Evening star., 1911-09-01
"Of course have heard the name." an
sNered Dick.


swered Dick.
ITS Just another name for William
Burton-just another name for William
Burton; and it's becoming devilish stiff
competition, Dick, devilish stin competi-
tion. Hang 1t! you seem to think that
running a business like this Is something
like riding on a merry-go-round. En-
ergy: You won't be troubled much to
find place for all you have"
YES" granted Dick. complaisantly.
"but, after all, 1t is the mere selfish piling
up OF q private fortune"
us that all?" shouted Bennington.
well. just you step into the harness and
I'll be tickled to death to sit down and
watch the piling-up process for while
It's been a heap more than that with me.
You make me nervous-you positively ir-
ritate me! And to think that l have
been counting the hours until your re-
turn. Dick, I could-but then / shan.t
hurry you. Look about you for week
or ten days, and by that time, perhaps.
you will be ready to talk sense. But I've
wasted too much time already this morn
ing. and I'm going down to the office at
once. We have dinner at o'clock"
o ms ihn furhsr and
hurried across the hall and out the side
entrance.
Dick gazed after him in mild surprise
for q moment, and then shook his head
as he took a cigarette from his case and
lighted it with mechanical preoccupation.
Poor old uncle"' he murmured. What
a rut a man gets into when he devotes
himself to a narrow purpose! Well, l
shall not be impatient. / shall explain
to him. step by step, until he is able to
get the true proportions and see life just
as it is
flectively on the lawn as he smoked his
cigarette philosophically. Very much is
indicated by the manner in which q Gig
arctic Is smoked. Dick seemed to justify
the habit through his manner Of appear
ing to use cigarettes merely for the in
His reverie was interrupted by the en-
trance of the butler, and turning, he
found Higgins smiling happily
I'VE are all glad to see you back, Mr.
Dick" said the butler. bowling. is there
anything / can do for you, sir?"
Dick surveyed him critically for mo-
naent. Higgins" he asked. with easy
familiarity, what do you do in the way
Of reading?''
In earlier life Higgins had held very
exalted ideas on formal decorum and the
Bennington menage had never responded
to his ideals; but it is most probable that
no question had ever startled him more
than this one. Reading, sir?" he repeat
ed. in a dazed voice. why. l don't do
very much reading. Mr.. Dick, Parts of
then q good love novel-a genteel one, OF
course, dealing with the affairs of real
quality. sir
Real quality echoed Dick. scornfully.
See here, Higgins, don't you know that
1t is personality that counts? Position is
a mere accident All men Of equal capac-
ity are equal. and 1t is barbarous to have
arbitrary levels to society"
Higgins was plainly puzzled. '.Yes. sir,
/ suppose so; but l don't see just what
you mean"
What I mean, Higgins" answered
Dick. who never took himself SO seriously
as when expounding a theory, rs that
nothing but a mere matter of birth ac-
counts for the different positions which
you and / occupy. With my opportunities
and take notice, Higgins, that oppor-
tunities are not the mere advantages of a
single lifetime, but reach on back to the
very moment when our two lines shot off
from the same primitive ancestor. Well.
with my opportunities you might have
accomplished twice as much as l have.
You are ambitious. aren't you. Higgins -
Yes. SIR replied the butler, nodding
his head earnestly. 1T took heap Of
ambition for me to climb up to my pres
ent position
That's just it." said Dick. in the joy
Gus voice of an evangelist who has at last
found the secret gate to q hearers inmost
soul. That's just It.; 1t took a climb for
you to get where you are; and yet look
ing at 1t In a large way, Higgins, q life
devoted to serving the domestic wants Of
fellow equals Is no fit scope for q man Of
ambition. Merely being a man entities
you to a liberal education and an oppor-
tunity to climb any heights to which the
germ of your being impels you. We are
different-there is no use to deny it-some
of us are mighty oaks, some are apple
bushes. for instance. We can't eli grow
"a tha same size: hut va are each an.