Mower County transcript., 1908-08-26

,s'nce,' s IS called i.
ll6aybe, Isab !. 1vallace
Chambers, '.this thing will do him
good-it win certainly do me good.
When no gets back and there may BE
enough Of the Chambers In him to
get him back IN some manner, shape
or form may, II ne ava1ls himself
of his opportunities be = moderate
Judge Of human nature and the gen
eral run Of things. OF course, we
don't count. Ny pleasure in the mat
ter IS not to be considered. You and
Il lovey, will continue to take our
weekend jaunts into the country and
to get back more tired, more worn
out than when we started. !" 8
Wallace Chambers was among the
frst Of the great merchants Of the
United States to see the possibilities
of war with Spain. He beheld a
| vast field in the far east opening, and
he saw the advantages Of being first
( In that field he, like the stalwarts
who built up an American navy before
t q slow-thinking congress could de-
termine the why's and wherefores. saw
years ahead For three years before
the arms OF the Don and Of the Yam.
kee clashed he had Jerry studying
Spanish.
"Of course, you are going to see
Marsylla tonight" said Mrs. Cham
bers, after Jerry had said something
about calling on somebody else.
Mot tonight, I guess, mother" he
answered. "I'll see her in time"
His father frowned at this; he de-
tected no desire at all on the young
mans part to visit the girl whom he
had chosen for his wife.
1T strikes me, said he, that you are
a Sit unreasonable in this. You must
be aware of the fact that you are dis
pleasing me.
Jerry, realizing that in thfs instance
at least wisdom was the better part
of valor, fastened to say that he would
60 to see Marsylla Bayless first of all.
Perhaps, Jerry" said Mrs. Cham
bars, after her husband had left their
presence, you do not care for Mar
sylla as you might If she were any.
body else, but you know that your "a
theirs likes her, and it is just as well
to humor him for a time. It can do
no real HARM"
"You are right, mother" said he.
''Marsylla and always shall be the
best Of friends, but-but she is not
the one for me and know am not
the one for her. Father seems more
determined than ever that I must
come to his way of thinking. This
is the only case in which have ever
found him to be unreasonable
"But you will go to see her-to-
nieht?"
Right away" and fifteen minutes
later the seventh person was almost
pushing himself towards magnificent
house on the avenue beyond.
Wallace Chambers and Bernard Bay.
less were princes in the world Of ex-
panding commerce, and their interests
often conhicted because Of their sim
ilarity. Both were reaching out to
the new fields, and Chambers knew
that so long as Bayless' strength and
position were SO strong his great de-
sires Of conquest could not be gratifled
He deemed himself the wiser, more
regourceful business man, and he fig.
t1red that linking Of the two fami-
lies by the marriage tie would afford
him the opportunity that might enable
him eventually to WELD the scepter
of mastery. - a....s -
Away back in the grammar-school
days Marsylla Bayless, now viva;
cious social butterfly, plighted her
troth to Gerard Chambers. In the
years that followed the ways parted,
but each was actually forced to affect
a relationship that was more than that
of mere friendship. Marsylla yearned
for title of higher sounding than
Mrs Still, she felt that she could
trifle with Jerry's affections, which
she imagined were Of the soundest
sort. It is barely possible that Jerry
had been hypocritical in his attentions
towards her at times.
MarsyNa's greeting was coated with
the sugar of make-believe. She tried
to impress upon Jerry that she was
too happy for adequate expression. She
acted like the creature who had a
heart in a hand and q soul wrapped
around It.
Through school at last, and now
for the cruel, cruel world" said she,
as they sat on davenport in the mel
low light Of a shaded table lamp. You
must now feel indeed that you have
entered into mans estate. What are
your plans ?"
Jerry had determined to humor his
father as much as he consistently
could, but he also was equally deter
mined to let her know that he was not
dangling at the end Of her string.
II think I'll be going away for q