Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-01-28

be her way. She turned to him
quickly
TIL dc anything that you think best
70 make Bob understand she said.
"Ftnet" he exclaimed Now can
see the battle won.''
They rode on In silence for several
minutes. At length Jane said:
"But don't feel entirely comfort
abla about 1t yet. I'm even worrying
about this auto ride the fact that
I'm doing something without Bob's
knowledge. lie Ii SO good TO me and
so willing to do everything be can, Or
thinks he can, that occasionally 1 feel
that ought to be content; content to
share whatever he does, or has, or
plans But, then, Just can't, that's
all. II / wasn't sure that was work
Ing for him. helping him where he
won't help himself, I would desplse
myself But | am helping him, |
know. The end jlstihes the means,
and he cant blame me In the end, can
her.
Certainly not" responded the nil
llonaiTe. He leaned over and touched
lever that sent his big machine
ahead stili faster.
Slow music and moonlight are a sub
conscious aid 10 lovers. Just 30 the
aufokenlng speed Of big automobile
thrills. accelerates and enhances a
cause like Brand's. He was d practical
man and didn't overlook any OF these
little fine points. lie heard the girl at
his side draw q deep breath.
sThat Ia just 1t. Mrs. Reynolds" he
argued. Helping him where he won't
help himself Your husband lis capable
enough and broad enough, but hes on
the wrong track. He Ia like the big
mogul engine at the head OF a
through express. stalled at crossing,
by o slow-moying freight. The power
Ii there. the ability TO rush ahead, but
the road Ii clogged by the ponderous
baggage of bis own deluded Ideas; his
foolish standard OF morality, or what.
ever he calls It. You must be the
switchman who clears the track. You
must show him the way and then he
will plunge forward
why, tell you at school he was a
leader. He showed the way and we
followed. III anybody had said: In
Ave years Reynolds will be earning
thirteen hundred dollars year and
Brand fifty thousand he would have
| been lynehed or taken up before q
sanity board. What can he ever ae-
complish II he sticks to this policy OF
working for his money? Work, yes
! We all work. but we work with our
brains, Twenty-Five dollars week.
Why, In two years, II he's lucky, he'll
DO getting thirty-five and In 1--WE years
| Atty. And what will you hayef BY the
time you have paid for your home in
this God.fcrsaken place you'll be past
middle age. and BY the time you have
/ saved few thousand dollars, II ycu
do save 1t. you'll be old, What good
win ii do you thenT The best part OF
your life will be gone. You'll be nice,
I respectable couple able to buy ioi
In first-claas cemetery and finish
your days In the hope that some 81
your children will do little better
than you did.
Success In this life Is so easy II you
only court 1t. You have to take II by
the hand and smile and joke. Its
like wide-awake. pretty girl. No mat
ter how much you love her IL you al
ways greet her with u solemn face ant
doieful talk the chances are ten Il
one that the fellow win come along
with laugh and o gallant speech ane
steal her. She's gone before you know
Il 1t and you cant blame her, for you had
i q chance
"Oh, know II. Mr.. Brand. ! hay,
thought 1t all out. and one only has &
\ look at you and Bob TO see who's.
theory ID right. We have got 10 cieai
the track and once 1t 10 clear he viii
see the way for himself tho same ii
we see for him. The grind and drndg
cry on his life and work have blindes
his vision or better things; OF the rea
things. know that once he 10 re
|. lieyed oh hardship and worry over tn
little things. he will be able to see th'
big ones.
"a ton OF coal or d half ton: roun'
steak or sirloin; thirty cents doxei
/ for eggs, or twenty-five. oh. It liz JUS
!. unbearahle and all 50 useless. HI
ought to be able to buy all the coal Of
Staten Island and sell 1t again Mt
/ profit. That il what would do IL
were man and that h what ! am 60
. ing TO have him dol"
Brand leaned over and looked az hel
/ Il am beginning 10 think those PR
dictions or the college days will com
b true after ALL be said. II believe tha
i with such woman as you to help hin
i Bob will be the teacher and ! the ~
j. phi before long. wish ] had You 0
4 partaer-~a business partner D
added. amlllngly, Why. wouldn't b
i. TAR behind Mr., Rockefeller In fe'
. years. Mrs. Brand knows the yaiu
i Of money, how to spend IL and til
d hopeiessness or those who haven't ri
q ii. but she hasn't an imagination lii
a yours. Buy all the coal on Staten !
d land and sell II M presits" Il
a LAUGHED. 4 think wen hare TO CO.
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