Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-10

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things not as one emerging from them.
but as one cast down among them
from luxury. Some people that expert
ence softens, others it hardens and
makes bitter. Sometimes think II
had that latter effect with me-"
1T must not bev she said earnestly.
phillip. what has happened to my
family has happened to three-fourths
Of the people in Hampton, which, as
you may or may not know, is compos-
ed entirely of poor people. workmen
who in better times try to buy their
own homes. In that village Of four or
FIVE thousand people there are per-
haps one half of them facing actual
starvation at this minute"
'YesT inquired Phillip. waiting.
"There are hundreds and hundreds
Of other villages like Hampton. where
thousands upon thousands are in the
same condition. Things were never so
bad as they are now"
"Yes| he asked again.
"They say-they say''-she halted
and stopped. and then. with her face
coloring, she stumbled on-"they say
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that you could stop it. It isn't true, Is
it"
"In a measure suppose it u.s." ad.
mitted Phillip. :"The condition was;like
pile of loose gunpowder at the side
of a railroad track. where constantly
passing engines are sending up sparks.
One spark was sure to land in that
gunpowder and explode it. I merely
happened to be the spark. but with no
more power than that spark to stop
the subsequent destruction"
She recoiled from him with dilating
eyes. ut is true. then?" she said.
II suppose 1t is, even in the way you
look at it, but I assure you, Elsie,
that it was necessary. Out of this
better times will result, and better
times could not be reached except
through this devastation. It IS Ike
surgical operation, which, painful and
cruel as it may seem at the start, is
necessary to save the rest Of the body
from death and decay"
She shook her head IT cannot IN
derstand it, but then suppose could
never have been a surgeon"
He smiled and laid his hand upon
her shoulder. mo, I don't think you
could"
She WINGED under that touch and
glance, not because they were repul-
sive to her-oh, not because Of that
but because they were the touch and
glance of a brother.
Rensselaer, was announced just then,
and the interview closed.
In Phillips touring car, big Sam up
beside the chauffeur, Kelvin and Rens-
selaer bowled along q pleasant country
road, with the latter young gentleman
in state Of stupefaction-
ITO Forest Lakes" Rensselaer, ex-
claimed for at least the twentieth
time. "Why, you old fox, you never
said q word about ever having known
Henry Breed or Of ever having heen
to Forest Lakes!'
II didn't dare" answered Phillip.
II didn't want my panic to come on
too soon, which 1t would have done
had my connection with Breed bees
known"
Glow did you happen to fall in
with the old boy?"
Hunted him up!" said Phillip, with
sudden fire. "As you know. this same
crowd, Of whom Pellman was at that
time the head, led my father into 4
carefully prepared stock deal. It was
as deliberate plucking as any green
horn ever got at the hands Of q lot of
confidence men, and it not only broke
bis purse, but it broke his heart It
left him without ambition, and when
he died he left mo absolutely penni-
less, Even as boy planned to get
even, but I knew I must wait. Down
south the chance came. made that
oil strike, then luck poured in on me,
and began at last to make a lot Of
money. One day about year ago I
read in 4 paper Of Breeds anger
against this Same Wall street coterie.
had formed some good acquaintances
down there, and among them was q
man who knew Breed personally. He
gave me a letter Of introduction.
then went to see Breed and proposed
this plan. He returned an evasive an
swer, and went back south. Shortly
after returned there, however, dis
covered that Breed had put into opera
ton the system by which suggested
he drain the county Of its currency.
I discovered, too, that there were
spies watching me and delving into my
ntire past history. said nothing. but
1 made up my mind then that my time
had come. Sure enough, Breed finally
sent for me. He had employed over
fifty men for nearly year to examine
every instant Of my career. and he
was satisfied I spent a week at For
est Lakes evolving the plan In detail,
and-you know the rest"
Its a wonderful thingl" dsclaSed
Rensselaer,, with a long breath. TITS
a romancey'
'There Is more romance in modern
business life than there was in the
days of lance and shield" declared
Phillip.
They had now reached the stone wall
that surrounded Forest Lakes and
were admitted unchallenged. At the
door old wilkins met Phillip. but ho
was no more than within when there
was rustic Of silk in the hall and
Lillian came eagerly forward to meet
him.
II understand" she said warmly.
that you ars the conquering hero"
II have. done what was told to do"
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