Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-08-06
HE HELPED
THE DEAD
By EUNlCE Bl-AkE


have more confidence In your judg
mcut than my own or that OF any one
else, and am going to submit ease
to you John and Edgar Walcott have
both been making love to me- and each
wishes me to he his sweetheart Net
/ Their has yet accomplished anything
I toward founding A home and n mar
riage With either for some time t.
/ come is not to be considered But both
/ are young and believe will IN time
/ take their places among fairly success
\ rul men. am willing 10 engage my
self to one OF them. confess, because
! living In this quiet place. may not
/ have Il better opportunity, John is the
wore liable to win success, He is.
admit. rather selfish and prone to look
sut for his own Interest Edgar. / fear
/ may not get ON. He is kindly and gen
erous, You know. dear father. that
! am very practical GIRL and II seems
/ to me that generosity and success are
/ Incompatible Nevertheless like Ed
| gar better than John. Now. what do
! you adviser
Il would not think OF advising you,
my child" replied the father. but
viii make some statements bearing On
the case Success comes In different
ways, Probably tho man who looks
! out for his own interest and boards Is
! the most likely to get rich But Il kind
! hearted. generous man will make
| friends and friends are valuable
Why not sead these two young men
out into the world. promising that they
may return say, In five years, and
take the one who has achieved the
greater succesST 1t will be u fine stim
illus for them and may be the ,neann
OF making II career for both Resides
II will give us an opportunity 10 test
the two Observation-Disclosures md gen
crosby"
Dorothy acted on her fathers nd
vice and told the young men. who were
brothers. to go out into the world and
return on that day tive years hence.
when she would hetroth herself to the
one who had been more successful On
the surface, at least. the fact that they
both wanted the same girl had made
no difference In their brotherly love,
and they agreed to so together II
wns ut Il time when gold was being
discovered In Colorado, and the broth
ers concluded that they would so there
and seek for the wherewithai to On
able one OF them to marry Dorothy
IF we make strike" said John. 1--WE
can return without waiting for the
Ave years to pass and claim the prize
They entered the gold country, ana
with pick and shovel began to dig
Whenever they got discouraged they
heard OF some lucky stumbler who hat
mnde n fortune In hole I'm the ground
and they would go on digging There
was but one trouble between them
They had been given certain amount
OF money by their father to hold IN
common while they were prospecting
Whenever they met any one out at the
elbow or hungry or otherwise impov
erished, Edgar would insist ON giving
him something from their treasury 70
this John objected, but as Edgar kept
on insisting on helping every one he
met John ut last made a division OF
what was left and told his brother
that if he wished to ruin himself ne
might do So he Uohm washed his
hands OF the matter
They continued 10 dig. hoping every
day to strike something that would NJ
least add to their fund. which was get
ting low Edgar's share was 40 re-
duced that there were but n few silver
! pieces left
One afternoon, having abandoned u
hole In which they had been digging
and with their tools on their shoulders
they were walking toward another 10
cation where they had heard gold hnd
been found, they came to the dead
body OF man who. Judging from the
pick ard shovel beside him. had beer
II prospector. He was very much
emncinted. and as he hnd no marks
OF violence on him II appeared TINT hr
/ had sunk from exhaustion
Poor fellowr' exclaimed Edgar
VERY likely" said John. "he died
Of starvation He should be n warn
]
/ your money on every Deggnr who
/ comes along"
Lets bury him. said Edgar
Bury him. Why should we waste
our time at thntT said John impatient
! ly. Come onI"
"IIe may have wife. mother.
sister, possibly n sweetheart. who some
day will be glad to know that he rr
ceived decent sepulcher
Edgar" cried John angrily. you e.
fool. I'm worn out with you Stay
here II you like and bury the mau
I'm going on"
He wnlked away. expecting his
brother would follow him But hr
did not Edgar began 70 dig grave
and John passed out OF sight That
was the last time they met until the
five years that they were to remain on