Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-27

e. S1ROPSlS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTER.
After the tragic death Of John Ames
,toa's greatest beauties. dies. At her
death Prof Stllter. an agent of the in
tsrests. kidnaps the beautiful 8-year-old
baby girl and brings her up in a para
disc where she sees no man, but thinks
abe II taught by angels, who Instruct her
for her mission TO reform the world At
the age OF Is she is suddenly thrust into
are ready to find her. BY en- accident
the hero sees her first and hides with
her In the Adirondack.
SECOND INSTAIiIINfENT.
Mentally. they were poles apart
Tommy. Though he loved to spend money,
was given to asking foolish questions
about the ways and prerogatives Of cap
itaL He couldn't understand why the
majority of people in this world have 10
be poor and dirty and unhappy Why
the real producer should have such a
small share in what he produces. He dill
not go into these. questions very deeply,
but lust enough to be something of a
socialist at heart and to feel a certain
contempt for people TO whom the col
lscting Of money was the most important
thing in the world. Perhaps he only took
up sooiaIietic ideas in order TO amuse
rnaintain opposite theories. for he didn't
go, for anything, except games. very
seriously or very Thoroughly He did feel
Very strongly. however. that in world
containing 20 many able minds it was a
shhrne that so much poverty, and misery
should he allowed to exist
ySs'You couldn't live IN q house that had
a dirty attic and a filthy cellar and
tdbercnlous rats behind the wainscotine"
he once said TO, barclay! How then can
you live IN a city, nins.tenths OF st full
Of dirt. sniisery and diseaseg'as 10 which
Barclay Shads answered q & I'm sny own
house am. the iinaster But i'm the city,
iff wanted To- clean itanp. theyNwouldn't
let me- u
a.Who wouldn't" * W. ~. q ~
EWhyi fbe very people who make it
dirty. Understand. Tommy, that in this
eVpntry any man who is willing TO work.
OH not six or. eight hours a day. but as
hard as he ran. and win live on less than
he7earne, can be clean and rich. It's n
small price TO pay Some pay it. I paid
it, Others would like TO pay it,. but still
others wont let them 1t isn't the rich
who keep the poor down. It's the poor
vino band together to keep each other
down and to pull the rich down on top
Of them, IL they can"
But Tommy was not altogether con-
vjnced. and he loved to argue. When
he%got arguing he got carried away and
often safh things which he didn't mean,
but which troubled Mr.. Barclay deeply.
Mr. Barclay was supposed to be- the
coolest calculator OF possibilities in
America. As a matter OF fact, he was a
man who owned, his greatest success to
impulse. But In the case of Tommy Bar
clay. whom he had adopted. not after
Careful deliheration and calculation but
upon impulse, II looked as II he was go
ing to be disappointed.
:; ,Bor long time Barclay kept on hoping
against hope. and attributed Tommy's
failures and wrong-headed principles 70
his youth end high spirits. Then one day
there appeared an interview which
rommy had given to a reporter. between
the churkers OF a polo game and Barclay
threw up his hands.
- Talking with the wild carelessnes of
youth. Tommy had given 1t as his opinion
that irt' the great coal mine strike in
Western Pennsylvania. then at its height,
the miners were really fighting for their
existence, and that the owners were OPP
pressing them.
sTo Barclay such opinions uttered by
his adopted son amounted to treason.
And hsfhGd the impulse 10 abandon all
those hopes which he had entertained for
the boys future and he had abandoned
them. -. .-
First he sent for his nephew. Carlton
Fitch. To this one he made no elaborate
explanation of his changed attitude. He
said, Carlton. want TO see you married
and settled down. You are said to be in
love with Mary Blackstone"
A light seemed to glitter i'm Fiteh's
eyes.
I'm afraid her father doesn't like me,
uncle" he said, "and there is someone
whom think she likes more"
Tommy
Fitch nodded, and Barclay smiled
grimly.
Il Will take care of Blackstone and
Tommy" he said, you take care of the
girl"
Then he sent for Tommy Tommy.
he said. I'm very fond of you and you
have been a bitter disappointment TO
me-"
II know it," said Tommy. Il can't
help it. I'm made that way, but I'm sw-
fully sorry"
Inc pulh OF my property sclo bar
clay will have to go 70 some one with
more respect for property"
Yes sir, / see that
But you will always have plenty"
Thank you, sir"
That's because I'm fond Of you, and
because II Is only just"
Even II you are disappointed In me. "
said Tommy, please don't stop liking
me-"
There was something very wistful and
manly about the boy. and Barclay was
more deeply moved than he cared to ad-
NIT
Il shall always be fond Of you
Tommy" he said.
Ten minutes later the great man wrote
e few .distAtorial sentepees on a sheet Of
noteE paper. ana sent them by a special
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