Gilpin observer., 1912-04-04

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though | know about It, too, and
can't say that like It, But it is your
life In general, your business. There
are women In the world who could
marry man like you and be happy
but ! couldn't And the more | cared
for such man. the more unhappy |
should be. You see, my unhappiness.
In turn, would tend to make him un-
happy. Ishould 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 1t, which can't
be said of most businesses, whether of
the big corporations or of the cheat
Ing. lying. little corner-grocerymen.
play the straight rules of the game,
and l 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. Soydoes
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 minute"
And for a space they rode in ST.
lence
i see 1t more clearly than | can
state 1t. 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 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 to market. and playing all rob
ber and rohbing 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 for2"
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 1t funny. to go around with brass
knuckles and big club breaking
folks heads and taking their money
away from them until I've got piie
and then. repenting of my ways. going
around and bandaging up the heads
the other robbers are breaking? 1
leave 1t to you. That's what doing good
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 battles
at Homestead, regular wholesale head
breaker he was. held up the suckers
for few hundred million. and now
he goes around dribbling It back to
them Funny? | leave 1t to you
He rolled cigarette and watched
her half curiously. half amusedly His
replies and harsh generalizations OF a
harsh school were disconcerting. and
she came back to her earlier position
u can't argue with you. and YOU
know that. No matter how right
woman Is. men have such a way about
them-well. what they say sounds
most convincing, and yet the woman
Is still certain they are wrong But
there is one thing. the creative 1oy;
and it's higher Joy than mere gam.
bling. Haven't you ever made things
yourself-a log cabin up In the Yn-
kon. or canoe. or raft. or something?
And don't you remember how salts.
fled you were. how good you felt.
while you were doing It and after you
had It done?"
While she spoke his memory was
busy with the associations she recall.
ed He saw the deserted fiat on me
river bank by the Klondike. and ne
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.
Why. doggone II, Miss Mason.
you're right-in way I've built
hundreds Of houses up there. and
remember was proud and glad TO
see them go up. I'm proud now. when
remember them. And there was
Ophir-the most God-forsaken moose.
pasture OF a creek YOU ever laid ewes
on. ! made that into the big Ophir.
Why, ran the water In there from
the Rinkabilly. eighty miles away.
They all said | couldn't. but | did II.
and did II by myself. The dam ana
the fume cost me four million But
you should have seen that Ophir--pow.
or plants. electric lights, and hun.
drodR Of man nm tha nnv.roil worIipv