The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-04-02

course. your duty 70 ass and 70 ~
company Il to make . success Of yoaf
work. Think of the business. ny soa.
There 10 no good comes Of selhshnsss-
Try to BE- Just And for God's sake.
also. try to get one OF those DaeAinss
| done!"
Halsey only sat and hooked st Mn
darkly for = time. making NO reply.
1t seems to me that ! can never eee
you to understand. Charles" resumed
Rawn. that things are not the vay
they used to be before we came hsre
to Chicago. I'm 4 bigger man nov
i than ! vas then. I've grown thsos
last tvo or three years. ny boy. !
should not be surprised II eventua1iy
l were Obliged to make my residence
in New York. II not abroad. We are
rising in the world. rising vesy fast.
Charles. Do you want to 20 up With
the Rawns. or stay down with ths
Halseys in this world? Besides. IN
this case you ought to respect ths
wishes OF your own wife. You want
to remember. my dear boy. that ~
daughter. Grace. IL half Ravn - we'll
as half johnson. The only trouble
with her 10. the Rawn half has mt
yet had its innings"
Halsey turned and stared at Ais
wife. He found her sitting With Ase
dark eyes fixed. now on her father.
now wandering hither and yon over
the rich surroundings in her fathers
home. To his intense surprise. she
had az yet issued no veto to tits cain
proposal to which they all had list.
ened. In his surprise he forgot CON-
ment Of his own. What caused him
greatest surprise Of all was his secret
feeling that he was not % reluctant
to this arrangement ~ he ought to
be! He pondered Grace. her sour vis.
age. her morose air. He recalled
countless angry. irritatsd words. He
looked. and saw NO longer any fen.
inine charm. 1t took all his resolution
not to question why he had ever
made this choice. Almost he began
a certain comparison.
Nov let this end IT," resumed John
Rswn. Let comforts. and let luxu.
ries. como where they have bssa
earned. It's the Rawn half Of Graos
that has earned the luxuries. Charles,
II l am willing to give them to her.
Take what you can get. my son. Of
comfort and luxury In this life-aftsf
you've earned them. But earn them
hrst. Your place 10 over there at ths
works. This is your opportunity. Fall
In with my plans and I'll carry you
along. Don't try to hold Grace over
there when she belongs here. Don't
be selfish. Charles"
He relented Just . trifle. II don't
say this is going to last forever Pull
on success over there for us. I'll tell
you what I'll do-the day you can
charge q storage battery from one OF
our second current receivers-nnished
and in place there in the factory-and
run 1t from the factory up here, III
make you . present Of nifty thousand
dollars"
And about Grace-." Al! ia.
comparison
She'll be . good deal closer to yoa
then than she ID now. She's half
Rawn. tell you. Charles: and love
in 4 cottage does not suit the Rawn
blood to-day!
But I'll tell you" his face light.
eSed bit at the Jest you can 20
on with your brotherhood Of man ideas
over there at the factory. I hope you
love them-those brothers who are
trying to ruin me and this company!
Try them out-associate with them
love them all you can. Compare that
life with this, my boy; and when
you've done your work. for which voa
are paid-when you can charge one
car at one receiver. and come from
that life to this. on the strength Of
your brains and your own ability, a. I,
have come here myself-why. cay
I'll give you a slice Of a million dol
lars! Then you can compare that life
with this. and see how you like the
two. I've made up my mind already
about that! So has Grace!"
Halsey turned once more to hfs
wife. She had changed in the last few
minutes. Her eye was brighter. her
color higher. She was gazing not at
her husband nor at her child, but NJ
these rich surroundings.
II wonder II ! could play one of m,
old pieces on the plano any mors
now?" she said gaily. rising and walk.
ing to the seat Of the grand plano
which stood across the room from
them. I've been 30 busy"
(TO BE CoNTINUED.)