The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06
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Poftux0e1 an distressed, 0ibb0 roe0
instinctiveiy; - felt himself at every
p~ssibls 1iAdvantase. he was 4
sleeper efn9ing = Z lrsam-a rough
hand strstcAsA - shake him and wax
en- him. He wat to . table and made
vague drawings upon It with . Anger.
ana - 10 sDeks 10 kept his eyss low
ersl. "Yos wsssn't altogether right
7beut TIE GAsp-khat II, IN one way
fou wereA't, father" He glanced up
apprshsnstvoly. Sheridan stoed facing
him. expressisnless. and made no At
..smpt to interrupt. That's dinicult to
explain" Bibbs continued. lowering
ais eyes again. to follow the tracings
Of his Anger. IL believe the shop
might have done for ME this time II
! hadn't-if something hadn't helped
rns to-oh, not only to bear II. but to
be happy n It. Well, am happy In
It. want to 90 on just ~ I an. And
OF all things On earth that I don't want.
I don't want to i've Z business life
don't want to be drawn into 1t. 1
don't think Il II uving--and now l am
living. have the healthful toll-and
| can think. In business az important
~ yours / couldn't think anything but
businoss. DON'T don't think max
ins money u worth while"
"Go o." said Sheridan. CURLY. a
Bibbs paused timidiy.
1T hasn't seemed to get anywhere.
that I can ses." said Bibbs. you think
this city = rich and powerful-but
what's the use Of it, being rich and
powerful1 They don't. teach the chill
dren any more II the schools because
the city - rich and powerful. They
teach tAem more than they used to be-
causs some ~people-not rich and pow
erful people - have thought the
heughts = teach the children. And
yet whee you've bssn reading the pa
per I've hard you objscting to the
cAf31rsa bsiAg taught anything except
what weull hslp them to make money.
You sa1A & was wasting the taxes.
Yeu waat 0sn taught to make I Nv
ine. but ~ . I've. When I was 4
iittie bey 0is wasn't N ugly town;
new IT, hi6sous. What's tho use 81
belng big Just 70 - hideous1 mean
Aan't think eli this has meant really
eeeng ahsAA-it's Just been getting
bagyer ard Alrtier and noisicr. Wasn't
- w1ele country happier and In many
wayD Wiser when It was smaller and
ejoaner and Quister and kinder7 l
knew you think I'm an utter fool. "a
~. but. after al. though. aren't busi-
49, ana politics Just the housekeeping
ut oe Net And wouldn't you despisc
Womon that not only made her
1ouoo6ooDlag her ambition, but did It
- n01A1y and dirtily that the whole
nGlnhboe1eo6 was In ! continual tur-
noli evoe IT. And suppose she talked
onA tAought shout her housekeeping
~ ~ t1ne. ard was always having
1Int0ooo built - her house when she
1ol1npt keep cloan what shc already
an0 suppose. with It all. she made
49, altogether u~npeaceful and
nnnvah1o1
49, - miAsts!" Sheridan inter
$50 aAdinG. With terrible courtesy,
- - VIII pssmit me? Have you
NRsh6oa right abeut anything7'
go Quite-"
60 - simple question: Have
- oVor besn right about anything
~Seoevof = ~ course Of your life7
~ - svee e2en ngmk. upon my
~ - queDlfon you've thought
= talko1 ohcut1 Can you men
80 Glnglo tjms when you weYe
N - - rfnnfY
- 10uflshtne H. bandaged
A3n1 - ~ eDe1a. but Dibbe snid only.
lss0lloD alwo1o besn wroog before.
1910 0oeo chance that In
aoetnk nOmD MonA1S