The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-23

for your own sake-don't play for
money!
Men do.''
Eyes, some men, There are degrees
men don ~
''Dear me, Jacob, how proper you
are. What about the money Grumpy
offered you7'
fEI didn It take it, did I2'
t'No, but I wish you had Why
didn''t you7 Why shouldn't Davis and
Smith have the franchise7 Some one
you who 1t is7 Every one knows that
you re straight. o, Jacob, it ism t too
late yeti
If every one reasoned like that the
world would be a worse place than it
is. Besides, Davis and Smith are not
reliable men. They'll hold the city up
for a higher lighting rate than we re
And after all, that's not so much my
objection as that I want the city TO
own its plant. That would solve the
whole problem. Once let the
Listen, jacob interrupted Mar
garet, who knew her husbands enthu
siasm for municipal ownership, "your
ideas are splendid, ! know. But you
must speak to the question. IN all
on fire about that money. Let s have
it. Just think what we could do with
it-what we need, Why it would set us
up wonderfully -
But, Margaret
"Wait Let me tell you. Think
what we've done without. The din
ing-room needs new rug and paper.
| saw the lovehest rug on sale at Wal
kins's yesterday A real Smyrna, and
damage in shipping. The colors are
beautiful-those deep browns and reds
that you re so partial to. And I saw
a chrysanthemum pattern in wall paper
that would be n dream-pale yellow
and white, on Just the least bit deeper
ground. | could make some muslin cur
tains for the windows-ruffle and flute
them-and before you knew it we d
have new dining room" +"
81 know, child, 7 know, but
But nothing at all, Jacob. Take the
money for Christmas gift-play the
Fates sent it. You work so hard you
deserve anything that comes so easily.
Besides, any one else would take it,
and not think about it. ~ She paused
moment, studying his face. Then
she put her hand on his knee and spoke
swiftly. 'NThink what you could get
the boy, Jacob, and he's never had
ciative. . You could take trip
and have a good rest. Goodness knows,
YOU need it-you look worn out. And
Just must have some new clothes,
Think how nice ia look in one of
| Madame Fronsort s gowns. You al
ways saw that I deserve the best Here
is a chance to make your word good
and you can do so without a bit of
harm, too"
Perhaps it wouldn t be downright
wrong, Margaret, but ethically-'
80, ethically!" She lifted her shoul.
ders expressively. "I notice that peo.
pie who discuss ethics generally get
into such bog of argument that. only
their heels show. I like practical ideas
| IS certainly quite practical for you
to take that money, Why, Jacob, peo-
pie in this world aren't t anything with.
| out money It's Just all there is. II
doesn Z make any difference how good
you are-you We not shred of chance
if you re shabby. Even the porters
and clerks look at you with glazed
eyes. Oh! ia like to have an auto,
and carriages, and gowns fit for a prin.
cess. And o, I'd have the loveliest
house! Dear. dear, Jacob. can't you
| lust imagine how delightful everything
would be7 What trips we ID take
The things we'd dog
| Jacob looked at her steadily without
replying, then bent forward and put
his face down by the child's; When at
length he spoke il was to change the
| subject.
'FHe's sound asleep. still. Shan t We
wake him and fix him up for the
night?'
Margaret flushed and turned her at
tention TO Dick.
"He's certainly better. ] think VIC
should be very foolish To disturb him
| Do let him alone she said shortly.
| m In snIflnn N N.
easiness. vague discomfort, He saw
the dcsirabiity of all that Margaret
wanted without the glamour of posi-
| bic possession. The fact that he could
not give her what she wanted was n
hurt to his pride. even though he knew
that happiness did not lie that way
: = If she could only be brought
10 see what life was, shorn of the
adornment that money confers, she
might understand. But something was
lacking. Either she was too young and
undevcloped or she was hard, and he
would not think the latter, And she
didn't want what money can give any
more than most people do. The love OF
money was a madness, an infections
madness, and there were not many sane
| peopln left. You saw II everywhere
| the lust for moncy-and YOU saw, too
if Won watched, the awful debauchery
in souls as a result Even the Christ
mas atmosphere could not dispel it
| Eyerywhere was greed and graft and
YOU were drawn into the vortex In spite
of yourself. The idea OF TAX
| inc that money as a Christmas gift
A bribe! After all, women could no,
look at things as men did They did
not bear the brunt like men-their point
of view was generally personal. And
she bad said that he could get things
for Dick
"'Jacob I we spoken to you three
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