Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-11-06
dred Is a settlement. but Mason per.

dred as a settlement. but Mason per-
sladeds John to sue. And I'm afraid
he checked his voice-"well, contrib
utory negligence and all that. Lord.
loro-two hundred for a mans right
arm-a workingman's arm!"
He looked on Knute's sturdy face.
Peter, by his side. peered fearfully at
tartan. To the dusty lads from the
POCKET quarry, Harlan was a young
man Of consequence who had his
clothes pressed at the Iowa Pressing
ciub. and bought front seats in the tin
opera house when a show came to
Town. The town kid in the niger
heaven" could look down and see Har-
an with some pretty girl. Also he
Went to the frat dances and treated
aainsels at h Palace Of Sweets. and
was a Geek, whatever that was, and
STUDIED law back East. and was a
sao.aDle person in Rome, Iowa. So
ana live on High street and own one
OF the four automobiles in the county
al this went with law and order and
righteousness, n one was deserving.
without envy, of having ones pants
dressed at the Iowa Pressing Club. II
Maute could have apotheosized all that
was best in America. next to RUDE
van Hart, who could bat 400, he would
nave placed Harlan, the genial. kindly
ward. ~ "o 1Ae
! Thad's n hard one," Knute add
eu: put MS voice rose to a triumphant
Ialth. But law and justi,.e'u beat
him! Maybe we'll get a thousand doi-
lars! Aurelie said SO. And il we get
q thousand dollars, Aurelie's going to
nave a dress n GO to the highschool
party; Uncle Mich said so! And IN
Gle Mich won't peddle no more bootleg
Mhlsky II we get a thousand dollars!
when he don't peddle bootleg whisky.
ID his voice fell solemnly. .if we
get the thousand dollars, maybe A,,ra-
He'd go to church,"
me editor laughed gracelessly. Ee
could not see Harlan's face as the lads
house.. ~ S
.When?" he said irrelevantly. are
you coming back to practice law and
expedite the regime OF justice. truth.
p, ne = i: and the other virtues. Har-
Next year. Father wants me to be-
gin with h Old firm. Donley is a good
" eanee Aof
"chance?" curran sighed. when.
TOT a Van Hart. was there ever any
thing but a chance-the golden chance?
uppos everything will be cut
ope easy for you. You're a son
about his dingy shop. where 0oi his
[ather,s dreams and his own had end
go. wen. son, you deserve it. All
mats best in our best blood is in YOU.
I'm glad you're going to settle down
mere. You can do SO much-much that
! couldn't reach. Your position-just
see now these little Dane boys look at
hr1nrfno~c 10 -
ana you stand for all America to them
law, order" He checked his
.rnapsodizing at Harlan's smile. cold
chap. I mean it!"
Between the two was a comradshin |
which their ear belied. Many a night |
Or the long, quiet summer Harlan had !
in Wiley's shop, and while the |
Did job press clanked, they argued
sophomorically Of the days questions. |
west was astir with newer de-
lneations of democracy. and Curran,
the lnutile Celtic poet and enthusiast, |
[elt the pulsing. Socialism. the intia-
[ltve n recall, direct election of SEN
LOTS me checking Of judicial tyranny;
[hese. along with the little common
lssues OF the county-municipal own
ersh1p OF water works, road building. |
to carry off Sinsinawa's over
low, inquiries into the Tanner COM |
anys county contracts-all these
Wiley had put before Harlan in his
years of mental growth and through
high school.
he knew of h Judges conservatism,
OF all the influence Of birth, breeding.
which were about the
OUNCE mar, and he felt a masters
pride, a Jealous triumph. that he was
[orming Harlan's deeper ideals. The
Van Harris had a tradition formed BY
Harvard, the Atlantic Monthly, a New
ancestry and generations Of
thrifty but not b~urdensome wealth. A
blood, a certain coldness In
looking on the larger aspect Of affairs.
AZ this went with the Judges calm,
may, anperturable example. The
west had o broken the sense Of their
culture. They were the cautious, gem
lal Americans Of the constitution
whom n means by t best people.al
Except tube. He was extra
constitutional and a reversion. Even
Harlan could sympathetically under
stand why Rube's hands felt too Biz
at his mothers dinner table.
they walked out through the warm.
scented night. Wiley sighed. .Old
boy, I suppose this Is about tho last.
You'll be gone now for q year. And
Vance is going back to Wiscon-
sin to finish up his agricultural courses;
affairs to find time for meets in
old shop. When wo talked mosi
Of the night-us four. You've meant
much to me. Janet says we ought
get u the July rumble OF The In,
land Empire for Christmas"
Continued next week.
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No Criminal Typo.
From the Survey.
Three Thousand convicts in an English
prison studied over a period OF five years
failed completely to show the "crfmina
of Lombroso and his followers. Ed
ward T.. Devine summarizes the result