The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-02-11

at Stagbone7'
Samson started and his gaze fell in
amazement At the mention OF the
name he saw n crossroads store with
rough mules hitched to fence palings.
II was a picture OF home. and here was
a man who had been therel With
glowing eyes the boy dropped uncon.
sciously back into the vernacular OF
the hills.
"Hev ye been thar, stranger"
Tho writer nodded. and slipped his
whisky.
mot for some years. though" he
confessed. as he drifted into reminis-
cence, which to Samson was like wa.
ter to a parched throat.
When they left the cafe the boy
felt as though he were taking leave
OF an old and tried friend. by homely
methods, this unerring diagnostician
OF the human soul had been reading
him, liking him, and making him feel n
heart.warming sympathy.
IL 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
II was without his realization, too,
that they laid upon him the imprint
OF their wi characters and philoso-
ply.
II have come, not to quarrel with you.
but to try to dlssuade you" The Hon.
Mr.. Wickliffe bit s~avagely at his cigar
and gave a despairing spread to his
well.manicured hands. You stand in
danger OF becoming the most cordially
hated man In New York-hated by the
most powerful combinations In New
York"
wilfred Horton leaned back In n
swivel chair and put his feet up on his
desk. For a while he seemed Interested
In his own silk socks.
ITS very kind OF you 10 warn me-"
he said, quietly.
The Hon. Mr.. Wlcklife rose In ex.
ASPIRATION and paced the floor. The
smoke from his black cigar went be.
fore him in vicious puffs. Finally he
stopped and leaned glazing Oh the
table.
Your family has always been con.
servative. When YOU succeeded TO the
fortune you showed no symptoms OF
this mania. In Gods name, what has
changed you?"
II hope | have grown up" explained
the young man. with nm unrufled
smile. One can't wear ~swaddling
clothes forever. you know"
The attorney for m instant softened
his tanner as he looked into the
notwithstanding, 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 directorates 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 hnri.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 BE,
itself for a moment as he added:
III you don't think I'm going to stay
put-watch me-"
why do you have 10 make war
to be chronically insurgent?"
"Because"-the young man. who had
walked up, spoke SLOWLY am read
Ing a certain writing on the wall. The
time Is not far off when, unless We
regulate a number of matters from
within we shall be regulated from
without"
Take for instance this newspaper
war you've inaugurated on the police
Grumbled the corporation lawyer, "lt''
less dangerous to the public thar
these financial crusades. but decidedly
more so for yourself. You are re
garded as n dangerous agitator, a mar
plot! I tell you. Winfred. aside from
all other considerations the thing II
perllous to yourself. You are ridinl
FOR n fall. These men whom you ar,
whipping out of public life will turn
on you"
80 | hear. Here's n letter | got thii
morning-unsigned. That Is. | thought
4 was here, Well. no matter. Il
warns me that | have less than thre,
months to live unless ! call off m,
dogs"
II is said that the new convert II
eve the most extreme fanatic. vii
fred Horton had promised to put OF
his working clothes. and he had don,
II with reckless disregard for conse
quences. At first, he was simply obey
ing Adrlehne's orders; but soon h'
found himself playing the game fol
the games sake, Political overlords
assailed as unfaithful servants, showed
their teeth, From some hidden. buI
unfailing, source terribly sure and di
rect evidence of guilt VAS being gath
cred. For Wllfred Horton. who wal