The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-07-03
By Howard Fielding


PailosgDh@-s prove the iranity Of
space by asking yoa u think q the en6
II II az 2 wall with nothing upon the
es3ser Ea This Eg declared 20 be W.
Sasnkabie. There can BE- no final place.
Eo wall with 2 VOID beyond
I kIoE better, FOR Z have ssen taat
wall ] came 10 fl IL October, GG-
and very little CT the nearer, Il was
not an end. but z continuance, that Tas
fu~concsavable 70 ras.
Ny bIis!aess had come 70 an end No
p~sdtoeo9her could deny that Ny nsE-
vous sya1em was done for. I seemed 70
ana II taken out Of my body and lacked
zzpcn tina. Anal wall Ike the skin Of q
squirrel On q oarn door.
I vas % years Old, and I felt lso.
When NY friends asked ne what I
was going to do I simply yawnsd at
thsxn-
It was at this tine that come one
k~scomasnde1 me- to NtM Gisndon- Peo-
pic have absolutely 70 conscience in
eSzch matters. The young LADY Was
Informed that I WAC Z Trustworthy and
Efficient man. = victim Of raEsfo-tuEes
that would nave bean too much FOR
anybody. and ghe credited the tale
Niss GIsnGon vza IN orphan 81 years
a. N@A~ III 4|[Ly &A@@ 1s-~L-- -
somewhat more than q dc!lsr Per min
ate. 4 there arg 5z5.e99 minutes IN z
rear. Sne ts saId 70 give about twelve
kourg & day 10 charity.
TIE gentisn1a. yho mentioned my
aA1ae to aiEs GIerdon persuaded ne, at
her request. TO go with him 10 call upon
her I Eag to- fechteTainded 10 resist
To the best OF my recollection, ! did
got clearly understand where I was go
ing Until I found myself in the ladys
presence.
The sight 81 l1.as Glsndon produced
q considerable effect upon Tie. She
D~cassGse9 magnificent health and re-
vee.la. ven 10 nc 81 az mine were
than. the saergy OF & noble and finely
balanced natUr
I forgot for e few minutes that the
u~nthinkao1s wall stood In front Of me,
and 1 WIS conscious, with Z mild sur
prise. of talking Ike z living and ra-
Golai human being.
After half al o1r 81 g~eneraliciss
Mjzs Glendon asked Es II I would IN
aeTtaEe the management Of her chill
dreu & hone. T. geCy admirable charity
which she had established bou a z
before. Ghs had heard that a a
charge Of & boyg' school in Masgachu-
setts for 4 couple OF 4 after Q Z
Guiding my college course and that I
bad done wonderful work. She knew
that 1 held Z medical diploma, though
Z had practics6 but little. The knowl-
edge you'd be Of great advantage, In
her opinion. Altogether CHG spoke Of
ny deSu!tory ~ purpogeIess career
re fl 1t were the very thing ghs mad
been IN search Of, and Che apologtzed
Stah great deticacy for y~enturing U
offer me- J. position IN which p~ecuniary
EewErd would not be at all equal II
my deserts. hen ghe named 4 really
handsome GALAXY and paused for my re-
ply
Now. the fact IS that I would have
welcomed such q haven, and, above all,
I would nave sacrificed much for the
aaks OF sharing any sort Of work in
which Miss GIendon was engaged. but
I am honest in the main, and this thing
was not possible. I told Miss GIendon
Frankly that l was filter to be an in
rsate OF her home than the head of It;
that I was utterly broken down and
pzenaatureiy in my second childhood
and that, in brief, the institution could
cot fail into worse hands than mine
IL the manager were chosen by chance
0Ut Of the directory.
1t appeared that my friend had pre-
pared her for this reply. He had told
her that I was a bit the worse for past
anxiety and unwisely worried about
ny health, but that there was really
othing the matter. All I needed was
= little encouragement.
Accepting this view, Miss Glendon
proceeded 70 encourage me. She told
me how well / was looking, and, as a
matter of fact, ! actually did look as
rugged as an OK. In earlier years I was
very strong. and the muscular shell
sttll stood, as the Dark Of q tree will
sometimes stan when the heart Of 1t
ss dust. Fifty times while she was talk
ing to me I had TO shake my Wits to-
gether and with a spasrnodic effort re-
member where I was and what had
happened, yet 1 talked az straight as a
tight string, as my friend Informed me
arterward, Except" he added, "for
that tooliEhness about you health"
The ups1ot OF 1t was that l became
the manager Of hat institution, and
tny act was a crime. I wa no more
ut for It than q deaf man to lead an Or
.chestra. However, the novelty Of 1t
bueyed me up for q few days, so that
none OF my subordinates knew that I
was out Of my wits.
The work was really extremely at
'eractiye to one who had come out de-
feated from the selfish strife of money
winning, and II I had been only q little
hess battered and worn I would have
eeen a fairly efficient person. Even as
I was, the force within me might have
proved sufficient but for the increasing
rush OF work incident to the coming
holidays.
Miss Glendon had high ideas OF the
Fourth of July, and her plans for max
sng IT memorable in the nome were well
tcusidered, but exceedingly compre-
kensfve. Moreover she looked to me
for suggestions, and I was becoming
t~ncreaaingly age to serve her well.
But when a mans mind liz in such q
eonditton that he can depend upon re-