Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-09-19

I'm playing q SLOW COn6eIfdS1V0TS0 AAAA<S..
amt a-going to lose for overlooking
my hand"
This was loye.making Of q sort be-
yond Dede.s experience. Nor had she
ever heard Of anything like It.
$50 you see,' he urged, ajust for e
square deal we've got to see some
more OF each other this winter. Most
likely your mind Amt made up YET
"But It is, she interrupted. Il
wouldn't dare permit myself to care for
you. Happiness, for me, would not lie
that way. like you, Mr.. Harnish,
and all that, but 1t can never be more
than that
"It's because you don't like my way
Of living" he charged, thinking IN his
own mind Of the sensational joy-rides5
and general profligacy with which the.
newspapers had credited him-think-
ing this, and wondering whether or
not, in maiden modesty, she would
disclaim knowledge OF 1t.
To his surprise, her answer was fiat
and uncompromising.
mo; don't" 81 n
IT know I've been brash on some Of
those rides that got into the papers,
be began his defence, "and that I've
been travelling with q lively crowd ~ !"
IT don't mean that" she said, 3,
though I know about 1t, too, and
can't say that like 1t. But 1t Is your
life In general, your business. There
are women in the world who could
marry man like you and be happy,
but couldn't And the more cared
Tor such a man, the more unhappy i
should be. You see, my unhappiness,
In turn, would tend to make him un-
happy. should make mistake and
he would make an equal mistake.
though his would not be SO hard on
him because he would still have his
business"
"Business!" Daylight gasped.
What's wrong with my business? Il
play fair and square. There's moth
ing underhand about it, which can't
be said of most businesses, whether Of
The big corporations or of the cheat
ing, lying, little neutrality-suspicious.. /
play the straight rules Of the game,
and i don't have to lie or cheat or
break my word. \ q
Don't you see, he went on, the
whole game is a gamble. Everybody
CANDLES In one way or another. Tho
farmer CANDLES against the weather
and the market on his crops. So does
the United States Steel Corporation.
The business Of lots Of men Is straight
robbery of the poor people. But I've
never made that my business. You
know that. I've always gone after tina
robbers.
Il missed my point" she admitted.
Wait g minute. !"
And for q space they rode In n
lence.
@ see 1t more clearly than 4 can
state9it, but It's something like this.
There Id legitimate work, and there's
work that well. that isn't Iegi Ultimate.
j The farmer works the soil and pro.
. duces grain. He's making something
] that Is good for humanity He actual
4 ", In q way, creates something. the
grain that will fill the mouths Of the
hungry.
And then the railroads and market.
riggers and the rest proceed to rob
him Of that same grain. Daylight
i broke In.
/ There amt much difference be.
tween playing halfway robber like
the railroad hauling that farmara
wheat to market. and playing all rob
Der and robbing the robbers like I do
And, besides, hallway robbery is too
slow 9 game for me to Sit In. You
/ don't win quick enough for me, r
But what do you want TO win FORT
Dedes demanded. You have millions
and mill lions, already why can't you
\ do good with all your money o.
Dayl light laughed III
Doing good with your money!
1 Amt It funny, to go around with brass
knuckles and 81 big club breaking
4 folks heads and taking their money
sEaway from them until I've got q pile,
lind then. repenting Of my ways. going
around and bandaging up the heads
4 the other robbers are breakingf
leave 1t to you. That what doing good
With money amounts To. Every once
4 In while some robber turns soft
4 hearted and takes to driving an am.
bulance That's what Carnegie did.
He smashed heads In pitched battles
lat Homestead, regular Wholesale head.
breaker he WAS, held up the suckers
for q few hundred million, and now
he goes around dribbling 1t back 10
them. Funny? leave ii to you. r r N W.