Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-29

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bury girl. Ito never would forges hor.
but what In the nss u q little Eiri
aho lives IN heaven 20 young man
who doesnt7
Iiut Mary Blackstone did not I've
In heaven. did not wear halo. ala
not string a golden harp Or sit around
and look ms II butter wouldn't melt IN
her mouth. ahc lived IN a low white
house near Southampton, l.. 4 Tommy
Was on the most charming and Until
mnto terms with her father. and there
was one southwest room In which he
spent many and many a weekend,
and which was always known 10 tho
Biackatone family a. Tommy's room.
Mary Blackstone rode horses, played
tennis and Aeam In tho burf a. well an
strong and courageous boy
II she liked Tommy better than
anybody else she was IN no hufD 10
aay 90 She didn't want 20 cut horueii
on from all the other young men.
whom she liked almost az woii. Carl
ton Fitch, Tor instance
Carlton Fitch was SIR. Barclays
nephew. and IA some ways Was great
: fayoritc Of his uncio's lie took 30
much interest IN hla unclc's banks
railroads. mlnoa. etc. that you might
have thought that he expected 10 own
/ them some day.
Outwardly be and Tommy we're Al.
ways friendly and polite 10 each other.
oven after they had become open n.
I walls for Mary Hlackatune's approval.
but inwnrdly each had certain con
tempt for tho other and. Ia addition TO
! this. Carlton Fitch was jealous OF
Tommy FOR he had expected to In
harlt almost the whole % Mr. Bar.
ciay'a money. aud since Tommy'a
adoption n looked ~ n ho was going
20 inherit very little Of Il indeed, Ro
would ho rich. anyway but be was
very gfoedy Tor power
Mentally hoy woro poles apart
Tommy. though ho loved 10 spend
money. war given 10 asking tooliah
queutlons about the ways aud preroga.
| tlyoa 81 capital Ha couldn't under
stand why the majority Of people In
thln world have 60 be- poor aud dirty
aud unhappy why the real producer
should have such small share In
What he produces tie did not 70 into
these questions very deeply, but Just
enough 20 be aomothlng OF soolallat
NJ heart ana 60 iooi a certain con.
tempt FOR people 10 whom ihe collect
ms Of money was The moat important
thing 10 tho world Perhapa he only
took up aociRliatio ideaa IN order "a
amuao himself at the expense Of those
who maintain oppoaite thooriee. Tor no
didn't 40 into anything. except games.
ycry seriously or very thoroughly lie
id foci very strongly. however. that IN
world containing no many able minds
u was a ehamo that 10 much poverty
ANA misery should be- allowed to ettnt
Mr. barclay was supposed to be the
coolest calculator OF possibilities sn
America. A matter OF fact, no WA
man who owed his greatest sue
coaaca to impulse. Hut Ia tho case
OF Tommy barclay. whom he had
adqpcd not after careful dellberasion
and calculation. but upon impuiso. Il
looked as ~ ho was going 10 be ditap.
poiatod
ho had planned IN complete detail
splendid destiny FOR Tommy Tho
boy was 20 be ono ~ tho worlds great.
eat namcs aud powers; it's riches,
man To The mltlinnH that he was Ia
inherl, from barclay tho blackstone
millions were to DO added BY mar.
rlago. Why, In cRse II ever developed
that government BY tho people Ia a
failure when that government should
NJ last collapse, az IN his heart nar.
clay thought and hoped tina, Il would
Tommy barclay might aspire to be-
anything. a DICTATOR a King.
For long tine narciAs Aept on
hoping against hopo, and attributed
rommy's failures and wrong headed
principles 20 hia youth and hish
splrits Then one day there had ap
peared an Interview Witch Tommy had
given to reporter, between tho chuck
ers 81 a polo game. and barclay throw
} up his hands
Talking with the Wild careleasnrns
OF youth. Tommy had given n as MS
opinion that In the great coal mine
a,rike IN western Pennsylvania. then
! at lee height. tho miners were really
! nghting for their existence, and thar
the owners we're depressing thorn.
To barclay such opinions uttered
! by his adopted son amounted 20 trea
/ son. And he had the Impulse % shan
don all those hopes which he had en-
tertaincd for the boys future, ana he
\ had abandoned them,
First he cent Tor his nephew, Carl
I ton Fitch. TO thls one he made nc
J elaborate explanation Of his changed
. attitude Ne said: Carlton, I wan,
b TO ace you married and settled down
You are sAid 70 be In love With Mary
. Blackstone
A. iIsht seemed 10 sitter in Fttchs
eyes.
4 I'm afraid her father doesn't IN,
me, uncle he said. "and there 4,
someone whom l think abs like.
h more
: ~Tommyr-
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