Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-05

comes want to know that my Doys
are ready to take charge, Bibbs, when
I'm up above want to know that the
big share I've made mine. here below,
is CROWN bigger and bigger in the
charge Of my boys. ~. 81
He leaned back, deeply moved.
"Therew he said, huskily. 1--WE never
spoken more what was in my heart in
my life. do it because want You
to understand-and not think me
mean father. I never had to talk that
way to Jim and Roscoe. They under
stood without any talk. Bibbs."
81 see," said Bibbs. eat least I
think I do. But" g..
"Wait a minutew Sheridan raised
his hand. IF you see the least bit In
the world, then you understand what
it meant to start one o. my boys and
have him come back on me the way
you did, and have to be sent to SAM
tarium because he couldn't stand work.
Now, let's get right down to it, Bibbs.
I've had a whole lot O. talk with ole
Doc Quincy about you, one time and
another. and I reckon understand
your case just about as well as he
does, anyway.
Now, why did work make you sick
instead of brace you up and make
man of you the way it ought of done7
I pinned ole Quincy down to it. says,
Look here, amt it really because he
Just plain hated It? Yes he says,
that's it. If he'd enjoyed it, it wouldn't
"a hurt him. And that's about the
way it is."
eyes," said Bibbs, chats about the
way it isl
"Well, then, I reckon it's up to me
not only to make you do it, but to
make you like it!''
Bibbs shivered. And he turned upon
his father a look that was almost
ghostly. II can't" he said, in low
voice. IT can't"
Cant 60 back to the shop?"
mo. Can't like it. I can't"
Sheridan jumped up, his patience
gone. To his own view, he had rea-
soned e1haustively, had explained
fully and had pleaded more than ia
Their should, only to be met in the end
with the unreasoning and mysterious
stubbornness which had been ,Bibbs'
battling characteristic from childhood.
"By George, you will" he cried.
"You'll 20 back there and you'll like it!
Quincy says it won't hurt you if you
like it, and he says it II kill you if you
20 back and hate it; so it looks as If it
was about up to you not to hate it.
Well, Gurney's a fool! Hatin' work
doesn't kill anybody; and this isn't
goin' to kill you, whether you hate it or
not. I've never made mistake in a
serious matter in my life, and it wasn't
a mistake my sendin' you there in the
first place. And I'm goin' to prove it
Pm goin' to send you back there and
vindicate my judgment. Quincy says
it's all mental attitude Well. you're
goin' to learn the right one! He says
in a couple of more months this fool
thing that's been the matter with you'll
be disappeared completely and you'll
be back in as good or better condition
than you were before you ever went
into the shop. And right then is when
you begin overnight in that same
shop! Nobody can call me hard man
or a mean father. I do the best can
for my children and take the full
responsibility for bringin' my sons up
to be men. Now, 80 far, I've failed
with you. But I'm not goin' to keep
on failin'. I never tackled a job yet
didn't put through, and I'm not goin'
to begin with my own son. I'm goin'
to make man Of you. By God! I
amv'
Bibbs rose and went slowly to the
door, where he turned. "You say you
give me a couple of months?" he said.
Sheridan pushed a bell-button on his
desk. Journey said two months more
would put you back where you were.
You 20 home and begin to get yourself
in the right mental attitude before
those two months are up! Good-by"
"Good-by, SIR" said Bibbs, meekly.
ITO Be Continued.)