The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-08-09


"Sayr' demanded conover. whats
the matter with you anyhow"
Say" demanded CoDover. what's
the matter with you. anyhow"
Nothing"
Amt sick, or anything"
No"
still grouching over that girl7'
MY wife? Yes.
Amt got over Il yet? I've told
you you're well out OF IT, II she'd
cared anything for you she'd never
have settled with my New York law
yer for 100000 and withdrawn that
fool alienation suit she was starting
against me. or signed that general re.
lease. You're well out OF H. I'll send
you up TO South Dakota after the cam
paign's all over and let you get d.
vorce on the quiet No one around
heren ever know you was married.
and in the long run the experience
won't hurt you You've acted pretty
decent lately, Jerry. and I'm not half
sorry / changed my mind on that
heayy-father' stunt and didn't kick
you out. After all one marriage more
or less Is more OF an accident than a
failing. so long as folks don't let II
get to be a habit You acted like an
idiot But bygones are bygones, so
cut out the sulks Cheap chorus girls
weren't made for grown men 70 mar
ry."
'11l thank you TO say nothing
against her" interviewed Gerald stirf-
ly. with the first faint show of in
terest his father had observed in him
for weeks
Just as you like" assented Caleb.
in high, good humor, glad to have
broken even SO slightly into the 9th.
er's armor OF apathy. In her case,
maybe. least said the better. SO
you're still homesicking for her and
for New York, eh?"
Yes"
"Sull feel your own city amt good
enough for your
What place is for man who has
lived In New York;"
Rot! What place is?' About ten
thousand places, And some seventy
million Americans living in those
places are as good and as happy and
stand pretty near as good chance
Of the pearly gates as II they had the
heayen-sent blessing OF living between
the North and East rivers"
'Yes7"
There was no interest and only abb
sent-minded query In Gerald's mono
syllable. Listlessness had again set.
tied over him Word and mental att
tude Jared on the Railroader.
New York" reiterated Conover.
I've took some slight pains to learn
few things about that place these
last couple OF months. Before that
took your word for IL that Il was a
hectic electric.lit whirlpool where
nothing ever was quiet or sane and
where young cub who could get ar
rested for smashing up hotel lobby
was looked up TO as pillar OF gilded
society Since then I've bothered 20
find out on my own account. New
York's city with about two millions
OF people living on Manhattan Island
alone. We out-oftown Jays are told
these two millions are a gay, abRn-
doned. fashionable lot that spend their
days In the congenial stunt OF piling
up fortunes and their nights In every
sort OF high links that can cost money
and keep EN- mp TN dawn 'All.night
fun. all-day rtunegrabbing. Great
place! Come see it, Well, have
seen t. Along around FIVE or six D.
IN. about ninety-eight per cent. OF
those two million people stop work
They've been fortune grabbing all
right. since early morning. Only
they've been grabbing II usually for
some one else. They pile onto the
subway or the elevated or the big
bridge and and where do they go?
To merry old all-night revel on the
Great White Way To an orgy OF on
with.the-dance. let-joy-beunrefined.
hey7 Not them. It's home they 20.
quiet and without exhibiting TO the
neighbors any season passes for all
night dissipation. They are as re
spectacle. decent. orderly. early-to-
bed a crowd as II they lived on farm.
'Taint their fault n homes usually
baiit on the folding bed plan and more