Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-07-06
FRANCIS LYNDE

ces,.,sa.. 1905. ), Fr.Se,. l,ad.

lege work and play quafted in health
4 giving heartiness is the elixir, OF youth.
The speculative habit of the boy slept
In the college undergraduates. The days
were full. each Of the things Of itself,
and II Tom looked forward to the
i workaday future-as he did by times
the boyish impatience to be at It was
4 gone. Chiawassees Consolidated was
moderately prosperous: the home let
tiers were mere chronicles OF sleepy
Paradise. The skies were clear, and
the present was acutely present Tom
studied hard and played hard: ate like
an ogre and slept like log. And when
ne finally a~oke to find himself Stun
bling bewiIdered on the bank of the
1 epoch making Rubicon, he was over
and across before he could realize how
i SO narrow q stream should fill so vast
4 q chasm. s. ~
Tom received q letter from his faith
er telling of the financial crisis, his
fear for the Chiawasse Consolidated,
and asking his advice.
Tom found this letter in his mail
box one evening after a strenuousIday
In the laboratory: and that night he
sat up with the corpse OF his later
boyhood. though he was far enough
from putting It that way, HIS father
was In trouble. and the letter was a
call for help. It seemed vastly incred-
ible Thomas Jefferson.s ideal OF steady
courage. OF invincible human puis-
sance. was formed on the model Of the
stout-hearted old soldier who had
fought under stonewall jackson. VIVA.
q trumpet blast Of alarm must have
sounded to make, such = mann turn to .
raw recruit for help!
ITS up to me-" he unused. and ia
like to know what I've been thinking Of
all this time. Why. pappy's old! he
was 40 before was born. And I've
been here taking It easy and having
all sorts Of good time while rhe.s
been playing Sindbad to Duxbury Far
i ley's Old Man Of the Sea- Coming.
pappy!" he shouted; and forthwith
flung himself down at the table to
write q letter that was to put new life
into weary old man who was fighting
against odds in the far-away South
land. ~ Al
The lone soldier was to take heart
! Of grace, remembering that he had a
/ son: remembering also that the son
was now a man grown. stout OF arm,
steady of head, and otherwise fighting
Mt II the storm should come. the
watchword must be to hold on an
keeping steerage way on the CHA was
4 see Consolidated craft at all haxards
The June examinations were moi far
| OFF, and these disposed Of, the man
son would be ready to lay hold. Near. .
| while, let Caleb Gordon, in his ca pacItv
| Of principal minor Etockholder. insist
on full and exact statement of ina
company's affairs. and-here the new
manhood asserted itself boldly-let that
statement, or copy OF 1t, come to
| Boston by the first mail
| To this letter there was q rraterui
\ reply In which Tom read with a smile
/ his fathers half-bewildered attempt TO
4 get over to the new point OF view. h,
lbegan. Dear Buddy" land ended. .Yonr
afrectionate pappy," but there was
man -to-m man matter between the sal,-
tation and the signature. The inouiry
into the AFFAIRS of Chiawassee Consolt.
dated had revealed little or : nofhinr
more than the general manager all
ready knew. The president had turn
ed; the linquiring stock holder over /, q
/ Dyckman. the bookkeeper. with In.
.strnctions to give Mr.. Gordon the fun
eat possible information. and:
''Dyckman slidlout OF It,. smooth ana
easy like" Calem's letter went on, - ID
allowed he was mighty busy, right
about then. Wouldn't !, Just make nv,
1 self at home and exa mine ~ : b,,s /.
| for myself? Il reckon thar WA : ~,
| what Farley asted him to a. I'm g
book expert and 1 couldn't make head
| or! tail out OF Dyckman,s spider Ira ~
Hooks to me like all the books q r. ,,ro,,a
for is to keep people from AIMING
\ where the company is at. what little
i found out. young Norman told ma
He says we're In hole ana the t,rst
wagon-ioad of dirt that. comes along
will bury us out of sight"
Tom driven now with the CLOSING
work Of the college year, yet took time
l to write another heartening letter to
4 the hard pressed old soldier. II had
been his good fortune to win the Clark
1 son prize for cruaibie tests, and 10
have gained thereby a speaking ac-
duaintance with the multimiiiionaire
4 iron king who had founded II, Mr.
/ Clarkson did not believe that the f1nan-
1 cial storm would grow to panic size
AS for himself. Tom, thought the haz-
lard was less in the times than in the
Farleys. Father Caleb was to keep his
finger on the pulse Of the main ONCE,
wiring Boston at the first sign OF its
| weakening.
The Junior meta linrp,cal ua In ne
thick 81 the .June, observation-disclosures u,tsn
4 the cata stronba heye,l Tha hr,a, $500 s,,r
1 OF 1t came to Tom In the first d,ctat..,
letter he had ever received sfronn h,s
! father. and the tremnlons shaI,ness \,
/ the signature nointed e,onsantlv n sthe
| reason. Chiawa ssea Con sol,datads NJ
out OF blast--.temnora rily ,a,,snended !,
lsin the plea sant 5aunham,sn Z, tha e,s,r
Farley: the force clerical am, ma mai
was discbarued witb oniy .I,wci.,,, = y =
left In the deserted so,th Trederar ~ !.
fees to answer nnestion.. ana ne
three Farleys. WITH Ma ior na hnsv Az
aea and Miss Eupbra ala were "a -snand
the summer IA Eurone y
Caleb wrote IN some bitterness !,
spirit. Though, the Gordon holdings X
1 the company. Increased rom time ~
time as the iron master had nrosner-
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