Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-01-16

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game, solong as you simply trusted
that he'd do anything you told him -
Yes, see it now. But he. always
was odd-he always held something
back. / tell you, he's crazy! Now.
he's either just crazy over his fool So
cialist ideas, or else he's going to hold
out for a squeeze In the first case
you can handle him. In, the second,
can.
You see-I couldn't tell our direc-
torate," he went on; 'tbut there was
always something lacking which /
couldn't handle myself We need him,
and we've got to have him! You can
get him. know you can. You can do
anything you like. You're wonder
/ full"
She sat and looked at him, her lips
smile which he did not like to see, but
she made no answer.
Whats wrong with him." he went
on Immediately What does he say is
the trouble, anyway? And Is it the
truth that he's got overhead CURRENT"
T She nodded. ..Of course, l know
something about it from my work in
the Office. Yes, he told me that he
had done what you have all been try
ing to do SO long. He said he came
over under power from the overhead
/ just as he told YOU"
He may be lying, for all we know.
You cant,look at car and tell where
it's charge came from. Electricity is
electricity, to all intents and purposes.
What want to know is. what he's got
against us, anyhow. Jennie?"
well, for one thing, he seemed
| troubled because Grace would not go
back with him. He seemed to think
that you and the life you could give
her had been the reason for her aban
doniIg him.
| why, what nonsense! Grace hasn't
abandoned him! And / only got her
over here because / needed her my
self efore-well, before we were
married. Who was to take care Of
me, I'd like to know? And you say he
complains of that"
| THAT was one of the things
| But Grace would go back? She's
none too well pleased now, since you
and have taken charge here. Shed
go back to Charley tomorrow if he
asked her-why, I'd make him take
care of her, of course. The trouble
| with him is, he values his own person
al affairs too much. That's no way to
begin in the business world. A man
has to lend everything to the one pur-
| pose OF success. Look at me, for in
stance"
She did look at him. calmly, coldly,
without the tremor of an eyelid, with
out raising her hand to touch him as
he stood close by, without indeed ma
king any verbal answer. slight
shudder passed over her, visible in
| the twitch of her shoulders.
tits getting cooler!" he exclaimed
'I'll fetch wrap for YOU" And so
FASTENED away, obsequious, uxorious.
as he always was with her
"But Charley never would take any
counsel from anybody resumed he
presently. He's always been tract
able enough, that's true; never raised
much of disturbance until tonight
| don't see why he cut up so ugly now.
He's not crazy over Grace, and if the
truth be told, Grace isn't the sort of
girl that a man would get crazy over
You're that Sort
| Perhaps not she smiled family.
"Just the same, Grace's attitude may
have started him to thinking. When
he began thinking he seemed to con-
clude that all the world was wrong
And he's starting in to set it right!
He's going in for the uplift stunt, eh?
That's the way with lot of these Ne
formers! They want to set the world
right according to their own ideas.
They don't pay any attention to the
men who keep them from starving. 1
made that boy-What he's got he owes
| to me-"
| Indeed! How singular! He says
that it's just the other way about;
that what you have you took from
him! He says you want to take
more-mores than your share-from
things that belong to everybody"
| What's that! What's that! Well,
now, OF all the insane idiocy ever
heard! Good God. what next! Him,
Charles Halsey, the man l brought up
! with me! Jennie. never heard the
f, like of that in all my time"
But if that's the way he feels.
now's not the time to argue that with
him!"
but, good God, the effrontery-'
"All the world is full of effrontery.
Mr.. Rawn." she said-continuing to
address him formally. as she always
did Its buy and sell. Everything
we get we pay for in one way or
| another. Even if we took power out
of the air by our overhead motors,