The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-05


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farnlef CANDLES agalnsi lhe ue8ther
and The niprk ion his cfopsc 50 does
ND United Sthtes Steel Coipcfaflqn1
The business 81 lots oinien s susisht'
tobbeFy al ID ( POOR people iul l'ye
never made tllst bly, buslness You
know that. rye always gone after re
robbers.
II nissedsmy point sle admitted.
''wait a minute
And for a space they rode II 81
lence.
Il see It more clearly than can
state 1t, but its something me nus.
There is legitimate work and there,s
work that-zwell, that ISM iamates
The farmer works the soil and pfos
duces grain. Hes making some thing
that is good for humanity! ne aettl.il'
~. In a way, creates sonnet Thing the
grain that glll All the mouth q tlie
hungry.
And then. the railroads and Innfs
riggers and the rest proceed
him Of that same grain, Dayl iglit
broke in.
There amt much difference bea
tween playing halfway robber ire
the railroad hauling that tafmers
wheat TO market, and playing al rob
Der ana robblng the robbers like | DOL
And, besides, halfway robbery Is too
slow game for me to sit I'M You
don't win quick enough for me,
"But what do you want to win fors
Dede demanded. you have millionsl
and millions, already; why can't vow
do good with all>your money?
Daylight laughed.
Doing good with your niohey!
Amt 1t funny, to so around with BRASS
knuckles and big club breaking
folks heads and taking their money,S
away from them until I've got d pilesf
and then, repenting Of my ways. going,
around and bandaging up the heads
the other robbers are breaking
leave It to you That's what doing good
with money amounts to, Every once
in a while some robber turns soft
hearted and takes 10 driving an am, 4
bulance.i That's what Carnegie did.
He smashed heads Ia pitched hittles i
at Homestead regular Who'll esale head
breaker he was, held up the suckers
for few hundred Million aad now
he goes around dribbling Il back 70
them. Funny? leave Il, to YOU " 34 4
He rolled cigarette and watched
her half curiously half amnsedly. Eiis 4
replies and harsh congratulations o. d
harsh school were disconcerting, and
she came back to her earlier position
81 can't argue with you. and YOU
know that. No matter how right q
woman is, men have such q way about z
them-well, what they say sounds
most convincing, and yet the woman
Is still certain they are wrong. But
there Is one thing, the creative joys
and It's higher joy than mere gam.
bling. Haven't you ever, made things
yourselt-a log cabin tip in the yii-
kon, or a canoe, or ret, or sotlcshi 3 4
And don't you remember how salts
fled you were. how good you felt, q
while you were doing It ;andtafter you
had IT. done?"
While she spoke. his memory Nls
busy With the associations she recall N
ed. He saw the deserted fat on the
river bank. byi4tlles iEibhdike, and ia,
saw the log cabins and warehouses
spring up, and all itbeslog structures
he had built, and. hls sswmills work.
fng night and day onsthree shifts.
Why dog.gone It. Miss Mas
you're right-ln "a way. I've br /
hundreds Of houses IN there, and
I was proud aud glad Ia
zee them go up. I'm proud now, when
remember them And there was
0phir-the NEST Cod 6fsaken moo \
pasture Of creek you ever laid eSes 4
on l made that into the big Ophis.
Why, ran the water In there frcrl
lie Rinkabilly, eighty miles away.
They all said corSdnt, but did liz
md I did 1t BY myself The dam aud
he fume, cost me four million. But
'ou should have seen that ophir pow
n plants, electric lights and hun.
reds Of men on the payroll, working
light and day. guess do get an