The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-09-14
CHAPTER liI.-Continued.

minute l was almost silent. III was
something in her tone and manner
that silenced me. suddenly realized
that | wasn't making as good IN i'm
preston as | had been nattering my
self.
When 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
rule. Women had liked me when |
bad nothing; women had liked me
when they didn't know who | was.
felt that this woman did not like
me. And yet, by the way she looked
at me in spite of her efforts not to do
SO, | could tell that | had some sort
Of unusual interest for her. Why
didn't she like me? She made me feel
che reason. | didn't belong to her
world My ways and my looks offend,
ed her. She dsliked me good deal:
she feared me little. She would
have felt safer ii she had been graft
lying her curiosity, gazing in at me
Through the bars of a cage.
Snm-not without hesitation, as /
-ecaSed 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, / turned on her
suddenly, and blurted out: you don't
ike me-"
She Redeemed a little, smiled slight.
ly. 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 well as of me,
she locked herself In behind 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 friendly. My lowering
face had alarmed him.
THAT party is off," said 7, CURLY
And | lifted my hat and strobe away
As | had formed the habit of dis.
missing the disagreeable, I soon put
her out of my mind. But she took
with her my joy in the taste of things
! couldn't get back my former keen
satisfaction in all | had done and
was doing. The luxury, the tangible
evidences of my achievement. no long
er gave me pleasure; they seemed to
add to my irritation.
/ worked myself up, or rather, down
TO such mood that when my Office
boy told me Mr. Langdon would like
: me to come to his Office as soon as
II was convenient, | snapped out
1.-The hell he does! Tell Mr.. Langdon
I'll be glad To see him here whenever
he calls" That was stupidity. a pre-
mature assertion OF my right to be
treated as an equal. had always
gone to Langdon, and to any other
. of the rulers of finance, whenever |
had got summons. For. while
was rich and powerful | held both
wealth and power In a sense, on suf
ferance; knew that. so long as
had no absolute control of any great
department of industry these rulers
could destroy me should they decide
that they needed my holdings or were
not satisfied with my use of my
power. | was surprised when Lang
don appeared in my office a few min,
utes later.
He was tallish, slim man, care,
fully dressed, with bored, weary
look and a slow, bored way of talk,
ing ! had always said that If | had
not been myself should have wished
10 be Langdon.
His expression, as he came into my
Office, was one of cynical amusement
as If he We're saying 10 himself: "Our
friend Blackjack has caught the swoll
en- head at last Not a suggestion
of i'll humor, of resentment at my i'm
pertinenCe-for, in the circumstances
! had been guilty of an lmpertinence
Just languid, amused patience with
the frailty of a friend. Il see" said
he, that you have got Textile up to
So"
He was the head of the Textile
trust, which had been built by his
brotherin.aw and hau fallen to him
in the confusion following his broth
erin,law's death. As he was just then
needing some money for his share in
the National Coal undertaking. he had
directed me TO push Textile up toward
par and unload him of two or three
hundred thousand shares--he, OF
course, to repurchase the shares after
he had taken profits and Textile had
dropped back to its normal 80.
"Tll have It up to 9S by the middle
of next month" said l. And there
/ think we'd better stop"
"Stop at about &c." said he THAT
win give me all find I'll need for
this Coal business, | don't want to be
bothered with hunting up an invest
ment."
| shook my head. 81 must put 1t VI
to within a point or two of par" de
Clared, In my public letter I've been
saying It would go above 95, and
never deceive my public"