The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-15

First or all. you must let me make
your father loan sufficient to cover
all needs. the payments on the house
and furniture. the little outstanding
bills, enough to cure Ed and TO run on.
No one outside the family has better
right than to do this. and no one
would be so glad
II know" she returned. "You are
very delicate, too. to offer to make the
loan to father. but I'd rather you
would lend 1t to me. for l have deter
mined to become the business man Of
the family"
"Just as you like" agreed Phillip.
How much shall you needy'
She handed him little slip Of paper
upon which the amounts we've already
set down and totaled The sum was
pitifully small in view Of all the vast
sums which Phillip had at his disposal
II don't think It wise for you to
confine this to actual necessities" he
urged. 1T would be much better to
take larger sum, one that would
cover all emergencies"
Elsie shook her head firmly "No,"
she said. II have already allowed a
small leeway. The less can make the
burden the better l shall feel about
II, for It must all be paid back. Please
let me have my own way"
IT don't see how can do otherwise
replied Phillip. giving her the money.
She took 1t. gulping down little lump
which rose in her throat. then said
with pretty little assumption Of busl-
ness:
II want you to write out a note for
me to sign"
without protest Phillip did so and
put the note carefully away.
"Now we come back to the question
Of employment" said he. you men,
toned while ago your fathers gar.
dening hobby. Do you suppose he
would take position in that liner"
"A month ago he would not, but now
he would gratefully. II you can get
him such place 1t would perhaps
solve our problem"
81 believe that l can" unused Phil
lip. "Just wait a minute" and he
dressed envelope, which he handed to
her. III your father will take this
note to the address on the envelope l
am quite certain they will make a
place for him"
81 don't know how to thank you,"
she said. You will have to take 1t
for granted"
He took her warm hand In his own.
and II in that moment he had obeyed
the impulse that was in his heart, II he
had spoken the words that strove to
rush upon his lips, the whole course of
his life might have been changed--for
the better. But again ambition. whish
grimly forbade any clog upon his
movements, interfered. and he held
her hand with the tenderness Of a
brother-no more!
Really. Elsie. wish l could have
done more for you" he said II want
you to promise me that If you get into
difficulties Of any sort you will let me
smooth them out for you"
II have no one else to go to-" she re.
| Piled simply do you know how much
suffering there Is In the world?" she
suddenly asked him.
81 suppose there is a great deal Of 1t"
do you understand what suffering
isY
81 do" he returned. II had my
share Of it-of illness. Of poverty. Of
cold and hunger. Of uncleanliness. Of
the social degradation that belongs
with want Of money. know these
things not as one emerging from them
but as one cast down among them
from luxury Some people thar expert
| ence softens. others II hardens and
makes bitter. Sometimes think II
had that latter effect with me-"
ut must not be-" 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
Eve 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"
"YesY' he asked again.
They say-they. say"-she haltec
and stopped. and then, with her face
pcoloring. she stumbled on-"they say
that you brought on this panic and
that you could stop It. 1t isn't true. Is
! it,"
I'm measure suppose It Is" ad-
mitted Phillip. 1.-The condition was like
pile of loose gunpowder at the side
Of railroad track. where constantly
passing engines ure sending up sparks.
One spark was sure to land In that
gunpowder and explode It. ! merely
happened to be the spark, but with no
more power than that spark to stop
the subsequent destruction"
She recoiled from him with dilatina
eyes. 1T is true. Them she said.
II suppose II Is. even In the way you
look at Il, but assure you. Elsie,