Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-01-23
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CooN2II1HT ~ 81 Z,
SYNOPSIS.
y AZkRS0YY HOlIGH

John Rawu, q clerk In st. Louis
galway office. hears his daughter Grace
Jover young engineer named Ghai .les
Halsey. speak OF a scheme to utlllze !ne
lost current of electricity. He appropriate
Che idea as his own and induces f1aiS ITs
90 perfect an experimental macilne -;
forms a company with himself as presl..
dent. at a salary Of 100000 a year; any ~
HaiSey as superintendent OF the WORKS, q
q salary Of $1,000. Rawn takes cnarss " "
the office in Chicago. Virginia DelaWaLe
ss assigned as his stenographer. She as
sisfs in picking the furniture anu uG 49,;
ration for the princely mansion RaWn lis a.
erected. Mrs. Rawn feels out OF place a. "a
the new surroundings. Halsey goes 70
New York with Rawn and MISS De ~
ware TO explain delays in pertectlns W
new motor to the impatient dIrec5or;
gets a message that deformed dausllle'
has been born to his wife, Grace no :" -
RaWn bargains with Miss Delaware ~
wear his jewelry and appear IN p9 ~
with him. as a means to help MN ~ q
business way. RaWn is fortunate IN ma
ket speculations. piles up wealth ana az.
tains prominence. He gives his VIE =. q
million dollars to leave him. lie ASKS ilAS
daughter Mrs Halsey. to take charge ~
sf5ss household. Grace moves 70 1ray
stone hall. and Halsey continues TO uEe
alone in the cottage near the WORKS. 1al-
sey's machine proves success but he
keeps the fact q secret. Virginia Dela-
ware becomes more and more lndlSps1tsd,-
pm a business trip Idle talk prompts
him to offer her marriage Ihey are
married Halsey threatens to get al
Vorce because his wife refuses to return
to him He tells Rawn that he has bro
ken up all the machines after proving
the, success of the invention. Rawn, IN
great rage. threatens to kill him; Halsey
declares he will never build another ma
chine for Rawn and slaps his face Vlf-
GINA Rawn implores Halsey to- recon
slider. because his. decision will ruin them ZEN
all. Halsey tells Virginia that he has
abandoned his invention because 1t would
put great power IN the hands OF a lew
70 the. detriment Of the many. At RaWns
tpstigatton Virginia agrees to try to bring
Hatsey to terms, no matter what 1t costs
CHAPTER XVi.-Continued
fBut he didn't affect you in the
least, Jennie-he didn't get you going
with that kind OF foolishness."
Il never heard any one talk just as
ne did. before. said she slowly. you
see, | hadn't thought of these things
myself. for I'm only a woman. He
said that all this power, taken from
the hills and the forests and the air
and the rivers, belongs TO everybody
10 al the world"
But he didn't impress you with that
nonsense, Jennie?"
@He said thin gs-I told him that I'd
never thought OF life just that way.
And { haven't, Mr.. Rawn / told him,
as admit to you. that hadn't thought
Of anybody much but myself Just
cried to climb. think ali women do"
"it's right they should, it's the only
way Selfshness is the one great
cause of the worlds progress. my
dear
Is Well. told him that his way of
thinking was SO new to me, that |
needed time to think it over"
But you didn't believe word he
said-.you never would!"
Mr., Rawn,' said she. looking him
Gull in the face. we've both Of us
climbed pretty fast. always put my
family out of memory all could. But
somehow I seem to recollect that my
father used TO talk Of things a good