Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-04-11

are women in the world who could
marry man like you and be happy. |
but | 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 I'M
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. |
Whats wrong with my business?
play fair and square. There's moth
ing underhand about 1t, which can't
be said of most businesses. whether OF
the big corporations OF 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 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 the
robbers"
81 missed my point" she admitted
Wait a minute"
lence
II see II more clearly than | can
state It, but It's something like this.
! There is legitimate work. and there's
work that-wel 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 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 10 market. and playing all rob-
Der and robbing the robbers like do.
And besides. halfway robbery is too
slow 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 II funny. to go around with brass
knuckles and big club breaking
folks heads and taking their money
away from them until I've got pile
and then. repenting of my ways. going
around and bandaging up the heads
the other robbers are breaking?
leave II TO you That's what Ding gooc
with money amounts to. Every once
in while some robber turns soft
, hearted and takes to driving an am
bulance That's what Carnegie did
, He smashed heads in pitched battle;
, at Homestead. regular wholesale head
breaker he was. held up the suckers
> for a few hundred million. and nov
, he goes around dribbling II hack u
: them Funny? leave It to you"
1 He rolled a cigarette and watched
n her half curiously. half amusedly. Hi
I replies and harsh congratulations of
;. harsh school were disconcerting an,
h she came back to her earlier position
$ 81 can't argue with you. and yo
o know that. No matter how right
;. woman is. men have such way abou
/ them-well what they say sound
{ most convincing. and yet the woma
e Is still certain they are wrong. Blu
#" there is one thing. the creative 1oy
I and It's a higher Joy than mere gan
g bling Haven't you ever made thing
o yourself-a log cabin up in the "
II kon, or a canoe. or raft. or something
d And don't you remember how sati
e. fed you were. how good you Eel
g while you were doing It and after yo
had II done?"
e. While she spoke his memory wa
lie busy with the associations she recal
ed He saw the deserted fiat on ii
a river bank by the Klondike. and :
lie saw the log cabins and warehouse
ST spring up. and all the log structure
Ht uuu uulll, oNihihS WV
IL ing night and day on three shifts.
or why. dog-gone 1t. Miss Maso
lie you're right-in way. I've bui
h. hundreds of houses up there. and
re remember was proud and glad
see them 20 up. I'm proud now, wh'
~ | remember them. And there WI
is Ophir--the most God-forsaken moos
es pasture of creek you ever laid ey'
he on. | made that into the big Oph
X Why. ran the water In there fro
or the Rinkabilly. eighty miles ava
Id They all said couldn't. but did
and did II by myself. The dam al
at the fume cost me four million b
you should have seen that Ophir-po
er plants. electric lights. and hu
OF dreds OF men on the payroll, workll
B." night and day. guess | do get
We mixing of what you mean by makil