The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-05

MarEsry: some Sf~thsm sou cAo0H.
and some are chosen for you"
No." she denied; nobody has ever
chosen for me-"
That may be true. without making
me a false prophet Sometimes when
We think We are choosing for our
selves. chance chooses for US; oftener
than not, l believe"
She turned on him quickly, and for
single swiftly passing instant the
velvety eyes were deep wells of sober
ness with an indefinable underdepth
OF SORROW in them. Griswold had a
sudden conviction that for the first
time in his knowing of her he was
looking into the soul Of the real Mar
gerry Grierson.
What you call chance may pos
Silly have bigger and better name"
she said gravely.
Some little time after this Raymer.
who had been one Of the men intro
duced by Jasper Grisraon, turned up.
i again in the invalid's corner. Raymer
| suggested the smoking-room and q
! cigar. and Griswold went willingly.
From that on the path to better a.
Quaintance was the easiest of short
! cuts, even as the mild cigar which
I, Raymer found in his pocket. case
paved the way for a return Of the
smokers zest in the convalescent.
without calling himself a reformer.
l az IN "a a
practical sociologist. Wherefore. when
Griswold presently mounted his own
sociological hobby. he was promptly in
vited to visit the Raymer foundry and
machine works. to the end that he
might have some Of his theories of the
universal oppression of wage earneFs
charitabiy modified.
"Of course, | don't deny that we're
a long way from the Millennium yet.
was Raymer's summing up Of the con-
ditions in his own plant. But | do
claim that we are on a present-day,
living footing. So far as the men IN
derstand loyalty. they are loyal; part
hope, to me. We have never had q
strike or an approach to one. or a dis
agreement that could not be adjusted
amicably. Whether these conditions
can be maintained after we double
our capacity and get in a lot Of new
blood. / can't say. But hope they
can"
you are enlarging?" said Griswold
Raymer waited until the only othel
man in the smoking den had gon'
back to the drawing.rooms before h
said: Eyes; l caught the fever aloni
i. with the rest Of them 9 few week.
. ago. and I'm already beginning Il
wish that hadat."
you are afraid of the MARKET"
: "N-no; times are good. and the maj
. ket-our market, at least-is dali,
: growing stronger. 1t Is rather a mat
ter of finances. am an engineer. q
q my father was before me. When
> comes to wrestling with the none,
/. devil, I'm outclassed from the start.
q There are a good many more Of u
|. in the same boat" said Grisw0ld, leav
q ing an opening for further confidence
/. II Raymer chose to make them. Blu
the young ironmaster was looking a
q his watch. and the condolences wer
n postponed.
r I'm keeping you up, when l dar
> say you ought to be in bed" he Pre-
4 tested; but Griswold held him lon
enough to ask for suggestion in
:. small matter of his own.
AhnA kn IN In hnV
:. he was most anxious to relieve Mis-
, Grierson and her father of the charg
=. and care of one whose obligation
II them was already more than moul
=. tain.high; did Raymer happen to kno'
v of some quiet household where tn
obligated one could find lodging and
II simple table?
- Raymer. taking time to think of |
- did know Mrs. Holcomb. the wido
of his fathers bookkeeper. owned he
own house in Shawnee street. 1t wa
not a boarding house. The wido
20 rented rooms to two of Mr.. Grierson
T. bank clerks, and she was looking IL
another desirable ledger. Quite pc
~ sibly she would be willing to boar
" the extra ledger. Raymer himse
III would 90 and see her about 1t.
10 ut is an exceedingly kind-hearte
10 community. this home town of your
10 Mr.. Raymer," was the convalescent
~ leave-taking, when he shook hant
" with the ironmaster at the foot Of IL
10 stairs; and that was the thougl
which he took to bed with him aft,
Raymer had gone to make his adieu
IL to the small person who, in Griswold
;. reckoning, owned the kindest Of kir
80 hearts.
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