Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-07-07
CHAPTER vIII-continued.

He seated himself in a chair at his
sons side and, leaning over, tapped
Bibbs confidentially on the knee.
s'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. love this town.
love it like I do my own business, and
I'd fight for it as quick as I'd fight for
my own family. It's 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 bouIevards and the public statuary.
And she grows. God! how she grows"
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 | have to
go. But I 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 l laid my hand
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I've built big, and / want the buildin
to go on. And when my last hour
comes / want to know that my boys
are ready to take charge. Bibbs, when
I'm up above want to know that the
big share I've made mine, here below,
As CROWN bigger and bigger in the
charge of my boys"
IL haa Ynnuo6
S"Therev' he said, huskily. ''I've never
spoken more what was in my heart in
my life. / do it because I want you
to Understandable not think me
mean father. l never had to talk that
way to Jim and Roscoe. They under
stood without any talk, Bibbs."
81 see," said Bibbs. cat least
think do. But"
"Wait a minutev' Sheridan raised
his hand eff 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 sani-
tarium because he couldn't stand work.
Now, let's get right down to 1t, Bibbs.
I've had a whole lot O. talk with ole
Doc Quincy about you, one time and
another, and 1 reckon I 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
sman of you the way it ought Of done?
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
Pa hurt him. And that's about the
way it u.s."
EYES," said Bibbs, 'that's about the
way it isl
"Weu, then, I reckon it's up to me
not only to make you do it, but to
make you like it!'
Bibbs shivered. And be turned upon
his father a look that was almost
ghostly. 81 can't" he said, in low
voice. 81 can't
Cant go back to the shop?"
"No. Can't like it, / can't"
Sheridan jumped up, his patience
gone. To his own view, he had rea-
soned exhaustiveIy, had explained
fully and had pleaded more than a 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 go 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
go back and hate it; so it looks as if it
was about up to you not to hate it.
We'll, Gurneys 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 a mistake in
serious matter III 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
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