Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-07

and her entertainments had made her
the subject Of endless comment She
had set a pace for extravaganza which
made the old leaders stand aghast
Her worldly wise mother had been dead
for the past i've years.
BE was waiting the arrival of Wood
man for a conference over Bivens' Of
fer OF compromise, and he dreaded the
ordeal
80 the little weasel has offered to
compromise my suit for half the sum
we named. ehT' the doctor asked in
triumph.
II assure you that II the case comes
TO its tinal test you are certain to lose"
80 you have said again and again.
my boy" was the good natured reply.
but his sudden terror and this offer
show that we have won already, and
be knows IL. Bivens has seen the
handwriting on the wall. When the
American people are once aroused
their wrath will sweep the trusts into
the bOttOmless pit"
"Bivens isn't worrying about the peO-
pie or their wrath"
Then it's time he began the doctor
cried MARK my word. the day OF the
common people has dawned This mud
sill OF the world has learned TO read
, and write and begun TO think. He
will never be content again until he
turns the world upside down"
But you must consider this offer
You have too much al stake. Your
factory has been closed for five years.
Your store has been sold. your busi-
ness ruined. and you are lighting TO pa Y
the interest on your debts I've seen
you growing poorer daily until you
have turned your home into a lodging
house and nllPd IL with strangers"
I've enjoyed showing them My
/ sympathies have BEEN made larger"
Put is this battle Yours alone. doc
tori You are hut one among millions
! You are trying 10 bear the burden Of
all. Have you counted the coStT Har.
riet's course in music will continue two
years longer The last year she must
spend abroad Her expenses will be
/ great. This settlement Is generous
one. no matter what Bivens' motive"
Il cant compromise with man who
/ has crushed my business by "A con
/ spiracy of organized blackmail"
/ "Oh. come. come. doctor. talk com
mon sense! You were not ruined by
law Of progress as resistless as the
law Of gravity"
IF the law OF gravity Is unjust 1t
will be abolished. | can't compromise
With Eivens refuse his generosity.
/ III take only what the last tribunal Of
the people shall give me-tustIce"
The last tribunal OF the people will
give you nothing" the lawyer said
. einphaucally.
"I'll stand or fall with II. ] make
common cause with the people. know
thar BivenS is a power now. He
chooses judges. defies the law. brides
legislatures and city councils and
imaEines that he rules the nation. But
the NapOleOns OF finance today will
be wes1 ing stripes In Sing Sing to
morrow A dsspOtism of money can
not he fastened on the people OF Amer
lea. Only few years ago a great
millionaire who lived in a palace on
Fifth avenue boldly said TO a newspa
per reporter. The public be d-dT
Times have changed The mlllionaires
have begun 10 buy the newspapers and
beg for public favor. We are walking
on the crust OF a volcano OF public
wrath. am content 10 live and trght
for the right. win or lose. and play
my little part IN this mighty drsmRr
az had hoped you were tired OF tight
ing a losing battle"
ri fight this battle TO q finish and
I'll win. II God lives I'll within 81
sure Of It. my boy"
The doctor paused and his eye,
flashed
I'm so sure OF II that I'm not only
going TO refuse this brbe from Biv
ems, but my answer will be a harder
blow. I'm going TO begin another big
ger and more important suit for thG
dissolution OF the American chemical
trust
Stuart slipped his arm around th'
older man with a movement of In
stinctive tenderness
Look here. doctor. I've lived in you
home for fourteen years and Nv,