The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-09-02

his>father owned the finest farm 81
the township, he intended sto he:
the wealthiest man, and the father
and mother attributed his will ling
ness to benefit by their inconyen-
fences to the intent pursuit Of his
ambition, and not to any baser mo-
tive. " sz..s . tzs 5>,. ..z sS= s ::
The harvest.days came on, and
with them busy Ia Dor for all Mr..
Gilbert had gradually thrown the
directing Of affairs Oh Harvey,
wishing to avoid tie heavy bur.
dens in which he had taken the,
lead for so many years. But sHar-
vey did not seem to realize that
this was the reasonfor his fathers
putting the power into his hands,
and in parceling out the work he
gave some of the most arduous
into his charge, because he knew
how to accomplish it to the best
advantage. Nothing was said, in
the house or out, although the old
gentleman was showing fatigue,
and often was the subject Of
anxious glancesfrom his wife. One
evening as they two were sitting
on the pleasant lawn enjoying the
GOODNESS, he said, slowly, the wear
led look deepened with the relax
alton of activity: !
II think / shall arrange the
farm work so that shall have it
little easier this autumn" I'd!
II wish you would" she eagerly
replied, quickly sympathetic.
II thought was doing it, he
continued, with a slight smile,
''when l gave so much Of the man
agement over to Harvey; but he
does not seem to see what l meant,
and / dislike being any palmer. r
believe l will hand him a deed to
the place, and be relieved en-:
.tirely.''
They talked it over little long
er, and finally decided to take this
step. In few days they went to
town, and that eveningMr. Gilbert
gave Harvey deed to the farm,
saying:
"Now you can have a free hand,
and also shall be free"
"Well, think I can manage to
turn as much off the place as any
body" Harvey replied, thanking
his parents and evidently much
pleased, but with his mind on the
material advantage rather than
their love and generosity.
The two elderly people were
sitting together on one side Of
the room, and Harvey and his
wife on the other. Nellie arose
and came quietly behind them,
and, putting an arm around each
neck, whispered softly:
ut is just as much your place as
it was before, and I wish you had
kept it in your own NAME"
'Bless you, my DEAR" Mrs. Gil
bert replied, kissing her fondly.
This was all that was said, but
as the days passed into weeks it
could be seen that Harvey became
more and more absorbed in the
improvements he planned, and
used everybody to the best adyan-
tage for carrying them forward.
He was even less considerable of
his father than before, and ne
quested him to do many things
that caused the hard and disagree.
able parts to fall on him. But his
mother saw with anxiety that the
time was drawing near when Il
change would take place; for,
quiet and thoroughly under con-
troll as Mr.. Gilbert was, she we'll
knew the source whence the son
had received the power of will
that had thus far dominated all
who came within the circle of it's
operation.
In the early days Mr.. Gilbert
had made ready money<fory use in
getting his farm under way by
selling wood at the county seat.
This had long been given up, with
the exception of supplying an es>
teemed friend who begged the
privilege, of buying a few Short
cords for his open fireplace. He
was accommodated, and each au.
tumn these were sent in. The
time for doing this was now at