Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-27

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least he hin;ed as III ,r,. lie seemed
to speak as If his family had had some
connection with u.s.
did he say that?' Mrs. Trafford
asked, with CLEAN of her old readi-
ness for conflict.
mot exactly" Paula explained.
'He only wouldn't talk of it when l
said l seemed to know his name. Who
is hep"
"Old Rodger Winship," George
lazy tone. was one of the men who,
twenty years ago, had the folly, the
hardihood and the. ill-luck to oppose
your father"
"And what them"
Then" Trafford hed-"then
he was ruined"
"Oh!"
"That is" Mrs. Trafford added, in
explanation she would have been
ruined if he had lived. AS it was"
Ellis son was ruined" Paula finish
ed seeing her mother hesitate.
mo, his widow, poor thing" Mrs.
Trafford corrected, pityingly.
"was she ruined by-by us?" Pau
la continued, little TREMENDOUSLY.
''No, by herself" George Trafford
replied, promptly.
He pulled himself up in his chair
and spoke with emphasis. You could
see that 1t was one of the subjects
that kindled him into interest by the
way in which his eyes awoke from
their blue benignity to dart out q
ray like steel 1t was then that you
realized in him the presence of the
new type-the essentially modern and
chiefly American type-the son of the
hugely wealthy, self-made man; the
son to whom has passed the blood OF
a peasant with the power Of a prince
and a command OF means far in ex
cess of anything he knows how to use
AS Trafford dragged his heavy figure
into an upright posture in his chair
his large jaw set, his head thrown
back and his keen eyes flashing, there
was the implication that he could ..t
what Paul Trafford himself had done
if there were need to begin the worl
again. But his was another duty
the duty Of the second generation K
3 Keep WudC udu UCOli WIN. ~ !" Sto
task consistent with large-handed
easy mode of life, with leisure for
certain sort of simple cultivation, will
praiseworthy, philanthropic undertake
ing, and with interest in everythins
that made for the general public good
The least competent Judge of charac
ter could read in George Trafford'
rather ponderous, clean-shaven fac
the presence of the loyal, honest Cit
zen who would have straightforward
sensible views on every subject, from
ward politics to the nude in art.
was not an aristrocratic face; its fec
lures, excellent in themselves, wer
so placed together as to be withou
} distinction; a mustache would hav
softened the hard lines of the mout
and a beard would have yelled the to
} aggressive chin; but In the genera
expression there was at least franz
! ness, open-1nindedness, and a sense G
power coupled with a look of kim
ness. Undoubtedly that look of kinf
. ness came from his eyes. They wer
| blue eyes with black lashes, like hi
cousin Paula's, only smaller an
more deeply set. Where hers range
aDOuC Will oolI VI oSe1h SAih5, pi1
zled wonder, his twinkled goof
} ,naturedly. until some sudden topic {
. politics, business. or American pa
riotism made them blaze. A goo
man, was the universal opinion
J New York regarding George Ira
ford safe man, man to be foun
in the forefront of any movement
! help on the common veal: but
i man who, in all matters of none,
was of Paul Trafford's own stock an
: blood.
: "She ruined herself" he repeate
with greater energy "She, too, We
t possessed of the insane conviction tn;
. she could fight your father and be;
him. She wasn't the only woman WI
ever tried it, but no other kept at
: SO doggedly and desperately tn,
9 there was no choice at last but
club her down"
"Of course" Mrs. Trafford interpo
ed, "she worked for sympathy on tt
;, fact that she was woman; and 81
got it-theres no denying that. 1t W;
one of the injustices that was dol
: your father and which he is alwa!
so ready to forgive"
81 didn't know Paula said, wi
a more decided tremor in the voic
q chat papa fought with-women."
= There are no women in business
- Mrs. George Trafford observed, in b
= clear, cold way, there are only col
4 petitors."
IS your father never fights with al
.. one" George Trafford cried forcibl
sit is others who fight with hi
d Tney won't let him alone. His ST.
i, cess is what they can't pardon, q,
the less so when they compare it wd
!" their own failure. There's never be
d a man who has tried harder than 70
e, father to do good to others, and the
has never been one who has h
- more harm done to him."