Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-11-08

"a gl,n. "onc would think you didn't
Shove off millions of dollars Of s9s-
plclous stuff ON the public through
those Damn clever letters of yours
"rhore's whore you did stop 10 ihilk'
Sam." said 1. When l say a Sio'k,s
talking about it, it may go on rising
or II may fnll. Rut | never advise any
body 10 bly except when / have every
reason 70 helievc IT'S a good thing. II
they hold on too long. that's their own
lookout"
You use words 100 carelcssly," l
said. "Whs l say buy. l don't moan
invest. When | mean invest, | Say M
vest" There l laughed. IT'S a word !
And that's what you call honesty"
icrrcd he.
'srhat's what 1 call honesty" retort-
cl. and that is honesty And thought
SO then.
"Wol-every man has a right to his
own notion of what's honest he SAID.
'Rut no mans got n right to complain
if II fellow with a different notion cFit-
icisos him"
you criticise me-
| no, no. no. indecd,' he answered;
nervous. and taking seriously What
, had intended as a joke.
t After "A While 1 dragged in the sub
iCCt. zone tnlnB L clu anu WI Wv "
t get myself in line for that club" ! said,
like n seal on promenade. I'm SICK or
$ the crowd that | travel with-the men
= and the women. l feel it's about Tune
G I settled down. I've got a fortune ana
o establishment that needs a woman 10
+ set IT off. l can make some woman
: happy. You don't happen to know any
nice girls-the right sort, l mean?
Il Not many said Sam. You'd bet
ter go back to the country where YOU
o came from and get her there. Shca
9 be cternally grateful. and her head
IS wouldn't be full Of mercenary non
Il sense" .,.,,
Excuse mel" exclaimed I. It'd
turn her head. She'd go clean crazy:
She'd plunge in up to her neckIana
g, not being used to these waters. shed
& make a show of herself, and probably
l. drown, dragging me down with her. II
- possible"
I'd Sam laughed. keep out OF marriage,
u. Matt" he advised. not so obtuse 10 my
~ real point as he wanted to he!leVe.
ne Il know the kind of a girl you've got
l. in mind. She'd marry you Tor your
W money. and she'd never appreciate YOU
er She'd see In you only the lack of things
III she's been laugh to lay stress oh.
D. For Instance"
In II couldn't tell you any more than
TO could enable you to recognize Il per-
~, son you'd never seen by descr'o'hs
him"
Am I \ IL SeIl'F III i lN''
He aughed, as If the idea .ickle6
ng him. "Of course" he said. o course.
or "Ain't / got as proper n country place
IN as there is n going? Amt my apart
he ment In the Willoughby n peach? Don
ed give as elegant dinners as you eve
al. sat down to? Don't l dress right III
,ot TO the P%iccadily latest? Don't l &C
We all right-know enough to keep my fee
off the table and knife out of m!
a MOUTH" All + u enough: and s.
nv ~, 49,. <tnt 4 Goln'f "a cIcniCiOl
a what n flat contradiction of my preten
at sions and beliefs about myself the Yer.
Ice words and phrases were.
10 YOU'RE right in it. Matt" said San
IL "But-well-you haven't Travelled VII
:. our crowd. and they're shy of strangers
He especially as-as energetic n sort q
stranger as you are. You're too sudde
as Matt-too dazzling-too-'
me Too shiny and new.a said !. nes' =
llle looked after. What l want Is you I
or take me round a bit"
lu- II can't ask you to peoples houses.
Is protested he knowing I'd not realiz
IN what a flimsy pretense that was.
While we were talking l had bee
ash neutrality-suspicious. out the propositio
OPP! along ines he had indicated to n
ma without knowing 1t. "Look here. sam
ant 1 said. You imagine I'm trying
re- butt in with n lot of people that don
|ses know me and don't want to kno
nall me. But that amt my point of vie'
his Those people can be useful to me.
his need 'em. What do I care wheth
ook they want to be useful to me or no
ere TIL machine'd nave run down al
rusted out long g II you and yo
friends idea of a gentleman had be-
taken seriously by anybody who hi
anything to do and knew how to do
-. In this world you've got.to make peor
anu do what's for our good and their ow
= =. Your idea of a gentleman was put ft
III ward by lazy fakirs who were livi
,un, OF Of what their ungentlemanly a
.uru ~cestors had annexed. n who did
al.e want to be disturbed. So they fix
the game by passing these rules y
!" and your kind are fools enough to abb
W. by-that is. you are fools. unless v
Iii haven't got brains enough to get on
. n n free-and-fair-for-all."
'a.e Sam laughed. There's a lot
my truth in what you say" he admitted.
n.a "However. 1 ended" my plans do
call for hurry just there. When I
,... ready to so round. I'll let you knoN
,stic. w
8 on
BLACKLOCK GOES INTO TRAINIl
MT This brings me to the ugliest ST.
8 at my enemies have concocted agai
me. No one appreciates more thoroui
lures ly than / that, to rise high. Il II
t on. must have his own efforts seconded