Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-03-05

with all the little slDferfuges a15 ~! H.
of life torn from our eyes. The fact
that the price at which he bought you
was high-say a hundred millions
does not change the fact refuse to
share with the woman love the price
for which she sold herself, whether the
sum be hundred dollars or a hundred
millions! l can forgive and have tor
given the wrong you've done me, but
could never share its conscious
degradation" -:..-r ...~.s 81 .s zs
Nan looked ut him In despair, her
eyes suddenly clouding with tears.
"What do you mean when you say
give up these millions" .. ~ :
"Just what l say" he answered
quickly. s
But l couldn't throw them into the
street. What would do with them ?"
"You can give them back to the peo-s
pie. the public, from whom they were
taken-the people whose labor created
their value. That's what an honest man
does when he finds he has wronged his
neighbor. There's not stone in your
palaces whose cement was not mixed
in human tears. The stain of blood is
in every scarlet thread Of your carpets.
rugs and curtains"
"But you are talking like a mad an
archist. His money was made as all
great fortunes are made
$50 much the worse for our finan-
ciers. Civilization must rest at least on
justice or it can't endure
But. Jim. no matter what your the.
cries OF life or your ambitions. these
millions will make them more power
full"
Its not true. Not a single great man
whose words have nodded the world
was rich. The glitter of your millions
once blinded me and was on the point
OF surrender. but I've won out The
people in your little world live for
money. They do not possess it, they
are possessed by it. They are slaves
You will have to come with me into
the great free world-if you love me-"
IF l love you?" Nan cried. with
trembling lips. Don't speak that way.
If you only knew! My love for you
has kept me alive through all that I've
endured. It's the only thing that's
worth the struggle: but can't think.
Your demand is so sudden. so stun
ming. so terrifying, | don't know what
to say"
I'VE can never be anything to each
other" he answered firmly. ION any
other terms than the remuneration of
all that Bivens leaves. don't care
what you do with it, just so you wash
your hands Of it. You and l must be-
gin life just where we left off when
the shadow Of his money darkened
the world for us both. You must give
it up"
Its hard, dearest" she said with a
sob. ''for your sake it's hard. I've
dreamed so many wonderful things
that would come to pass when l made
you the master of these Millions"
"You must choose between his
money and my love-, you can't have
BOTH"
She gazed at him with desperate
yearning.
"Ill do anything you wish, only love
me, dearest" she sobbed. ''All l ask
Is to be Observation-Disclosures that
you never leave me!'
But even as she spoke. her mind was
half her fortune secretly. When they
were married she could persuade him
to be reasonable.
"All right. then, it's settled. but it
must be everything with me or moth
ing. won't shake hands with my
friend and make love to his wife. You
must cease to be his wife now
But how-what do you mean?" SHE
| asked. white with sudden fear.
"Leave your husband, your palaces
your millions and join me tomorrow
| night on the limited for New York
Bring only change of clothes in q
single trunk and hand bag. NJ,
money must be sufficient. III wire fo1
passage on an outgoing steamer. Wei
! spend two years in Europe and return
to America when we please. Are YOU
ready?'
"Oh, Jim. DEAR" she faltered. ''yor
know that would be madness!'
! "Certainly it's madness. the madnes:
of great love! Come, why do yor
hesitate?"
! The lines of her body relaxed an(
she began to sob softly. The mar
waited in silence for her to speak.
"1've done you harm enough. dear
est" she said at last. II can't dc
this"
"And your thought is only Of me
Nan?" he asked with piercing inten
sity.
"And Of myself" she acknowledged
brokenly. Il couldn't do such an in
sane, vulgar thing"
Il didn't think you could was tn
bitter response.
"All | ask" she pleaded. "is to hea
you say the words that you love ut
now-just as am with all my faults