Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-01-09
to ask Ann Sullivan some time. she

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laughed
"One thing" answered Halsey.
Shed tell you that she isn't trying to
get the envy of her neighbors. don't
believe she'd be happy in that
oh, but she's fresh over-she's not
American yet, don't you see? She
hasn't had chance-you can't tell
what she would do If she were rich. !
There are two ways of looking at
It," said Halsey musingly, his anger
passing, now leaving him meditative,
relaxed. They we're talking now as
though there were not two others. un-
happy, waiting on the gallery near
| by. I'll tell you something, If you'll
let me talk about myself. Mrs. Rawn.'
go on; I'm glad!'
II don't suppose you care for things
that interest me. You called me a
Socialist. I'll admit that studied a
lot about that, attended their meet
Eings, all that sort of thing. Maybe that
made me think. It seems to me that
money Is rolling up too fast in this
country nowhere all mad about
money. It's like the big apple with
no taste to It, | had it offered me to
choose between those two. and took
the little apple that to me seemed
sweeter.
Nov, We perfected that invention.
It'll make somebody rich any time
say the word any time like that big
apple and not the little one-any
time like that success which comes
from outside and not from inside. But
I've figured that that doesn't mean
happiness. Maybe I'm wrong. | don't
know. Somehow I believe that Abra-
ham Lincoln, or John Ruskin, or Jim
Sullivan. or Tim, or Ann, or Sir isaac
Newton-any thinking person-any
philosopher-would come in with me
about this. broke up the machines.
"Why-where it meant ruin?"
Because they'd tighten up the grip
of few men on the neck of the peo-
pie! I don't know whether you call
that being a Socialist or not. and
don't care Change is coming. It's
not the fault of the poor that it's com
ing It's the fault Of the rich. broke
them up-because things cant go on
this way, money rolling up all the time
for a few, and life getting harder all
the time for SO many. God d1dn I
make the rivers and the mountains
and forests for that purpose-to give
them to few. We've got to make
changes, and big ones, in this govern
\ ment. or we're gone. I'm no Socialist
| at ALL don't want what some one
else has WON'T he's won it fair. But
the wrong is in our government-tne
very one of all on earth that meant
fair play. We don't get lt-now. Some
day we must. / don't see what diner
ence it makes what name you give the
new form of government. There must
be change, that's all; or else were
gone!
well, now, what they wanted me to
1 do was to give that all to a few. |
couldn't do it! My God! Mrs. Rawn.
| faced it and / tried, and I couldn't
do it! Maybe l was wrong. Anyhow,
here l stand
DO you know" she said at length,
slowly, ''these are things that never
came to my mind in all my life? !
never in all my life thought of any of
these things only wanted"
"You wanted to win You wanted
what most American women do
money tation-p oWer-to be envied;
that's what you played for. Well
you've won! Look at all this about
you. I don't suppose there's woman
in this town more admired by men or
more envied by women than you
You've got what you craved, / recken."
Il thought / had. But now. tonight.
I'm not so sure!"
"You couldn't give it up" he sheer
ed, "any more than Grace could. and
she couldn't any more than leopard
could change it's spots. 1t goes too
deep. You couldn't expect anything
different.
IT told you | was student, Mrs.
Rawn.' he went on after time Il
haven't got much mind. But some
how, while don't suppose religion can
change business very much, think of
the twelve disciples and their Master.
trying to lift the load off of human be-
ings, trying to lift the people of the
world up above the day of tooth and
claw. don't reckon they can do it.
But YOU see, each fellow has to choose
for himself I've mad this put before
me. could have thrown in with
Rawn-I can do SO yet, right here,
now, as you know | can hold him
up, as he would hold me up. or any
one ELSE can take his money
fifty thousand. Million don't think
he's really got as much money as most
people think. He's in debt, deep
That's all right so long as your credit
is good. He has had all sorts OF
credit-and it depended on neon
my invention. It wasn't his. It isn't