Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-01-16

we'd pay for that. one way Of anothe.
nothing comes from s nothing--wt
pay. we pay all the time. Mr.. Rawn!"
you don't need to go into theories
and geneFalizat ions,4 said he testify
We've had enough Of that from him
We are both practical. You simply ge
that man and bring him back into the
fold, that's all! Do your share
MY share? It's easy, isn't it, She
smiled at him again annoyingly.
But you can do it."
Yes, Lean do it. But | can't evade
the truth just told you I'd have to
pay You'd have to pay
Were beggars. and can't choose"
said John Rawn sayagely. Besides,
there's no harm done-I'm not asking
you to do anything improper, anything
| to compromise yourself-but get him,
| that's all! And when we've got him in
hand-when l know what | want to
know-I'll wiring him dry and throw
him on the scrap heap That's what
| I'll do with him."
Eyes, l think you would" she said.
Its the only right thing to do"
Rawn fumed Hell get what's com
ing TO him. He's been throwing down
his one best friend"
Are there any best friends in bust
ness, Mr.. Rawn?" she asked
''Of course there are. Haven't been
friend to him; haven't / got a lot
! Of friends of my own?"
| What would they. do for you toHor-,
row, Mr.. Rawn?''
| Well. that's a different matter: they
might take care of themselves
would take care Of myself But this
fool here that I'm asking you to handle
isn't taking care Of himself or anyone
else. He's crazy, that's all about
him! Did he hand you out any of this
talk about the rights of man?
more than half suspect him of sympa-
thizing with these labor unions. He's
Socialist at heart. that's what he
! isl"
I. She nodded hep head a little
| Names don't make much difference in
such matters"
isn't it funny thing" he rejoined,
! turning to her in his walk, that the
very men who have failed, the very
ones who most need help themselves,
are the ones who are out to help
everybody else! The blind always
want to lead the blind! These labor
unions depend on us for their daily
bread and butter, yet they want to
| fight us all the time. There's no trust
in this country SO big as the labor
trust, and there's no ingratitude in the
world like that of the laboring mans.
why, look at me, Jennie-you know
something of my plans This very
month | was going to put fifty thou
sand dollars more into my cooperative
| farm in the south, thing have been
working out for the benefit of my Ia
boring people. I'm going to do more
| than old Carnegie has done! You and
ought to have set up some kind of
prizes, medals-start some sort of hero
competition. Helping colleges is old
and so are Libraries old. / don't place
| myself any station back Of Rockefel-
| Ter himself. The Rockefeller Founda-
| tian was great idea. Just wait! I'll
raise him out of the game! When
get all my plans made, they'll speak of
John Rawn when they mention philan-
| thropy!
"And just to think, Jennie" he went
on excitedly, that als such big plans
for the good of humanity, should come
| to nothing! To be held UP. and handi-
capped by the folly OF man who has
never been able to do anything for
himself or anyone else! It makes me
sick to think of it. He claims to be a
friend of the laboring people and here
he's tying the hands of the greatest
friend of the laboring men in this
town today-myself, John Rawn, stand
ing here! Why, II I'd hand this coun.
| try the John Rawn Foundation for
| industrial assistance, all thought out,
all financed, all ready to go to work
tomorrow, that crazy fool there, with
his Socialist ideas. would block it ALL
He's going to block it all.
Nov, it's up to you. You're the
only one that can keep him from do.
| ing that very thing. Don't you see, it
/ isn't just you and me he's running. 1t
| isn't himself he's running. He's going
| to hurt the whole country. Jennie.
there's considerable responsibility on
YOU tonight. Where he issswrong is.
in thinking that the weak can help
the weak It's the other way about
Iit's the strong that can help-Power!
that's what counts! It's for yol.
to show him that. Jennie, girl-it's
rot so much myself. But think of
your country"
| 'Yes," she nodded. that's precisely
it,"
(To BE Continued