Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-26

only desire was to help you and make
you rich
Again the doctors eyes blazed with
wrath. and he completely lost his self
control
Dash you! Have | asked for your
help or patronage? Its offer is an in
suit l want you to remember. sir,
that picked you up out of the streets
of New York i'll, hungry. out of work,
friendless. and gave you your first
Job"
Bivens. breathing heavily, turned. his
face black with hate, and slowly said:
''Tll make you live to regret this in
terview. Woodman."
With contemptuous grunt the doc
tor closed the door.
When Stuart heard the door close
and Bivens' step die away on the pave
ment below he came down TO see the
doctor, haunted by strange vision.
From every shadow he saw Mans face
looking into his. He was not supersti-
tiOus. This impression he knew was
simply a picture burned into his tired
brain by days and nights of intense
longing. 1t was the ghost of Mans
face-old, white. pulseless. terrible in
| its beauty, but dead.
| He paused in the lower hall and
watched for a moment a scene between
! father and daughter through the open
| door Of the library.
Harriet had just bounded into the
| room and stood beside the doctors
| chair with an arm around his neck and
the other hand gently smoothing his
soft gray hair. She was grooming over
| his tired figure with the quaintest little
mother touches.
You look so worn out, papa, dear.
| What have you been doing?"
Something very foolish, I'm afraid,
baby-Pve just refused a fortune that
might have been yours some day"
why did you refuse it,"
Because l didn't believe it was
clean and honest"
Then shouldn't want 1t. I'd rather
be poor"
The big hands drew the golden head
closer still and pressed u kiss on the
young forehead.
My husband will love me. won't
he? shall not mind if I'm poor" she
went on laughing as Stuart entered
the room.
See, boy, how's she's growing. this
little baby Of miner the doctor ex'
claimed, wheeling her about for Stu
arts inspection. Run now, grille, and
go TO bed. / want to talk to jim"
well, my boy" said the doctor
when she had left. I've Just done q
thing which l know was inevitable
but now that's it's done I'm afraid
may have made a tragic mistake. Tel
me II It's so. There may be time :.
retract"
"Bivens has threatened to ruin you
businessf'
ION the other hand he has just offer
ed to buy it at my own price"
And you refusedT
ITO sell at any price. but It's not tot
late to change my mind. can cal
him back now and apologize for M
rudeness. Tell me- should ! do II
Your eyes are young. boy: your soul 4
fresh from Gods heart I'm just lit
{
things for me-sit down "A moment"
There are several reasons why yoj
couldn't have a more sympatbeti'
listener tonight. doctor-go on"
Grant all their claims" he beGar
impatiently. for the tFust-its econo
my. its efficiency. its power, its sue
cess-tbis is a free country. isn't itE'
Theoretically
Well. when / hint at such a thInl
to your modern organizing friend tia
these enormous profits for the few
must be paid out of the poverty of tn
many-against whom the strong AM
cunning are thus combining-& simpl
+ answer is always ready. business I
business which translated is the oil
n cry that the first murderer shrieke