The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-06-25


for many months. Where Charlcswortt
stopped the big specialist began lie freed skIlfully
with her eyes then bundled her off TO his hospital for
darsened honeymoon
David went back to Northdeld He had hcStated
at leaving his bride even for day, but she would
not have bit of that
NO. Dave." she told him. lit would be crowdlng
my happinesS-almoSt too much-and all sudden"
And he had gone home alone, To 4 business that
needed his constant attention in It's upbujding For
David knew that the Gordon Company but in its
infancy. 1t needed to branch out, to send twigs
iew slender ondriS of activity the busy
ties OF New York State. he than merely
disposed to let 1t grow. he going to put heart
and soul In pushing the development of that which
was dearer TO him than anything else-savc Rhoda
Finally there came the day when he was to take
great step forward His business bad already out
the boundaries of the town and of the county,
and he going to jump a hundred miles further
north.
There was another poised for such leap. The
big Syracuse wholesaler Merlhelm who had been
crowded out Of his best territory In the country
by the failure OF Abbott & Bassford prepared for
telling blow at David Gordon-tbe prime cause of
that misfortune. IL that Idea of the NorthGeld gro
GERS clerk. branching out in a dozen different places
coed for Gordon why not as good for
Merlheim? Els travelling men were bringing roscate
Gordon Company Mcrlheim prepared to go into the
linc-to do battle royal with that young over
lord OF the north
And even as David Gordon ma0 Preparations for
An honest fight In the open Nc n leaped from
the underbrush. BE had secured opJion CoyteS-
vile, big town up the Canada inc upon two
grocery stores and was about ready take them over
when David apprised of the danger by Rider,
his attorney. The attorney outlined n weakness in
Merlh inn'c mis-
almost vital flaw that David Gordon could by trick
turn into fatality.
That It 1t q trick.
"Not chance In thousand of any being
the wiser" urged Rider. "NIcn do it every day.
You can't expect to big business as he
would Sunday school"
But David Gordon hesitated, Rider thought that
the grocer turning the question within his
mind and insisted. The sharpness of the scheme
excited the lawyers professional zeal
There isn't law the statute books yet that
rays word against It It's business" He mouthed
that business" proudly. paused for moment then
Ns.-"Merlheim hasn't done anything TO YOU, has
- to make you careful about pricking his skinT
David Gordon did not answer He played ner-
1sly with the penholdcrs top of his desk
e was facing a problem in his business career
sp TO now business had simply meant an
a6nltc attention to all the minute details of Ills
nsness-Davd did not know that that had once
cen called genius-long. long hours Of hard work
md determination TO succeed. Now, business sue
ess seemed TO be something quite different You
tould not have called David Gordon Il religious man
}n Northfeld have ascribed to him n high
moral intent. In fact the contrary had been quite
true ever since he had been OF the few men who
mad had courage TO out In favor of Sunday golf
out at the country club 1t was known that David
was not regular cburcbgoer-such the dIsad-
vantage of boy early orphaned-but his stand on
tne SUNDAY golf gave distinct shock the folk OF
tne north country town. And when he had been
askeu no" inc country club folk could expect play
golf when the boys down on 'the flats" were not nj
lowed to play baseball Sundays David had responded
quickly by saying that he hoped to see the day come
when every boy In North1eld could play baseball ON
sunday II he 50 wished The force of that shock had
even washed in upon Stella Bergen's sheltered life
ana she had written Of what she called Dayd's inds
cretion to Rhoda. But when the nurse had read that
TO David Gordon's wife she had only smiled ns IL her
gentle heart truly understood
Making the Plans.
but-to como back TO Rider, who sat there facing
Tue silent Gordon-this was not the same thing 1t
Fas not the same thing as going to church on Sun
tay or saying prayers at night or lots of other
Ather cumbrous but perfectly simple devices that
had been inculcated within him at an early neo nm
her inc gulse Of religious training. Those things
were all right IN their way and this thIng-was-
night or wrong. The line marked sharp between
them.
Aerlheim's making plans up here" softly whis
pered Rider.
Merlhem was a dangerous man and David Gordon
knew It Merlhem would be satisfied with nothing
ieSS ,nan Ills extinction, and the trick was easy 1t
was easy-hoDorable enough perhaps as business
ways were beginning to go throughout the country
suddenly that marking line blackened I'm front or
DAVID Gordon's eyes Hc took quick grasp Of the
corners OF his desk, smiled bis strong winning smile
Vat the lawyer,