The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-27

was my girl. my baby! Take care q
her. John. l have got to go back
home!"
In the next ensuing moment or 20.
what swift changes now were wrought
in the late despair of our friend ana
hero. Mr.. John Rawn, master OF the
international Power Company, already
in imagination controlling in good part
the desunies of people-the great
John Rawu, philanthropist. kindly en-
ployer. wise friend of the less favored
ones OF earth; the beneficent, kindly.
omnipotent John Rawn? Why had he
despaired, why had he ever doubted.
why had he ever set himself even mo-
mentarily apart from that original des-
tiny which always he had accorded to
himself Was he not a leader-had
he not been devised to be o. in the
plans of the immortal gods, ages ago?
Was he not one of the few select ones
assigned to rule his fellow-men?
John Rawn stood before the old
gray woman. and scarcely heard he,
last words. He sighed deeply, Hi,
self-respect was comiug bac1 10 hiu
in waves. great. tecurrent waves. At
last a smile crossed his face. The i'm
perious glance of the born ruler. OF
one better than his fellow, men. the
look of the man set apart and licensed
to rob and rule-returned once more
to his eye
It's d million dollars!" he cried
aloud. eXultantly. once more. It's God
has sent it TO me! I'll take it an a
sign. Watch me in the morning! III
make them hunt their holes yet By
God! | Will"
John, John, you mustn't swear. II
isn't right John!"
Il beg your pardon--er-er-Laur
he rejoinod, with fine condescension.
every instant now becoming more
himself. In fact, l want to thank
you-it's clever of you. | must say. 1t
isn't every woman who'd have done
what you have done. I'm sure"
"Why wouldn't they, John? 1t isn't
money woman wants to make her
happy. I've tried ths.. Grace tried
it. 1t doesn't work. 1t takes some
thing else besides money. l reckon.
We're lucky when we find that. any
OF US, | reckon If we don't. we've
got to take Just what God gives us.
But money doesn't buy everything In
the world. John, sometimes l think
1t buys about as little as anything
you can think of" She gulped just
little in her thin throat.
All the same" said he firmly and
generously, by this time almost fully
the great John Rawn once more. "it
was very decent OF you. Laura.
well. never mind about that. John
1t was you who made it. | never did
understand how you earned it SO fast
I'm glad if it will do you any good
And see, John" she added shyly. FUN.
bling again in her bag, Il brought you
little present. John. I've been do
ing these. you see. | make quite a
lot out of it, I never used any of that
money you gave me. at ALL did these
| things-the way did before, when
we were getting our start together
John, you know. thought-maybe-
you'd like pair"
She held out to him pair OF braces
embroidered carefully in silks. He
took them in his hand. She also looked
at them closely, in professional scru
! tiny her steel bowed spectacles on
nose She pronounced them good.
But, John" she added curiously-
"you know, while | was up there. do.
ing what | could for Grace and the
| baby--it seemed to me like as II
! heard some funny sort of noise down
here-something like shot. What
was it,"
1T was some of those confounded
laboring people," said John Rawn
| frowning. "Yes-they came here after
| Halsey."
Well" said John Rawn. "Halsey-
Charley Halsey-you remember him.
believe? Well, they shot him.
Goodnight, Laura" he added
suddenly, and held out his hand to
her, generously. nobly I'm very
/ sleepy. I've been up so long-and I've
( lot to do tomorrow. After all. there s
no use In our having hard feelings
I Good by"