The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-23
THE EVENING STORY
Bulls or Bears?
LBy Oswald Eastwood

LBy OSWALD E1aSuWOOu-1 Ie
Hope Miniver and her father had not !
enjoyed their breakfast. When two IN
dividuals so closely akin are so widely
apart in their preferences there is small
opportunity for the appetite to assert
| itself. 1t really took something OF I'M
portance to interfere with Tom Mini
ver's appreciation of a good breakfast,
| but that something had occurred. For
the first time in her life his daughter
had declared-so positively that he
knew she meant it-that she wouldn't!
| And why, I should like to KNOW!
he had demanded testify. ''Or. rather,
why not?" Tom Miniver vas pur1st
only when he was very d angry Yin, she
| had answered promptly, and l dont
know any good reason why l snonio
compel myself She was only an
idealized replica of her masterfui fatn-
er in the matter of temperament
"All boshl Regular penny dreadfui
logic!' he had declared, with a wrath
full insistence that was beginning 20
interfere perceptihly with MS sooo
looks. -,
How about the implacable parent
she had returned. with little smile
that emphasized hers.
That brought him to a realisation
of his absurdity, but 1t hadn't the
| slightest effect on his determination 70
! have his own way in this business. she
! had succeeded in spelling his breakfast,
but she could not override him IN TINS
matter which concerned him SO vitality.
. BY a strange mental coincidence Hope
, | arrived at precisely the same conciu-
! sion at the same moment
! II don't believe" he resumed, nna'
: YOU have given the actual reason
eff you know better one, pray don't
keep it a secret on my account" she
returned audaciouslY-
"WeII, 1 won't-Bob Homer.
q She flushed perceptibly and began TO
2 hustle, transferring the coffee urn from
h the table to the sideboard, an opera
q lion entirely unnecessary.
= liciousIy Her back was toward him.
Is but he could see her face in the side
e board glass.
= "Mr. Homer is a man. she said.
e How would you classify Percy Van
W At which she turned around and
faced him. Gwen were naturailsl
/ should hesitate" she replied, with
e distfDctness Of tone that was alflos'
"He could provide you with luxuries
"a that have become necessities TO you
~ Have you thought of that? l admi,
~ that Homer Is fine fellow. l ougn'
=, =, 70 lnow-I've made him. He came te
: me as an ONCE boy and now he Is prac'
he tically my manager. He's Keen pusi-
ress man, none shrewder. But nt
Mt hasn't anything except his saiarym les
y He must be provided with plenty Of
ct nerve to-to-
.. "You could take him into the bust
I'd ness" she suggested naiveiy' e
~ sides he Is going to make a lot o.
is money"
o. tell me-"
nc do YOU mean to buy ana sell at
a. "Certainly-just as you do"
he 1T never risk anything" he DE
o. clared savagely. always see 10
a. beforehand that the element OF uhcei
n tainty is eliminated"
x "WeH, can't Mr.. Homer manage
IL the same way" -
as He groaned and shook his 81 he "a;
ms hat and coat Before he left heI
in however, he fired a parting shot.
III "I am quite too well bred to sa
what I think, he declared with q
air of lofty superiority that appeaie
J leloouentIy to Hopes sense OF numol
"but 1 don't mind saying that,
,e5 view of your opportunities and TN
ing fact that you are my daughter, 20
We, show an ignorance OF men anu 7iioi'
the that is colossaEelephantin
1t happened that Van Alstine ma
sly accepted an invitation to lunch VII
ole Mr.. Miniver on that day. Althoug
aW no definite arrangement had pee
bile made to that effect. 1t was understoo
ere whose suit he favored that the subJe
we of the proposed matrimonial allians
the would come up for discussion. AS y
Van Alstine had made no direct pr
nal 1osal for the honor of becoming II
:. hroker's son-in-law, but he made 7
IKE secret of the fact that he admired MI
IN Miniver greatly and would propap
IN IN become a sutton for her hand. He hs
and even I lost ~ whom agre,
JUS. that his family was good enough ev'
hey - survive an alliance with the Mini
,lxIe ers. q.
80 he admitted that he was by no mea
MA fIarrant example of his type
representative of long transmit
wealth and family prestige he rea
made fair showing Ahnoui
he was not averse to the prospect
handling some of Tom Miniver's wi
ao nings in the street, he had real
miration for the brokers' oAusne
rec He even fancied sometimes tnat
conId become decidedly sentiment
ap- over her If the opportunity present
itself. -
ON Van Alstine made his appeara a,
at the ONCE of the broker about m
lew 6av For him the region was an Y
discovered country and ne was
! iTnpressed favorably The minimum
Eye" space and excess of activity connic'
it, ,,+b his notion of personal expansi
airIy and on his passage from his car
lnny the entrance of the Office building
had been jostled Enthusiastically: II '
'e of a nositive relief to reach MlnVe
Of a Quarters and be given a seat IN
snteroom while his card was max
tand its way to the presiding genius OF
oney spot. .
al and then with a growing uistaSle.
isn't the doors between the saidn Ioo
e." which comprised the suite were u
es If and Van Alstine was dismayed TO
Itber that some of the din and hustle t
! are had assailed him on the outside
followed him. Loud voices were G