Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-10-14
CHAprER YII.-lContinued.l

there were reasons. For one, there was
the lea sc of the coal lands, renewable
year by year-this was Caleb's W
honest provision inserted IN the con-
tract for the Majors protection-and
renewable only by the Majors friend
Further, a practical man at the practl-
cal end of an industry Is a sheer ne
,essity: and by contriving to have
honest Caleb associated with himself
in the receivership, a fine color OF up
rightness was impaired to the promot-
sr's f~ar-reaching plan OF a~ggrandize-
ment.
So. later, when the reorganization
was effected; when the troublesome
dividend hungry stockholders or the
original company were eliminated by
due process of law, Caleb's name ap-
peared on the Farley slate with the IT,
tie of general manager of the new COM
pany-for the same good and sufficient
reasons.
1t was during the fervid six months
Of Chiawassee Coal and Iron develop
ment that Thomas Jefferson had
passed from the old life to the W
from childhood to boyhood.
simultaneously there were the coal
mines opening ulluCA tHS S
Mount Lebanon, the long, double row
of coking-ovens building on the nat
below the furnace, and the furnace IT.
self taking on undreamed-ot magnl-
tudes under the hands of the army OF
workmen. Thomas Jefferson did MS
best to keep the pace, being driven 10y
a new and eager thirst for knowledge
mechanical, and of a gripping desire 10
be present at all the assembling OF all
the complicated parts of the threelolo
machine. And When he found 1t m
possible to be in three places at one
and the same moment, it distressed
him to tears.
OF the home life during that strenu-
GUS interval there was little more than
l the eating and sleeping for one whose
1 time for the absorbent process was all
4 too limited. Also, the p~erplexing ques-
4 tons reaching down into the under-
4 soul of things were silent. Also, again
mark of a change so radical that
4 none but a Thomas Jefferson may read
A and understand-an awe~-inspiring Ma
I jor Dabney had ceased to be the first
4 citizen of the world, that pinnacle be-
4 ing now occupied by a tall, sallow,
s~mooth-faced gentleman, persuasive OF
a speech and superhuman in accomplish
ment, who was the life and soul of the
4 activities, and whom his father and
mother always addressed respectfully
as Colonel" Farley.
u One day, in the very heat Of the
a battle, this commanding parsonage, at
q whose word the entire world of Para
disc was in travail, had deigned to
q speak directly to him-Thomas Jeffer-
son. 1t was at the mine on the noun
Il tain. The workmen were boiling into
place the final trestle Of the inclined
railway which was to convey the coal
in descending carloads to the bins al
y. the coke-ovens, and Thomas Jefferson
! was absorbing the details as a. dry
: sponge soaks water.
o Making sure that they do 1t JUS
e right, are you, my boy?" said the great
man, patting him approvingly on the
a shoulder. That's good. l like to SET
: a boy anxious to get to the bottom o.
= things. Going to be an iron-master
IL like your father, are you?"
y "N-no,' stammered the boy. Il wish
J. I was!".
l "Well, what's to prevent? We arr
: going to nave the completest plant II
, the country right here, and it will be
fine chance for your fathers son; tn
= finest in the world"
es "'Tain't goin' to do me any good,
VI. said Thomas Jefferson, dejectedly. ="
4. got to be a preacher"
Mr.. Duxbury Farley looked down a
ne him curiously. He was a religious per
son himself, coming to be known as
pillar in st. Michaels Church at Soutl
ip- Tredegar, a liberal contributor, n
In. prime mover in a plan to tear down tn
W, old building and to erect a new on
~ more in keeping with the times an
~. 10 South Tredegar's prosperity. Yet h
In was careful to draw the line betwee
religion as a means of grace and bust
ness as a means of making money.
yer THAT is your mothers wish, / sup
/. a pose; and it's a worthy one; very wor
thy. Yet, unless you have a specis
vocation-but there; your mothe
ur' doubtless knows best. l am only anx
III ious to see your fathers son succee
in whatever he undertakes"
After that, Thomas Jefferson secret
ly made Success his god, and wa
do alertly ready to fetch and carry Il
49, the high priest in its temple, only til
opportunities were infrequent.
ald For, wide as the Paradise field seen
In ed to be growing from Thomas Jeffel
sons point of view, 1t was %altogetht
ton too narrow for Duxbury Farley. I'll
principal offices of Chiawassee Co
and Iron were in South Tredegar, ar
there the first vice president W;
uld building a hewn-stone mansion, ar
had become q charter member of Il
|, n city's first club; was domiciled in d,
form, and was already beginning
soften his final "r's." and to speak
you himself as q Southerner-by adoptio
So sped the winter and the spriI
'succseding Thomas J~efferson's ~