The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-05-27

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''rucY HASN'T FoneoETEs YOU SAM.
too. he read with a frpyn, but It was
one Of surprise: ,:A ring Of the tele-
phone interrupted his musing.
"AIr. Rensselaer? he repeated into
the telephone. ssend him right up"
There came knock at the door, and
he opened Il to let young Rensselaer,
in. 40
"You're just in. time, Bert he de
clared. what have you to do this
evening?n asss,s@
"Anything or nothing" replied Rens-
selaer. Sat 8 o'clock all | want to
do Is get as far away from the, mutton
,abattoIr as possible and forget all
about it until the next morning. But
what reckless dissipatl ion have you In
mind" r87',
II have some friends over In New
Jersey that / am moretor less Obliged
to see,,r replied Phillip; sand ] thought
you might sacrifice yourself enough
to run over with me. ] understand it's
only an hour and a half It you take the
tunnel. Frankly, NJ want to get into
the subway: to smell the subway
smell, and renew. IL 4 can, the I'm
pressions 81 novelty that enjoyed IN
my boyhood, You see, was only q
kid the last time 4 vas lles !.
at must. have seemed d wonderful
place to Won then said Rensselaer,.
aFor myself, I'd rather be a cow
puncher than anything | can think OF,
but my respected sh N can A., conceive
Of one,s sliSIRg any where else than tina sin
or near. Mania TAI; /, and; more over, she
fears i ,mis!hf cont fact q fiisalliance
mt west, rs s,G sshe still eiares my ia,
Their didsnf - 81 a l6
sThat was his one bestt, trick H. WASH WASH
it2'. inquired Phillip. ~, .,,
! mo doubt Of, 1t, returned the other
"Tm the first Rensselaer, In hundred
years who has been. able to battle
without tie aid Of a valet and the first
one to have blood enough to guSt
when he was cut. and my mother
we'll. she. was a real woman. gentle
but brave, too; sweetlyi feminine bu'
strong and healthy, tactful, but sihcert
and honest His voice quavered' ant
he!stopped. a''Ae
II wish / might have known her,
said Kelvin" "Thattsa good countr!
to produce real human beings"
Rensselaer, turned TO him quickly
"of course I'm not going to ask yo'
what your plans are. nor how yo'
reached your present point" he observ
ed, "but you're doingSa stunning thin
! | Il ia your aim to gain profitable cor
/ righteousness. There hasn't been 9
} much real money in the financial dlF
} trict in years. You certainly must hav
. nut in a remarkable five years. Wher
], did YOU go from Montana?
ooh. down to Tennessee in the rea
!, estate business, = said Phillip guarded
II, II managed to set IA pretty goo
!, on them. / did aRstrokeor two dow
there that brought me some success
4 and some influential friends. Now
am going to make. d big play. 70
know a certain Rdliiytreet crowd SUI
!, in business, broke my father, and
!, died from It."
q 81 remember your telling me som
q thing about that. But be careful 70
n don't everyday your game" warne
. Rensselaer,, whereat Kelvin only SIN
ed; though grimly enough. !,
III They had reached the bottom OF u
j hotel elevator shaft now, and the
q turned into the subway corridor, a GO
y yenjence which impressed Kelvin vel
a much.
Ie ats bad development" stat
n Rensselaer,, shaking his head. "The
is is a growing. tendency toward the
direct entrances both, An business al
u in tenement districts, and 1t Is bopl
D. to produce a race Of tollers who "
d see nossunllght Whatever. They "
d practically be human moles, like u
1t errand boy yonde 7underssized andlu
to developed, physically mentally a. 2,
d. morally, white and soft and fabby, y
re- putty. They will not bemen: they "
ct be worms a
n, "sometimes tho worm may turl
n. Phillip speculated, 4"and Il II q
h. watch out! when a country los
to It's middle class itsls in, a bnd WI
You can crush out St mankind eve
i" thing even hopei with one exception
q. the capacity to lIltsc '''t'g
W Rensselaer, laughed Can you inl'
III inc anything more amusing than
th night w;thaboutl Hftgspf those chap,
III don't see the fun In ~ objecl
ID Philip. 'tIsawIa crowd q sne@ y 9 Y
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