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

be her way. She turned TO him
quickly.
''I'il do anything that you think best
to make Bob understand" she said
"Fine!" be exclaimed, Nov can
see the battle won"
They rode on In silence for several
minutes. At length Jane said: t.
But / don't feel entirely comfort
able about 1t yet. I'm even worrying
about this auto ride-~the fact that
I'm doing something without Esohs
knowledge. lie is so good to me and
SO willing to do everything he can, OF
thinks be can, that occasionally 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, / would despise
myself. But I am helping him,
know. The end iustifies the means,
and he can't blame me in the end, can
he9"
Certainly not" responded the mil
lionaire. He leaned over and touched
lever that sent his big machine
ahead stili faster.
Slow music and moonlight are sub
conscious aid to lovers. Just SO the
Quiokening speed OF a big automobile
thrills, accelerates and enhances a
cause like Brands. He was practical
man and didn't overlook any Of these
little fine points. lie heard the girl at
his side draw q deep breath.
THAT Ia just 1t. Mrs. Reynolds" he
argued. Helping him where he won't
help himself. Your husband Is capable
enough and broad enough, but he's on
the wrong track. He 10 like the big
mogul engine at the head of a
through express, stalled at O crossing.
by o siow-moving freight, The power
is there, the ability to rush ahead, but
the road Is clogged by the ponderous
baggage OF his own deluded ideas; his
foolish standard OF morality, or what.
ever he calls 1t. You must be the
swttchman 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. II anybody had said: In
Ave years Reynolds will be earning
thirteen hundred dollars year and
Brand fifty thousand he would have
been lynched or taken UP before a
sanity board. What can he ever &C.
complish II he sticks to this policy OF
working for his money2 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
be getting thiTty-flve and in five years
fifty, And what will you havef BY the
time you have paid for your home In
this Godforsaken place you'H be past
middle age, and by the time you have
saved o few thousand dollars, IL you
do save 1t, you'H be old. What good
will 1t do you then? The best part of
your life will be gone. Youth be nice,
respectable couple able to buy o lot
In a first-class cemetery and finish
your days In the hope that some OF
your children will do a little better
than you did,
Success In this life is so easy II you
only court II. You have TO take 1t by
the hand and smile and Joke. It's
like q wide-awake. pretty girl. No mat
ter how much you love her II you al.
ways greet her with solemn face and
doleful talk the chances are ten TO
one that the fellow viii come along
with q laugh and gallant speech and
steal her. She's gone before you know
II and you cant blame her. for you had
a chance"
"0h, / know 1t, Mr., Brand. have
thought It all out. and one only has to
look at you and Bob to see whose
theory IL right. We have got to clear
the track and once 1t IL clear he will
see the way for himself the same as
we see for him, The grind and drudg.
cry of his life and work have blinded
his vision OF better things; OF the real
things. know that once he Ia re-
iieved OF hardship and worry over the
little things, he will be able to SEQ the
big ones,
"a ton of coal or 3 half a tom round
steak or sirioin: thirty cents q dozen
for eggs, or twenty-five. Oh. 1t In just
anhearahle and all so useless. He
ought to be able to buy all the coal OH
Staten island and sell 1t again at a
profit. That Is what would do II
were man and that il what I ana 60
ing to have him do"
Brand leaned ever and looked at her,
II am beginning to think those pre-
dictions of the college days will come
! true after ALL" he said. Il believe that
with such a woman 90 you TO help him,
Bob will be the teacher and the pu.
pill before long. wish / had you as
n partner--a business partner" he
added. smilingly, Why, wouldn't be
far behind Mr.. Rockefeller In q few
years, Mrs. Brand knows the value
OF money. how to spend 1t and the
hopeiessness of thoae Who haven't got
! II, but abe hasn't an imagination liks
yours. ruy all the coal on Staten Is.
! land and sell IL Et q proEt!" He
laughed. II think wen have 10 con,
tinue this partnership, Mira. Reynolds,