The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24
Richmond, Va, March "a, 1907.

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81 you care to listen III tell you;
wi yill IN make It as short short as can. shall
q. Conover nodded assent as a man in
dream
My father;; bsganSAsn,ice. speaking ,l.i 1.1
tened to n quiet mountaineering faith
Ger was Foster Lanier. You never knew
rim. You never knew many OF the
chief stakeholder In the Oakland Rod
Tcy Railroad He was not business
man. The stock was left him by his
1t was enough. You owned the G. G.
& x. Little by little you bought UP
tho other Mountain State roads. At Last
you came to the Oakland-tOdney. do
you remember?''
IA remember my lawyer told me there
wax some stiff-neckcd old fossil who
8 owned the majority stock and wouldn't
$50 you crushed him." went on Anice,
nnmovcd. "as you have crushed others
You cut OF the roads connecting points
your own and your allied lines. After
isolating it you lowered your own
freight rates and mileage until all
gone. 'rhr road collapsed and you
Z bought 1t in. My father was a pnuper.
Other men have been driven to the
nain name You s d ia NOT take the H'i trouble
Sosissss - layer o, hesy Who s9ls rad al
bought oaklasnd-Rodney stock at his
had and bought their worthless stock
above his n head in deS as nv mot aaa
trip TO the Mediterranean might save
her life. We had not a dollar SO
; she died; Ny father--he was out OF
z cinl worry--my father shot himself It
was hushe1 up by our friends. and he
was reported accidentally killed while
less Victories you .nnnncicrs' are so
& proud of. He and my mother were but
two Of the nnmberless victims each OF
those victories entails g
Tie sat looking In front OF him into
7 the pulstng heart Of the lrr: He had
scarce heard her. His mind was oc-
last intimate bond with humanity.
,..y was left TO make my own way"
OF one hundred applicants you accepted
& me. II was not mere coincidence.
believe II was something more. Some
that ! might some day pay the debt
owed my father, who was not strong
enc, enough 81, to bear y>ur victory, and
wrested from us might have saved
This Is not mclodramutic. OF course.
But think most things in real life
are aon ! came came here her " worked for you.
your trust. Perha ps you think II was
pleasant task had set myself? l
ann nqt tying to Justly
eaten your bread and lived on your
money. { have. And I have received
your confidence. But have I ever eaten
q mOuthfu1 or received one penny that
did not earn three times over? You
yourself have said again and again
That That Nv was !, toayop ten times
me to let you raise my salary. to ac-
cepta presents from you. Have ever
consented? II there is "a money ball
your side. 7 owe you nothing. for
what condolences you have lnv1shed on
me. Have ever asked for them or
not.all such condolences come unsought.
spoken TO youswith more than ordinary
voluntarily shaken your handy The
udas parallel does not hold good.t Mr. Mr.
She waited 5again for a reply; But
his heavy gaze from the fire to her
II pale drawn face. 10. .5ssl .sa
have Mai tessa my s chance Sac Could moi
take your life to atone for the two
gentle lives you crushed out; No1
fu 9uiq l Of the dept. So have walt.
cd until your life-happincss. You,
4 whole future. should be bound up II
some one great aspiration. Until yor
should stake all on one card. WheI
such time should come ! resolved
ID would make you taste the bitter shame
and despair you have made Others
gronn3 under. Oh, it was long. weary
waiting, but think the end is com
& ing. It has come,
* ~ on talk fine, Miss I.anier." obsery
s7 ed Caleb all master Of himself once
more, "but talking never quoted a
par except in poker Ha,r,v game me and nd !,
ing novels, and you've framed up
dandy line of8story- boo k rec -vcnge. e
as good as any stage viliainess coul
have thought Of. But, 9honest, II cloal
surprises me how III woman with al
your brains could have took such I;
fool plan seriously. 1t's.a grand stun
II to grab the centre OF the stage an
drive the wicked ,oppressor out int
the snow Only 1T don't happen t
be showing tonight. Neither real!
nor ng-ratlvely. No; no, Miss Lanie1
your hands n four flush. and hold
whole bunch of aces. Go ahead wit
your little fireworks, II that's YOU
tainly not me. The only regret w