-name? Oh, yes!
| She has got a brother, but he don't amount
| to shucks-he amt much more'n a three
| spot. He can't do anything but play bank
| and drink like fish. He's throwed away
| his opportunities-thats what them dukes
and counts will be sayin' about you be-
/ hind your back.
Il Understood you didn't think much of
| siss choice"
well, of course, he wouldn't be much in
Montana City, but he's all right in his place,
and he seems to be healthy. What knocks
/ me is how he ever got all them freckles. He
never come by EN- honestly, bet He must
| "a got caught in an explosion of freckles
| sometime. But that amt neither here nor
| there. He has the goods and PiShll get 'em
| delivered. She's got something to show for
1 her dust But what you got to show? Not a
! blamed thing but lot of stubs in a check
4 a Il
/ any kick. / got right to; but do hate to
See you leadin' this life of idleness and dis
! sipation when you might be maxim some
| thing of yourself. Your pa was quite a man.
| He left his mark out there in that Western
| country. Now you're here settled in the
| East among big people, with barrel of
| and you're jest layin down on the family
| name. You wouldn't think near much of
| your pa if he'd laid down before his time;
| and your own children will always have to
| say Poor pa-he had a good heart, but he
| never could amount to anything more'n a
| three-spot; he didn't have any stuff in him,
they'll be sayin. Now. on the level, you
| known as good thing and easy money, do
| your
why, of course not. Uncle Peter; only ]
! had to look around some at first-for year
| or So.
well. If you need to look any more, then
! your eyes amt right. That's my say.
amt askin' you to go West. L don't expect
| that.'
| Percival frightened.
| But i am tryin' to nag you into doin
something here. People can say what they
| want to about you," he continued stubborn
w. as one who confesses the most arrant
bigotry but l know you have got some
| brains some ability really believe you got
| a whole lot-and you got the means TO take
your place right at the top. You can head
| 'em all in this country any other. Now
| what you ought to do, you ought TO take
| your place in the world of finance-put your
| mind on IL night and day-swing out-get
action-and set the ball To rolling. Your pa
was a big man in .he West, and there amt
| any reason as 1 can see of why you can't
be lust as big a man in proportion here
| People can talk all they want To about your
| bein Just a dub-I won't believe 'em. And
| there's London- You amt been ambitious
enough. Get a down-hill pull on New York
| and then branch out. BE man OF affairs
like your pa. and like that fellow Shepler
| small fur US, that's no reason why New
| York should be too big
| Percival had walked the floor in deep at
tention TO the old mans words.
you've got me right. Uncle Peter" he
| said at last. "And you're right about what
| L ought TO do I've often thought I'd go into
some of these big operations here. But for
| one thing | was afraid of what you'd say
| And then, didn't know the game very well
But / see i ought TO do something. Your
dead right.
| And we need more money too" urged
the old man. Il was reading a piece the
other day about the big fortunes in New
| York. Why. we amt one, two, three, with
the dinky little twelve or thirteen millions
we could swing. You don't want to DO 3