The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-27

30 hhlu nt. VI course you are All
on; Wall street is as necessary TO the
commonwealth as the pores to your
skin; they don't make the poison IN
the ayalem any more than the pores
do: they only lot II escape And sup.
pose YOU think that big hnanciers who
control the trusts and the railways
and
"us' the colonel struck In. swellg"
You think we are thieves and liars
and murderers and despots?"
"All OF that said the colonel placid
ly; also fools
"You certainly don't minco your
words"
You don't want me 10. What use
would my opinion be In a onsthou.
sandth attenuation? You're no homeo-
path; and whatever else YOU may be,
you're no coward
'Yet, you think surrendered 70
Mercer2 You think did It because
! was afraid he would KIN me? sup
pose he would have Killed me II !
hadn't. eh?"
"He can speak for himself about
that: he seems-well. an earnest sort
Of man. But don't think you gave in
because you were afraid, II that Is
what you mean You are no more
afraid than he wasl You wanted to
live. probably; you had big things on
hand The Midland was only trump
IN the game; yon could win tho odd
trick with something else. you let the
Midland CO."
Pretty close. '--Keatcham really
emlled--'but there is good deal
more Of Il. was shut up with the
results Of my~my work lie did Il
very cleverly had nothing TO dis.
tract me. There were the blk type
written pages about the foolish peo-
pie who had lost their money, IN some
cases really through my course, most
" because they got scared and let so
Z and were wiped out when, II they had
I had confidence In me and held on
they would be very much better cfi
now But they didn't, and they we're
ruined and they starved and took
their boys out Of college and mort
| gagged their confounded homes that
had been in their families esar since
Adam; and the old people died Of
broken hearts and the girls wen.
/ wrong and some OF the idlutIc cutters
killed themlelyes--It was not the klnt
of crowd son would want shut up with
gou Ia the dark vas shut up With
them. Ne had come sort Of way Of
switching on the lights from tho out
side. never saw Z face Or beard g
voice would have to sit there IN
the 'lars after he thought had read
enough 20 occupy my mind e was
unpleasant Perhaps sou SUPPOSE that
brought me round to his way o. thln1
ingg"
The colonel meditatec. el1i ten you
honectlyH he said. after pause, 4
vas o. that opinion or something Of
the kind until talked your ease over
with my aunt
srhe old dame ia not a foo; what
aid she aay?'
She said no ne didn't convert youi
but he convinced you how other peo-
pie looked at your methods You
couldn't get round the fact ihat g
majority Of your cduntrymen think
your type OF iinaneier Is worse than
smallpox and more contagious"
"Oh. she put It that way. dld she2
/ wish she would write d prospectus
for me. Well. you thins ere Yves
nearer right than son7"
u think YOU do; ! myself think Il
was a little ps both. You've got e
heart and conscience originally,
though they have pretty we'll tanned
cut In the weathers you didn't want
10 be sorry for Those people but you
are. They have bothered YOU lot.
but It has bothered you more TO think
that instead Of going down the ages as
a colossal benefactor and empire
builder, you ave hung up on the hook
TO see where you're at; and where
you will be n The people get thor
sughly aroused. You all are building
bigger balloons when Il ought 10 be
you for The cyclone cellar! hut you
are different You can see ahead.
| give you credit for seeing"
Have sou ever considered" said
Keatcham. slowly. that Ia spite OF the
iniquIloas greed Of the men you are
cundenning, IN spite Of their oppres.
sion u The people. ifa prosperity Of
The country IS unperaIleleds How dc
you explain itg'
Crops. said lha colonel; 'the
crops we're too big for you"
"You might give US a little credit
your aunt does Size was here to-day;
she Ii manufacturer and she com.
pretended thar the methods o. busi.
ness cannot be ie40lOtlouIzed With.
out somebody's getting hurt Yet on
the whole. the change might 0e I'm.
mensely advantageous. Now, why
IN nutshell do yon condemn us2"
You're after the opinion Of the A..
erage man, are yuus"
= suppose 80, the high average
The colonel crossed hts legs and m.
crossed them again: he looked straight
Into che otheFs eyes hia own mar.
fowed with thought
I'm ieIl you said he. z don't
know much about ghe Street Or hiEll
finance Industrial development