Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-01-09
CHAPTER v111-(continued).

CHAPTER vIII-(Continued).
But again Arne growled. Fairchild
vas the red rag in the faces OF the
4eAte's political rebels: he was one with
0ae gigantic financial interests that
slection was bitterly opposed.
farmer student. "ItIl be the last one
fof that old cuss as a senator! The
g~overnor's crowd'l get him! I tell you
fellows ought to get an ear to the
shop kicking off a 81 job for the Gem
fostaurant when he ought to be out
among the people. Here's Harlan get
tang through law and then hanging out
1oe some picayune case old Thad Tan
NJ throws him to- keep him lined up
With the old guard. In a few years
ns1l be fat and married. driving a car
epoctablel Oh. lord!"-Arne smote his
lard fists together-"never a rough
md tumble fight In your life. was there
Har1an7"
Harlan smiled. That sort of thing
va not for the Van Harris.
.'xea ought to come up to
W!sconstn. instead Of going east. That
DA0AS 10 Oh Xl8uS LUZ l0W
ut . want to catch the new
aDlf1t Of tho new times. Sometimes
- there In the north. ia like you
= climb the hill with me and see the
1olowe from h cow college fight to
~ into Carmack's lectures on political
scsence. I say. fight to get in! Car
meck's the faculty chap the regents
s=vAld fire IL they dared. But / tell
~ every nan who como out Of the
CLASS room Is q political missionary
AGAINST the old order. You ought to
lar those youg professors talk-that's
stuff for the West!"
Wlley's eyes were on tho two. Both
n9uvo sons OF the Midlands. one
oeon1ed with the soil. lean with his
aEdors: the other healthily pink. the
beauty Of q Galahad, the pure nurture
q his fathers victorian Standardized
S0e TWO he loved Harlan better. There
VA about him q completion. he was q
product Of an American era done: tho
Ssner was In tho travail Of the making.
Bnt he could visualize all Of Arne's
eutcry: He himself. in tho wandering
yeors. q seen the epic Of the old west
close: he had mingled tho wine of his
ne With It. But now the new land
Wee here. the stately cities rising, the
Ssoered nobleness Of form: That was
RULER democracy: the weBt had seen
caught the vision; and tCurpaai,
eplendor.
You shall . the truth. and the
ausn snail make you free:'' that IL
w1et they tell us up there went on
Efne. .1've lain in bed after bucking
ea night on soil tests and economic
alsgeory. and listened to the young men
eolnt up the hill to Carmack's lecturer
- young mon up the hill in the
! at z O'clock! And when he de-
pared that the spirit Of socialism was
~ spirit OF every good thing the world
- fighting for: when he told them to
ID put q preach the recall. and the
SSeoe control OF wealth-I've heard
I'm shout. and others going up the
ell! toOk up the shout. That's what
Moere getting. along with soil culture
ma Forest preservation and law and
eeeineeFinE-I tell you 1t sounds like
~ march OF q new civilixation-the
~ u q young men going up the
Harlan listened with his detached
: AdNEtend!y smile. He, remembered
~ weak sstopping Afne In the post
ee91co With 9 forecast Of the Yaie-Har-
= football season. but the western
eeoe ne was filled with his vision Of
- youns men going up the hill seek
- the vision Of tho New Amerfca.
- truth that should make mon free.
~ young fellows going back
~ snetr etates Jump into politics.
%sny on .Arne. $50 am I. Harlan.
NseFes eoing 70 stump this county talk
Isln#E3ell for congress and Fairchild
49,. And whore viii you be-you. I
:Arne," drawlsd Harlan With assra-
vaetng calm, II shall probably IS ar
lsa199 sAne-1euc case 10 the Justice