The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-02
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 When Stuart had satisfied lznastelf of ghe accuracy of the count, he stood EazinE at the queer looking piles of a>eliow metal and richly tinted paper, stunned by the attempt to realize the enormous power over men which it represented When the huge pile siould thrill with life at the touch of the delft fingers of the master who could grasp its stunning force in hu- man affairs. who could tell its possi- hNEties.
 The age of materialism had da wned. and the new age knew but one god. Ehose temple was the market place A wave of bitterness swept his spirit, and for the first time he questioned for he briefest moment whether he had missed the way in fife Only for mornent, and then the feeling passed, and in its place slowly rose sense of angry resentment against Bivens and all his tribe When the little swarthy figure suddenly appeared in the door ~ay his soul was in arms for the struggle he knew coming..ss=z-.--s
 well, you found Ike not made a mistaken zasT se-ze
 No. To put it mildly you will not be forced to apply to the charity bu- reau for any outside help this year.
 You have counted So0.o00, ,O0O there. Ar I told you awhile ago. I've just be gun I've schemes on foot that circle the globe I've made up my mind to hGEe you with me. We won't discuss terms no~-that's a mere detail-the thing is for us to get at the differences between us- Now say the meanest and hardest things you can think. I under sfznd--
 -Afy opinion Cal of your business methods are known to evBPv one. They say that the warriors of the Dakota Indismes used to eat the heart of a <alleS foe to increase their courage. Your business methods haven't made much progress beyond this stage. so far as can sec
 Bfvens stroked his silken beard with a nervous, puzzled movement and said:
 --The passion for money, money for it's own sake, right or wrong, is the motive power of the modern world That's why I laugh at my critics and sheer at threats I am secure because I've built my career on the biggest fact of the century
 But Stuart broke in. you don't live You are engaged in an endless flt-Er Nf tACf- AOA whate'' -~zi.ir
 The game. man the gar.e.'-
 s..Game2 What game2 To crush and kill for the mere sake of doing it. as q sheep killing dog strangles fifty lambs in nigEf for the fun of hearing them bleatr'
 But. Him. fhe little financier pro tested. T don't make men as they are. nor did I make conditions
 '.xou are 2 wreekelr1 and net a builder
 But is that trne:'' Bivens Izters+ rupted eagerly I'm organizing the industries of the world have furthered the progress of humanity"
 --Yes. in a way you have. Ard if the price of goods continues to rise for another ten years as it has during the past ten under your organizing the human race will be compelled to make still further progress. They will have to move to another planet Nobody bl-t a millionaire can live on this one. A day of reckoning is bound to come. But a millionaire dies every day No body kDows- Nobndy cares Is such life at its best worth living? And yours is never at it's best. You can't at much. You don't sleep well and you i've DeyOHU IlALAs1k1E6-
 Don't talk nonsense Jim: I'll live long as you.'
 And yet you turn pale when speak of death
 Bivens suddenly drew his watch and spoke with quick, nervous energy:
 T must call those reporters and get rid of them as soon as possible
 He gave the order. and in a few moments walked back into the room followed by the newspaper men, half dozen young fellows with clean cut eager faces Not one of them showed g pencil or a note book. but not feature of the startling exhibi- ton escaped their intelligence Every eye flashed with piercing light. every nerve quivered with sensitive impress sions-
 They looked at Bivens with peculiar Rve- Stuart noted with a smile that not one of them spoke loudly in the presence of ninety millions of dollars. When Bfvens led them out at last and returned to the room, he was in nigh spirits fg
 Now, Jim" he began hastily t'lf you have said all the bad things you esn possibly think about me. we'll get down te business and I'll present khe big proposition you can't resist