Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-11-06

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what W" should 90 N'I'""' mn lie
kn'"E everything mat Il gentleman
SHOULD.
"Ani Il GOOD ''AI i'"F'' / "arer.
Er"Ni"d Jefferson. IL N.'i:4 %r''m
"t tn hac">tairt t lii@."Ai' queen
Tor n"tAin%. Ih"h 'A'hri'~ IN topic.
IL %''.d Su!l"hIy: i"i".H- a'"Ct haze.
m5Itr, We hai" E't t. r'i'h some
det.nlt" understanding ms tax about
ny marrying her must St"? | intend
t. take III" matter Up WIN father To-
Gay
"Gh. of course. more trouhlC.' re
piled his mother IL 4 RESIGNED tone.
Sh' WAS 50 accu itpmcl Il having her
wishes thWartcd that &ht WAS never
surprised ut anything. We heard of
your going' on i'll Paris. That Miss
/ NosSmorc WAS there, WAS She not:'
! That has got nothing to do with it,"
! replied .jcifcr ~ warmly. He resented
Shirley, name being dragged into the
discussion. Then more calmly ho went
1 on: Now. mother. he rcaSona Die. Lis
/ ten. l pirp 80 to live my own life. l
have already shown my father that !
VIII not u" Dictated Il ami that | can
earn NY own NVlnE. lie has Ia right
l" f"Gcc thlN marriage on me. There
has never been any misunderstanding
on Hates part She and ! understand
each other thoroughly.
ell Jefferson. YOU may be right
from your point or View, replied his
mother weakly. She invariably ended
by agreeing with the last one who ar
tued win hcf. on are "i age, OF
c1ir.'r. / or parents have only
moral ri-.It over you. Only remember
THIS: 1t WORLD be foolish of You to do
anything now to anger your father His
interests are your interests. Don't do
anything to JcopardiZe them. OF course
You can't be forced to marry girl You
don't care for, but your father VIII he
bitterly disappointed. He had set his
heart on this match. He knows all
about your infatuation for MiSS Ross
more, and it has made him furious. !
suppose you've heard about her IA
Their.
Yes. and it's Il daStardly outrage"
blurtcd out jefferson. It's "A conSpir-
acy against one of the most honorable
mcn that ever lived. and mean to fer
ret out and expose the authors. came
here today To- ask father to help me"
You came to ask your father TO help
you:" echoed his mother incredulously
why not" demanded Jefferson is
it true. thea. that he is scliiShness in
carnatr: Wouldn't lie do that much To
help fricndI'
'iOu've come To the wrong house,
jeff. You ought to know that. Your
father Is far from being Judge Ross
more's friend. Surely you have sense
enough to realize that there are two
reasons why he would not raise fiji
ger 10 help him. one is that he has
always been his opponent i'll public
HE. ana the other Is That you want TO
marry his daughter.
les, see now, mother You are
right Ihen he added bitterly: mat
mas Always been the Trouble at nome.
No matter where turn am up
against stone wail-the money inter
ests- one never hears Il giImmer OF
Fellow ieclInS' never Il word OF human
sympathy only cold calculation, heart
less reasoning, money. money, money.
On l am SICK "t IL. don want any
OF IT. am going away where III hear
no more ol H.
Ills nio.her i'iiu her Manu- Seh'i! OH
Don't talk that way, Jefferson. Your
rather Is not Il bad man ut heart. You
Know that Ills life has been devoted
10 money making. and he has made Il
greater fortune than any man living or
dead. lie is only what his life has
made him. lie has good heart, and
he loves You, his only son. But his
business enemies those lie never
forGives.
jefferson was about TO reply when
suddenly dozen electric bells sounded
all over the house.
What's that exclaimed Jefferson.
alarmed and starting toward the door.
oh, that's nothing" smiled his
mother. I'VE have had that put In
since you went away. Your father
must have Just come In. Those bells
announce the fact. 1t was done SO
that II there happened to be any stran-
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