The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-07-15

them that a Blagden was never an Oh
Ject Of charity. a Blagdeu would pa.
Tor his out OF his own. You ar.
Biagdens, both of you. Today you car
look me in the face and say Jna1 yo,
90 not " me a dollar. You are indie
penoeDt, Eric. I have seen TO 1t Iha,
you VINO came 10 me against your VIII
WI remained In my house al These
years because o could not help you5-
self say I've seen 20 IL THAI you ars
Q nave paid me, out of Your lnasrl-
lance, for everything you have re-
eeiged. and SO has Mary"
Uncle Horace. l.
just a moment. please. ] ara not 50
penurious as you think NY VIII has
~ there Is q special clause r.
storing 10 Q every penny %
the money ] used In tha payment pf
these-er, aheEn1-ftxe6 charges. vou
might say. L say II is 8 special CLAUSE
because during the 3 8 rear ] altered
my VIII IN other and somewhat VI
tai particular. ! VIII not sc into that
however"
His lean grey fare hardened as ne
uttered the last sentence. a 1a- away
look came into his eyes.
Sut can't think q taking back
began Erie all at sea over The strange
TURN of affairs.
You can't help yourself, my boy
SAD Horace BlREdsn, kindly. St
GOWN here with ne o2 this balch- rs.
cofl mere and Of late a sun appears
70 De affecting r7e oddly E-ic. year
aunt q ! are proud 6f yau- II spite
OF ourselves we have a3wGys liked y9l
n Mary If We were harsh With v1u
~ was because wa were envJa1s-svaa.
jealous i isn't SO hard 10 say lhat.
elmer And, believe Eas. there was a
Tune when We honestly feared for your.
zaiuTs That Is why" here q rhzr
smile broke OF his 35pE-wa se1 Mr
SIesarey On yous ! hope Fa1 VII far
Us h And vel. don't -5sazaer-
stand me- ] believe he d55 ya1 more
n viii admit Wei, vou
are p Yen are going 70 be 2 cca5st N
a3i Of uE-ly1ng a16 dead you- zn56-
QUE mans Is Blag8an. cent FORGET that
say We are proud o1 yop. Mr aeor.
y IS more than thar with zza azr
fond q o 1 VIII not say thai yzsE-
is lot quite as much a--
ahems-as / am I want Yeu ~ Fnsv
D ! lore Q fer vun- fairness. yvy--
.genllsness, YOUR honesty, xuu gre al
bog Erie ] woula 10 Coo y9p
my Son
Eric was 6~n-nhtoun6ed An older
kseDer Judge % human nature
YOU'D rot hare bean GecaIseS 1a.c be-
3STaLg E7ax Z generous srnr-lsa -ga7AS
Horace TO tfa1 unhappy sa-aert u wzs
IN exposition q tbs aEEntasssnaa q
se3fashaess- He was thinking o-sgv Of q
personal gain that had been asa2ss hE--
"a natures Distribution Bur Eric 5sE
KNOW this He wZs touche5 ~ the
fre-n the great Ezn's solL
ne dreadtui suspense rhss was 1a-g-
-rg ovs- aas u1casfs bead
Uncle Horace. / wan 70 .ea ra3
s0rasthlnE that w&3 -8@Es Il easss- for
abo1t-Chstwynd Il has beer e.
Mr. Hayden f1vns5 On Eirn cozaly.
stop right there" he szt6 wsThauy
-alkaf1g hls Tolcs. but with q 1Cok IL his
sges that served better taan 2 &c. -
Command You ars NOT 10 -rssurScr
us narae, cir. / nave told yoE 50 BE-
ore Iaera Is nothing -r1 can say
lat ~Al rnake-Bat there I an fer
etlng nsgsa21 We viii resume orr
ak concerning yozs- investments Te,av
re safe and sound and sincerely aorsa
On Eln e2adascsr6 10 manage 1ne-
3 carefully as ] hare done, as your
and as your grandfather did
E7e- DO lot PUT Yoar fortune
afo TIE hands o. the JeT7s. II is sases
Douga in Corinth BY the Jews I mean
s, ~ asaorals % New York They suck
? gold as tbs plants suck In the dew.
nate q few. Have you noticed there
no Jews In CorinfhTs II
a Jew couldn't ike IN Cor1uth
'lcle." said Eric, WING hated the frs,rr, !
He'd starve 10 death. 4
his uncle closed one eve and q grim
nile showed itself family al the cor-
ers Of his mouth /,
Il fancy he would said he. eT. 81 2 1
e cry from cortnth to New York.
Why shouldn't l leave my affairs in 4
.Gr hands, uncle, just as they have
seng' Eric observed after a moments
I'd only ask for a certain {
,rtion or the incorne-enough TO live
, you see, LIS II asking too much of
III, sir2' :
Horace laid his hand on the young
ans knee. Z think they would be
fer In my hands than In yours. my !,
~. AT least, for a few years. / will !
'ntinue 70 look after them for you on
condition that you agree In writing /.
-er-ahem!-to allow me absolute
lntrol over them. A
For a certain length OF time sir
Id Eric steadily. II believe / oan
anage for myself when I am a little Z
quite right. Wen say i've wears
say" :
Eric blushed. He had been with Joan
that very morning. r
Who knows ?" he unused evasiyeIy.
n SO 1t was agreed between them
az Horace Blagden was to have con- =
DAGbSA - lOE a. IGED1 Of Fl
ars. A business transaction. pt1re 3
ID simple, said Mr.. BIadgen, in which
proposed to serve as agent al 4
UGH lower rate of compensation than
nc could hope to obtain from the T
VS.. II was quite a satisfactory ar !
ngement all around, for Eric would z
. have had him act without cornpen =
lion. Eric was past ~ when he pre-
I've charged UP to- my W sisters i
Lred for the Beaux Arta. He was to
abroad for at least w years. Long
fore he completed his work at Har-
he was promised O commission
Iilder. :
Judge Bright was to be his first cn- b
y. The young man was to design b
ID build for him d new and magnifi- d
Mt home In Upper Corinth, d struc- Z
that would Cost no less than $780, t
0. :
ooner ertrnst the Job to you. /
han to any OF those chaps int q
oston, with all their training and 9
estige," said the Judge to the sur t
ised n overwhelmed undergradu- I
e You've got ideas. and that's
hat 4 want. Think over the plans Z
nile you're In Paris. and, In case you /
rite TO Joan. who is the one you'll /