The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-11-11

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Ha did things slowly, not because
that was his nature, but 1roli a.
v,ncible determination to 10 'n''se
right He made his plans delperaue's
,nd had formulated an enterprise 50
comprehensive in its scope SO Vas' -
,ts outlay and with such INFINITE poss'.
h,1ities of help to the poor 'no
,rotohod the down-trodden classes OF
society, that when the toreshaoo"in es
of It we're announced, people s'oo1
amazed An undertaking SO great ""'
| not within the power even OF CnaF-
noch His resources were utterly I'M
equal to it, but he had enough 10 nlaNe
a magnificent beginning ana by Jew
ting to It the whole revenue OF MS es'
ito and the estate itself after ne
died, gradually the enterprise "ou'u
be achieved.
There was no necessity for secrecy
about II Indeed with that simplicity
md candor so unusual and so uncon-
! vont,onal. which touch with the worlo
e had never been able to alter, ne hao
snoken of his plans without resei,o
e and he had declared with equal lialh'
e ness that what he was doing was III
,omorv of the noblest and the tGuess
o 80 women to whom he owed 1t thas
S, oc human being and not an AMI
~ nal. =.
'e thought highly and with oesef', "a'
is called from the naval service TO %
II tho oxecutiye head of the great u''
ne dertaling. The spiritual WORK was ~
th he nlaced in the hands of the cnaplaln
in who had so endeared himself TO tno
ne nromoter and deviser OF 1t all. oiai.
he pock rea]ized that these men who nae
1ul known Katharine Brenton "oulu eieel
more alphabetically into MS views
mi ond could be depended upon 10 carry
the Them out in case anything happened
Leir r. him He and his uncle ana ohe ..
ost tvo others of excellent Judgment
hat whom he had met. were associaeeu
ew. With the two mentioned to carry ocs
into all the founders plans.
irst Now this thing was not done IN
self oornor The news of it was carrleu
rim ovar the United States and spread
rom 49, ~ foreign lands. The world READ
had # and marveled again. "A newspapel
SUI oorrv,ng an account of 1t feil unuef
hold w. ove If a lonely man In San fran
was cisco, who had just returned iiol ,rha .
the long voyage in northern seas ~
!, es- name "Charnock" caught his eye nfst,
tn a ond then Langford saw the nahle ~
,ered tho woman he loved. lie read VIZ
nd it avidity, approaching as none coul.
and hotter do than he from his t1aAle'
that business acumen the scope anu - :
uf1ice 10 Feasibility of the undertaking. =
i her had wondered cynically whal "o ~.
Upon he the career of the man IN Tue W
ro- tod States. He knew the value' .
lately did ovorv business man, especially g
have orv man with large transportation /"
from terests like his, of the CharnocA =
essed tate He would have Wagereu ~
, wise Cbarnock would lose his heao
e and ninety-nine men out OF nu .n.a,
,rnock would have done, and that lnto,
f vast Gated by the sudden toucn q =
apital rnotor,al world which was at ms ie'
earned ho would have gone the usual pac
10 bct aod he would have won his wac
Of the had It not been for the lmmo ;,
have memory of the woman ~
voc he nath loved. he felt bitterly enou
tile up. He sat alone in his office Il. IN $
,tonish- great building and pondered over
, world account in the paper. He had L Spe
ideas. mistaken in the man. ne was zl 8
vas too worth while He was worthy o. ]
he had woman. II he had not sworn an o.
e what given his word he hesltateu' - ?,
get for ING bitterly. The woman alone g
Of help, release him. Should he SAIL ao"l
Id COM tho island with that paper ana
h future thot story. He had waited too \
md call . me army surgeons Of Alaska
fold him the brutal truth; that nc
is uncle mt few months to live ana th'
lid fain he had anything to 40 DeAole w
nd carry ont into the beyond, he had o ss
ely, ten Il quickly. No, he could not 90
+ sfter a tbora and tell her and get rele
with alb from his promise.
Vet how Charnock would 5 rev
d his in ench news as he, and he alone'
use. The give him. He loved the "o'n.l.
ersations he hated the man. He couioo noe
3 was the - think that the man shou 1''
S contact what was denied him. ne coul
Of them hear to think of the woman ne
buried on n another's arms. Ana YET ne
ar off sea- tho woman. AS he pictured Una
! force of happy. so he pictured hate sau
Gliding de- ting out her life on tnat i''anu
lived his had fretted out his on tne sup.
Le to esti he could make her happy Ny =
very early & he broke his oath and was s {
lity of ar the plighted word ne hau 81
| fnesse in Should he do it for her san. s, !,
t, the clev. she forgive hin? He~Mo ulu
women Of forgiveness when she knew.
)r the two aTo BE CoNTlrNsN. oEp -
e United ---- -
ere, his eff Ruhber plant