The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-11-06

NO." Timothy answered. II have
come to buy back that stock"
"Oh. mo-! I'm satisfied with my bar
gain"
But" Timothy explained innocently.
Il have discovered that II has a value
in excess-v cry much in excess-of
what you paid me for it,"
The less reason them" Mark smiled.
why l should sell 1t back to you"
But" Timothy swallowed hard and
down went pride, you don't under
stand. 1t would be a great favor to
me-. | have been careless-I may as
well speak out and say that | am a
very poor business man. l have lost
almost everything i inherited. What
is left ia mortgaged almost to full
value. except this stock which ! now
find l a sell for enough to clean up
my obligations and give me a new
start"
And which Is now mine"
Which is now yours. through a hard
bargain-an inadvertently hard bar
gain. OF course" Timothy added hast
lily. The troubled look In his eyes
deepened. And now l come to you
as one gentleman to another. to ask
you to release mt from It."
That would hardly be business
like"
But this is not business. said. as
II gentleman to another" Timothy
was guiltless OF humorous intent. For
myself | shouldn't think Of disturbing
any advantage your interest In my
work might accidentally give you. But
to my wife and daughter. who are
entirely dependent upon me. this would
mean much"
Isn't 1t a little late, after wasting
your substance in riotous invention. to
begin thinking of them? Besides"
Mark looked at his watch pointedly,
Il hardly see your right to ask me
to give them the consideration you've
never given them"
Timothy flushed painfully. rising.
You refuse. them"
Il do"
Then you had this stock in mind
all along?"
IF you'd made as shrewd a guess
before Mark grinned.
Il was told you are apt to do this
sort OF thing"
The loser in a DEAL" Mark re-
minded him coldly, always finds
something to criticize. II there's moth
ing else l can do for you-good day.
MIR. Woodhouse."
so this is what you call a deal? l
should choose another term. | shall
take enough of your time to give you
my view Of it. You came to me to
get that stock. but you did not come
frankly. You resorted to subterfuge.
You iattered me. You took advantage
of your inside knowledge of its value
and of the fact that I'm rather 6 fool
in such matters to get 1t ab~surdly
cheap. But suppose one need hardly
expect particularly Of conduct from
your sort"
Mark sneered. AT least you felt
no obligation to particularly Of con-
duct when you thought you were get.
ting a good round SUN for something
Of NJ value at ALL"
That" said Timothy with dignity,
Il supposed and you pretended was
practically a gift to science. shall
keep you no longer. sir"
And Timothy stalked away. For sev
eral days Marks familiars observed
in him an unusual irritability of tenn.
per.
Steel had come into It's own. 1t was
the first principally Of industry.
Swiftly as the sun seeks its zenith,
its leaders were rising to power and
prestige, doing big things in a big,
bold. precedent-defying fashion that
stirred the world to a just admiration,
And above the others-in the estima'
ton of all who did not march with
the army of steel-towered hat giant
MacGregor, and in his shadow but toe
big to be obscured wholly, jeremiah
Quinby, their names and fame known
wherever the stout fabric was used.
After many years Quinby's project
was a fact, the more splendid for the
delay. 1t stood Just across the street
from MacGregor's library. This prox
unity called for a comparison. by
which the Institute of P~aleontology
suffered no whit. Somehow It's noble
lines and masses, in exact copy Of
the Parthenon, seemed to suggest ir
its founder a simple majesty Of char
acter not shared by the author Of the
elaborate library.
MacGregor could not have believed
that a comparison was intended, since
he accepted an invitation to share will
Quinby himself and an ex-president o.
the United States the honors on the
occasion of the dedication. He, Is dc
the ex-president, made a speech. II
which he paid a high tribute to hi
brother in the great work of distrib
uting surplus wealth." This tribut,
Quinby, when his turn came, formally
assigned to the thousands OF obscurel,
faithful who had given theil
strength. their courage, their patience
and talent. nay, oft their very lives