Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-03-04


The reporter jumped TO Aia tsse
Pardon me- Ne replied. 'aThia M
no party OF mine" he slapped toward
the door. But Reynolds would not Let
him &c.
LET him stay. then. Brand agreed
Honesty and harmlsssneas 60 hand
I'm hand"
Jane lockAa again 81 Bob. she ID
ncred the others.
When I married you ave years $50
what did I hecomes'
MY wife. I hops"
But In that aIis Wasn't there
something moref Didn't We say that
we would be partners, and didn't sag
that was the only way would become
the wife OF any man, no matter how
much ] loved hirf Bob, you have
broken the partnership and I hare
gone on alone. That night when Dir.
Brand cams wanted 10 talk 10 ron.
but you would have none OF it. 4 can
not have You interfere. That waa
what you said. Well, have interfered
MT Brand offered 60 help yon make
forty thousand dollars. Yen called II
stealing. / called 1t something else.
You turned Mr.. Brand away and gave
your scOrnful ultimatum. l asked him
TO come again. | wrote to him and
talked to him. In . most important
business matter the partners did not
agree, that's all. Mr.. Brand thought
that might bring you to pour senses,
or TO my way OF thinking. II you pre-
fer that. thought 40, too. didn't
want to let thia chance slip by. II
you did. considered you. hnt con
aidered myself, too. II means aa much
to me as TO you; perhaps more, Have
you ever really seriously thought what
n meansf Have you thought what my
life is here, compared 10 yours1 You
and Dick sit here after you've done
your work and theoriza and rise up ia
martyrdom, and what do dot I'm In
the house ell tAa time. Up Mt sis
o'clock and tired out nj night. wash,
I scrub. sweep. sew. cook--or did
until saw an escape. And what arr
you doingf You're mp In your ofaca
rubbing shoulders with the man Who
governs things. You have excitement
You have 10 work, too. but you're q
cog In the great, big wheel that makes
the world 60 round--the world that
cant enter-~whiie have to SIT hass
like a drudge"
Reynolds, standing tense ane
strained, for he had not seated himself
with the others. wora q puzzled frown
The voice OF discontent was cryine
aloud. But 1t was righteous discon
tent He could fnd no fRisity of mote
And yet he had struggled hard. Tie
had loved his wife and shared with
her. FIe had given her love for love
loyalty for loyalty. and--he had giveE
her dollar for dollar. What more could
any man dor Still there was no inius
tice In her plea. A jury of twelve good
men and true could not have doubted
her sincerity. Where. then. was the
hiatus? Was the partnership an I'm
equal bargain In the first placer Had
he aimed too high. or, aiming rightly
fred too soonf Was he. the mere pro
WIDER. taking something 70 which hs
had no right II was the old, eternal
question. as old as the world: the cues
ton OF man and woman: what the
one can give and what the other car
command. Through a vaporuuH mia,
Of thoughts that racked his brain and
pierced his heart he saw o tangible
something -- just what. he did moi
know; but II was enough to make him
turn to the man who had won where
he had failed.
"Mr. Brand" he said--and his votes
was low and choking-'if you please
you had better CO."
The millionaire nodded curtIy d
each. At the door he turned and ad
dressed Bob:
Apologies are not forthcoming" hs
said. Advice. too, seems to be lost or
you. But take o tip from one whc
knows. Your wife Ia a sensible WON
an. Pay her lot OF attention"
Reynolds made no reply. He gave
no sign that he heard. But he did hear
and the import Of the miliionaire's
words struck home. Sensible? Yea
she was that. perhaps, but no had
thought she was something more than
that when he gave his heart and soul
His wife reused him from his rev
erie. She came 10 his side.
Bob" she said, Il hadn't finished
You sent Brand away, but do not send
him away for good. Think what N
means to US: what II means to me
Why. when he offered you that forty
thousand dollars never had a thought
I'm the world that you would refuse IL
7 was like a little child coming down
stairs on Christmas morning and sec
ing a tree all beautifully lit up But
before could touch 1t you had put out
the candle and kicked away the tree
az 30 much dead wood. But couldn't
stand II. went out and picked up the
candles and | have relighted them. II
isn't too late. Bob. The tree IL eth
within our reach. Won't you let me
have it7"
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