Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-10-10

ed So Wvsrled uu.. tnmk | ever saw
him worried nr',,r,,
I'm "a ~ nt,r.' stuart said
He >tyn,ir vaWdN across town to-
ward The Bowery. through Fourth
street, wondering what could have hap
pened to break the accustomed good
humor of the doctor
The doctor had Tong since retired
from the practice of medicine as q
profession and only used it now as his
means of miuiSterinc to the wants OF
his ueiChHorS His uet~hborS were a
large tribe. however scattered all the
way from the cellars and dives of Wa
ter street to the shantieS and goat
ranges of the upper Harlem Stuart
had never met a man 80 full OF con
tagious health He was born physi-
clan. There was healing In the touch
of his big hand Healing light stream,
ed from his brown eyes, and his iron
gray beard sparkled with it, His
presence in a sickroom seemed to till
1t with waves Of life and his influence
over the patients To whom he minis
ltltt WAS little SIltTl on hNInOllC-
Stuart found the doctor standing at
the door OF his factory, shaking hands
and chatting with his employees as
they emerged from the building mt the
close OF days work \ plain old
fashioned brick structure Just of the
BowerN was this factory. and across
the front ran a weatherhcatrn sign
which had not been changed for more
than fifty wears: Henry Woodmau.
Manufacturing Chemist.
The doctors father had established
the business fifty two wears ago. aud
the son. who bore his fathers name
had succeeded to its management on
his death. which occurred lust after
the return of the younger man with
his victorious regiment from their last
campaign with Grant before Peters
burg and Appomattox.
He took Stuart'S hand in his big.
crushing grip and handed him n letter
which he opened and read hastily:
No TO Gramercy Park
To Or Henry Woodman.
Dear Sir-l must have an answer to the
proposition of the American Chemical
company before noon tomorrow After
that hour the matter will be definitely
closed JNO C CALHOUN BIVENS
April .. 1898
Still looking at the letter he asked.
What does it mean
An ultimatum from the chemical
trust I'll explain to YOU when you've
seen something of my work tonight
The first hour want YOU to put in
with me at the diSpensary
Stuart'S eye rested on the embossed
heading OF the letter. NO. 90 Gramer
cy park" and he slowly crushed the
paper 1t was the Primrose house.
Mans home Her mother had sue
ceeded
Bivens. the new sensation in high
finance. she had established as her star
boarder in Stuart's absence; Bivens,
his schoolmate at college; Bivens, the
little raZorback scion of poor white
trash from the south who had sudden
ly become II millionaire!
His blood boiled with rage. AS he
turned and followed the doctor he
laughed with sudden fierce determine
ton
The dispensary vas Woodman's hob
by. The old fashioned drug store stood
on a corner of the Bowery. and in the
rear extension, which opened on the
side street. he had established what he
laughingly called his life line" free
dispensary where any man needing
medicine or a doctors advice could
have it without charge IL unable to
pay
For two hours Stuart saw him min
lister with patience and skill to the
friendless and the poor: for each a
cheerful word and the warm grasp of
his big hand with the prescription
The young lawyer watched with curl
GUS interest the qulckened step with
which each one left. The medicine had
begun to work before the prescription
was filed
When the last applicant had gone
Stuart turned to the doctor:
And what Is the proposition which
the distinguished young head of the
chemical trust has made your
That sell my business to them at
their own valuation and come into the
trust or get off the earth
AND yon wish my advice?"
Eyes
hat figure did he nameT
More than its cash Yalue
Then you will accept. of course"
II would II there were not some
things that cant be reckoned in terms
of dollars and cents. II | take stock
in the American Chemical company /
am party to their methods. an heir ia
their fra uds
Yet isn't the old regime OF the small
manufacturer and the retailer doom
ed? Isn't combination the new order
OF modern iifeI viii II pay you to
fight losing battle? Bivens is not
man OF broad culture, but he is very
smooth young gentleman
He's "a contemplate little scamp