Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-02-12
WIZ MAR TRIBUNE, WE'D NESbxY .EFEBRlA Il. 1913

69aled from both The doctor anu Nan
just what had occurred between them
on the trip that day. n
T On the second morning after the
freeze a light dawned on the little
mans sulking spirits. During the
night the ice softened, and a strong
southerly breeze had swept every piece
Of it to sea. b. :..;s::... 81 /
It was just 8 O'clock. and Nan was
busy humming song and setting the
table for breakfast when Stuart heard
the distant drumbeat Of tenders en-
CINE. The guide was returning from
the shore or the lost tender had come.
II it were the guide he would proba-
bly, bring news Of the other men. Stu
art called: ~# - J.
"A tender Is coming. Nan. Don't
come on deck until l tell you" /:
In moment he came back down
the companionway and spoke In quiet
tones: Z
Its just as expected. They are
both dead. The guide found them on
the marsh over there. frozen" .
"The marsh you and Cal were on r.
she asked breathlessly. ~
Eyes. Both Of them were kneeling.
They died with their hands clasped
in prayer"
And you saved Cal from that?''
she gasped and. turning, fed into her
stateroom.
He went in to change his clothes
and help lift the bodies on deck.
Through the paneled wall he heard
Nan softly sobbing.
Bivens refused at first to believe
the Doctors startling announcement.
He hurriedly dressed. came on deck
and for i've minutes stood staring into
the white, dead faces.
Without word he went below and
asked the doctor to call Stuart.
When his old friend entered be took
his hand quietly, and for once in his
life the little, black. piercing eyes
were swimming in tears as he spoke.
you're great man. Jim, and,
what's bigger, you're good one. II
God will forgive me for the foolish
things said and did I'll try to make
1t up to you, old boy. Is 1t all right?"
stuart's answer was nod, smile
and pressure of the hand.
When they were back in New York
the stirring scenes of Virginia brought
Stuart more and more into intimate
personal relations with Bivens, and
he had taken advantage of the fact to
draw away from his wife. He ceased
| to see Nan alone. Bivens' increasing
devotion made this easy, and on Har-
riet's return from Europe with an en-
gagement as understudy in grand
opera his life settled down once more
to the steady development of his
ideal of service to the common people
Scarcely day passed without bring
Ing to the young lawyer some remind
er Of Bivens' friendship. Two great
lawsuits involving the principles on
which the structure Of the modern
business world rested were begun In
the federal courts. At the f1nancier's
secret suggestion the more important
of these was placed in Stuart's hands.
Bivens hoped to beat the government
In this suit. but in case the people
should win he wanted Stuart to have
the honor.
Stuart could scarcely credit his ears
when Bivens said to him with a
chuckle:
Flows your big suit to dissolve the
American Chemical company coming
on, Jim?' .-
"We're going to win, beyond the shad-
ow Of doubt" was the enthusiastic
reply.
III you do, want you to know, old
boy, that / threw that job into your
hands,"
"What funny mixture Of the devil
and the human you are after all. Cal!