The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-01-21
cHAPTER ~.

Halsey n his Wife, John haWnE
daughter, had taken up their residence
In the small Chicago suburb In which
the central plant had been located.
Their cottage was a small one. and 1t
was furnished much like other cot
tages ~thereabout, occupied by salaried
men. mechanics. persons OF no great
means. 1t retained something OF the
complexion of the old quarters in
Kelly Row.
Naturally, Halsey was often taken
to the central Offices in the city for
conferences with the president or the
company. He frequently met there
Virginia Delaware, even at times gave
dictation to her-a thing he never
failed to remember. but never remem-
bered to mention In his own home.
AS do many men even In this divorce
full age, he set aside comparisons,
forced himself into loyalty.
On one such occasion he found him
self In the position known among sal
iaried workers as being called upon
the carpet" before "the old man"
lRawn held a letter in his hand to
which he referred rs he chided Hal
sey for the delays in his department
of the work.
DO you suppose I can stand for
this sort of thing coming from New
York;" he began. whats the mat
ter out there with your"
There's something / don't under
stand about It, Mr.. Rawn. The men
are very sullen. The foremen tell
me that they never had SO much
trouble. OF course, they don't under
stand 1t themselves, but it's Just as
though our secret was getting out, and
as Ii the men were afraid of cutting
their W throats when they build
these machines. Not that they under
stand what It's all about-it's air
tight yet, that's sure"
you begin to see some of the prac-
teal results Of your Internal social
istic ideas, don't you, then? You'll
come to my notion OF life after a
while"
"Mr. Rawn, what's the end Of that?
What's the logical conclusion2"
We'll. I'll tell you! One end and
conclusion is going to be that
I'll get some one to handle that fac
tory IL you can't; and he'll handle II
the way l tell himi"
you want my resignation now?"
I'D very likely take II IL 1t weren't
for Grace. Besides, we've started on
this thing together: and REQ
again. / want you. when l go TO New
York. to see the directors and explain
to them that their impotence is all
wrong"
rs there much dissatisfaction down
Yes. We've both got to run down
tomorrow night. Go on out now,
and reserve four compartments on
the limited"
"Four7'
"Yes-wen want a place to eat
and work on the road. I've got to
take a stenographer along, of course
Then you couldn't use the stenog-
rapher on the train-I mean the reg
ular onef"
II could not. Mr.. Halsey," said
John Rawn icily. What business is
1t of yours?"
None In the least I was only
thinking about any possible talk.
She's a very beautiful girl, and
very-Stunning. All right. Mr.. Rawn.
Tsl ho randy 20 ofart 20 ~orrou GA
I'll count on getting back here by the
last OF the week, at least. Good day,
He left the room quietly. He was
! handsome. stalwart young man, but
IN some way his face did not look
happy.
THAT may all be very WELL" COM
mented one Of the members at the
directors meeting of the Interna-
tional Power Company, held on the
day Of Rawn's arrival In New York;
that may all be true, but what do
we know about the practical applica-
tion! I've heard OF extracting gold
from sea water-and the fellow proved
1t right before your eyes! The world
10 full of these things, getting rich all
at once, but usually when we get to
the bottom OF 1t, there's the same old
gold brick"
The speaker was rather a slight
man. with dark, pointed beard, a man
whose name swayed railway fortunes,
but whose digestion was not worth
mentioning.
Il want all you. gentlemen to feel"
said John Rawn calmly, that's there's
q chance TO lay down right here, II
feet r getting cold. Better
quit now than later on. l won't work
with men who haven't got heart in
this thing. II any Of you are scared.
let me know. i couldn't take over all
your stock myself. OF course, but II
you want to let go, / believe | can
swing another company organization"
They looked at him silently, here
and there q gray head shaking In ne
cation. Rawn's eye lighted.
That's the ideal" said he; "we1l
SIT tight"
He turned to catch the eye Of the
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