The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-05-04


ing upon his crutch. He was looking
up at Donald with eyes of alteration
and drinking in wisdom which his Grip
pied body would never permit him to
use.
|. Like this" he exclaimed. taking the
ball from Donald's hand and clasping
it in his long. thin fingers. while ne
made feint of throwing 1t.
"That's right. Tim." said Donald:
you've got the knack of 1t"
The cripple flushed with pride as he
gave the ball to the big fellow who
was the real pupil.
Little Tim beholds in Donald the re-
alization Of all which he himself would
ask of the fairies if they should come
to him rs servants Of his dearest wish.
He would have but one-to be like
Donald. ! had watched this hero wor-
| ship for some years. and its warm sin
cerity. matched with the great kind
! ness and delicacy of my boys response
! to it. has sometimes brought the tears
to my eyes.
| Healy's condition is due to an in
| jury which he received when he was
| eight years old. 1t disabled his left
leg and shoulder. stunted his growth
and in addition made him totally deaf
| for several years | have always re-
GREETED that his misfortune was not
brought promptly to my Alteration. One
overlooks SO many of these things.
When l learned the facts. at the time
Of his fathers death. had good doc
tor take charge of the boys case, with
~ l..
stored, though there was at first no
hope of it. His deformities were be-
yond cure When he had had his school
ing, l took him into my employ. He
was some years older than Donald, but,
having lost part of his youth. he wait
ed as long as possible to gather up all
that remained.
l learned from Donald that the ball
nine had all northern New Jersey in
a panic" and frc.n Timothy Healy.
treasurer. that tie finances of the Or
ganizat:on did not require the small as
sistaEcc which | should have been will
ing to offer. Then the / o'clock whistle
blew, and Donald and | were left to
ourselves.
"1've been thinking about the fellow
who wasn't Professor Severn said |.
What do you suppose Mr.. Kelvin ex-
pected to get out of you"'
"Out of me?" he responded.
"Out of whom. them" said J.
"Uncle John" he replied. this is q
subject upon which ! don't seem to get
much light | c.:n only make Il few
wild gucsses."
For i::staHce?"
Donald made some small. mysterious
passes in the mir with the ball bat
which he carried in his right hand as
we walked along.
"That man was detectiye.' SAID he.
"He was paid to find out something, to
do secret work. Isn't it Il mistake
then, to consider the work which he
did openly? think that his interest
in me may have been only Il blind"
But he didn't do anything else"
objected.
He had some long talks with my ia
ther." said Donald. land with you. He
had planned to go driving with you
when he was suddenly called away
l replied tat | could not :ruess what
the man had hoped to do with me I'M
less to kidnap me and hold me for ran
som. Neglecting this jest. Donald ask
ed me if there were any way in which
my business could be attacked He
had read something in newspaper
about an attempt to force me into a
trust.
"Such attempts have been made" !
admitted Il have been approached
several times during the past year and
half. but if any of those men dream
that they can coerce me they ought to
wake up at the earliest possible mo-
ment. We have the best machinery in
the world in that factory. Donald. We
, hold our patents hard and fast At
tempts have been made to undprsell us
at loss and to hurt us with our Gus
toners in various parts of the country.
but we are too strong for them. If we
were in debt or if there were any way
! to interfere with our shipping arrange
ments the situation would he very diff.
ferent, but we control this branch rail.
road absolutely. and through it we hold
ninety-nine year contracts with the
main line, so that there is no POSSIBLE
ity of discriminating against u.s."
= Donald tapped with the bat as if up
on the head of an invisible enemy.
, Suppose that you didn't control the
branch" said he.
''Then," I replied, "it would be all ur
with u.s. The manufacturer must own
the railroad or the railroad will own
the manufacturer"
"But there are other factories in this
town." he persisted.
Because of our great mercy they
continue to exist, my son." said l.
"You will observe that none of them
is a carpet factory"
"Ihe branch is stock COmDlDY. OF