The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-03-05

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heart'warming sympathy.
1t was not until much later that
Samson realized how these two really
great men had adopted him as their
little brother" that he might have
their shoulder-touch to march by. And
it was without his realization. too,
that they laid upon him the imprint
OF their own characters and philoso-
ply.
i have come, not to quarrel with you,
but to try to dissuade you" The Hon.
Mr.. Nlckli1fe bit saVagely at his cigar
and gave a despairtng spread to his
WelEmaniCured hands. You stand in
danger of becoming the most cordially
hated nan in New Nork-hated by the
most powerful combinations in New
! York"
Wilfred Horton leaned back in a
swivel chair ard Gut his feet up on his
desk. For a while he seemed interested
in his own silh socks.
TITS very kind of you to warn me-"
he said, quietly.
The Hon. Nr. WiCkliffe rose in ex.
aspert'iOn and PACED the floor. The
smoke from his black cigar went be-
fore htm IN vicious puffs Finally he
stopped and leaned glarIng on the
table,
'T0Ur family has always been con-
ser71tiye. When you succeeded to the
fortune YOU showed no symptoms Of
this mania. In Gods name, what has
changed you?"
Il hope have grown up" explained
the young man with an unrufled
smile, One cant wear swaddling
clothes forever, you know"
The attorney for an instant softened
his manner as he looked into the
straight-gazing, unafraid eyes of his
client.
I've known you from your baby.
hood. / advised your father before
you were born. You have, by the
chance of birth, come into the control
Of great wealth. The world of finance
is Of delicate balance. Squabbles in
certain directories may throw the
Street into panic. Suddenly you
emerge from decent quiet and run
amuck in the china shop, believing
and tossing your horns. You make
war on those whose interests are your
own. You seem bent on hari-kari.
You have toys enough to amuse. Why
couldn't you stay putt"
"They weren't the right things.
They were, as you say, toys" The
smile faded and Horizons chin set
itself for a moment as he added:
IF you don't think I'm going to stay
put-watch me-"
why do you have to make war
to be chronically insurgent?"
"Because"-the young man, who had
walked up, spoke slowly-'T am read.
ing certain writing on the wall. The
time is not far off when unless we
regulate a number of matter from
within we shall be regulated from
without"
Take for instance this newspaper
war you've inaugurated on the police"
grumbled the corporation lawyer. It's
less dangerous to the public than
these financial crusades, but decidedly
more so for yourself. You are re-
garded as dangerous agitator, mar.
plot! tell you, Winfred, aside from
all other considerations the thing is
perilous to yourself You are riding
for a fall. These men whom you are
whipping out of public life will turn
on you"
$50 hear. Here's letter I got this
morning-unsigned. That is, thought
it was here. Well, no matter. 1t
warns nae that l have less than three
months to live unless l call off my
dogs"
It is said that the new convert is
ever the most extreme fanatic. Will.
fred Horton had promised to put on
his working clothes, and he had done
it with reckless disregard for conse.
quences. At first, he was simply obey.
ing Adriennes orders; but soon he
found himself playing the game for
the games sake. Political overlords,
assailed as unfaithful servants, showed
their teeth. From some hidden, but
unfailing, source terribly sure and d.
rect evidence of guilt was being gath.
cred. For Wilfred Horton, who was
demanding day of reckoning and
spending great sums Of money to get
it, there was prospect of things do.
ing.
Adrienne Lescott was in Europe.
Soon she would return and Horton
meant to show that he had not buried
his talent
For eight months Samson's life had
run in the steady ascent CT gradual
climbing, but in the four months from
the first of August to the first of De.
cember, the pace of his existence sud.
denly quickened He left off drawing
from MASTER casts and went into a