The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-25

from the p,esi>iency-thst ougAr &c
satisfy his principl~-but we must kseF
him on the board"
1T was q Judge too! A sworn o0Acea
OF the lawr' Mrs. Dround intesTuposd
quoting demurely from Henry La re
marks about the Injunction scandal
"very we'll He can make over hts
stock to you then. It. won't troubis
you. and you can draw the big divt
dends We are going to pay SOON
don't want hin, to get out now. when
the fruit = almost ripe to shake"
us that the only reas0nr MIA
Dround asked quickly.
"Of course We don't want his scoeA
coming on the market In q big block
1t would break us all mp. And II might
easily get into the wrong hands"
For Mr.. Dround in the brief intec
view that we had had, on his return
Cad intinated his desire not only 20
withdraw from the presidency OF the
corporation. which rad been merely q
nominal Office. but to dispose Of his
stock a. soon as the agreement ex-
pired In the fall. suggesting that I had
his big holding. In his sentlemanly
| way he had told me that he had had
enough Of me and was quite ready 10
snow me under il IL could be done I'm Q
polite and friendly fashion.
$50 you want him to waitf' Nrs.
Dround suggested indifferently.
Yes. until am ready.'
She made no reply to this remark.
and after n moment said more light
ly:
but I came to welcome you homo.
I want you still to he my friend. ny
partnerr'
They say You are dangerous part
ner." she retorted. looking closely at
me-"deep in all sorts OF speculative
schemes and likely TO slip. They say
| you are un-scrupulous"-she drawled
the word mockinEly-'and q lot more
had things. Do YOU think that 10 the
right kind Of partner for q simple NO
| man?'
If you've got the nerve.'
''well. let me show you some q the
new pictures we have bought" And
I she turned me on with q lot Of talk
about pictures and stulfs and stones
! until l arose to leave
! Shortly afterward Yuy carriage took
ME back to the city. where I had to
meet some gentlemen who were inter.
! ested In my schemes for the develop
ment Of the new southwest. A. rode
through the windy. dusty streets my
thoughts went back over the years
since that time when at the suggestion
Of this woman I had just left ! had
put my hand to building something
large out Of Henry I. Grounds totter-
ing estate.
| In q busy life like mine one event
| shades into another. Each path to
which q man sets his feet leads to
some crossroads, and from there any
one Of the branches will lead on to its
own crossroads While the adventurer
is ON his way II Is hard to tell why be
/ takes one turning and not another,
why he lays his course here and moi
there. Years later he may see IL plot
ted plain. rs l do toiay-plotted - @
q map. Then the wanderer may Try
i to explain what made him move thia
way or that Yet the little determining
causes that turned bis mind at the
| moment Of choice are forever forgot
| ten. The big. permanent motive re
/ mains. There Is the broad highroad
but why was 1t left? Why this turn
and double across the main track?
/ So 1t was with me. The main high
road of my ambition was almost los,
in the thickets In which I found my
self. Struggling day by day agains,
the forces that opposed me. ] had lost
sight Of direction. The words with
Jane Dround. the flash Of her dark
eyes. pierced my obscurity. gave me
again q view Of the destiny to which
I had set myself. Some fire In her fed
me with courage and made my spirit
lighter than 1t had been for months.
4 When l reached home In the even
ing I found Sarah III with Q nervous
headache.
"wiil il backw she exclaimed on zee
ing me. and her tone scarcely conceal.
ed q meaning beyond her words
whats that7 He didn't send M
word that he was coming"
MAY telephoned he's Just got In"
Something unexpected must have
brought lin suddenly all the, way
er our interests. The news was dis
turbing.
II saw Jane Dround this Afternoon. -
remarked idly. shes looking 0ne:
never saw her better"
janet my wife said slowly. go
she's back once more" Then after Q
pause she exclaimed:
II don't like herr
Sarah. who rarely said bitter word
about any one. spoke this harshly. and
looked at her In surprise.
81 don't trust that woman, Van. She
n secret And believe she tnnuooced
you that time about the Judge"
1t was the first time for months that
Sarah had referred to this matter.
I'll 30 and ring up May" ! 0aid
not caring to refute this Wild accusa-
ton. land ask them to come over t.
night"
II asked them for dinner. bat shs
wouldn't come" Sarah remarked
gioomily. mo one wants to come
here but people like the Webbs and
Cooper.-peopIe who think they car