The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-02-19

he was q solemn man in his homo,
o. At least for the most part silent.
He ate all the beefsteak there was ON
the table when there was but enough
hor one. which latter often was the
case, for hts wife had need to be fru-
GAI At times he would purchase .
eohtary ticket to the theater and 70
alone. Yet he was generous, and al
ways after his return home he would
With fine feeling tell his wife what he
had seen.
After the birth of Grace Rawn. their
daughter, which occurred within the
arst year of their welded life, Laura
Hawn had something to interest her
for the remainder of their days. Her
h0rizon widened now immeasurably;
Indeed to the extent OF giving her .
world OF her own wherein she could
dwell apart quite comfortably: one
u which her husband had no part.
Simple and just in her way Of thought.
she accepted the truth that without
married life. without her husband.
THIS new world could not have been
her own
As 10 the child herself. she grew
steadily and normally into young girl
hood, in time into young womanhood.
not given to much display. reserved
OF judgment as well as Of speech. Oft
times sullen In mood. yet withal step
or so higher than her mother on the
ladder Of feminine charm. She had .
clean, good family rearing. and 4 good
grammar school education, At about
the time her father came to be man
OF middle age. Grace fell into her place
In the clerical machine OF the railway
once where he worked; for very natu-
rally. being an American girl Of small
means. she took up shorthand. and
was licensed to do violence.
| The head OF this family. as he at
tanned additional solidity OF ngure.
grew even heavier of brow. trod with
even more stateliness about his ap
pointed duties. At forty-seven year,
of age his salary was but one hundred
and twenty-five dollars month. That
showed only the lack OF wisdom Of
Others. not unftness In himself.
And yet all this time success was
lying in ambush, as 1t sometimes does.
ready to spring forth at the appointed
hour
| 1t was this. focused suddenly and
Unexpectedly by the lens Of accident
into burning point Of certainty.
which marked the air and attitude Of
John Rawn one evening on his return
to his home at the conclusion of his
days work
| Laura" said he. Laura, it's come!
I've got the idea. It's going to win.
We're going to be rich. I've believed
It all along. and l know 1t now! Laura.
look at me-didnt always tell You
eo-didn't know"
For some time Mrs. Rawn said moth
ing in answer to her husbands dec
laraton She had known such things
before.
But today there was something 10
sincere in his air as to take her b.
yond her own forced insincerity with
herself
What is 1t. John!" she demanded.
You can't understand it. Laura:
but listen. Give the people something
they haven't had; get them so they
have to have 1t. We can't go fast
enough. But we're going faster. Well
go twice as fast.
That's my business. That's my
invention. That's how I'm going to
get rich.
Laura. I'm going tc make 1t pos
sible to gear up our national life. to
do, NJ fto hn
savagely.
She leaned back in her chair. sigh
ing DO you think | could have q
silk dress. John?" she said at length,
her mind overlapping vast intermedi-
ate details.
My God. woman!"
She sat, trying to rise to the pitch
of such ambition. but succeeded only
in remaining commonplace. How
did you come across 1t. john" she
asked after a little.
The truth Is, | picked 1t up from
a word or 30 heard In a chance con-
versation-two young fellows from the
engineering department were talking
something over. That young chap
named Halsey. just out Of some COL
lege. full Of fads. you know"
Il thought you said this was your
own idea?"
1t is my own. What is thrown
away deliberately, and picked up. 10
mine. If see the value of It. Young
Halsey didn't know He's Just a Wis
ionary."
"Halsey-Charley Halsey of the Of
fees! He's been here-I think Grace
you see. the Personal Injury ONCE.
where she works, is Just across the
hall from the Engineering"
Well, it's no difference I'm going