The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-09-25

sand tons. Henley says--I think 20
myself--we'ro going to have the big
gest steel year yet Moo. don't
just exactly know him. but knew
people that do.--And Tom Henley's
going TO be the biggest steel man In
the business--sets HE ATTY thousand
year already. MacGregor and
Quinby7 On, they're the richest. They
let the others make the steel while
they make the money. Sect Hal ha!
Tom Heniey's the brains OF the
Quinby crowd. And he's the DID
est Spectator. Worth his half
million. they say. and amt over thirty
| Ave. !"
And this was the city from another
angle. Tom Henley, evidently. had the
monster well In hand.
The name had q familiar ring. Mark
drew from his pocket letter Richard
| Courtney had given him that morning.
Upon II was inscribed. ITO Thomas
Henley. Esquire"
HE may be willing to help you
find work. Courtney had said. ~ he
remembers me-"
Mark regarded the letter thought
fully. lie wondered what was In II.
After a moments hesitation he opened
lit was unsealed---and read II.
My Dear Henley" the letter ran.
Il am sending you one who is the
work OF my hands. He Is a young
man OF parts. good friends ma we
say up here In Bethel. with work
Also he has nose for money They
nre qualities for which you, perhaps.
can help him find market. -.
say he ia my handiwork; but he IN
an unfinished product. What. | won
der. win the new life that succeeds
me as HIS mentor make OF him? Per-
haps | should let him strike out for
himself and learn at once the ugly
cruelty OF the struggle that now seems
to him so glorious. But we oldsters
have the habit OF helping youth 10 the
augar-plums OF which we have learned
the after-taste, And this In
PRODUCTION Is the last thing l can do
for a young man who means much to
| me-"
After many minutes study Mark
| came to his decision. He would pre-
sent himself and the letter to Thomas
Henley. He would do II that very
night He rose from his dinner.
Where" he inquired OF the super.
cilious clerk. does Thomas Henley
liver must see him tonight"
The directions brought Mark at
length into the heart OF small com
munity from which the city still kept
at humble distance. Not 80 the fog,
which was no respecter even OF gilded
colonies. From tail Iron fence sloped
4 wide sweeping lawn dotted at exact
intervals with trees and shrubbery.
| And In It's center doomed a great
shadowy mass, punctured by many
| windowe shooting broad luminous bars
Into the fog. II was the castle of the
| tanner
He proceeded with holiness proper
10 Adventures In Eldorado. past the
waiting carriages that lined the grav-
eled driveway. to the wide veranda.
There he halted. From within came
the strains Of music and gay clamor
81 voices. He could not know that
on this night the tanner gave a feast.
formal dedication OF the new castle
TO the entertainment OF his kind. But
he felt the hour 20 be ill-suited to his
purpose.
Yet II was effected.
Curiosity to look within carried him
to a window. To his wondering gaze
untolded a vista of Irish point and
damask satin. carved mahogany and
marble figures. gilt-framed pictures
and silken rugs.
And amid this lavish display OF beau.
ties paraded bevy OF creatures seem.
ing to his excited fancy 10 have
stepped out or Arabian Nights"
Unity" he said. will like that"
While he stood there a troop OF men
CARRIED In a monotony OF black and
white. marched into the room. At the
same time voices came from another
wing OF the veranda.
And then he. son OF the blacksmith
Of Bethel, became a spectator at TIL,
birth OF a project that for a brie
but brilliant period was to move tn,
world TO hoeannas!
Henley" said the first voice, deer
yet softly flowing as honey. Il hav,
| come to the time OF life when a maj
OF sense puts away the lusts of tn
flesh
lis your digestion out OF order7" II
terrupted the second, sharper, les
s musical and with a sardonic qualit
. that delighted the listener. Il notice
; you didn't eat much tonight"
e "AhI II is more than stomach.
J, Is soul." the mellow voice flowed OF
> MY labors and investments have bee
D blessed with good fortune. So l al
now able to turn my energies to tn
e higher duties, to doing large things Il
humanity. And lately my though
e. have dwelt much philanthropy an
lie paleontology."
&c The speaker. like Brutus, paused I,
IL reply.
g "Mmml Two 'p's.' it came. "Qui
as alliterative. Go on"
Id Henley. you are the first to whom