The Washington herald., 1914-06-21

'.Mr. Carnegie says" be went q. ~that
any one VINO dies rich dies disgraosd. I
nnd myself In agreement with him"
How much money Do you purpose to
spend on the proJectr'
about . million dollars, which. Of
course. win involve q cash expenditurs.
Then In Silt-edged securities mean TO
endow the scheme with another million.
That win allow me TO die poor with .
clear conscience"
Have you ever speculated. uncier"
Never. A your father might have In
formed you. strongly dlsapproved Of his
way Of making money"
Il would rather you left my father out
Of the discussion. He preyed ON the rich
while you fleece the poor. Although he
died pennIless, my admiration for him in
creases in proportion a. my regard for
you dfminishes."
The old man smiled.
The loss Of your approbation." he said,
will always be q cause Of regret. but
you made one statement which astonished
me. You accused me of fleeing the poor.
VIII you, on second thoughts. withdraw
that statement. or, failing that. prove itT'
TT is simply . matter Of mathematics.
sir. No man can accumulate, By honest
work, in the short space Of . lifetime.
two million dollars. You admit never
having speculated- Where. then. did the
two million come from"
TT came. nephew. from industry"
From whose industry insisted the
young man.
Andrew Duplsne Eazed at his nephew
for some time without speaking. more In
sorrow than in anger. The younger man.
however, was reversing this process. 1t
was quite evident that his temper was
absorbing caloric.
You are very confident in your asser-
tons. and doubtless the wisdom gained
during a short term at Harvard far out
weighs the experience OF commercial
lifetime. 1t will therefore be greatly to
my advantage IL you would condescend to
enlighten me regarding my business de-
faults'
-oh. IT requires no college training to
enable q man to squeeze the humbug out
of . scheme of self-glorincation. It's
easier, IN fact. than squeezing the water
out Of an over-capitalized company. II
you. for instance. had paid adequate
! wages to your thousands of employees
none Of them would need to live in an
almshouse and you would be spared the
necessity Of paying out conscience money
when you have accumulated 30 much
wealth that you no longer need It all"
Conscience money!" Andrew Du-
planes brows were raised in mildly
! grieved surprise.
Yes" said Billy bluntIJ. You spoke
Of conscience a moment ago. so what can
this princely donation be but eonsciencs
money! Instead Of erecting q Krandiose
palace for paupers, why not assure each
Of your employees q life pension-equal.
let US say, to their present wages-so that
they may live where they like when they
are past usefulness?'
"William Andrew. learn with ever-in-
creasing satisfaction that you are .
young man with ideas. can hardly de-
scribe the pleasure 1 have enjoyed In lis
tening to you. brought you out here
that 1 might benefit by your opinion re-
garding my building project. but have
received much more than that"
Uncle, regret to perceive that the
humbug has not yet been squeezed out
You brought me here for an entirely dif-
ferent purpose. You wished me to know
definitely that was not to be your heir.
But a single sentence would have ac-
complished that object without all this
| circumlocution."
Il see." observed the old man very
quietly. But has there been no humbuE
in your attitude, nephew? You came to
me on a supposedly friendly visit Of reIa-
tive to relative. Was there no underlying
purpose to your unexpected caIl?"
''of course there was I came to You
for money, but you may remember that I
asked you quite frankly to lend me 5000.
told you how had souandered 1t at
Harvard. and 1 fiatter myself I enacted
to perfection the role Of ProdiEal Son."
Nephew" murmured the old gentIs-
man.
Excuse my inaccuracy-nephsv. Of
course" And at this the young man
laughed He had recovered control Of
himself after a bitter disappointment.
Il guess, uncle" he said. good-hu-
moredly. that we've squeezed out the
humbog on both sides"
THAT being satisfactorily accomplish
ed said Andrew Duplane, with his Gus
tomary benignity. we will now walk
back to the car"
''one moment, uncleI" cried Billy. 7
wish to discard. on this destined ground.
the name Of Andrew. II was given to
me without my consent. but is abandoned
with it. also discard the name Of Du-
plane. I reserve the name William be-
cause it is a friendly title. besides lending
itself to the sympathetic abbreviation Of
Billy. Fearing that I may follow IN the
footsteps Of my relatives, and wishing to
give due warning to the public. I adopt
the name Blk. William Blk il my cog
nomen from now on"
Home. Blk" said his uncle calmly,
stepping into the car.