The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-04-27
Write what ?"

"Notbing important-just poems and
essays, perhaps
81 see.v said his father, breathing
quickly with the restraint he was put
ting upon himself. THAT is, You want
to write. but you don't want to write
anything of any account"
"You think"
Sheridan got up again. 81 take my
hat off to the man that can write
good adj he said, emphatically. The
best writin' talent in this country Is
right spang in the ad business today
You buy a magazine for good wriun' =
look on the back of it, Let me tell
you l pay money for that kind o
writin' Maybe you think it's easy.
Just try it, I've tried it, and l can't
do it. | tell you an ads got to be writ
ten so it makes people do the hardest
thing in this world to get 'em to do: it's
got to make 'em give up their money.
You talk about poems and essays
l tell you when it comes to the actual
skill O. putin words together so as TO
make things happen, r. T. Bloss, right
here in this city, knows more III
minute than George Waldo Emerson
ever knew in his whole life!"
"You-you may be-" Bibbs said,
indistinctly, the last word smothered in
a cough.
"Of course I'm right And if it amt
just like you to want to take up with
the most out-o'-date kind O. writin'
there isl Poems and essays! My
Lord. Bibbs, that's women's work!
Why, look at Edith l expect that
poem O. hers would set a pretty high
water mark for you, young man, ana
it's the only one she's ever managed
to write in her whole lifel And Edith's
a smart girl; she's got more energy In
her little finger than you ever give me
a chance to see in your whole body,
Bibbs. I'm not sayin' a word against
poetry. l wouldn't take ten thousand
dollars right now for that poem Of
Edith's; and poetry's all right enough
in its place-but you leave it to the
girls. A mans got to do a mans work
in this world
He seated himself in a chair at his
sons side and, leaning over, tapped
DlDDS COunucHlldily vi thC hhCC-
"This city's got the greatest future in
America, and if my sons behave right
by me and by themselves they're goin'
to have a mighty fair share of it-a
mighty fair share. l love this town. |
love it like l do my own business, and
I'd fight for it as quick as I'd fight for
my own family. It's a beautiful town.
Look at our wholesale district; look at
any district you want to; look at the
park system we're putin through, and
the boulevards and the public statuary.
And she grows. Cod how she growsn'
He had become intensely grave; he
spoke with solemnity. "Now, Bibbs,
can't take any of it-nor any gold or
silver nor buildings nor bonds-away
with me in my shroud when l have to
go. But l want to leave my share in
it to my boys I've worked for it; I've
been a builder and a maker; and two
blades of grass have grown where one
grew before whenever I laid my hand
on the ground and willed 'em to grow.
I've built big, and 1 want the buildin'
to go on. And when my last hour
are ready to take charge. Bibbs, when
I'm up above I want to know that the
big share I've made mine, here below,
is CROWN bigger and bigger in the
charge of my boys"
He leaned back, deeply moved.
'Therev' he said, huskily. I've never
spoken more what was in my heart in
my life l do it because l want you
to understand-and not think me a
mean father. 1 never had to talk that
way to Jim and Roscoe. They under
stood without any talk, Bibbs."
Il see,' said Bibbs. "At least
think l do. But"
''Wait a minuter 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
hive 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 1 reckon 1 understand
your case just about as we'll as ht
does, anyway.
"Now, why did work make you sicl
instead of brace you up and make {
man of you the way it ought of done
l pinned ole Quincy down to it. says
Look here, amt it really because HI
just plain hated itY Yes he says
that's it. If he'd enjoyed it, it wouldn'
"a hurt him. And that's about tn
way it is"
YES" said Bibbs, chats about tn
way it is
"Well, then, 1 reckon it's up to m
not only to make you do it, but t
make you like itl'
Bibbs shivered. And he turned upo
his father a look that was alnos
ghostly. II can't" he said, in a 10y