The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-02-05
Ill your wild ways from. He Is shocked
beyond expression to find that your
young friends all call you Broadway.

What will he propose?"
X III 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!"
Eyes; it's what I'm afraid of. Jack
SON. Be careful how you sell to him"
'I'll be careful that he pays me.
That's all care about"
Don't be in a hurry, What I'm
afraid of-but ought not to talk in
this way. Abner Jones has never
done me an i'll turn. OF course 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 hep
He is shrewd business man. But
don't sell. Jackson" The Judge was
clearly i'll at ease.
IF l don't sell, will have to turn
to and make gum"
! You ought to. 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 60 there just as
soon as you are master Of your for.
tune"
The boy leaned forward eagerly.
when will it happen, judge? Will it
be on the midnight that begins my
birthday, or the midnight that it ends
with? Quick! I've got to know"
Better wait till the next day, Jack
son. That's the safest. oh, know
you'll 60! But don't ,sen to your uncle.
Promise me-" = T.. i.,.,,t, =
when will be make, me- me the .ofier'"
Before your birthday, Jackson -,
lis it as close as that?' liz, liberty as
close as that? j hadn't realizedl'
Couldn't we get HIN toStalk TO me to-
night about it? If ] agreed to sell to
him for half, would he agree to let my
birthday come at once instead Of when
Its scheduled !? ,;Weuldr-;', SOMA !liV
]; The judge was laughing, :. somewhat
Tuefully. jackson Jones' amused him
always; to some exteut''he could syn.
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 II he ought to tell Broad.
way what he had learned Il ~
Twill you consider me your law
'1er?' the judge askeed. "' ~ = ~
+! Consider You my lawyer, Judge? Ot
course you are N.Y. lawyer, Weren't
you my fathers lawyer? 2. t,,u.4 .,ly]
Not always; did not draw his
will, for instance And in other things
your uncle-wel, il your father had
but listened, as hope You'll listen, his
brother Abner never would have , \
Sure! l 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 q 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 II II
hadn't been, SO spoiled. And still they
locked me up! They made q criminal
of me! It's bad enough 10 be Grim.
NAL, but to be criminal imprisoned
in New Haven-heavens! Suppose
MAJ should be locked up in Jonesville!
Why, he'd die of shame"
We'll, If you accept me is your law.
yer, when your uncle, asks you to sell
cut 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."
I'll not sell out to the trust, Judge,
but if my uncle
Hell not offer you 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," ID
Il hope you'll take that chance, my
boy, rather than ever be a party to
running the old home town.; $50
All right, judge. won't sell to
Uncle Abner-anyway, just now. II
won't need the money. There's enough
coming to me to keep me busy for .
WHILE.
Jackson, wish you might feel DIFF.
ferently about the starting Of your life
~ q grown man. II you could cult
vate feeling Of responsibility
1T bores me. ! could never even
spell it." sd
I'm. afraid it does, jackson, and
that worries me- But :; KY, ~