The San Francisco call., 1913-09-09

| In the instinct OF Strengthening him
self against the possibility of yield
ing to what he deemed weakness,
the magnate rehearsed the facts that
justified his intolerance, and, indeed.
soon came to gloating over the ad-
mirable manner in which righteous
ness thrives in the world. And it
was then that an interruption came
| in the utterance of two words, words
of affection. of love, cried out in the
! one voice he most 1onged to hear
for the voice was that of his son
Yet he did not look up. The thing
was altogether impossiblel The boy
was philandering. junketing, some
where on the Riviera. His first in
timation as to the exact place would
come in the form of cable asking
for money. Somehow, his feelings
had been unduly stirred that morn
ing; he had grown sentiment
dreaming Of pleasant things.
All this in a second. Then he leo'-r
up. Why, 1t was true! It was III
face there, smiling in the door
Yes, 1t was Dick, it was
himselfl Glider sprang to his feet,
his face suddenly growing younger,
radiant
"Dicke' The big voice was soft
ened to exquisite tenderness.
AS the eyes of the two met, the
hoy rushed forward, and in the next
moment the hands of father and son
clasped firmly. They were silent in
the first emotion of their greeting.
Presently. Glider spoke. with an eff
fort toward harshness in his voice to
mask how much he was shaken. But
the tones rang more kindly than any
he had used for many day tremu-
lous with affection.
What brought you back?" he de-
manded
Dick, too. had felt the tension of an
emotion far behind that of the usual
things. He was forced to clear his
throat before he answered with that
assumption of nonchalance which he
regarded as befitting the occasion.
Why, 1 just wanted to come back
home he said. lightly. A sudden
recollection came to give him poise in
this time of emotional disturbance,
and he added hastily: And. for the
love of heaven, give Sadie five dollars
/ borrowed it from her to pay the
| taxi. You see. Dad, I'm broke"
"Of coursei" With the saying. Ed
ward Glider roared Gargantuan
laughter. In the burst of merriment,
his pent feelings found their vent
He was still chuckling when he
spoke, sage from much experience OF
ocean travel. Poker on the ship, L
suppose.
The young man, too, smiled remi-
niscently as he answered.
| mo, not that, though ] did have p
little run in at Monte Carlo. But it
was the ship that finished me, at that
You see, Dad. they hired Captain
| Kidd and a bunch of pirates as stew
ards, and what they did to little
| Richard was something fierce. And
| yet that wasn't the real trouble,
either. The fact is. / just naturally
went broke Not hard thing to do
on the other side
''Nor on this" the father inter-
| jeeted. dryly.
Anyhow, 1t doesn't matter muchf
Dick replied, quite unabashed- Tell
me. Dad how goes it2'
| Glider settled himself again in his
| chair, and gazed benignantly on his
| son.
| Pretty WE'LL he said contentedly;
pretty well, son. I'm glad to see you
home again. my boy" There was q
J great tenderness in the usually
/ rather cold gray eyes.
The young man answered promptly,
with delight in his manner of speech,
and a sincerity that revealed the un-
derlying merit of his nature.
"And I'm glad TO be home, Dad. to
| be"-there was again that clearing of
the throat. but he finished bravely--
with YOU"