Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-01

OF living" be charged, thinking In his
v mind OF the sensational joy.rides
and general profiigacy 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.
NO; don't"
those rid IS that got into the papers,"
he began his defence. land that I've
been travelling with a lively crowd"
81 don't mean that" she said,
"tbouzh know about it, too, and
can't say hat | like It. But it is your
life In general, your business. There
are women In the world who could
marry a man like you and be happy,
but / couldn't And the more | cared
for such a man, the more unhappy J
should be. You see, my unhappiness,
in turn, would tend to make him un.
happy. | should make a mistake, and
he would make an equal mistake,
though his would not be so hard on
him because he would still have his
business"
"B~usiness." Daylight gasped.
Whats wrong with my business? !
play fair and square. There's moth
Ing underhand about 1t, which cant
be said Of most businesses. whether OF
the big corporations or of the cheat.
ing, lying, little corner.grocerymen. !
play the straight rules of the game,
and | don't have to lie or cheat or
break my word"
Don't you see," he went on, the
whole game Is a gamble. Everybody
CANDLES In one way or another. The
farmer CANDLES against the weather
and III 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 the
robbers"
Il missed my point" she admitted.
wait a minute"
And for a space they rode In 81.
lenCe.
Il see 1t more clearly than | can
state It, but It's something like this.
There Is legitimate work. and there's
work that-well, that isn't legitimate.
The farmer works the soil and pro-
duces grain, He's making something
that Is good for humanity. He actual.
" In a uuv rrnafno cnp,nthinu tho
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
broke in.
There amt much difference be-
tween playing halfway robber like
the railroad hauling that farmers
wheat to market. and playing all rob-
her and robbing the robbers like | do.
And. besides. halfway robbery is 90
slow a game for me TO sit In. You
don't win quick enough for me-"
But what do you want to win for?"
Dede demanded. You have milliors
and millions, already: why can't you
do good with all your money!"
Daylight laughed.
Doing good with your money!
Amt 1t funny. to go around with brass
knuckles and a big club breaking
folks heads and taking their money
away from them antil I've got a pile,
and then. repenting of my ways, going
around and b%andaging UP the heads
the other robbers are breaking? !
leave 1t to you. That's what doing good
with money amounts to. Every once
In a while some robber turns soft.
hearted and takes to driving an am.
bulance. That's what Carnegie did.
He smashed heads in pitched battles
at Homestead, regular wholesale head
breaker he was, held up the suckers
for 4 few hundred million, and now
lie Soes around dribbling It back to
them. Funny? ! leave It to YOU"
He rolled a cigarette and watched
her half curiously. half amusedly. His
replies and harsh congratulations OF a
harsh school were d~isconcerting, and
she came back to her earlier position.
~ cant argue with you, and you
know that. No matter how right a
woman is. men have such a way about
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 10y;
and it's a higher Joy than mere gam.
bling. Haven't you ever made things
yourself-a log cabin up in the Yu.
kon. or a canoe. or raft. or something?
And don't you remember how salts
fed you were. how good you felt,
while you were doing It and after you
had 1t done?"
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