El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-27

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Jersey that l am more or less obliged
to see" replied Phillip. "and / thought
you might sacrifice yourself enough
to run over with me- / understand it's
only an hour and half if you take the
| tunnel. Frankly, 1 want to get into
| the subway. TO smell the subway
smell. and renew. if I can. the i'm
Lpressions of novelty that enjoyed in
nv boyhood. You see. was only a
kid the last time 1 was here"
at. must have seemed wonderful
place to you then" said Rensselaer,.
aFor myself. I'd rather be a cow
puncher than anything | can think Of.
but my respected auntie can't conceive
Of ones living anywhere else than In
or near Manhattan. and. moreover. she
fears might contract a misalliance
out west, as she still declares my IA
ther did"
THAT was his one best trick, wasn't
it?' inquired Phillip.
mo doubt of it, returned the other.
'Pm the first Rensselaer, in hundred
years who has been able to battle
| without the aid of valet and the first
| one to have blood enough to gush
when he was cut. and my mother
well, she was a real woman. gentle,
but brave. too; sweetly feminine. but
strong and healthy; tactfui. but sincere
and honest" His voice quavered. and
he stopped
81 wish | might have known her,"
| said Kelvin" THAT is a good country
to produce real human beings"
Rensselaer, turned to him quickly.
"Of course I'm not going to ask you
what your plans are nor how You
reached your present point" he observ-
ed, ''but you're doing a stunning thing
If it's your aim to gain profitable con-
righteousness There hasn't been so
much real money in the financial dis
trict in years You certainly must have
put in a remarkable five years. Where
did you go from Montana? Z"
"Oh. down to Tennessee in the real
estate business" said Phillip guarded
Iy. 81 managed TO get in pretty good
/ a
there thar brought me some success
and some influential friends. Now |
am going to make big play. You
know a certain Wall street crowd. still
in business. broke my father. and he
died from tt
II remember your telling me some
thing about that But be careful yen
don't everyday your game" warned
Rensselaer,. whereat Kelvin only smil-
ed, though grirnly enough.
They had reached the bottom of the
hotel elevator shaft now, and they
turned into the subway corridor. con-
venicnce which impressed Kelvin very
much.
Its a bad development" stated
Rensselaer,. shaking his head. There
is a growing tendency toward these
direct entrances both in business and
in tepement districts. and it is bound
to produce a race of toilers who will
see no sunlight whatever They will
practically be human moles. like that
errand boy understood and IN
developed. physically. mentally and
morally. white and soft and 1abby, like
putty They viii not be men; they viii
be worms
Sometimes the worm may turn"
Phillip specnlated. land if 1t does
watch QUIT When country loses
its middle class it is In a bad way
You can crush out of mankind every
thing. even hope. with one exception
the capacity to kill"
Rensselaer, laughed. "Can you mag
inc anything more amusing than q
fight with about fifty of those chaps?"
az don't see the FUN IN It" objected
Phillip. 81 saw a crowd Of newsboys
IN Chicago attack very brawny man
once, and they nearly killed him."
1--WE known cowmen to fight over a
milder discussion than this" laughed
Rensselaer,. II guess we'd better drop
it. Do you remember that famous
fight between Mutton Harris and