The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-13

always; 10 some extent he could SYM
pathize with his revolt against Jones
vile. 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.
VIII you consider me your law.
YER" the Judge asked.
Consider you my lawyer. Judge? OF
course you are my lawyer. Weren't
you my fathers lawyer"
Not always; l did not draw his
Will, for instance. And in other things
your uncle-well, if 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 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 il il
hadn't been SO spoiled. And still they
locked me up! They made a criminal
Of me! It's bad enough to be Grim
inal but to be criminal imprisoned
in New Haven-heavens! Suppose a
man should be locked up in Jonesville;
Why, he'd die of shame"
We'll, if 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. l hope you'll never sell out
to the trust, but don't sign any pa
peTs, Jackson, although you know
what the trust purchase of the factory
would mean to Jonesviile-and to all
OF us"
I'll not sell out to the trust, Judge.
but if my uncle"
He'll not offer you fair price. He'll
want to get bargain. And remem.
Der that the company will get richer
every year.
But the trust may bust it."
i 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 need the money. There's enough
coming to ME to keep me busy for q
while"
jackson, wish you might feel DIFF
ferently about the starting of your life
as grown man. If you could cult.
vate a feeling of responsibility"
1T bores me. could never even
spell it."
I'm afraid it does, Jackson, and
that worries me. But"
You'll come to New York, some.
time, and-and-"
Jackson, I'm afraid | shall"
And keep it secret that we're either
one Of us from Jonesville."
Jackson" said the Judge, reproving.
ly, you'd better get along toward
home. And don't think tor much about
those lights. Broadws, like every
other street. is safer in the daytime
before the lights are lit
THE lights are Broat Say's eyes"
said the young man. Until they're
lighted, Broadway is asisep, and you
see only men and women on it."
And what do you see iater?"
"You can search me for the name.
But they're several degrees beyond
mere men and women"
After he had left the Judge, jackson
found it quite impossible to go sedate
ly home, as he might possibly have
done on almost any other night. He
often went to bed in Jonesville, he ex.
planned upon occasion, because he
could not bear to stay awake there. He
said it made him feel ashamed
(TO BE CONTINUED.)