Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-01-17

to ask ann Sullivan some time" she
laughed
One thing" answered Halsey.
Shed tell you that she isn't trying to
get the envy of her neighbCrs. don't
believe she'd be happy in that"
oh, but she's fresh over-she's not
American yet, don't you see? She
hasn't had a chance-you cant tell
what she would do if she we're rich"
There are two ways of looking at
1t" said Halsey musingly, his anger
passing, now leaving him meditative,
relaxed. They were talking now as
though there were not two others, un-
happy, waiting on the gallery near
by 'Tll tell you something, if youll
let me talk about myself. Mrs. Rawn.'
Go on; I'm glad"
4 don't suppose you care for things
that interest me You called me
Socialist. I'll admit that | studied
lot about that, attended their meet
lngs. all that sort OF thing Maybe that
made me think. 1t seems to me that
money Is rolling up too fast in this
country NOWHERE all mad about
money It's like the big apple with
no taste to it. had it offered me to
choose between those two. and took
the little apple that to me seemed
sweeter.
Now I We perfected that invention
TIN make somebody rich any time ]
say the word-any time I like that big
apple and not the little one-any
time | like that success which comes
from outside and not fro-u inside But
I've figured that that doesn't mean
happiness. Maybe I'm wrong don't
know. Somehow | believe that Abra-
ham Lincoln, or John Ruskin, or Jim
Sullivan. or Tim, or Ann, or Sir Isaac
NewtOn-any thinking person-any
philosopher-would come in with me
about this. broke up the machines.
"Why-where it meant ruin?'
Because they'd tighten up the grip
of a few men on the neck of the PEG
pie, I don't know whether you call
that being a Socialist or not, and l
don't care Change is coming. It's
net the fault of the poor that it's com
ing It's the fault of the rich. broke
them up-because things cant go on
this way, money rolling up all the time
for a few, and life getting harder all
the time for so many. God didn't
make tie rivers and the mountains
and forests for that purpOse-to give
them to a few We've got to make
changes, and big ones in this govern
ment or we're gone I'm no Socialist
at all I don't want what some one
else has WON'T he's won it fair. But
the wrong is in our government-the
very one of all on earth that meant
fair play We don't get it-now Some
day We must. don't see what differ
ence it makes what name you give the
new form Of government There must
be change, that's all. or else we're
gone,
We'll. now. what they wanted me to
do was to give that all to few. I
couldn't do it! My God, Mrs. Rawn.
/ faced it and l tried, and couldn't
do it, Maybe l was wrong Anyhow
here stand
DO YOU know" she said at length
slowly. these are things that never
came to my mind In all my life? |
never in all my life thought of any of
these things. only wanted"
You wanted to win. You wanted
what most American women do
money-station power-to be envied;
that's what you played for Well
you've won! Look at all this about
you l don't suppose there's a woman
in this town more admired by men or
more enyied by women than you
You've got what you crayed. recken. +"
Il thought had But now. tonight,
I'm not so sure!"
You couldn't give it up" he sheer
ed, amy more than Grace could. and
she couldn't any more than q leopard
could change its spots 1t goes too
deep You couldn't expect anything
different
Il told you | was a student. Mrs.
Rawn," he went on after d time Il
haven't got much mind But some.
how. while | don't suppose religion can
tudIBN hu0tAltoo vel uiuCus 1 tltiuA VI
the twelve disciples and their Master.
trying to lift the load off of human be.
ings, trying to lift the people of the
world up above the day of tooth and
claw / don't reckon they can do 1t
But you see, each fellow has TO choose
for himself I've mad this put before
me could have thrown in with
- - 4.
now. as you know. ! can hold him
up as he would hold me up or any
one else--I can take his money
fifty thousand. Million don't think
he's really got as much money as most
people think He's In debt deep
That's all right so long as your credit
is good He has had all sorts Of
credit-and 1t depended on neon
my invention 1t wasn't his 1t isn't