Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13

"Blithering fool!" he exclaimed be-
tween his teeth. "Why didn't know
I loved her like this!" In his desper-
alton he declared all rules We're off.
and he meant to bury his chagrin in
fling of his old life. He tried to
drink he tried to smoke, he tried to
swear-but he found he had forgotten
how. He grabbed his hat to go out
into the night air. when he bumped
into Kellogg returning.
'''Keep away from me! Keep away,
tell you! You and your confounded
system have got me into all this"
he shouted.
whats the matter with you? Here
hold on-where are you going?'
Kellogg demanded.
ITO the only place where I can find
consolation" Duncan answered.
"What?" shouted Kellogg, as his
friend disappeared through the door
way.
I'm going back to church" came
the answer.
Kellogg sauntered over to the Gra-
ham home, and the old inventor joined
him in the front yard. He wanted to
talk business with Graham before
Duncan arrived, but the old man and
Betty were too full of Duncan's en-
gagement to care to talk about any,
thing else. Yet Kellogg was insistent,
and to the astonishment of the old
man he drew a telegram from his
pocket containing an offer of $50,000
and 10000 shares of stock, made by
the Modern Gas company for the ex-
elusive use of Graham's patent.
Hes a wonderful boy-wonderful!"
was all the old man could manage to
say.
"Well, what do you think about ac-
cepting this proposition?' Kellogg
asked, impatiently Graham eX-
planned he could not accept it himself
''But what arrangement did you
have?" demanded Kellogg.
1--WE didn't have any," smiled the
old man.
"Then why, in heavens name, do
you say it's all Mats?
well, I'll tell you" And he went
on to explain in his simple way all
that Duncan had done-how he had
given him money, worked for him
able and easy, transformed his ugly
duckling into beautiful girl, and
then saved the patent from the
clutches of Burnham and his paltry
offer of $500. After all that, he want
ed to know If there could be any ques-
tion of Duncan's rights in The matter
At this juncture Duncan himself
away, he faced Kellogg, resolutely.
"Here's a check for $400," he began,
"all the money I've got now, and a
note for the balance. I'd
sooner pay that back than discover
the pole"
"First." what are you going to do7"
begged his friend, somewhat alarmed.
1.-The only thing left to dol" ex-
claimed Duncan, pacing nervously.
nd n a
tell them the whole thing"
She'll get over it," Kellogg laughed.
"Only you'll lose a fortune, don't for
get that"
mo, won't. I never had it. and
don't want it."
"Well, / hope you'll always feel that
way about 1t, but you'll find money
great help If you want to live happy
life"
"There are better things than money
to make a man happy" Duncan told
him.
'You got that from a book" Kellogg
reminded him.
mo, I didn't. I found it out. :.
1 had everything when ] was in coll
lege-youth, health and all the money
I wanted and lots of friends, and I
thought I was a pretty lucky and
pretty happy kid, but know how you
can beat that sort of happiness to
death. Harry, the real way to be
happy is to work and have your work
amount to something, and to have
someone who believes in you to work
for"
"And you're right" his friend ad-
mitted. I'm glad you backed out. 1t
was a low-down scheme. and 1 pro-
posed it-well, suppose because I'm a
schemer and I knew it would work.
but it's made man OF YOU Nat and
I'm mighty glad" Kellogg smiled
quietly. as an image of Graham and
Betty flashed across his mind. They