The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-07-16


~. John. have GOT To 20 back
hoo0!"
II the next ensuing moment or -.
vhs2 swift changes now we're wrought
In the late despair of our friend ans
hero. Mr.. John Rawn, master of the
International Power Company. already
In tmaglnation controlling In good part
the destinies Of \ people-the great
John Rawn. philanthropist. kindly en-
ployer, wise friend OF the less favored
ones OF earth; the beneficent, kindly.
Omnipotent John Rawn! Why had he
6espaired. why had he ever doubted.
Why had he ever set himself even mo-
mentarily apart from that original des-
tiny which always he had accorded to
himself! Was he not . leadsr-had
he not been devised - be ~ In the
plans Of the immortal gods. kEes aeof
Was he not one Of the few select ones
assigned to rule his fellow-men!
John Rawn stood before the ola
gray woman. and scarcely heard hes
last words. He sighed deeply Hh
sslf-respect was ccmiug back 10 him
h waves. great. recurrent waves. A.
last q smile crossed his face. The i'm.
Deri0us glance OF the borp rulss. Of
o0s better than his fellov-men, ths
look Of the man set apart and licensed
70 rob and rule-returned once mors
- his eye
ITS a million dollars!" be cree
sIosd. exultantly. once more. It's God
has sent 1t to me! IN take II - .
sign. Watch me In the morning! IN
make them hunt their holes yet Dy
0od! will"
John John. you mustnt swear. II
isat right! John!"
Il beg your ardon-er-er-LAura =
hs rejoined. with nne condescension.
every instant now becoming more
himself In fact. want to thank
you-it's clever Of you. must say. II
isn't every woman who'd have done
what you have done. I'm sure"
'Why wouldn't they. John! II isnv
money a woman wants to mako he's
happy. I've tried thst. Grace tried
It. 1t doesn't work. II takes some.
thing else besides money. l reckon.
We're lucky when we md that. any
Of us. reckon. II We don't. we've
got to take Just what God gives us.
Bat money doesn't buy everything In
the world John. sometimes thinh
1t buys about a. little ~ anything
you can think Oft" She gulped Just
. little in her thin throat.
"All the same" said he firmly and
generously. by this time almost fully
the great John Rawn once more. III
WAS very decent Of you. Laura
We'll, never mind about that John
Il was you who made 1t. never did
understand how you earned It 90 fast
I'm glad II 1t will do you any good
And see John." she added shyly. FUN
bling again in her bag. Il brought you
q little present, John. I've been do
ing these. you see. make quite q
lot out of it. never used any Of that
money you gave me. at ALL did thess
things-the way did before. when
We were getting our start together
John. you know. thought-maybe-
you'd like q pair"
She held out to him pair Of braces
embroidered carefully in silks. HI
took them In his hand She also looked
at them closely. In professional scru
tiny, her steel bowed spectacles or
nose. She pronounced them good.
But, John" she added curiously--
"you know, while l was up there. do
ing what I could for Grace and the
baby-it seemed to me like a. II
heard some funny sort Of noise down
here-something like = shot What
was it,"
at was some of those COMPOUNDED
laboring people," said John Rawn
frowninS. "Yes-they came here aftel
Halsey."
WELL" said John Rawn. "Halsey-
Charley Halsey-you remember him.
believe! Well. they shot him.
Goodnight. Laura" he added
suddenly. and held out his hand tc
her. generously, nobly. I'm very
sleepy. I've been up SO long-and I've
lot to do tomorrow. After all. there's
no use in our having hard feelings