Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-03-14

was my girl, my baby! lake care OF
her. John. | have got to go back
homei"
In the next ensuing moment or 20.
what swift changes now were wrought
in the late despair of our friend and
hero, Mr. John Rawn, master of the
international Power Company, already
in Imagination controlling in good part
the destinies of people-the great
John Rawn. philanthropist, kindly en-
ployer, wise friend of the less favored
ones of earth; the beneticent, kindly,
omnipotent John Rawn? Why had he
despaired. why had he ever doubted,
why had he ever set himself even mo-
mentarily apart from that original des-
tiny which always he had accorded to
himself? Was he not a leader-had
he not been devised to be so in the
plans of the immortal gods, -ages ago?
Was he not one of the few select ones
assigned to rule his fellow-men?
John Rawn stood before the old
gray woman, and scarcely heard her
last words. He sighed deeply His
self-respect was coming back to him
in waves, great, recurrent waves. At
last a smile crossed his face. The i'm
perious glance of the born ruler, Of
one better than his fellow-men, the
look of the man set apart and licensed
to rob and rule-returued once more
to his eye.
IT'S a million dollars," he cried
| aloud, exultantly, once more. It's God
has sent it to me! I'll take it as a
sign Watch me in the morning! I'll
make them hunt their holes yet By
God! I WIFI"
John. John, you mustn't swear. It
! isn't right! joint"
Il beg your pardon-er-er-L -
he rejoined, with fine condescension,
every instant now becoming more
himself. In fact, want to thank
you-it's clever of you, must say. It
/ isn't every woman who'd have done
what you have done. I'm sure"
why wouldn't they, John? 1t isn't
money a woman wants to make her
happy. I've tried that. Grace tried
it, 1t doesn't work. 1t takes some
thing else besides money. l reckon.
We're lucky when we find that, any
| of US, | reckon. If we don't, we've
got to take just what God gives US.
But money doesn't buy everything in
/ the world. John, sometimes l think
| it buys about as little as anything
you can think of" she gulped just
/ a little in her thin throat.
"All the same" said he firmly and
| generously, by this time almost fully
/ the great John Rawn once more, 'it
was very decent of you, Laura
We'll, never mind about that, John
| 1t was you who made it. Isneyer did
understand how you earned it so fast.
I'm glad if it viii do you any good
And see. John" she added shyly, fun
bling again in her bag. Il brought you
little present, John. I've been do
! ing these. you see. l make quite a
/ lot out of 1t. l never used any of that
money you gave me. at ALL did these
things-the way l did before, when
we we're getting our start together.
/ John, you know I thougnt-maybe-
| you'd like pair"
! She held out to him pair of braces
/ embroidered carefully in silks. He
took them in his hand She also looked
at them closely, in professional scru
tiny, her steel bowed spectacles on
nose She pronounced them good.
But. John" she added curiously-
! you know. while / was up there. do,
ing what I could for Grace and the
baby-it seemed to me like as if l
heard some funny sort of noise down
here-something like a shot. What
was it,"
1T was some of those COMPOUNDED
laboring people" said John Rawn.
/ frowning "Yes-they came here after
/ HGlsey"
Well" said John Rawn. "Halsey-
Charley Halsey-you remember him.
/ believe? Well, they shot him.
i Goodnight, Laura" he added
arddenly, and held out his hand to
her. generously, nobly I'm very
sleepy I've been up so long-and I've
! a lot to no tomorrow. After all. there
no use in eur having hard feelings.
Good by"