Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-10-28

as well A. in action I've d" com
plants to maxi" OF YOU, n" SAID drNN
Then demanded Jock. why don
you pay me "A salary. as you WON"
have 10 with any other man who did
rhc work for YOU that J am doing;
oh. I know he broke ont as has
father started To SPEAK. YOU VIII zen
mo that you give mr th" privilege "i
going To the various stores and 'hdrE-
ing things up to your account always
knowing that YOU viii luul, over IN"
bulls Then too II Z want hN" OF ten
dollars Ior spending money . can gen
orally ct If by asking 'oH and OK
planning just exactly what ! am gong
tu 10 with 3D. Probably / get. all told,
q fair remuneration Tor my services.
Then what ar" You complaining
about" questioned Mccall coldiy.
What do YOU want"
q want regular salary. ! want
. ro spend II as I see me-. Without any
one having the right 60 stop or Gu"s-
tiun ne want freedom
You mean you want 10 plung" int"
cNtrayaraucr and have no curb put
upon you Snoorcd Jeremiah
That not fair. father # do say
1 II myself. there's not a steadi"r or
! harder working Young fellow in Leap
/ ing River than I am. and you know it
! no: it's simply like any other man
! like YOU are Yourself want what's
! coming To me In NV own hand. not
| dribblcd out to me as som"ou" else
sees fit
Suppose" be flushed tribe self
consciously. j should meet some girl
that | would want to marry How
| could | ever think OF entertaining
such an idea. when | am nothing more
than ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS only
what YOU choose to give
The old mans lips relaxed some
what from their stubborn set
Tine day YOU marry. he said. I'll
take YOU into partnership. You wont
have to worry any on the score of
salary Run along now. and see what
is the trouble with those letters. That
Boston order is three days behind
time. and they're holding up The work
al along int INC
lie turned back To his desk with an
air of having ended the discussion.
and Jock, knowing how useless II was
to continue when his father adopted
! that timcis money tone. went.
Meanwhile. Mccall scratched off his
/ signature to basket Of letters which
the stenographcr brought il. Then
| allowing himself a breathing spell II
last he stepped to the window and
gazod mcditatiyCly toward a group OF
factory buildings over on the other
side Of the river. belonging 10 his
friend and competitor. Peter Jordan
The two concerns combined would
make one of IN, largest plants in the
world. and thar rs what a.. saw in,
his minds owe already ACCOMPLISHED
--. mammoth establishment which
under The name of Mccall woUld bc
carried ON bv his rrauds.p- and great.
crardsnus
Jordan had aIreadv given tacit con
sont +, fhr prau. tor Jordan mad No
son ia succr,i him and ,,,s worry
willing that ms ouiy d3ugbtor Cor
trude sbo,,ld marry such = et.,dv
roipg d.r.pdabrc lad as I,,L ucCau
Jeremiah decided as la rubbed his
thin hands tuyctI,r O., br,,,, tn. mot
fer to a head He st,pned tn the teIa
nbone and calling nm his borp. direct
ed his wife to invite tb, Iordaps
father and dauqhter M f,r dirna,
= some evening that week
Il never occurred To him FOR a mo
! mout that lock would enter obinrtion.
10 the proposed arrangrmcnt. an,
more than it had 10 Jordan thar Ger
| tudc might have other ideas as +,
! the disposition Of her hand
! ideas not mcunnectcd with
| certain handsome young foreman II
/ one of her fathers shops.
\ Mccall never doubted that Joel
\ would obediently fall in with tn
\ scheme. when it was outlined 10 him
I Young Jock. returning from the tasl
| of Strengthening cut the dilatory let
I ters. had made long and quite un
/ necessary detour to pass through tn
\ shop where his little protegcc OF tina
| morning was al work.
h lie saw with little catch Of anXiet