The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-11-06

dred 10 q settlement. but Mason por@
suaded John to sue. And I'm afraid"
y checked hts voice-"welI, contrib
ut0ry negligence and all that. Lord.
ElordAtwo hundred for q mans right
arm--a workingman's arm!"
He looked on Knute'g sturdy face
Peter, by his side. peered f~earfully at
Harlan. To the dusty Lads from the
Pocket quarry. Harlan was q young
q a OF consequence who had his
clothes pressed at the Iowa Pressing
club. and Bought front seats In the tin
opera house when q show came to
town The town kids In the niger
HEAVIER" could look down and see Har-
an with some pretty girl. Also he
went 70 J frat dances and treated
dafnsels at b Palace OF Sweets, and
was O. Geek. whatever that was, and
studied law back East, ana was q
notable person in Rome, Iowa. So
surely, to be the son OF Judge Van Hart
and live on High street and w one
Of he four automobiles in the county
al this went with law and order and
righteousness. and one was deserving.
without envy, Of having ones pants
pressed at the Iowa Pressing Club. If
Knute could have apotheosized all that
was best In America, e to Rube
Van Hart. who could bat 400, he would
have placed Harlan. the genial. kindly
young man Of High street and Har-
ward.
"oid Thad's a hard one" Knute ada
ed, but his voice ross TO a triumphant
faith. But law and justt.e'n beat
him! Maybe ven get q thousand dol
q thousand dollars, Aureiie's going 10
have . dress and go to the hiEhschool
party Uncle Mich said so! And I'm
Gle Mich won't peddle no more bootleg
whisky IL we get a thousand dollarst
Then he and paw'll get along better
wns ne peddle bootleg whisky.
get the thousand dollars maybe Aure-
lied go to church!"
The editor laughed ~gracelessIy. He
could not see Harlanss face as the lads
raced across the lawn to the court
''Whenf" no said -irreleyantiy. .are
you coming back TO practice law ana
expedite h regime OF justice. trt.th,
penignity q p other virtues. Har-
Next year. rather wants me 10 be-
gin with ne old firm. Doniey "a q good
me"
"Chance?" Curran sighed. when.
for q Van Hart, was there ever any
thing hut q ~chance-the golden CHANGER
suppose everything will be cut
= ,e easy Tor you: You're son
about his dingy shop, where his
fathers dreams and his own had end
90. Well, son. you deserve 1t. All
that's best in our best blood Ia In you.
I'm glad you're going to settle down
here. You q do 80 much-much that
! couldn't reach. Your ~position--just
see how these little Dane boys look at
you--lfttle Americans In the making.
and you stand for all America to them
Justice, law, order" He checked his
~rhapsodizing al Harlan's smile. "Old
chap, ! It'll"
Between the two was q comradship
which their years belied. Many q night
Eof the long, quiet summer Harlan had
iounged In Wiley's shop, and while the
old Job press aclanked, they argued
Isophomortcally OF the days questions.
The west was astir with newer de-
lineations OF democracy. and Curran,
the tnutile Celtic poet and enthusiast
felt III pulstng.. Socialism, the intia-
tive and recall. direct election or sem
atorg, the checking Of judicial tyranny;
these, along with the little common
issues OF the county--municipaI own
ership OF water works. road building.
drains to carry OF Einsinawa's OVER
now, inquiries into the Tanner COM
pany's county contracts--aIl these
Wiley had put before Harlan In HIS
years Of mental growth and through
high school.
He knew OF the judges conservatism,
OF all the influence Of birth, breeding,
association which were about the
younger man, and he felt a masters
pride, q Jealous triumph, that he wRa
forming Harian's deeper, ideals. The
Van Harris had a1traditiOn formed by
Harvard, the Atlantic Monthly, q New
England ancestry and generations Of
thrifty but not burdensome wealth. "A
tempered blood, o. certain coldneaa In
looking on the larger aspect Of affairs,
all this went with the Judges calm,
kindly, i~mpcrtnrable example. Tho
west had mot broken the sense OF thS:.
culture. They were the cautious, gem
lial Americans OF the constitution
whom one means by "the best people,
Except Rube. He was extra
constitutional and q reversIon. Ewes
Harlan could sympathetically under
stand why Rube's hands felt too bin
at his mothers dinner table.
They walked put through the warm
scented night. Wiley sighed. "OId
boy, ! suppose this ID about the last
lYou,n be gone now FOR a year. And
Arne Vance is going back to Wiscon-
sin to finish mp his agricultural course;
and Janetn be too busy with school
affairs to md time for our meets In
the old shop. When we talked most
OF the night--us four. You've meant
80 much to me. Janet says we ought
to get out the July number OF The Ins
land Empire for Christmas"
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