The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-08

What VIII he p~roposef"
IF you won't go into the business,
he will try to buy you out"
Jackson looked at him In dumb de-
light. For money? Ready money!"
Yes; it's what I'm afraid OF, Jack
son. Be careful how you sell to him"
"Tll be careful that he pays me
That's all a r about"
Don't be in a hurry. What I'm
afraid of-but ought not to talk In
| this way. Abner Jones has lever
done me an Ill turn. OF ourse your
father was my client"
And dear uncle put his hooks into
my dad whenever he could get them
caught SOS he could pull. didn't he?"
II is a shrewd business man. But
don't sell. Jackson" The judge was
clearly Ill at ease.
"If don't sell, will l have to turn
to and make gum?"
you ought to. A goose that lays
q golden egg should be well cared for"
Let uncle raise the poultry. I'd
rather sell the eggs"
But. Jackson"
Judge, will you come to see me in
New York;"
The conversation had brought Jack
son Jones to sudden realization of the
fact that In eleven months or less he
would be twenty-five, and that. as soon
as he was twenty-five, he would be
free, according to the terms of his
dead fathers will. to spend his own
exactly as he pleased.
II suppose you'll go there just as
soon as you are master of your for
tune"
The boy leaned forward eagerly.
When will it happen. judge? Will 1t
be on the midnight that begins my
| birthday, or the midnight that 1t ends
with? Quick! I've got to know"
Better wait till the next day, Jack
son. That's the safest. Oh, | know
you'll go! But don't sell to your uncle.
Promise me-"
When will he make me the offerf"
Before your birthday, Jackson"
rs it as close as that? Is liberty as
close as that? | hadn't realized.
Couldn't we get him to talk to me to-
night about it? II | agreed to sell to
him for half, would he agree to let my
birthday come at onc instead of when
it's scheduled? Would"
The judge was laughing, somewhat
ruefully. Jackson Jones amused him,
always; to some extent he could sym
pathize with his revolt against Jones
willie. He himself had revolted against
Jonesville in his youth, but there had
been no fortune coming to him with
the arrival of his manhood to release
him from the hated village. And, be-
sides, he was uncomfortable tonight.
He wondered If he ought to tell Broad
way what he had learned.
will you consider me your law
yer?" the judge asked.
Consider you my lawyer, Judge? or
course you are my lawyer. Weren't
you my fathers lawyer"
Not always; | did not draw his
will, for instance. And in other things
your uncle-well, IL your father had
but listened, as | hope you'll listen, his
brother Abner never would have"
Sure! | know. And you've already
been my lawyer. Didn't you get me
out of Jail there in New Haven? Imag-
inc being locked up in New Haven!
And I'd only dropped a melon from the
window. If the chief of police hap
pened to be going by, was that my
fault? I'd have eaten the melon If ii
hadn't been so spoiled. And still they
locked me up! They made a criminal
of me! It's bad enough to be a Grim
inal, but to be a criminal imprisoned
In New Haven-heavens! Suppose a
man should be locked up in %Jonesvillel
Why, he'd die of shame"
Well, IL you accept me as your law
Yer, when your uncle asks you to sell
out your interest In the Jones Gum
company you will refuse. When you
do that, he'll try to bind you not to
sell out to the trust as long as you
both live, / hope you'll never sell out
to the trust, but don't sign any pa
pers, Jackson. although you know
what the trust purchase of the factory
would mean to Jonesville-and to all
of u.s."
"Fll not sell out to the trust, Judge,
but If my uncle"
He'll not offer you a fair price. He'll
want to get a bargain. And remem
Der that the company will get richer
every year"
But the trust may bust It."
Il hope you'll take that chance, my
boy. rather than ever be a party to
running the old home town"
All right, judge. won't sell to
Uncle Abner-anyway, just now. /
won't ICED the money. There's enough
coming to me to keep me busy for a
while"
Jackson, | wish you might feel diff
~ferently about the starting Of your life
as a grown man. II you could cult
vate a feeling of responsibility"
1T bores me. could never even
spell It,"
I'm afraid 1t does, Jackson, and
that worries me. But"
You'll come to New York, m
time, and-and-"
Jackson, I'm afraid l shall"
And keep it secret that we're either
one OF us from Jonesville."
Jackson" said the judge, reproving-
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