Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-05-19
But, Jim, you could prevent injus-
tice by your will and ability"

i A frown of impatience had steadily
grown in the girls face and th'
curves of her lips hardened witt
sudden determination.
! But you mean to be rich and pow.
erful, JIM"
IF it comes with the growth of man.
hood and character, yes. But l viii
not degrade myself with work hate
or take orders from men l despise
The world is already full of such
slaves. l mean to make ore less, not
one more of them"
You know l don't wish you to be
degraded" Nan broke in, earnestly
Il want you to be great"
"Then, don't forget, sweetheart, that
it's the great man who can be content
now with a fair share Of money. II
requires more stamina, more charac-
| ter, more manhood to live a sane, de-
cent life in this town today than il
does to become a millionaire
But l want you to be ambitious
JIM" the girl exclaimed, passionately
II am ambitious-for big things-the
biggest things. For that reason 1t will
take more than a child's rattle to sat-
isfy me, though it's made Of gold.
must have the real thing-the thing
inside. l hope to have the applause
OF the world. but the thing I must
have is the approval of my better self
cant you understand, Nan?"
Stuart paused and laid his hand
gently on the girls white round arm
and she turned with a start.
Il didn't hear your last sentence
jim"
"Of what were you thinking"
"Of what woman is always think
ing. Consciously or unconsciously, OF
my home-whether 1t shall be a hovel
or a palace"
1T all depends on whether Love is
the builder"
| 1T all depends on the man I marry,
was the laughing answer. I've always
dreamed of you as a man of wealth
and power. Your splendid talents
mean this. When you came to New
York was more sure of you than
ever. You've simply got to make
money, Jim! Nothing else counts in
the world today. I hate poverty
fear it-I loathe 1t! Money is the
badge of success, the symbol of pow
er. Nothing else counts"
And yet" the lover said, drawing
closer, Il hold the touch of your little
finger of greater value than all the
gold on the earth or beneath it."
Don't interrupt me, please, with ir-
| relevant remarks" Nan cried, laughing
in spite of herself Seriously, Jim
you must listen to me. I'm in dead
earnest There's no virtue in riding
behind a donkey If you can own q
carriage. There can be no virtue in
shivering In a thin dress If you can
wear furs. Even the saints all dream
of a Heaven with streets of gold
quet halls! I'm just a practical saint
want mine here and now. You must
have money, If for no other reason, be-
cause I wish it,"
| Even If l enter a career of crime
with Bivens as my master?"
Come! Mr.. Bivens is a devout
member of the church. And you know
that he's in dead earnest"
About getting to Heaven? OF
course. That's simply his insurance
policy against fire in the next world y
"Oh, don't talk nonsense, Jim. The
possession of money is not crime"
mo Crime, Nan. is in the heart
and it's seed always springs from the
soul. It's roots must always strike one
soil to live-the selfish will to have
what one wants regardless Of the cost
to others"
rs it a crime" Nan asked, passion
ately, ito wish to live a life that's
worth the struggle? You must take
conditions as you find them"
That's just it. 1 won't. I'd rather
create new conditions and mould life
I'd rather lead, organize and inspire
than follow. refuse to become a mere
| money -grubher, because I'm in love
with Life"
And you would be willing" the gir
said dreamily, ito sacrifice the happi'
ness of all those you love and all who
love you to follow this whim?"
Sacrifice your happiness? Why
the one purpose of my life is to make
you happy"
We'll, / can't be happy in poverty
| The man l love must be rich. Oh
Jim. you shall be! Wealth Is thu
only way to climb on top"
But suppose l don't wish to climf
on the top of people,"
You can't he such fool"
But suppose 1 am? Money is thu
most obvious sign of success in new
crude world. Ours is no longer new
no longer crude or isolated. True
civilization has always placed man
| hood above money. The only name!
in our history worth remembering
are there, because they did something
else than make money. Washington
| was tic llNiSSl man III ~ 80 '''
day. But nobody remembers this
why? Because it is of no Importance
The men you call great would simpl!
reduce life to the terms of a CONNER
. cial dividend. Yet nothing pays that
really worth while"
Jim. are you crazy?"
It's true, dear. The lover wh'
watches by the side of stricken lovet
one and loses time and money-is h
crazy? My father gave up his Law
practice to bend over my mother
bedside for six months. He was
giant in mind and body-she a poo
little, broken, withered Invalid. n
lost money and clients and never re
gained them. Did it pay? Does any
: thing that's born of love pay? Sure