Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-12-06

This fellow. win his great reputation"
thought L. lis Il fool and a knavc. and 4
weak one ut tlst."
go away now. Tom" said Rocbuck.
when you're master OF yourself again
com. TO soc me"
Master Of myself" cried Walters BIT
torly. WHO that's got anything to lose
Is Muster Of himself i'm this country?'
With shoulders sagging and a sort OF
stumble IN his gait. he went toward the
door. He paused there to say: I've
served too long. Mr.. Roebuck. There's no
fight in me. ] thought there was. but
tier" amt. DO the best you can for me"
And ~ took himself out of our sight.
You viii wonder how 1 was ever able to
blind myself to the reality of this fright
full scene. But please remember that In
this world every thought and every act Is
n mixture of the good and the bad. and
the one or the other shows the more prom
inently according to ones point of view.
There probably isn't a criminal In any
cell. anywhere. no matter what he may
say in sniveling pretcnsc IN the hope Of
lighter sentence. who doesn't at the
bottom of his hear. believe his crime or
RHINE somehow ju~stifable-and who
couldn't make out Il plausible case for
himself.
At that tire i was stuffed with the
arrogance Of my fanc:ed membership in
the caste of directing, financial geniuscs.
was looking at everything from the
viewpoint OF the brotherhood of which
Rocbuck WAS the strongest brother. and
of which I imagined myself a fun and
equal member. ! did not. | could not.
blind myself To tho vivid reminders OF his
"Reminiscences: hut l knew too we'll how
necessary the iron hand and the fixed
purpose are to great affairs to Judge him
as infatuated Walters. with his vanity
savagcly wounded. WAS judging him. I'd
~, soon have thought of describing Cen
era! Grant as n murderer. because he
ordered the battles In which mo, were
killed or because he planned and led the
campaigns in which suborlinatcs COM
mit,eG rapinc and pi!lage and assassina-
lion. I did not then sec the radical differ
crcc-did not realize that while Grants
work was al the command of patriotism
and necessity. there WAS no necessity
whatever for Eoebuck's getting rich but
the command OF his own greedy and cruel
%appctitcs.
Don't m!sundcrstand me. My morals are
practical. not theoretical. Men must die.
old customs embodied in law must be
broken. tn" vcn3l must be bribcd and the
weak cowcd and compelled, in order that
civilization may advance. You can't cs-
tablish a railway or a great industrial,
!, system by rosc-water morality. But i
, shall show, before l finish. that Rocbuck
=, and his gang of so called "organizers of
industry" bear about tho same relation to
industry that the boil weevll bears TO the
cotton crop.
/ I'll withdraw this. IL one car
!. show. mo ,hat az the result a,
!, ,bc ,ctiy.,,;ay ,hose n,ros,.es
,ryhodv ,,r.hor. &c us;ry ar ia .h,e IA
use a single pound or bushel OF yard more
of any commodity whatsoever. I'll with
draw II. II I can not show that but for
those parasites. bearing precisely the same
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r as i +hnmsht Ny paah,oS VII, 7 .a.
man. nv already nrofound rcsnect for M,
master mind. And when. lust after Wal
. sets Went out. ne leaned back in his chat
:, wv n". s''eht WIN c.oseu yes ana nov
Mat" ne ,,nv aaI - nu,a1 10 ~,
n presence OF this great and good man "A
prayer.
N Hcw he and that Col of his must hav'
nus..ea "a = me; 90 infatuated was ! una
,r NV 90 ~ y NAV. ne u never nave let m
I. - presvn. a. such a scene without
st so,, L." n,os.ve' no. uhtli ne MN
s smn ons ai.e'wafc mace II Impossible TO
~ 70 uecslNe 'nssci, d'd J. penetrate to hi
Ieat p"fPose-tha ne wished TO till IN
with . prudent dread and fear Of him
~ with n sense of the absolutcness of hi
,r poMSl ana Oh me hopeiessness or trying
In sonn'ai u. But at the time | thought
/? .n W. 7 eaa' my vanity had made me-a
tnn present becrusc he genuinely liked. ad
no "i,rea ana trusted me-
ISL not amazing that one who could IA
&C into such colossal hlundcrs should su,