Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-08-13
NO." Timothy answered. Il have
come to buy back that stock"

NO." Timothy answered. Il have
come to buy back that stock"
"Oh, no! I'm satisfied with my bar
gain"
But" Timothy explained innocently,
| II have discovered that 1t has value
in excess-very much in excess-of
what you paid me for it."
1.-The less reason them" Mark smiled,
why l should sell 1t back to you"
But" Timothy swallowed hard and
down went pride, you don't under
stand. 1t would be great favor to
me. have been careless-I may as
we'll speak out and say that am a
very poor business man. l have lost
, almost everything l inherited. What
is left is mortgaged almost to full
value, except this stock which l now
find l can sell for enough to clean up
my obligations and give me new
start"
And which is now mine"
Which is now yours, through a hard
bargain-an inadvertently hard bar
gain, of course" Timothy added hast
lily. The troubled look in his eyes
deepened, And now l come to you
as one gentleman to another, to ask
you to release me from it."
THAT would hardly be business
like"
But this is not business. l said. as
one gentleman to another" Timothy
was guiltless of humorous intent. For
myself shouldn't think of disturbing
any advantage your interest in my
work might accidentally give you. But
to my wife and daughter. who are
entirely dependent upon me, this would
mean much"
Isn't 1t a little late, after wasting
your substance in riotous invention. to
begin thinking of them? Besides,
Mark looked at his watch pointedly,
Il hardly see your right to ask me
to give them the consideration you've
never given them"
Timothy flushed painfully. rising.
You refuse, them"
Il do"
Then you had this stock in mind
all along?"
IF you'd made as shrewd guess
before" Mark grinned.
Il was told you are apt to do this
sort of thing"
| Ht lObeI Il utais -
minded him coldly, always finds
something to criticize. II there's moth
ing else can do for you-good day.
Mr.. Woodhouse.''
so this is what you call deal? l
should choose another term. ! shall
take enough of your time to give you
my view of It, You came to me to
get that stock, but you did not come
frankly. You resorted to subterfuge.
You fiattered me. You took advantage
of your inside knowledge of its value
and of the fact that I'm rather fool
in such matters to get 1t absurdly
cheap. But suppose one need hardly
expect particularly of conduct from
your sort
Mark sneered. AT least you felt
no obligation to particularly of con.
duct when you thought you were get,
ting a good round sum for something
, of no value at all"
e That" said Timothy with dignity
Il supposed and you pretended was
| practically a gift to science. ] shall
keep you no longer. sir"
, And Timothy stalked away. For sew
eral days Marks familiars observed
In him an unusual irritability OF tenn.
per.
/ Steel had come into its own. 1t was
the first principality of industry.
Swiftly as the sun seeks its zenith
It's leaders were rising to power and
prestige, doing big things in a big,
bold, precedent-defying fashion that
stirred the world to Just admiration
, And above the others-in the estima.
I ton of all who did not march with
the army OF steel-towered that giant
MacGregor, and in his shadow but too
big to be obscured wholly, jeremiah
, Quinby, their names and fame known
, wherever the stout fabric was used.
, After many years Quinby's project
was a fact, the more splendid for the
delay 1t stood just across the street
from MacGregor's library. This prox'
, unity called for a comparison, by
, which the Institute of Paleontology
suffered no whit. Somehow its noble
| lines and masses. in exact copy OF
the Parthenon, seemed to suggest In
its founder a simple majesty OF char.
, acter not shared by the author of the
) elaborate library.
MacGregor could not have believed
, that comparison was intended. since
he accepted an invitation to share with
Quinby himself and an ex-president OF
the United States the honors on the
i occasion of the dedication. He. as did
. the ex.president, made a speech. in
! which he paid high tribute to his
brother in the great work of distrib-
| uting surplus wealth" This tribute
, Quinby, when his turn came, formally
assigned to the thousands of obscurely
faithful" who had given their
| strength. their courage. their patience
| and talent nav Oft their very lives