Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-11-28

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the inspection carefully. It's Of grave
importance, | shall call on you as
witness by and by before that group
OF newspaper men"
When Stuart had satisfied himself of
the accuracy or the count he stood
gazing at the queer looking piles or
yellow metal and richly tinted paper.
stunned by the attempt to realize the
enormous power over men which IL
represented When the huge pile
should thrill with life at the touch Of
the deft tingers OF the master who
could grasp Its stunning force In hui
man affairs, who could tell its possi-
bilitiesf
The age OF materialism had dawned.
and the new age knew but one god.
whose temple was the market place.
A wave OF bitterness swept his spirit,
and for the first time he questioned for
the hriefest moment whether he had
missed the way In life Only for a
moment, and then the feeling passed,
and In its place slowly rose sense OF
angry resentment against Bivens and
all us llilts " uVH Tie tttlC SWatthy
figure suddenly appeared In the door
way his soul was In arms for the
struggle he knew coming
We'll. you found I've not made
mistaken
mo To put II mildly, you will not
be forced TO apply to the charity bu-
reau for any outside help this year"
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As 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
have you with me- We won't discuss
terms now-that's mere detail-the
thing is for us to get at the differences
between us Now say the meancst and
hardest things you can think, ! under
stand"
MY opinion. Cal, OF your business
methods are known to every one They
cay that the warriors OF the Dakota
Indians used to eat the heart of
fallen foe to Increase their courage.
Your business methods haven't made
much progress beyond this stage. so far
AZ can see"
Bivens suoked his silken beard with
q 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 | laugh Mt my critics and
sneer at threats, | am secure because
I've built my career on the biggest fact
of the century"
But" Stuart broke In. you don't
live. You nre engaged In an endless
fight. desperate. cruel, merceDary-for
whatf"
The game. man. the gamer
Game? What game? To crush and
kin for the mere snke OF doing It, ms
sheep killing dog strangles fifty lambs
In n night for the fun of hearing them
blent?"
Put Jim" the little tinancier pro-
tested. II don't make men as they are.
nor did | make conditions"
"You are wrecker and not q
builder"
"But In that true2" Bivens inter.
Industries Of the world. have
furthered the progress OF humanity"
"Yes. In way You have, And II
the price Of goods continues to rise
for another ten years as II 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
but millionaire can live on this one.
day OF reckoning In bound to come.
But millionaire dies every day. No
body knows Nobody cares. In such
a life mt its best worth living2 And
yours In never at its best, You cant
eat much You don't sleep well and
you can't live beyond fifty five"
Don't talk nonsense, Jim; I'll live
as long as you"
"And yet you turn pale when ! speak
Of death"
Blvens suddenly drew his watch and
spoke with quick. nervous energy:
~ must emil those reporters and get
rid OF them M soon as possible
He gave the order. and In a few
moments walked back into the room
followed by the newspaper men. a
laII uoZeD young ielloWS VIII titHU
cut. eager fnces Not one OF them
showed a pencil or II note book. but
not feature Of the startling exhibit
ton escaped their intelligence. Every
eye flashed with piercing light. every
nerve quivered with sensitive !mpres.
sions
They looked at Bivens with peculiar
awe. Stuart noted with smile that
not one OF them spoke loudly In the
presence of ninety millions Of dollars.
When Blvens led them out at last
and returned to the room. he was In
high spirits.
"Now. Jim" he began hastily. If
you have said all the bad things you
can possibly think about me. wen
get down TO business and ri present
the big proposition you can't resis'"
ITO be continued
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