Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17
FRANCIS LYNDE.
cHAPTER ~.

When Tom. seated on Saladin, over
took Ardea on the morning after the
night of ofrenses. she greeted him quite
as II nothing had happened, challeng-
ing him gaily to a gallop with the val
ley head for its goal. and refusing to be
drawn into anything more serious thar
Joyous pers!fiage until they were re.
turning at a walk down boulder
strewn wood road at the back of the
Dabney horse pasture. Then. and no,
TIL then. was the question of Nancy
Bryerson's future suffered to present
itself. NJ
thought of It last night" said Ar
dea, nodding toward cabin near the
Majors kennels. 1T Is just the place
Tor Nancy, II she can not. or will not
30 back to- her father. After break
fast shall send Dinah and a man ur
70 set things in order. and she can come
as soon as she likes. She won't mind
the loneliness. Japheth will go afte,
her when we are ready; and II you ar.
prudently wise you will havebusiness
IN South Tredegar for the next few
days"
THAT looks like lodging; and dom
like to dodge"
you will have to do many thing.
you don't like" she remarked. "Bu,
you shall be permitted to carry your
fuii share of the burden. mean to lie,
you give me acme money. IL you car
anord It. and I'll spend It for you"
Charity itself couldn't be kinder
ne asseverated. And. luckily. car
anord It. But
He was looking at her wistfully, AMI
tho old longing for sympathy, for tho
sympathy which has been quite te
the bottom Of the well where truth lies
was about to cry out against this riv.
citing Of the letters of misunderstood.
Ing and false accusation.
But you would rather spend II your.
seii!' she broke In. fancying she hat
OWNED his thought THAT can not be
me one condition on which shall con.
sent to help is the completest isolation
TOT Nan You must promise me yor
VIII not try to see her. am hopIns
against hope that none of the Mountair
View avenue people will find out VIVA,
You did last night"
I'll keep out of her way, IL Won car
Keep her out Of mine. All care Ia I,
know that she Is comfortably proytd (.
ed for"
n the comment OF the simpler-mind d.
Cd Gordonia folk, the iron ma ster.s .or
mad finally made it up" with Nancy
and here the note of approval was .,o
wholly lacking. There were good
hearted souls to say that boys will ).
poys, and to express the hope that Tom
would go on from this beginning and
make an honest woman Of Nancy h,
marrying her.. -
But Tom did not know NJ, n IT.
was In the crucial month OF the panic
year, striving desperately to maintalr
the foothold given to him by the pipe.
casting invention, and he had little
time for the amenities. So II cams
about that he escaped for the pnomenf
or. which was quite the same. he All
not know he was pursued. Anothe,
Northern city, with its fun Complement,
OF grating officials. was in the mar.
ket for some train-loads Of water.
mains. and again Thomas Jefersor
was lighting the old battle OF con.
science against expediency. this time i,
the evil-smelling bitches where III.
dead and wounded lie
You are sure you went into Il tho :.
oughly. Norman" he demanded 81 nj,
lieutenant. when the latter return,f
from . personal Reconnaissance Of IN.
field. 1.-THE break they are making n,
ussseems almost too rank to be taker
1t its face value"
"oh, yes; dug It up from the bo.
tom" said the henchman. .It's rotten
and riotous. The political machin.
runs the town. and the bosses own tn,
machine. So much to this one. q
much to that, 80 much to half doxer
others. and we get the contract"
That comes straight. does TT"
AS straight as shot out Of a .,,r
They got together on 1t. eight Of n.
big bosses. called me in and told M
fiat-footed what we had to do" .aif
the salesman. "oh. ! tell you, thos,
fellows are on to their Job"
No chance to go behind the retpr,,
and stir up popular Indignation. az w.
did in Indiana 2" suggested Tom.
mo show on top of earth. The rims
owns or controls two of the dailies and
has the other two scared. Besides
they've Just had their municipal elec.
ton"
To prepare for the new exiRency
Tom took the afternoon local for Sout,
Tredegar. The lump sum required 10,
the bribery was considerably In exces,
Of his balance In bank. Notwithstand.
ing the stringency of the times. h,
made sure he could borrow: but II ws.
in some vague hope that the mora
chasm might be widened to impa.si.
bility. or decently bridged for him. TIA
he was moved to state the case In IA.
tall to President Henniker of the Iro,
City National. Mr.. Vancourt Hennikc,
could dig ditches. on occasion, maxim,
them too vast for the boldest borrou,e,
to cross; but Toms credit was gilt.
edged. and in the present instance IN;
president chose rather to build bridges
We have to shut our eyes to gooc
many disagreeable things in business
MI. Gordon" he said. genially didactic
Our problem in this day and genera.
tion is so to draw the line of distinc.
tton that these necessary concession,
to human frailty will not debauch M,
may be made without prejudice to tina
high sense Of personal honor and In.
tegrity which must be the corner ston,
Of any successful business career. Thi,
state Of affairs which you describe i,
depiorable-most deplorable: but-well
We may think OF such obstacles ! = ~,
do OF toll gates on the highway. Tn,
road 10 public utility. anG It Should
be free: but We pay the toll unds,
protest. and pass on
Mt. Henniker was large man b..
nign and full-favored. not to say unc.
tuous; and his manner in delivertn,
an opinion was blandly impressive, ans
convincing to many. Yet Tom was no
convinced.
"Of course. I came to ask for TN,
loan. and not specially to justify it, h,
said. In mild irony which was quit,
lost on the philosopher In the presi
dents chair. Il wasn't sure Just how
you would regard It II you should know
the object for which we are borrowing
and this high sense Of personal homo
you speak of tmpelled me to be alto.
gether frank with you.
Quite right: you were quite RICH.
Mr.. Gordon" said the banker, urbanely
.'You are young In business, but IN,
have learned the first lesson IN III,
book of success-to be perfectly oper
and outspoken with your banker. A,
have said. the venality of these mel
with whom you are dealing Is most de.
plorable, but ="
There was some further glozins owe,
Of the putrid fact. good BIT Of 1t. and
Tom sat back In his chair and listened