Bisbee daily review., 1913-03-22
CopJTlssi lsla ~ Aa.sIson noazh

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1.-The secrets out that Halsey had
hut I'D get IL somewhere. more
than half believe those fellows have
got il. somewhere else, somehow
that fellow Vans deep. You see
they've been fighting me, Laura
made up a gang against met / know
| who it was. If / had a half million
I'd throw in with Van-he's got this
secret somehow-he knows something
about IT, I'd throw in with him, and
we'd whip the others. even yet! I'd
get it all back in my hands even yet,
i tell you'll
but my Cod Why do / stand talk
ing about such things? What's the
use? I'm down and out! I'd just as
well be deadl"
We'll. John. what I always said OF
you was. that you seemed to know
how to get things around the way you
wanted them. l said to myself. what
a shame Il was he should have no
money. when he needed 1t. I've got
enough set aside to keep me, l reckon.
for my few years. And here's what
you gave me;-although, Grace-of
course, John, / want enough used to
put Grace and the baby away. The
rest is yours"
He stood looking at her dumbly. as
at last she extricated from the bag a
| thick bundle of folded papers, green.
brown, pale pink.
Il got the bank to keep them for
\ me-" she said simply. 1T is what you
gave me-when-when / left here"
He still stood looking at her. chok-
ing.
"Laurai" said he HAS God come
TO my aid? This-I can't believe It!
It's a million dollars! It's a million
, dollars!" His voice rose. breaking al
most to shrek TITS a lisa
million-dollars!"
We'll, take it, John, it's yours;
| you're welcome to 1t. | don't want il.
It's done me no good It's done none
of us any good. All / want is, that
you should take care of Grace's fu=
neral, for that's only right, John. She
was my girl, my baby! Take care Of
| her John, have got to go back
home!"
In the next ensuing moment or so,
| what swift changes now were wrought
\ in the late despair of our friend and
| hero, Mr.. John Rawn, master of the
/ International Power Company, already
IN imagination controlling in good part
the destiuies of people-the great
| John Rawn, philanthropist. kindly en-
/ ployer, wise friend of the less favored
/ ones Of earth; the benehcent, kindly.
| omnipotent John Rawn? Why had he
| despaired, why had he ever doubted,
| why had he ever set himself even mo
| mentarily apart from that original des-
| tiny which always he had accorded to
| himself? Was he not a leader-had
| he not been devised to be so in the
| plans of the immortal gods, ages ago?
Was he rot one OF the few select ones
assigned to rule his fellow-men?
John Rawn stood before the old.
| gray woman, and scarcely heard her
| last words. He sighed deeply His
| self-respect was coming back to him
! IN waves. great, recurrent waves. At
last a smile crossed his face. The i'm
| perious glance OF the born ruler. of
| one better than his fellow-men, the
| look Of the man set apart and licensed
/ TO rob and rule-returned once more
( to his eye
ITS a million dollars," he cried
aloud. exultantly. once more. It's God
has sent it to mel I'll take it as a
! sign. Watch me in the morningl I'll
make them hunt their holes yet BY
Cod / win"
| John, John. you mustn't swear. It
isn't right! joint
wei, never mind about that, John.
/ Il was you who made it. ! never did
understand how you earned 1t SO fast
I'm glad II it will do you any good.
And see, John" she added shyly, fun
bling again in her bag, Il brought you
little present, John. I've been do
ing these, you see / make quite
/ lot out OF IT, / never used any Of that
money you gave me. at ALL did these
! things-the way I did before, when
We were getting our start together,
John, you know. l thought-maybe-
you'd like a pair"
She held out to him pair Of braces,
! embroidered carefully in silks. He
took them in his hand. She also looked
at them closely. in professional scru-
tiny. her steel bowed spectacles on
nose She pronounced them good.
But, John" she added curiously-
you know. while was up there, do
ing what could for Grace and the
baby-it seemed TO me like as II
aeard some funny sort OF noise down
here-something like a shot. What
was it,"
1T was some OF those COMPOUNDED
laboring people" said John Rawn.
,rovning- ~Yes--they came here after
! Halsey."
I We'll" said John Rawn, "Halsey-
! Charley Halsey-you remember him.
believe? Well, they shot him
Goodnight, Laura" he added
suddenly, and held out HIS hand to
her, generously. nobly. I'm very
sleepy. I've been up SO long-and I've
4 a Lot n IA, fo-rnorroW After all there's