The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-27
CHAPTER TX.

tried to tell Bob Wallace what, In
deed, was the matter with him, but
could not, for he had not the least
idea.
DO you really mean to keep the
plant?" asked Wallace skeptically.
Yes, and pas 1t to my children"
said the dazed young gentleman.
You haven't any children, you con
founded asst"
And they'll pass 1t to their chill
dren." said the coming magnate of the
chewing-gum trade.
Il think you're crazy"
Bob, it's a cinch. But let me tell
you.' And he tried to, with but slight
success.
Wallace was a shrewd young man.
rs 1t your conscience or the girl that
has driven you insane? 2" he asked.
I'm thinking about Jonesville. My
grandfather built this town"
We'll, he made a blamed bad Job
OF 1t. Why didn't he build a place a
man could get a decent drink In while
he was about it?"
And my father kept 1t going"
Well, he didn't keep II going very
fast"
And now I've got to keep my faith
with 1t. 1t is a sacred duty. / must
not abandon It,"
Say" said Wallace. In disgust.
Where did you get that stuff? Have
YOU gone out and tried to get q decent
drink here? This town ought to be
abandoned. 1t ought to be put out
OF It's misery"
The trust would close the plant and
ruin all these people"
You'd think they were first cousins,
10 hear you talk about them
Bob" Broadway chided In a soft
and earnest voice, they are far more
than that; far. far more than that.
They are charges placed by Providence
In the care of the Jones family. And,
Bob, I'm the last of the J~oneses."
Let us hope there1l never be an.
other like YOU"
"ThereH be one more earnest,
0 a bet on that, Bob!"
They were In a shady stretch of
Main street. and, at night, a shady
stretch OF Main street. ~Jonesville, 10
about the darkest spot on earth out
side Of Africa.
Let's stop right here, in the dark,
till YOU get owe It," said Wallace. tits
late, but there might be some mad
dened, joyous J~onesville roisterer to
see II you wen into the light"
I mean every word Of 1t. There are
no roisterers In Jonesville; they're all
honest ~workingmen, horny.handed sum
makers. toiiers for the fortunes Of my
family. That's why I'm protecting
them"
The horny hand of some insane
asylum guard will be upon your shout
der If you don't watch out"
"Ha, ha! Ha, hal" laughed Broad
way somewhat cacklingly.
Il think you're going to be violent,"
said Wallace. Hell probably need
both horny hands. But he'll subdue
you! Now. try to give me some CO.
herent notion of what's the matter
with you, will your"
I've awakened to my duty"
Time you did; you've had q nice
long nap. What do you see. now you
have aroused"
"A pleasant little city, working hap.
PLY al well-paid industry. I'm the pay.
master. A great nation, wagging tire.
less jaws. They're chewing the Jones
gum. Jones gum, mind you; not some
gum that the Consolidated puts up
against the public as just as good al
that my ancestors made famous.
see"
For heavens sake, shut up! You'll
see snakes IL this keeps on. That lem.
onade that Mrs. Spotswood gave you
has gone to your empty head"
1t was not the lemonade that Mrs
Spotswood gave me, 1t was the touch.
ing line OF talk that-er-that Josie
Richards gave me-" He paused while
Wallace waited with his jaw loose
on its hinges. Say. Bob, isn't she q
qCeen?"
so that's it?"
But he made no further protests. He
was q level-headed youth, was this
young advertising man. He knew az
well as anyone that IL the trust feared
and wished to purchase the Jones
gum it could be but because the trust
knew that the Jones gum was q dan
gerous competitor. II, managed as Il
had been, unadvertised. 1t had been q
dangerous competitor to the trust
then 1t was worth haying-emphatical
~ worth keeping.
And some day Broadway must dc
something. He could not forever play
the idler on the Great White Way
even II his millions were numbered
It was no life for an actual man. and
Bob was sure that hidden somewhere
in his friend were the true elements
of worthy manhood. Nothing had oc
Cured to bring them out, that was all
He thought they might be coming now
Reaching the hotel, they found the
place in utter darkness. Not q light
even turned down for the night, wal
yiolb1o ~ any window: not 4 sound al