Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-10-25
ODE Delu@e
BY DAVID GRAHAM PHILLIPS

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I'm party is or, SAID | curly. And
l llfted my hat and strobe away.
As had formed the habit of dis
missing the dlsasrceable soon put her
out of my mind. But she took with hor
my JOY IN the taste or things. | couldn't
get PACK my former keen Satisfaction
IN all had done and was doing. The
uXury the tangible evidences of my
acmeV"ment, no longer gave me pleas
uro' 'h"y seemed 10 ADD to my lrrita-
uon.
mat IN" way II Is In life, We load
us. = V1Mn WIN toys "he SO man
$3.50 ~ ~, ~ ~ '.i"'ii''
wy v" 't"p .ni"s u y. irc' 10
,..H ""' We ''""or were
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Moihei ny ST. ~, or IatHcr, doWh'
,o non.a w. his mnioa ~, sa De,a II w.
.o :, ~ -. - a,on "r y va,
W. ~ ,.iPI'ot '"1' ne f',
IN soc him hove vvhr,cver ha c,IIs .,
Thai was stuniditv a rrnr,atnro ,esn,-
ton of nv right to he tra,to1 av an
equal. had alvays gone ia I,ngdon
and 70 ,ry o,bo, 70 tho ,,Ians as
finance. whenever had rot a SIM
mons. For. while I was rich ard now
erful. I held both wealth and untver in
n sense. ON suffer,nce. knew mat en-
long as had no absolute control Of
any great dcpartment of Industry. those
rulers could dnstroy mo should tbey do
eide that they needed NV hoIdfnps mr.
we're not satisfied with nv nee ~ INV
power. There werr y good many moo.
nIe WIN did nat r%e.lIze that ,,ro,ertv
rights had ceased To cx,st tbat nron.
erty had become a revocable grant from
tho "nIntocrats" 7 VA. NJ nr thosa
misguided ones who had failed IA die
cover the new fact concealed in the old
form. So I used to &c when was .,,m-
moned
BUT NOT that day However M soon-
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.l"pIuuemee bul WHAT OF IL; saln l
80 So az nov =. limb
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p.npr d H., 49," q piIper ssvsrs,nan
unn s"1n ~ hny Mlnu. ! VAS suipItseu
g.
l. ,s" 'iiiu'eS ia.er'
lie was a tallish. slim man. carefully
dressed. with a bored, weary look and
a SLOW. bored way OF talking. l had all
ways said that II L had not been myself
l should nave wished to be Langdon.
loved n ran after him: Yet he ex-
erted not the slightest effort to please
anyone on the contrary. he made 1t
distinct and clear that he didn't care
a rap what anyone thought of him or.
for that matter. OF anybody or my
sweat or snatching. al! the good there
was In whatever fate threw in his way
and he was M Of those men into
whose way tate seems to strive to put
everything worth having: HIS business
Judgment was snrewd. but he cared
nothing Tor the big game ne was play
s except az a game. Like myself. he
was simply a sportsman-and. 1 think,
mat is why we liked each other. He
could have trusted alpost anyone that
came into contact with aim; but he
trusted nobody. and frankly warned
everyone not to trust him-a safe
frankness, for his charm caused 1T to
be forgotten or ignored. He would do
anything to gain an object. however
trivial, when INT to attract MIN;
once it was his. he would throw 1t aside
as carelessly as an ili-htting collar.
ms eApieSsloh' as ny Saiie iH'o my
once. was one or cynica! amusement.
as II he We're saying to himself: Our
friend Xxi has caught the swollen
head at last" Not a suggestion of i'll
humor. or resentment at my imperti-
nence-for. In the circumstances. I had
been guilty OF an iHpertinence. Just
ian9nid. amused patience with the
frailty OF a friend. Il see" said he.
that you have got Textile up to
elgnty-nve."
He was the head OF the Textile trust
which had been built by his brother
in-law n had faalen to him In the
confusion following his brother-in-
laws death. AS he was just then need
ing some money Tor his share In the
National Coal Undertaking. he had d.
rected me to push Textile up toward
par and unload him OF W or three
hundred thousand shares-he, OF course.
to r~epurchase the shares after he had
taken profits and Textile had dropped
back to its normal hfty.
IN have 1t up to ninety-eight by the
middle OF next month" said l. And
there 1 think we'd better stop"
Stop at about ninety" said he. That
will give me all l find I'll need for this
Coal business. l don't want to be
bothered with hunting up an invest
ment."
Il shook my head. Il must put 1t up
to within a point or two of mar" de.