Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-08-25

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Its no use, father, I tell you.
know what Quincy was going to say
to you. I'm not going back to the of
fee. I'm done!'
wait minute before you talk that
wayv Sheridan began his sentry-go
up and down the room. Il suppose
you know it's taken two pretty good
men about sixteen hours day to set
things straight and get 'em runnin'
right again, down in your officer
''They must be good men," Roscoe
nodded indifferently. 81 thought was
doing about eight mems work. I'm
glad you found two that could handle
it,
"Look here! If worked you it was
for your own good. There are plenty
of men drive harder'n do, and"
Eyes. There are some that break
down all the other men that work with
'em. They either die, or go crazy, or
have to quit, and are no use the rest
Of their lives. The lasts my case,
guess complicated by domestic diff
cultiesv"
''You set there and tell me you give
up?" Sheridan's voice shook, and so
did the gesticulating hand which he
extended appealingly toward the de-
spondent figure. Don't do it, Ros-
coe! Don't say it! Say you'll come
down there again and be man! This
woman amt goin' to trouble you any
more. The work amt goin' to hurt
you If you haven't got her. to worry
you, and you can get shut o. this nasty
whisky guzzlin'; it amt fastened on
you yet. Don't say"
"It's no use on EARTH" Roscoe mum
bled. mo use on EARTH
"Look here! If you want another
months vacation"
81 know Quincy told you, so what's
the use talking about 'vacationsY"
"Gurneyp' Sheridan vociferate5
the name savagely. cts Quincy, Cur
ney, Quincy! Always Quincy! !
don't know what the worlds co1nin' to
with everybody runnin' around squeal
in, The doctor says this and The
doctor says thatv It makes me sick!
How's this country expect to get its
work done IL Quincy ard all the other
old nanny-goats keep up this blattin'!
So he says you got nervous exhaustion
induced by overWork and emotional
strain They always got to stick the
work in If they see chance! I reckon
you did have the emotional strain
and that's alIs the matter with you.
You'll be over it soon's this woman's
gone, and works the, very thing to
make you quit frettin' about her."
did Quincy tell you was fit to
work.
"Shut upy' Sheridan beloved. sim
so sick o. that mans name feel like
shootn' anybody that says it to mew
He fumed and chafed, swearing indis-
tinctly, then came and stood before his
son. "Look here; do you think you're
doin' the square thing by me? Do
you? How much you worth ?"
1--WE got between seven and eight
thousand a year clear Of my own, out
side the salary. That much is mine
whether work or not"
cit is? You could "a pulled It out
without me, I suppose you think, at
your age?"
"No. But it's mine, and It's enough"
''My Lord! It's about what a con-
gresham gets, and you want to quit
there! suppose you think you'll get
the rest when I kick the bucket, and
ali 30 do Sc 10 h0
wait! You let me tell you right here,
you'll never see one cent Of it. You
go out o. business now, and what
would you know about handlin' 1t five
or ten or twenty years from now? Be-
cause I intend to stay here little
while yet, my boy! They'd either get
it away from you or you'd sell for a
nickel and let it be split up and"
He whirled about, marched to the
other end of the room, and stood silent
moment. Then he said, solemnly:
Listen If you go out now, you leave
me in the lurch, with nothin' on Gods
green earth to depend on but your
brother-and you know what he is
I've depended on You for it all since
Jim died. Now you've listened to that
dam doctor, and he says maybe you
won't ever be as good man as you
were, and that certainly you won't be
for year or so-probably more. Now,
that's all lie. Men don't break down
that way at your age. Look at me!
And tell you, you can shake this
thing off. All you need is little get
up and little gumption. Men don't
go away for years and then come back
into moving businesses like ours-they
lose the strings. And if you could,
won't let you-if you lay down on me
now, 1 won't-and that's because if
you lay down you prove you amt the
man I thought you were" He cleared
his throat and finished quietly: "Ros-
coe, will you take months vacation
and come back and go to it?'
NO. said Roscoe, listlessly. "I'm
through"
GAIL Y.iUh+ Said Sheridan He nir1xAd