The San Francisco call., 1905-08-27

She and her mother called on my
mother the next morning. And what
a nice girl Miss Ramsay $50 senstOie'
so intelligent. and so friendlyF sald my
mother, relating the incidents OF the
visit in minute detail when ! went
home at noon.
II didn't find her especially friendly,
said l. whereat I saw. or fancied
saw, a smile deep down in her eyes
and it set me to thinking.
In the afternoon Ed looked IN at my
ofice in the courthouse to say good-oy-
But first, old man. I want TO
tell you I got that place Tor
you Old Roebuck Is delighted
-telegraphed me to close the ar
rangement at once-copgratulated me on
being able to get you. 1 knew It'd be So
He has his eyes skinned for bright young
men-all those big men have whenever
a fellow, especially a bright young law
yer, shows signs OF ability they scoop
him in"
II can't believe IT," said I. dazed.
1--WE been fighting him for four years
hard
That's itg' said he. "And don't you
fret about its being case. OF trying to
heap Goals Of fire on your head Roe
buck don't use the fire shovel for that
sort of thing. He's swapping you up be-
cause you've shown him what you can
do. That's the way to get on nowadays,
they tell me. Whenever the Fellows on
top find the chap. especially one IN puohc
office, who makes it hot for them tney
hire him.. Good business all around
Thus. so suddenly that it giddted me,
was translated from failure TO success,
from poverty to aff1uence, from the most
haras ssing anxiety to ease ana securlty-
Two months before / should have REJECT
ed the Power Trusts offer with scorn
and should have gloried in my act as
proof of superior virtue. But in those
crucial two months i had been appren-
tice to the master whom all men that
ever come to anything in this world
must first serve / had reformed my line
OF battle, had adjusted it TO the lines
laid down in the tactics OF ife-as-lt-ls
Before was able to convince myself
that my fortunes had really changed Ed
Ramsay telegraphed me to call on MIN
in Fredonia on business or his own IL
proved to be such trifie that began TO
puzzle at his real reason for sending Tor
me. When he spun that rrife out over
ten DAYS, on each of which / was alone
with Carlotta at least half my waking
hours. / thought I had the clew to the
mystery. / saw how 1 could Increase the
energy of his new enthusiasm Tor me,
and also how I could cool it II l wished
to be rash and foolish and TO tempt fate
again.
.Oh, the business didn't amount 10
much" was my answer to one of my
mothers, first questions on my return
She smiled peculiarly. In spite OF my
efforts the red came-at least L feltred
How did you like his sister," she went
on, again with that fiuttering smile IN
the eyes only.
"A very nice girl" said I. in any
thing but a natural manner. My moth
er's expression teased me into adding:
.sDon't be Silly. Nothing of that sort
You are always imagining that every
one shares your opinion of me. She
isn't likely to fall in lsve .wlth me.
Certainly 1 shan't with her
Mothers silence somehow seemed
argumentatiye.
II couldn't marry girl Tor her
money" I retorted to 1T.
"Of course not" rejoined mother.
"But there are other things to marry
for besides. money or ioVe-oIler Ile
things more sensible than either. For
instance. there are the principal things
home and children. 'g,,s- = q
I was listening with an open mind,
THE glamour Of courtship and hon
eymoon passes. she went on linen
comes the sober business OF living
Your career and your home. The Wo-
mans part in both is better played II
there isn't the sort OF love that is ex-
. acting. always interfering with the ca
reer. and making the home life sue
eession of ups and downs. mostly
downs.
"Carlotta is very ambitious" said l.
"Ambitious for her husband" replied
my mother. "as a sensible woman
should be. She appreciates that wo-
mans best chance for big dlVldendS III
marriage is by being the silent part
ner in her husbands career. she II De
very domestic when she has chlldren-
I saw ii the instant 1 looked at her-
She has the true maternal instinct.
What a man who's going to amount
to something needs isn't woman 10
be taken care of, but a woman 10 take
care of him
She said no more-she had made her
point and, when she had done lhaL
she always stopped.
Within a month Ed Ramsay sent for
me again. but this time IT was ousl-
ness alone. I found him In panic,
like a man facing an avalanche ana
armed only with shovel. Dunkirk.
the senior United States Senator Tor
orr state, lived at B'redonia. He had
seen that. by tunneIing the Mesaba
Range, a profitable railroad between
Fredonia and Chicago could be built
that would shorten the time at least
three hours. But 1t would take away
about half the carrying business OF
the Ramsay Company, besides seriously
depreciating the Ramsay interest IN
the existing road. And" continued
Ed. .the old scoundrel has got the capi-
tai practically subscribed in New York.
The people here are hot for the new
road. It'll be sure to carry at the
special election. next month. He has
the Governor and the Legislature in
his vest pocket. so they'll put through
the charter next winter
Il don't see that anything can be
DONE" said Eds lawyer. old Judge Bar
Clay, who was at the consultation. 1T
means i big rake-off for Dunkirk Po-
litics is OH money basis nowadays.
That's natural enough. since there is
money 10 be made out of it, 1 don't
see how those in politics that don't
graft, as they call it. are any better
than those that do Would they get
office il they. didn't help on the jobs
OF the grafters? I suppose we might
buy Dunkirk of"
What do you think, Harvey" asked
Ed. looking anxiously at me. We've
got to fight the devil with fire, you
know"
1 shook nv head. Buying him of