Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-10-16

not 20 have found cut that pinckney'~
aggrcSsivcucss was not backed. bs
downri-ht courage ard that his faith
fulness 90 his studies end his LOYALTY
90 his family were due wholly 10 self
i>h ambitions and not az ali 90 graft
tudc or love Co his hCuofactor As for
Mrs Uurant 10 had not been hard for
PiUckuoy 90 fool her: good lookin-
manly in appearance and with his iu-
grauatiu- msrners. he had completely
ard easily "a the heart of the WON
an. Like ny other busy men. Du-
rant depended Co q great extent upon
MIS- wires opinions or young people.
60 when she declared. Edward 80 alb
roiutely the finest boy I have ever
known He is just the sort OF fellow
that I should love 20 have Frances
marry whom she grows up" Duraut
bad taken the boys character for
granted. AS Tor Frances. It would
have been hard for her 60 tell iust
what she did think of Edward Piuck-
ucy.
She was sf-aaby when be first came
Co the house. 500 she could not remem-
her thc time when she had not known
him. AT FIRST she had looked on him
as sort of.a bi- brother Piuckney
himself had been the one TO uudeccive
her on this point Even as a boy he
had outlined his plan I'm life. His
future was too obvious FOR him not to
see tine plain and easy way. He would
enter the steel works. apply himself
90 business. earn the commentator
and then the respect and confidence
OF his employer and so finally pave
the way for marrying Frances and in
hcritin- the business through her
To the scbcming boy this seemed a
simple plan. especially as he had SO
easily and quickly won Mrs. Duraut
over Co his side. Frances he did not
look ON ass n serious obstacle. for ne
was shrewd enough 20 know that with
his splendid start and opportunity for
working a her sympathics be had
everything in his favor. The biz
brother attitude he know was fatal.
she must not look ON him In that light
/ He must boz the couddant the friend.
the guide but not the big brother I'm
any sense This attitude he had care
/ fully established while she was vet
child. lie was always ready 20 40 TO
any lengths Co please her. and at hrst.
with the .rustfulness OF n young girl
| she took everything he did ut its face
value Her mother. too. worked per
/ haps unconsciously in Plnckucy's
I favor Sho made Frances believe that
I evcrythiH Edward did was right and
spoke OF the time WHOM he should man
Z age the Duraut steel works as q matter
2 OF course. Frances from her father
had Inherited "a strong mechanical bent
SO there was that additional bond of
/ sympathy between them.
/ So matters had drlrtcd along through
her school days aud Piuckney's college
! course until. when bc came back from
college Go take up his ufc's work m
the steel plant the train was all laid
and the odds were 100 Co in favor of
the schcmer coming OF victorious. mar
rying the daughter OF his beneractor
and settling down as the right hand
man OF the steel magnate and the nj
innate owner or the great plant.
! Frances was barely fourteen when
he entered the works. and he az once
. began 10 make her conhdant q his
plans and aspirations for the good OF
her fathers business. The eagerness
I and enthusiasm or the young mau
quite won the heart Of the steel MAJ
/ nate
Edward Is a wonder" he was ac-
customed 20 say. Never saw such a
hard worker. / thought ! was a hus.
tier. but that boy viii sooner or later
be showing me tricks"
How little the millionaire realized
/ the truth Of what he was saying So
I proudly! Such energy and enthusiasm
as Pinckney displayed must have
| brought his advancement In any bust
| ness. and when his benefactor was
also his chief and he lived in the house
! success was necessarily rapid. M
three years he had worked up from a
place in the draughting room 10 the
post OF manager. In each new position
he made good. and Durant more than
ever congratulated himself on his fore
sight in taking up the orphan son OF
his friend.
But Plnckney's love affair had not
progressed so rapidly. Frances was
glad of his success. but somehow she
had ceased 20 be so interested I'm
the man as she had been when a girl
BY the time sic was seventeen all the
glamour had worn or Instead Of TAX
ing him In sentimental way she had
begun in her own mind TO look on him
as a sort OF big brother. Pinckney did
not know this. He felt that he was
not coming ahead as fast as he had
hoped. but he felt that there was time
especially as his hold on the rest OF
the family increased daily.
Durant himself now looked forward
TO the time when his daughter and the
protege whom he had come TO regard
as a son should decide to marry. He
trusted Pinckney more than ever. and
he rubbed his hands with satisfaction
at the thought that some day both
Frances and the Durant works would
be well taken care OF after he was
gone.
| Frances realized this and by tn,
time she was nineteen had begun in q
vague sort OF way 10 accept the situ
alton. Her friends leased her anC
then took the attachment for granted
She knew that she did not love Ed