The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-31

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To her great satisfaction, which she
would not for the world have admitted,
he did not hesitate before he In
swered; he did not try to beat around
the bush; he INDUCED In no e~vagtons
or delays of any kind whatever.
Yes, | know it," he said promptly.
II may be that some detail In his
n or manner treasured her, at any
rate her voice, when she spoke next,
was free from a certain icy hint OF
criticism which undoubtedly had crept
into Ii.
did he come here with your
No; he followed me here"
Have you seen himf' She made
no attempt to offer an excuse for
cross-examining him: she evidently
asked the question As an Interested
party who has a right to be informed.
Was she not a citizen OF Jonesville and
an employe of the Jones Pepsin Gum
Company"
NO; | have not seen him, but Mr..
Wallace saw him last night and turned
down his offer, too
Instantly the reserve, which, intangi.
BILE but pe~rceptible, had affected her.
dropped from her. She was no longer
In the least suspicious.
"Oh, I'm sc glad" she exclaimed
cordially.
But he failed to note this circum-
stance; he failed to ward against on
coming danger. AS a matter of fact he
was not thinking of her as an employee
OF the Jones company, he was not
thinking about ~Jonesville, he was con-
sidering his own pressing need for
money and the delightful possibility
that through Pembroke. in one way or
another, that need must be relieved.
He rose and paced the floor with light
and hopeful tread, wholly without ap-
prehension.
I'VE ave him to understand that we
wouldn't sell for less thar a million
and a half" He said his half proudly.
Then. with the accents of a hopper:
I'VE expect him here at eleven O'Clock
with his answer"
Her face took on a puzzled and dis
approving frown. But you just gave
your word to the men that"
Now he spoke definitely and crisply.
No one listening to him could imagine
that he did not mean exactly what he
said; that he had not carefully consid-
cred every meaning of each syllable
that he was uttering.
"Oh. don't be afraid" he assured
her. II meant exactly what | said to
Higgins"
She sighed with real relief.
Il don't mind telling you, Miss Rich
ards. that when | came here yesterday
my intention was to sell this business
and get II on my hands at any price
or sacrifice"
The mere statement of this evidently
past and gone intention was a shock
to her. He noted. and not without
emotion-mind that: Broadway unmis-
takably was ~touched-that her face
blanched at the thought OF that which
he had definitely decided not to do.
The young man was beginning to
think; ne was forming some faint
realization OF the fact that his own
troubles were but somewhat unimpor-
tant bubbles In a sea made up of
e~verybody's troubles. The thought
was forming In his mind that, while
he had been severely worried about
ways and means for getting Injuries,
these people, here In ~Jonesville. who
had lived and probably would die with
out ever having heard the names OF
many OF the things his sybaritic soul
had learned to crave, had felt them.
selves confronted by the possibility OF
loss of the necessities.
Indefinitely, but for the first time IN
his life at all, he saw how grim the
struggle for a bare existence Ia with
the majority; how. although they
strain and strive to their limit of abil
ity, they never feel quite safe in their
possession of the means for getting IL
He acknowledged to himself a feeling
of embarrassment al he considered the
undeniable selfshness of his previous
existence.
But he frightened visibly, AZ he
went on. He had learned his lesson
and had learned 1t thoroughly.
Carnegie couldn't buy the plant thil
morning" he said simply, III he Of
fered every dollar he has In the world.
Mr.. Wallace and l sat up talking 1t
over until two O'Clock this morning.
! told him everything you said. and went
over the whole situation with him. |
promised to take his advice, and he's
convinced me that the right thing to
do Is to stick right here and put up a
fight for these people, the same as my
uncle did"
Her reserve quite vanished; az Is
the way of women, she took credit for
an intuition which her previous man.
!, ner had not indicated. Where she had
been suspicious OF q reason for sus'
picion, she became enthusiastic over
reason for enthusiasm.
II knew you would" she cried. Il
knew knew you would"
She had not known he would; she
I had feared. had half believed that he
would not; but that now made not the
slightest difference with her Arm be.
lief that she had known he would. Nor
|. had the fact that pr0adwHy a abort