Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-05-24

said he.
All right" said l. And from that
minute was almost silent. 1t was
something in her tone and manner
that silenced me. / suddenly realized
that | wasn't making as good m i'm
preston as | had been flattering my
self.
When a man has money and Is will
ing to spend 1t, he can readily fool |
himself into imagining he gets on
grandly with women. But | had bet |
ter grounds than that for thinking |
myself not unattractive to them, as a |
ruleJ Women had liked me when |
bsE nothing; women had liked me
Yhen they didn't know who | was
= felt that this woman did not like
Ime. And yet, by the way she looked
at me in spite of her efforts not to do
SO, l could tell that | had some sort
Of unusual interest for her. Why
didn't she like me? She made me feel
the reason. ! didn't belong to her
world. My ways and my looks offend
ed her. She disliked me a good deal:
she feared me little. She would
lying her curiosity, gazing in at me
through the bars of cage.
Sam-not without hesitation, as /
reca@ed afterward-left me with her,
when ] sent him to bring her brough-
am up to the Broadway entrance. AS
she and ] were standing there alone,
Eaiting in silence, l turned on her
suddenly, and blurted out: "You don't
like me-"
She redeemed little, smiled slight
~. What quaint remark" said
she.
| looked straight at her. But you
shall"
Our eyes met Her chin came out
a little, her eyebrows lifted. Then.
in scorn of herself as we'll as of me.
she locked herself in behind a frozen
haughtiness that ignored me. "Ah.
here is the carriage" she said. ] fol
lowed her to the curb; she just
touched my hand just nodded her
fascinating little head.
See you Saturday, old man." called
her brother friendlily. My lowering
face had alarmed him.
THAT party is Off" said T. CURLY
And | lifted my hat and strobe away
AS | had formed the habit of dis
missing the disagreeable, soon put
her out of my mind. But she tool
with her my joy in the taste of things
/ couldn't get back my former keer
satisfaction in all l had done anc
was doing. The luxury the tangible
evidences of my achievement. no long
er gave me pleasure; they seemed t.
add to my irritation.
| worked myself up. or rather down
to such a mood that when my Office
boy told me Mr.. Langdon would Tx,
me to come to his office as soon a
it was convenient, | snapped out
1.-THE hell he does! Tell Mr.. Langdol
I'll be glad to see him here wheneve
he calls" That was stupidity. a pre-
mature assertion of my right to b
treated as an equal. / had Away
gone to Langdon and to any othe
of the rulers of finance, whenever
had got a summons. For, while
was rich and powerful. | held bot
wealth and power, in sense, on SUI
ferance; | knew that. SO long as
had NO absolute control Of any grea
department of industry. these ruler
could destroy me should they decid
that they needed my holdings or wer
not satisfied with my use of m
power was surprised when Lani
don appeared in my Office few mil
utes later.
He was a tallish. slim man, car.
fully dressed, with a bored, wear
look and slow. bored way of tall
ing. | had always. said that II ha
not been myself should have wishe
70 be Langd0n.
His expression, as he came into m
Office, was one of cynical amusemen
as If he were saying to himself: Or
friend Blackjack has caught the swol
en- head at last" Not a suggestio
of i'll humor. of resentment at my In
pertinence-for, in the circumstance
| had been guilty of an impertinenc
Just languid. amused patience vii
the fraIIty of a friend. II see.' sal
he. that you have got Textile up
3d."
He was the head of the Text
trust. which had been built by h
brother-in-law and had fallen to hi
in the confusion following his brot
er-inlaw.s death AS he was just tbs
needing some money for his share
the National Coal undertaking. he b
directed me to push Textile up towal
par and unload him of two or thr'
hundred thousand shares-he.
course. TO repurehase the shares aft
he had taken profits and Textile b
dropped back to its normal so.
sTll have II up to So by the midd
of next month said l. And the
think we'd better stop"
"stop at about 50" said he "Th
viii give me all I find Ill need I
this Coal business. | don't want to
bothered with hunting up an invei
ment'
I shook my head. Il must put II
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