Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-04-01
CHATTER Xxx

Icy head for its goal. and refusing to be
drawn into anything more serious than
yoyous persihage until they were re-
turning at a walk down boulder
strewn wood road at the back Of the |
Dabney horse pasture. Then, and not |
XII then. was the question of Nancy |
Bryerson's future suffered to present |
itself
Il thought OF II last night" said Ar
ees, nodding toward a cabin near the
Majors kennels. TT Is just the place
for Nancy, II she can not or will not, |
go back to her father. After break
fast, shall send Dinah and a man up
10 set things in order. and she can come
as soon as she likes. She won't mind
the loneliness. JRpheth will go after
her. when we are ready; and II you ars
prudently wise you will havebusiness
IN South Tredegar for the next few
days"
That looks like lodging; and don't
like 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
you give me some money, II you can
sfrord 1t, and I'll spend 1t for YOU"
Charity itself couldn't be kinder"
he asseverated. And. luckily, can
afford It. But"
He was looking at her wistfully, and
the old longing for sympathy, for the
sympathy which has been quite to
the bottom of the well where truth lies,
was about to cry out against this rig-
citing OF the letters of misunderstand-
ing and false accusation.
but you would rather spend II your
self2"' she broke In, fancying she had
OWNED his thought. THAT can not be.
Tho one condition on which / shall con-
sent to help is the completest isolation
for Nan. You must promise me you
Will not try to see her. / am hoping
against hope that none OF the Mountain
View avenue people will find out what
you did last night"
FIJI keep out Of her way. II you can
keep her out OF mine. All I care Is TO
know that she is comfortably provid-
cd for"
in the comment Of the simpler-mind-
ed Gordonia folk. the iron masters son
had finally made It up" with Nancy,
and here the note OF approval was not
wholly lacking There were good
hearted souls to say that boys will bs
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 II. He
was In the crucial month of the panic,
year, striving desperately to maintain
the foothold given to him by the pipe
casting invention, and he had little
time for the amenities. So II 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-loads Of water
mains, and again Thomas Jefferson
was fighting the old battle Of con-
science against expediency. this time IN
the evil-smelling bitches where the
dead and wounded lie.
You are sure you went into It tho.-
oughly, Norman" he demanded OF his
lieutenant, when the latter returned
from personal reconnaissance of the
feld. "The break they are making at
US seems almost too rank to be taken
at its face value"
'Oh, yes; I dug It up from the bot
TOM" said the henchman. TITS 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.
They got together on It, eight Of the
big bosses. called me in and told me
nat-footed what we had to do" said
the salesman. "Oh. tell you. those
fellows are on to their job"
no chance to go behind the returns
and stir up popular Indignation, as we
did In Indiana?" suggested Tom.
mo show on top OF earth. The ring
owns or controls two Of the dailies, and
has the other two scared. Besides.
they've just had their municipal cleo
ton"
To prepare for the new exigency.
Tom took the afternoon local for South
Tredegar. The lump sum required for
the bribery was considerably In excess
OF his balance in bank. Notwithstand-
ing the stringency OF the times, he
made sure he could borrow; but II was
In some vague hope that the moral
chasm might be widened to impassi-
bility. or decently bridged for him, that
he was moved to state the case In de-
tail to President Henniker Of the Iron
City National Mr.. Vancourt Henniker
could dig bitches, on occasion, making
them too vast for the boldest borrower
to cross; but Toms credit was gilt
edged. and in the present instance the
president chose rather to build bridges
I'VE have TO shut our eyes to a good
many disagreeable things in business
Mr.. Gordon" he said. genially didactic
~Our problem in this day and genera
tion Is so 70 draw the line OF distinc-
ton that these necessary concessions
to human frailty win not debauch us
may be made without prejudice to tina
high sense OF personal honor and in.
tegrity which must be the conversion,
OF any successful business career. Thll
state OF affairs which you describe Il
6eplorable-most deplorable; but-well
we may think OF such obstacles as w
do OF toll-gates on the highway. TIT
road is q public utility. and 1t SHOULD
be free; but we pay the toll, unde
protest and pass on
Mr.. HannIler WA large man. BE-