The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-09-19
CHAPTER XIV.
In the Mold.

CHAPTER XIV.
IN the Mold.
Then began what promised 70 be
come q rake's progress. Mark sought
out new companions and got himself
invited TO join their revels. He tried
hard. at first recklessly. then deter
lminedly and then wistfully to enter
into the spirit OF dissipation. The at
tempt was a fat failure. The thor
.oughgoing habit Of mind that looked
unerringly for the last result saw
Through at once to the dregs In the
cup. His companions privately laughed
at the spectacle of this hard serious
man awkvardly essaying the role OF
devil Of q fellow: but for the humoi
he thus unwittingly provided they
would soon have got rid OF him as q
death's-head At their fessts. He sue.
decided only In still further impairfng
his health. In acquiring q bad taste
In the mouth and relaxing all along
the line his habit OF rigid sbstemious-
ns0.
Amer o few months he returned to
tie old routine.
7 hear" Henley interrupted Q con-
Dultation one day to remark, you've
bsen sowing Wild oats. Got EN- all
harvsstsdr'
Marx nodded. grinning sheepishIy.
Crops In the barnard for sale
cheap. I agree with the prophet that
IN IL vanity
What made you do IT,"
Il don't know. To sec what it's
nika I guess. But didn't have the
nnack OF IL"
Trouble at home" thought Henley
shrsvdly.
Aloud he said: Il imagine not. You'd
botter stick to business, where you
xt In
I sometimes think that's all vanity,
too
AT least We have something to be
vain over. And on the whole there's
more romance in making steel than In
helping 70 support the Tenderloin."
Mark made q gesture of disgust
After . frovning pause, he answered:
don't know. The trouble Ia I've
lost the romantic point Of view. To
me the business Is nothing but a
money-making machine now-and
oomething to do. I wonder why we
work % hard to get money We don't
heed We get no good out Of It Tim
lothy Woodhouse gets moro pleasure
lpot Of his flying machines that won't
ny
Just watt said Henley dryfy. 'un.
kh somebody tries to take 1t away from
po3 Nearly every man OF unusual VI
kAdD goes sooner or later through
No stage Of questioning the existing
bcheme OF things. Things are, IN ali
The answer he gets. The sooner he
auifs asking questions. the better for
his peace Of mind"
They returned to the matter In hand
which was the fleeing Of Timothy
Woodhouse.
No one would have been mora .u,.
pFtsed than Timothy to learn that ba
bad any fleece worthy Of the atten.
bon Of such shearers as Henley ana
Fruitt But years before a Lochinv.y
had come out Of the West with stool
% sell In the IroQuois Iron Ore Min.
hS. Development & Transportation
nompany. He had gifted tongue. He
Departed for his own place. a richer
md doubtless a wiser man. HAVING
received a profitable lesson I'm the
czedulity OF his fellows. Later insnec.
don revealed that the lonr.pamed
uompany's properties consisted of an
Immense field Of admittedly eood orc
hut its development work only Of the
pntraction Of the sample 90 proudlv
s1hfbited BY the promoter and N.
transportation facilities of a franchise
% build q railroad through 400 m,I.s
u wilderness. In those days the bp,,d.
ing OF railroads was not lightly und.-.
eaken. The investment seemed 10 fall
short OF Lochinvar's prospectus
Naturally" Timothy once said ma.
eully. Since invested"
But q time had come when mak.-
Of steel began to operate on a larger
scale and to look far ahead into m. |
tuture. The MacGregor company con. |
oefved the project OF buying that ora |
neid and building that railroad. n
commenced secretly and leisurely pick.
dns up blocks OF stock In Lochlnyar.
company; It could be bought for the
0soverbial song. But Henley got wind
OF It He. too. began buying stoct
Sscrctiy and swiftly, also for sons
BY the time the MacGregor company
OF his rivalry, no needed but
. thousand shares to own control OF
the company. its properties and fran.
chisec.
And know Just where tho,e
shares are to be had" Henley told
Mark. DO you know one Timothy
Il bought my house from him. And
be wants me to lend him money IN
build his new flying machine He