The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-10-10
XXXlI.
EYE oFFENDs ME-"

M nu little. going down a little,
.o, At practically the same figures
mhich they had opened. Then
NV sensation-that Langdon
Me narticular clique, though they
.,rolled the Textile Trust, did not
On much as one-fiftieth of its vot-
s,ock True captains of indus
y that they we're, they made their
LIFTS not out of dividends, but out of
4. schemes that absorbed about
I.0,birds of the earnings of the
r,,st and out of gambling in It's
,,ds and stocks. said in conclu-
don,
arbe largest owner of the stock is
. matter G. Edmunds, of Chicago-an
Enest man. Send your voting proxies
him. and he can take the Textile
nmnany away from those now plum
shng 1t
As the annual election of the Trust
4, only six weeks away, Langdon
nd his clique were in panic. They
tshed into the market and bought
Etandcaly, the public bidding against
een. Langdon himself went to Chi
ngo to reason with Edmunds-that
to try to find out at what figure
h could be bought. And so on, day
,ter day, faithfully reporting to
be public the main occurrences be-
lind the scenes. The Langdon at
Tempt to regain control by purchases
h stock failed. He and his allies
made what must have been to them
sbaling sacrifices; but even at the
tigh prices they offered, comparative
little of the stock appeared.
I've caught them" said | to Joe
he first time, and the last, during
bat campaign tina: INDUCED in
boast
II Edmunds sticks to you," re-
,ied cautious Joe.
But Edmunds did not. | do not
flcw at what price he sold him
st Probably it was pitifully small;
slpldity usually snatches the instant
bait tickles its nose But | do know
bat my faith in human nature got its
everest shock.
Fortunately, Edmunds had held out,
D. rather, Langdon had delayed APP
preaching him, long enough for me to
Jain my main point. The uproar over
DE Textile Trust had become so great
hat the national department of com
rerce dared not refuse an investiga-
lOni and straightway began to
lread out in my daily letters the
acts OF the trusts enormous earnings
fld OF the shameful sources OF those
Earnings.
IN the midst of the adulation. of
ne blares upon the trumpets of fame
Flat saluted my waking and were
Falted TO me as fell asleep at night
in the midst of all the turmoil. | was
P'len in a great and brooding silence,
|0nglng for her, now with the i'm
eFious energy of passion, and now
Tllh the sad ache of love. What was
fhe doing? What was she thinking?
&NOW that Langdon had again played
eE false for the old price, with what
yes was she looking into the future?
AVA, settled in West Side apart
vent not far from the ancestral white
ephant, telephoned, asking me to
Vme / went, because she could and
'Oud give me news of Anita. But as
entered her little drawing-room, |
ad' 1T was curiosity that brought
4e | wished to see how you were In
ttaled."
isn't it nice and small?' cried she.
oaly and haven't the slightest diff
uy IN finding each other--as people
oIten have in the big houses. And
was Billy this and Billy that, and
'aat Billy said and thought and felt
wv before they We're married, she had
sued him William, and had declared
omy to be the most offensive com
yuduon Of letters that ever fell from
lnan lips
! needn't ask If you are happy
Na presently with a dismal failure
'ooHlng cheerful. 81 cant stay but
moment / added and If ! had
Veyed my feelings, I'd have risen up
W. taken myself and my pain away
Om surroundings as hateful to me
summer sunrise in a death-cham
oh! she exclaimed, in some con
1'oh Then excuse me-" And she
fastened from the room.
thought she had gone to order OF
s'aaps to bring, the tea. The Ions
-'nutes dragged away until ten haC
'9'Sed Hearing a rustling in the hall
'oSe' Intending to take leave the In
sn' She appeared. The rustlinl
"pped Just outside. waited a few
''onds, cried; We'll. I'm of. Mex
4le want to be alone, I'll know
,lere to come" and advanced to the
Or 1t was not Ava hesitatint
4e,e' 1t was Anita.
Deg your pardon" said |, coldly.
" mere had been room TO pass
aO~l have gone. What devil pos
= ,'Sed me? Certainly in all our rela
Oas had found her direct and frank
anything, too frank. Doubtless
~ the influence # my association
Il ""n town, where for so many month
usa been dealing with the short
n W. crowd OF high finance, VIII
Ou'u hardly play the game straish