The Detroit times., 1914-05-07
CHAPTER XIV.
lConfinued.l

Quinby rose and took Marks RICH
hand In both OF his.
'Iet me be the first to welcome you
into the company. I'm sure We shal
be--harmonious."
II can see" Mark answered with
shrug. that harmony pays
Quinby was gone. Mark, sickene'
and saddened, watched man, for the
moment mad. belatedly giving voice tC
his rage. He paced swiftly back ane
forth across the room, like the WIG
beast he had become. He cursed In
ceAerently the departed QuinDy, pour
ing forth a flood OF coarse olasphe
mics. He flung his arms about smott
and kicked chairs and desk as though
they had lives TO be taken. rms
with Quinby present, would have
struck a responsive chord in Mark
barbaric soul. But this, with Qulnoy
gone, from the man who had sat silent
under threats, called forth only con
tempt.
my success! My company My
work" Henley stopped. painting and
glaring, before Mark. My God! Dld
you hear him? Fool-fool-tool!
Mark shrugged his shoulders, Your
mistake was In thinking him a fool.
"And IL had to sit there and take
his oily threats"
"At least. you took them"
81 who made this company,
who gave him the money TO advertise
himself around the world--l-! I'm
the fool. You're the fool We're all
fools, working our lives out TO build
up this, business Whine he. who does
nothing, galivants about spending
millions on his accursed institutes
never knowing when he'll close in on
ust and rip us out OF our jobs and
rightful profits
Il 6ssd 10 think tnats apbqc yba,
when. was IN the mills. TFsuppese
the men think that about. US now.
Marks laugh was q snee-.
Henley turned on him. "And you.
he snarled. II made you. too. And l
suppose, when Quinby cracks his
whip. you, too. will fall into line and
help TO rob me OF the stock I've made
valuable You, with your Harmony
pays"
An hour before Mark might have
auailed before Henley's wrath. Now
he did not quail
"See here!" he said sharply, push.
ing away the fist under his nose.
eProbably you're right Probably III
fall into line / hope motor my own
sake. But you can talk TO me like
that when | give YOU the excuse And
now YOU" he added coldly, had bet
ter pull yourself together. There are
clerks within hearing.
Henley dropped heavily into a chair.
Slowly the paroxysm subsidized. In 81
lence Mark watched the white, still
working face
II was Henley who spoke first and
surprisingly. What are you think
ingg'
SIN wondering, does money make
towards OF us all?"
Henley stared hard For moment
Mark thought that again a match had
been touched to the magazine OF his
rage Then the red of shame crept
into the older mans countenance. He
made a gesture OF detection.
You're a witness that Il does"
Mark limped slowly away from the
Quinby building. Around him stream
ed and swirled the late afternoon
crowd. The rattle OF traffic and the
shutting of feet rose In Kissing sin
r.
pail OF mingled smoke and fog. OPP
pressing the senses. Memory harked
back TO another such afternoon wnen
raw country youth, taking his hrst
plunge into this maelstrom OF human
fly, caught the fancy OF remorseless
voracious entity ready 20 pounce upon
and crush the weak and the unwary.
He smiled satirically at the simple
minded, romantic youth, thus recalled
and at the youths fancy.
at was just like him" He thought
OF the young adventurer as another
person. "He didn't know how easy 1t
was--to the man who knows what he
wants--or how IL is done
Now, by all the rules OF the game he
played, was the time to exult. The
monster was tanned or at least forever
baffled II need not, looking upon him,
lick It's SOLDERING chops. Whether or
not the partnership--inal trophy OF
Eldorado's conQuest--survived Quin-
by's treacherous caprice, the adven-
turer would never again know the
haunting fear that dashed the crowd.
He had no need TO catch its hurrying
pace.
Yet he did not exult He had what
he had set out to win, and he had II
not. His triumph was fact. But the
sense OF IL, the swelling Of soul, the
surging passionate pride he had fore
tasted in his young dreams, were not
Success was but figures on balance
sheet.
AT every climax OF his campaign cir
cumstance had stepped in to make IA
and bitter the cup OF desire at hts lips
lie had schooled his body in frugalltS
and self-denial, thinking OF future
indulgence; when luxury and license
and pleasure, held out their arms habi
refused him Joy in their embrace. III
had chosen the love that matched th'
more nicely his dreams: habit hai
confirmed that choice and taught hin
the bitterness OF nagging wife. ~
had dreamed and striven for conquest
to ind himself a slave; for In hi
heart OF hearts he believed that wheT
las must some day happen-Quinb!
cracked his whip he. as Henley hat
ssid and Henley himself had done
would cringe. He had avoided o
been ruthless 60 sever the sweeteninI
ties OF life. lest they make harder hi
climb: when he found among tn
Successful. an advantageous friend
ship. he must be shown the feet o
cioy. He had made Of himself de
spite handicaps, a brilliant. eficien
worker. only 10 lose interest I'm HI