Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-09-10
CHAPTER xiv. .
Love and Discipline.

CHAPTER XIV. az
Love and Discipline.
L1eanwhile Clement Mawgan was
being slowly nodded by the discipline
of labor and the equally trying disci-
pine Of obedience. How irksome it
all was no one knew but himself. He
mad been used to having his own way
IN everything; he did just what he
liked within the limits Of his means,
selected his own time for. the doing of
anything he might consider expedient
or necessary, took as long over any
small task as he chose, and flung inn
patiently to others anything he did not
like.
Now everything was reversed. He
could no longer go and come as he
1 pleased. He had to toe the line daily
and put into every working day his
full tale Of hours. Richard Jackson
was disciplinarian: also he prided
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on his answering sense of justice. II
was nothing to him that Clement be-
longed to one of the Oldest families in
the country, or that he had been
trained at one Of our most famous uni.
| versities In a business arrangement
there was no room for sentiment Of
any kind. He had hired the young
man to do certain specified work, for
which he was prepared to pay him
liberal wage, The agreement was
that ne was to put in SO many hours
day Saturday afternoon and the
whole Of Sunday he was to have to
himself. If the arrangement did not
suit him he was free to go at months
notice. There were a hundred men as
well qualified as he ready to take his
post and who would consider them
selves Immensely fortunate If they
could get it.
Clement had no complaint to make.
II the confinement and the long hours
irked him. that was largely the re-.
suit OF his training He was no worse
OFF than the vast majority of men: in
deed, he was infinitely better off. That
Mr.. Jackson was not sentimentalist
could not be turned into grievance,
Mr., Jackson had been trained in
hard school. He had started life In
Lancashire cotton mill, had risen to be
oYer!ooker. then to be manager. Later
ne started manufacturing on his own
account, and prospered. He had been
diligent, painstaking. economical. Dur.
Ing a period Of good trade he had
made a huge fortune. Now he was
member Of parliament and the owner
Of mansion In Kensington.
That he was not an educated man
was not his fault, He could not do
everything. Nevertheless, during his
spare time he had read widely and
was genuine lover OF books. His de.
sire to be looked upon, as man of
culture was perhaps a weakness, albeit
an excusable weakness. Had he been
Inherently circumstanced In his
youth he might have become man
Iof letters
His business habits and training he
carried into everything. He ran his do
nestle establishment much on the
same lines as he ran his mill. There
was no lack neither was there any
waste: He believed In getting his
| moneys worth for everything. and he,
usually got 1t. Nj
AT the end Of q month he praised
| Clement for his care and diligence:
| and suggested that he hould take an
extra day on. This was reward In:
/ deed, and Clement began "a feel more
comforts ble.f He spent his BRIEF holi-
day as he spent most or his spare
1 time IN trying 10 discover SOME trace
/ Of Marion West He never allowed
himself to forget for q single day that
/ his main object II, coming to London
was TO And the woman he loved. All
| else was subordinate to that. He was
eager to get on. eager to earn money,
4 but mainly that he might win the
Sgreater prize; he had not yet attained
sto that exalted plane when work for.
i Its own sake Is q suficient reward.
Il Had any one taken the trouble to:
watch his smoyements he or she might
4 have wondered what aim or OBJECT he
i had 70 life: He loitered slowly. and
i apparently without aim. through the
most crowded streets. The shop win.
dows did not appear to interest him.
1: OF people he DIX not Gee,
Il the ca riages and motor cars never
Iclaimed his Intention for momeut.
VA i salers look
q bis eyes and q flash Of interest swept