The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1915-02-12

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reason Why he shcUh heAr new
Ifa reporter isnped IA his fest
-Para0n me- 10 replied, ~1hia ID
no Sssts OF mime He stepped toward
the cour. But Rsynolds woald not lss
him 20.
Let him stay. thea Brand agreed
Honesty and hArInlessnesa 10 hand
Ia hand
Jane looked again at bob sAs To-
nored the others.
When ! married yca i've years sas
What did ] kecomer'
MY wife. hope.
But 70 that aiif Wasn't there
something moref Didn't we say THAI
ws wcvld Be partners, and didn't say
that was the only way would become
the wife OF any man. no matter hov
much loved hini Bob. you have
broken the p&rtnersAip and ! have
gone on alone. That night when Mr
Brand came ! wanted TO talk to yoa.
bat you would have none Of IL I can
not have you interfere That was
what you said Well. have intrrfered.
Mr.. Brand offered to help you make
forty thousand dollArs- You called II
stealing. called II something else.
You turned Mr.. Brand away and gave
your scornfal ultimatum asked him
70 come again. wrote TO him and
talked TO him. In y most important
business matter the partners did not
agree, that's all Mr.. Brand thought
that nigh, bring you to your senses.
or to my way OF thinking. II you pre-
fer that. thought so. too, I didn't
want TO let this chance alp by. n
you did l considered you. but con.
sidered myself, too. II means IA much
to me as TO you: perhaps more. Have
yoa ever really seriously thought what
Il meansf Have yea thought what nay
hse hare, compared 10 yourv' Tea
and Dick SIT here after you've done
your work and theorixe and rise up to
martyrdom. and what DO ] DOT I'm In
the house all the time, Up at stx
o'clock and tired out at night wash.
scrub. sweep. | sew, cook--or did
until ! saw an escape. And what are
you doingi You're UP In your once,
rubbing shoulders with the man who
governs things, You have excitement
You have 10 work, too. but you're .
cog In the great. big wheel that make&
the world 40 round--,he world that |
can't enter-while have TO sit here
like a drudge"
Reynolds, standing tense and
strained, for he had not seated himself
with the others. wore puzzled trown.
The voice OF discomfort was crying
aloud. But II was righteous discon.
tent He could ind no falsity of note.
And yet he had struggled hard He
had loved his wife and shared with
her. He had given her love for love.
loyalty for loyalty. and---he had given
her dollar for dollar What more could
any man do! stu there was no inius-
tice In her plea A jury of twelve good
men ana true could not have doubted
her sincerity. Where. then. was the
hiatus! Was the partnership an I'm.
equal bargain In the frst placef Had
he aimed too high. or, aiming rightly.
fred too soon' Was be. the mere pro
WIDER. taking something to which he
had no riEhtf II was the old. eternal
question. as old as the world the CUES
ton OF man and woman; what the
one can give and what the other can
command Through vaporous mist
of thoughts that racked his brain and
pierced his heart he saw tangible
something -t Just what. he did not
know; but II was enough to make him
turn to the man who had won where
he had failed.
Mr. Brand" he said--and his voice
was low and choking-"if you please,
you had better 60"
The millionaire nodded. CURLY to
each, AT the door he turned and I'D
dressed Bob
Apologies are not forthcoming" he
said. Advice. too, seems to be lost on
you Bu, take tip from one who
knows. Your wife 10 a sensible WON
an. Pay her a lot OF attention"
Reynolds made no reply He gave
no sign that he heard. But he did hear
and the import OF the mllionairc's
words struck home. Sensible7 Yes,
she was that, perhaps, but be had
thought she was something more than
that when he gave his heart and soul.
His wife reused him from his rev.
erie, She came to his side.
Bob" she said, II hadn't finished.
You sent Brand away. but do not send
him away for good. Think what Il
means 10 us: what II neana 10 me.
Way. when he offered you that forty
thousand dollars never had . thought
In the world that You would refuse n.
was like a little child coming down
stairs on Christmas morning and &c.
ing 4 tree all beautifully III up. But
before could touch Il you had pat ont
the candle and kicked away the tree
a. 20 much dead wood. But cosidnv
stand Il went out and picked up the
candles and I have relishted them, n
isn't too latA, Bob. The tree IN stfIl
within our reach. Won't you Let me
have Nf-
Gro BE CONTINUED,