The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-05

she has. ana have told her So and ]
hope to God that that hard-headed
horse-sense Of yours will not make you
sit down on IT,"
Bob Brownley had got TO his feet;
he was slipping the shackles OF that
fiery, romantic. southern passion that
years in college and Wall street had
taught him to keep prisoner. His eyes
were flashing sparks. His nostrils
vibrated like a deer bucks in the au.
tumn woods. lie faced me with his
hands clnched.
Jim Randolph" he went on, "as
listened to that girls story OF the ter
rible cruelty and devlish treachery
practiced by the human hyenas you
and / associate with, human hyenas
who, when in search Of dirty dollars
the only thing they know anything
! about-put to shame the real beasts
of tho wllds-whon | listened, | tell
you that | felt II would not give me q
! twinge Of conscience to put a ball
| through that silica scoundrel Reinhart.
! Yes. and that hired cur of his, too,
who prostitutes a good family name
and position, and an inherited ability
! the Almighty intended for more hon
est uses than the trapping of victims
on whose purses his gutter-born mas
ter has set lecherous eyes. And Jim
as | listened, a troop OF old friends
| invaded my memory-friends whom !
have not seen since before | went e
Harvard, friends with whom | spen
many happy hour in my old Virginia
home, friends born OF my imagination,
stalwart, rugged crusaders. who car
ried the sword and the cross and the
banner inscribed For Honor and foi
God Old friends who would trooL
into my boyhood and trumpet, Bob,
don't forget, when you're man, that
the goal is honor and the code: DO
unto your neighbor as you would have
your neighbor do unto you Don't for
get that millions is the crest of the
groundlngs.' And, Jim. thought my
friends looked at me with reproachful
eyes, as they said, You are well on the
road, Bob Brownley, and in time your
heart and soul will bear the hallmark
of the snaky S on the two upright
bars. and you will be but a frenzied
fellow in the Dirty Dollar army Jim,
Jim Randolph. as | listened to that
agonizing tale Of the changing of that
girls heaven to hell | dill not see that
halo you and have thought surround
ed the sign OF Randolph 6 Randolph.
did not see It, Jim. but did see my
self, and | didn't feel proud of the
picture. My Cod Jim, is 1t possible
you and | have Joined the nobility of
Dirty Dollars? Is it possible we are
leaving trails along our life's path like
that Renhart left through the home
of these Vlrginians, such trails as this
girl has shown me?"
Bob had worked himself into a state
of frenzy. had never seen him so ex-
cited as when he stood in front of me
and almost shouted this fierce self
denunciation.
For heavens sake, Bob, pull your.
self together" | urged. THE captain
on the bridge there is staring at you
wild-eyed, and Katherine will be up
here to see what has happened. Now,
be a good fellow, and let us talk this
thing over in sensible way. At the
gait you are going we can do nothing
to help out your friends. Besides
what is there for you and me to take
ourselves to task for? We are nc
wreckers and none of our dollars is
stained with Frenzied Finance. My
father. as you know. despised Reinhart
and his sort as much as we do. BE
yourself. What does this girl want
you to do? II II is anything in reason
call 1t done, for you know there is
nothing | won't do for you at the ask
ing"
Bob's hysteria oozed. He dropped
on the rail seat at my side.
Il know II, Jim, know II, and you
must forgive me. The fact is, Beulah
Sands story has aroused a lot OF
thoughts / have been a-stlcking down
cellar late years. for, to tell the truth
have some nasty twinges of con
science every now and then when
get to thinking of this dollar game OF
ours"
saw that the impusive blood was
fast cooling, and that II would only be
a question OF minutes until Bob would
be his clear-headed self.
Now, what is 1t she wants you to
do?" | persisted. rs It a case of
money, of our trying to tide her father
over?"
Nothing Of the kind, Jim. You
don't know the proud Virginia blood.
Neither that girl nor her father would
accept money help from any one They
would go to smash and the grave
first"
He paused and then continued i'm.
pressively:
This is how she puts It, She and
her father have raked together her
different legacies and turned them
into cash. a matter Of 100000. and
she got him to consent to let her
come up here to see II during the next
six months she might not, in few
desperate plunges in the market, run
It up TO enough to at least regain the
trust funds. Yes. l know II is wild
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