The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-22

are women IN the WOTlu VINO COulu
marry a man like you and be happy.
but I couldn't And the more cared
for such a man. the more unhappy ]
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"
Business" Daylight gasped.
What's wrong with my business?
play fair and square. There's moth
ing underhand about II. which can't
be said of most businesses. whether OF
the big corporations or of the cheat
ing. lying. little corner.grocerymen.
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 th, 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 space they rode in 81.
ience
| i see II more clearly than | can
state II. 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.
| ly IN a way. creates something. the
grain that will al 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 10 market. and playing all rob
Der and robbing the robbers like | do
And. besides. halfway robbery is too
slow n 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 millions
and millions, already: why can't you
do good with all your money!"
Daylight laughed
Doing good with your money.
Amt It funny. to go around with brass
knuckles and big club breaking
folks heads and taking their money
away from them until I've got a pile.
and then. repenting of my ways. going
around and bandaging up the heads
the other robbers are breaking? /
leave It to you That's what d. Ding good
with money amounts to. Every once
In while some robber turns soft
hearted and takes to driving an am
hulance. That's what Carnegie did
He smashed heads In pitched battles
ut Homestead. regular Wholesale head
breaker he was. held up the suckers
for few hundred million. and now
he goes around dribbling Il back TO
them Funny? I leave 1t to you
lie rolled a cigarette and watched
her half curiously half amusedly. Ills
replies and harsh congratulations OF a
harsh school were disconcerting and
she came back to her earlier position
Il can't argue with you. and you
kno- that. No matter how right a
woman is. men have such way about
| thA,,-nan hot de
most convincing. and yet the woman
Is still certain they are wrong But
there Is one thing. the creative Joy:
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 II and after you
had II done?"
While she spoke his memory was
, busy with the associations she recall
ed He saw the deserted fiat on the
, river bank by the Klondike. and DC
; saw the log cabins and warehouses
/ spring up. and all the log structures
he had built. and his sawmills work
ing night and day on three shifts.
r Why. dog, gone 1t. Miss Mason
3 you're right-in a way. I've bull
!. hundreds Of houses up there. and
3 remember ! was proud and glad tt
see them go up. I'm proud now. wher
remember them. And there was
5 Ophir-the most God-forsaken moose
5 pasture of q creek you ever laid eyes
3 on I made that into the big Ophir
Why. I ran the water in there from
the Rinkabiily. eighty miles away
They all said ! couldn't. but did II
and ! did II by myself. The dam anc
the iume cost me four million Blu
you should have seen that Ophir-pow
er plants. electric lights. and hun
dreds OF men on the payroll. working
! night and day. | guess I do get az