Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-08-26
CHAPTER Xxx.

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- rothing had happened, challeng-
.~a him gaily to a gallop with the val
,a l1 head for its goal, and refusing to be
IS srown into anything more serious than
.a,,ors perstfage until they were re-
.,,rnfng at a walk down boulder
strog,n wood road at the back Of the
Dabney horse pasture. Then, and not
ill then. was the question of Nancy
Bryerson's future suffered to present
itself.
~ thought of 1t last night" said Ar
aea. nodding toward cabin near the
81 Majors kennels. TT is just the place
81 <or Nancy. If she can not, or will not,
20 back to her father. After break
fast. shall send Dinah and man up
IN get things in order, and she can come
AZ soon as she likes. She won't mind
the loneliness. Japheth will go after
her when we are ready; and If you are
prudently wise you will havebusiness
IN South Tredegar for the next few
81 days
THAT looks like lodging; and I don't
81 ike to dodge"
you will have to do many things
YOU don't like" she remarked. But
YOU shall be permitted to carry your
full share Of the burden. I mean to let
q you give me some money, If you can
afford it, and I'll spend it for you"
Charity itself couldn't be kinder"
he asseverated. And, luckily, I can
afford It, But"
ii He was looking at her wistfu1ly, and
q the old longing for sympathy, for the
81 sympathy which has been quite to
8 the bottom of the we'll where truth lies,
was about to cry out against this riY-
d citing Of the letters of misunderstand-
u ing and false accusation.
d But you would rather spend 1t your
self" she broke IN, fancyfng she had
q OWNED his thought. THAT can not be.
The one condition on which I shall con-
q sent to help is the con1pletest isolation
4 for Nan You must promise me you
q will not try to see her. I am hoping
against hope that none Of the Mountain
View avenue people will find out what
you did last night"
I'll keep out Of her way, If you can
i keep her out of mine. All I care is TO
know that she is comfortably provid-
ed for"
In the comment of the simpler mind
ed Gordonia folk, the iron masters son
had finally made 1t up" with Nancy,
and here the note Of approval was not
i wholly lacking. There were good
hearted souls to say that boys will b.
boys, and to express the hope that Tom
would go on from this beginning and
make an honest woman of Nancy by
marrying her
But Tom did not know of it. He
was in the crucial month of the panic,
ST. toll -
the foothold given to him by the pipe
casting invention. and he had little
time for the amenities So it came
about that he escaped for the moment;
or, which was quite the same, he did
not know he was pursued. Another
Northern city, with its full complement
OF grating officials, was in the mar
ket for some train-1oads of water
mains, and again Thomas Jefferson
was fighting the old battle of con-
science against expediency, this time III
the evil-smelling bitches where the
dead and wounded lie.
You are sure you went into 1t tho
oughly, Norman" he demanded of his
lieutenant. when the latter return I'd
from personal reconnaissance of the
Held. The break they are making ut
ct its face value"
On, yes; 1 dug it up from the bot
TOM, said the henchman It's rotten
and riotous The political machine
runs the town. and the bosses own the
machine, So much to this one, so
much to that, SO much to half a dozen
others, and we get the contract"
That comes straight does it?"
AS straight as a shot out of a gun.
Ihey got together ON it, eight of the
pig bosses, called me in and told me
nat-footed what we had to do" said
me salesman. "Oh, I tell you, those
Fellows are on to their job"
No chance to go behind the returns
ana stir up popular indignation, as we
ola IN Indiana" suggested Tom.
NO show on top of earth. The ring
owns or controls two Of the dailies, and
mas the other two scared Besides,
they'Ve just had their municipal cleo
ton"
10 prepare for the new exigency,
ON took the afternoon local for South
AEeoegar. The lump sum required for
uIe bribery was considerably in excess
" his balance in bank. Notwithstand-
ing the stringency of the times. he
mace sure he could borrow; but it was
III some vague hope that the moral
,"aSin might be widened to impassi-
p'''E' or decently bridged for him. that
IL was moved to state the case in de-
Ia" 10 President Henniker of the Iron
III! National Mr.. Vancourt Henniker
Io"id dig bitches, on occasion, making
,-'em 100 vast for the boldest borrower
~ cross; but Toms credit was gilt
suseu' and in the present instance the
president chose rather to build bridges.
we nave to shut our eyes to a good
,'."HE dlsagreeable things in business,
a. Gordon he said, genially didactic.
DuF problem in this day and genera
49, .,o" IS so 20 draw the line of distinc-
t.on mat these necessary concessions
human frailty will not debauch us:
10y 10y De made without prejudice to that
'sH sense of personal honor and in
sA1ty which must be the cornerstone
On! successful business career. This
50 OF affairs which you describe IS
l'oTaoI e-most deplorable; but-well,
may think of such obstacles as we
u toil-gates on the highway. The
"o is public utility. and it should