Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-06

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Jon ana III ne rest 81 u alone. q
"It's no use. father, tell yoh. /
know what Quincy was going tb 49,
to you. I'm not going back to the Of.
nee. I'm done!'
wait ! minuts before you talk thai
way!" Sheridan began his se4try-go
up and down the room. II sjupposS
you know it, taken two prettt good
men about sixtssn hours : dayl to set
things straight ana got 'em 1.unnin'
right again. down In your ONCE r.
They must BE- good men," Roscoe
nodded indi6erentiy. II thought I wasl
doing about eight mems woEk. TN
sisd you found two that eould handle
Il" u Nm
aLook hersi II I worked fycu II wasS
for your own good. Theirs arc plenty
OF mon drive harder,n II do, and
"Yes. There are somel that break
down al the other men that work with
,em. They either die, or 10 crazy, Or
have to quit, and are no use the rest
OF their lives. The lasts my case, ii
guess- complicated by domestic DIM
culties! !" lss 9S
You set there and tell me you give,
upF' sheFidan's voice shlook, ana So
did the sesticulating hanh which he
extended appealingly TOWARD the de-
spondent figure. Don't ldo II. Ros-.
coei Don't say I'll Say ,u'll come
down there again and be 4 man! This
woman amt goin' to trouble you any
more. The work amt go1n' to hurt
ron II you haven't got her to worry
you, and you can get shut o. titis nasty
whisky.guzzlin'; It amt fastened ong
you yet Don't say ~ is3
SITS no use on earth" Roscoe mum.
bled. mo use on earth. !" MO 3s.
Look herel II You want anothes
months vacation"
II know Quincy told you, 90 whats
the use talking about vacations Z = AZ
'Gurney!'' Sheridan vociferated
the name savagely. "It.s Quincy. CUR
ney, Quincy! Always Gurneyl 4
don't know what the worlds comm to'
with everybody runnin' around squeal-i
in, The doctor says this, and Tho,
doctor says thatr It makes me sickN
How's this country expect to get It'll
work done IL Quincy and all the other
old nanny-goats keep up this blattin'!
SO he says You got nervous exhaustionE
induced by overwork ana emotionalI
strain They always got to stick ths|
work in II they see . chance! I reckon
you did have the emotional strain.st
and that's ais the matter with you'll
You'll b over 1t soon's this woman's|
gone, and works the very thing tei
make you quit frettin' about her. !
7 did Quincy tell you was It To-
work. ,.s5. Nh, sa a.' !
"Shut upr' Sheridan beloved 'I'ml'
% sick o that mans name feel like
shootin' anybody that says It to mere
He TUNED and chafed, swearing indis.i
tinctly, then came and stood before hisil
son. Look here. do ron think you'rss
doin' the square thing BY mel Do
you? How much you worth r. ~
I eve got between seven and eig3
thousand = year clear Of my own. 81 "
side the salary. That much u mid Il
whether work or no" u
ut Isl You conid ~ pulled Il 0ul
withDntame. ! sBpposs sysus fhInk. 81
your age7 4,
"No. But It's mine, and It's enough
my Lord! It's about what conf
gresham gets. and you want to Quit
there! 1 suppose you think you'll SGT
the rest when kick the bucket, anal
al you have to do II lay back and
wait! You let me tell you right here
you'll never see one cent Of II. Yon
20 ont O. business now, and what .
Would Jon know about handlin' Il aya
or I'm or twenty years from nowf
cause Il intend to stay here Z III
while yet, my boy! They'd either q
It away from you or you'd sell for
nickel and let It be split mp and
He whirled about, marched to the
other end Of the room, and stood silent
4 moment Then he said, solemnly:
Listen. II you 90 ont now, you leave I;
me In the lurch, with nothin' on Gods |
green earth to depend on but your
brother and you know what he ID. B
rye depended on you for It all since
Tim died. Nov you've listened to that
dam doctor, and he says maybe yori<
won't ever b - good . man ~ you
were. and that certainly you went be
for year or 90 probably more. Nov,
that's all q lie. Mem don't break down
that way. at your age. Look at msf
And I tell you, you can shake this
thing on All You need y Z little get
up and q little gumption. Men don't
60 away for years and then come back
into moving businesses like ours they
lose the strings. And II you could.
won't let you--if you lay down on me
now, won't-and that's because e
you lay down you prove you amt the
man thought you were.'' He cleared
his throat and finished quietly: '.RoS-
coe, will you take months vacations
and come back and 70 to IL y 3
NO" said Roscoe. listiessly. T Il
through"
right. said Sheridan. He picked
up the evening papsr from - tablek
went to . chair BY the IRE and -
down, his back to his son. 0Oedby;
Gro he cnntinusd.l -