The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-02-04

err" said Halsey. You've had or will
have all you earned. She got divorced
from her husband, you may get di-
vorced from mel It's a fine world,
isn't it7 We've I'll been chasing for
more money. Well, here we are!
There's a couple over there, here's an
other n here. Fine. isn't it?"
But Charlesl" She moved toward
him and laid a hand on his arm. "You
don't stop to reflect on what you are
sayingl If you have that secret in
your hands, why. don't you see-don't
you see"
what do you mean?"
"Why. even Pa win have to come
to youi You won't be poor then"
II should say he would have to
come to mel" said Charles Halsey
slowly. Eyes, / dare say. i dare say,
also. ! could make a lot OF money
whether he did or didn't"
Listen, Charley. He's got every
thing, and he wants everything. He's
my father, but he doesn't care. He
he sold me put. What do we owe to
him and her? What did he do to my
mother? / tell you, he thinks of no
one but himself. Yet you and I've
who found that idea and worked Ii out,
who have 1t In our own hands now, as
you say-you and / have got the Ehip
In our own hands now, 1t seems to
me-"
you talk excellent business sense,
Mrs. Halsey. I compliment you. 1t
seems that you begin to discover some
thing In our husband and his posi-
bilities. It's a triie late, but you de-
light mel"
We'll. / didn't know, you see." she
murmured. paving at him vaguely. I'm
a ftful and inefficient essay at some
coquettish art. grotesque in these con-
ditious.
She was a woman of small feminine
charm at best She sat there now, an
sular, stif. u~nbeautiful. the sort OF
woman no clothes can make we'll
dressed. Already she had disclosed
somewhat OF her soul. What appeal,
then, physical, emotional, moral.
could she make to nina student, a
visionary, an idealist-at such a mo
mentf And did there not remain that
same cool, distant figure from whom
he had s. constantly to wrench his
eyes-and his hearth Yes; and his
heart! Halsey's face was dull red.
He was unhappy. The world seemed
to him only a hideous nightmare. full
OF disappointments, injustices, OF
wrongs that cried aloud for righting.
All. the comparison now was here, fair
and full and u~navoidablel
mo, you didn't know" said he
slowly. "A lot OF people don't. Now
let me tell you q few things more. You
didn't know that something like a year
ago your father told me that he'd
make me q present OF fifty thousand
dollars the day I could run a car from
the factory TO this place on a charge
taken from our wi overhead receiver
motors"
"A start for q million dollarsl" she
murmured- you get that-when you
succeedf"
Eyes, that is to say. I could have
had that any day In the week these
past eight months-if he really has
got that much left where he can real
ize on 1t. He's pretty well spread
out"
Then you have had it-what have
you done with the money!"
Il presume / look as though I'd
spent or could spend a mere fifty thou
sand dollars or SO. don't II" was his
quiet answer. mo, / didn't have 1t,
and I haven't got 1t. I'll say this much
to you. however. that I a my little
old q here tonight on a charge TAX
en- out of one of the overhead receiver
motors of the International Power
company-a motor completed on my
own ideas. and by my own hands. It's
mine, ! tell you-mine."
"Charley!" she caught him by the
wrists. with both hands, eagerly. You
q give me the things I've got used
to having! I'll go back-ohl Ill go
blackwell go on together! ! hate
her so-you don't know!"
That's nice of you, Grace; but
you've guessed wrong. I've not got
that fifty thousand yet"
but you q have"
"Yes. i can. What could / buy with
It? For one thing, / could buy back
my wife?"
but Charley! We're richi You've
s~ucceededi"
mo. ! am poor, I've failed. I'm
just beginning t. see how much I've
.failedl"
II you don't tell me the truth about
this Ill do It myself" she exclaimed
1ercely. You've not been loyal
you've taken payi"
Your father took his pay from
me-" was his half-savage answer.
Hes been paid enoughl As for me,
4 don't want any more OF this sort Of
pay"
What are you going to do-you're
not going to sell out to some one
elsef"
mo, my dear, I'm not going to do
precisely what you suggested l should
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