Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1907-02-27
CHAPTER XXVI.

THE GOD IN THE MACHINE.
Uncle Peter next morning was up to
a late breakfast with the stricken fam
lily. Percival found him a trifie less
bitter, but not less convinced in his
despair. The young man himself had
recovered his spirits wonderfully The
utter collapse of the old man, always
so reliant before, had served to fire all
his latent energy. He was now voluble
with plans for the future; not only
determined to reassure Uncle Peter
that the family would be provided for,
but not little anxious to justify tie
old mans earlier praise, and refute his
calumnies Of the night before.
Mrs. Bines, so complacent overnight,
was the most disconsolate one OF the
group. With her low tastes she was
now regarding the loss of the fortune
as calamity TO the worthy infants Of
her own chosen field.
And there. | had promised TO give
$4,000 TO the new lone for crippled
children, and $4,000 to ST Johns Guild
for the floating hospitals this sum
mer-just yesterday-and do declare.
| just couldn stay in New York wl,n-
out money, and see those poor babies
suffer"
You couldn't stay in New York
without money, Mrs. Good-thing." said
| her son-'not even if you couldn't see
a thing; but don't you welsh on any Of
your plays-we'n make that ten thou
sand good if have to get a sandbag,
and lay out a few of these lads around
/ here some dark night"
But anyway you can't DO much to
relieve them. l don't know but what
it's honester to be poor while the au-
thorities allow such goings on"
You have the makings OF a very
dangerous anarchist i'm you. ma. I've
seen that for some time. But we're an
honest family all right now, with the
exception OF a few properties that I'll
have TO sit up with uights-sit right bv
their sick beds and wake them I'D 10
take their meuuy every half hour"
Now, my son. don't you get to going
. without your sleep began his mother.
And wasn't e. lucky about my send
ing that note to George" said Psvchs
Here in this mornings paper we find
/ he isn't going 10 be Lord CasseIthOrpe
after all. What could have done II
We hadn't lost the money!" From
which 80 might be Inferred that certain
/ people who had declared Miss Bi7es
TO be very hard headed were not 80 far
wrong as the notorious casual OBJ.
server is very apt to be.
/ Never YOU mind. SIS" said her
/ brother. CheerfulIy. I'VE n be all right
yet You wait little and hear Uncle
Peter take back what he's said about
me. Uncle Peter. III have you taking
off that hat Of yours every time you
get sight Of me, In about a year"
Tie went again over the plans. The
income from the One Girl was 10 be
used IN developing the other proper
ties, the stock ranch up on the Bitter
Root the other mines that had been
worked but little and With crude ap-
planes, the irrigation and land i'm
proyement enterprises, and the big tim
I Der tracts.
II got something OF an idea OF Il
when Uncle Peter took me around SUM
msr before last and / learned a To-
more getting the stun together With
Coplen. Now, I'm ready IN buckle
down 10 f." He looked at Uncle Peter
hungry for a word OF announcement
to soothe the hurts The old man had
put upon him.
But all Uncle Peter would say was.
That sounds very we'll" compelling
ths Inference that he regarded sound