Mexico Missouri message., 1906-11-22
CHAPTER XVI.

THE GOD IN THE MACHINE.
Uncle Peter next morning was up to
late breakfast with the stricken fam
lily. Percival found him a trifle less
bitter, but not less convinced in his
despair. The young. man himself had
recovered his spirits wonderfully. The
utter collapse of the old man, always
so reliant before, had served to fire all
his latent energy. He was now voluble
with plans for the future; not only
determined to reassure Uncle Peter
that the family would be provided for,
but not little anxious to justify the
old mans earlier praise, and refute his
calumnies of the night before.
Mrs. Bines, so complacent overnight,
was the most disconsolate one OF the
group. With her low tastes she was
now regarding the loss Of the fortune
as a calamity to the worthy infants Of
her own chosen field.
And there, had promised to give
$4,000 to the new nome for crippled
children, and $4,000 to St johns Guild
for the floating hospitals this sum
mer-just yesterday-and l do declare,
| Just couldn stay in New York wl,h-
out money, and see those poor babies
suffer-"
.g"You couldn't stay in New York
without money, Mrs. Good-thing," said
her son-"not even II you couldn't see
a thing; but don't you welsh on any Of
your plays-well make that ten thou
s-cd good If l have to get a sandbag,
and lay out a few of these lads around
here some dark night"
But anyway you can't do much to
relieve them. don't know but what
it's honester to be poor while the au-
thorities allow such goings on"
You have the maklngs OF a very
dangerous anarchist in you, ma. I've
seen that for some time. But we're an
honest family all right now, with the
exception Of a few properties that I'll
have to sit up with nights-sit right by
their sick beds and wake them up to
take their meuGy every half hour"
Now, my son, don't you get to going
without your sleep, began his mother.
And wasn't it lucky about my send
ing that note to George" said Psyche.
Here in this mornings paper we find
he isn't going to be Lord Casselthorpe,
after all. What could have done II
we hadn't lost the money!" From
which it might be inferred that certain
people who had declared Miss Blnes
to be very hard-headed were not so far
wrong as the notorious casual OBJ
server" is very apt to be.
Never you mind, SIS" said her
brother, cheerfully, well be all right
yet. You wait a little, and hear Uncle
Peter take back what he's said about
me, Uncle Peter, I'll have you tshiEN
on that hat of yours every time you
get sight OF me, in about year"
| He went again over the plans. The
income from the One Girl was to be
used in developing the other proper
ties; the stock ranch up on the Bitter
Root, the other mines that had been
worked but little and with crude aD-
planes; the irrigation aud land Inn
proyement enterprises, aud the big tina.
Der tracts.
Il got something Of an idea of Il
whom Uncle Peter took me around sum
mer before last. and learned lot
more getting the stun together with
Coplen. Now, I'm ready to buckle
down to IT," He looked at Uncle Peter
hungry for a word OF encouragement
to soothe the hurts the old man had
put upon him.
But ell Uncle Peter would say was.
lrThat sounds very WE'LL" comDslliEa
tao tEftrsnce that be feEarded SCUM