Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-05-18

| on the ground and Wllled 'em to grow.
I've built big, and want the buildin'
/ to go ON. And when my last hour
comes I want to know that my boys
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.
'There,'' he said, huskfly- 1--WE never
| spoken more what was In my heart in
my life 1 do it because want you
to Understandable not think me a
mean father I never had to talk that
way to Jim and Roscoe. They under
stood without any talk, Bfbbs."
81 seey" said Bibbs "At least l
| think [ do. But"
his hand. IF 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 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 I 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 a
man of you the way it ought of done?
| I pinned ole Quincy down to it. l 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
"a burt him And that's about the
way it isl
eyes," said Bibbs, ''that's about the
way it is
"Well,. then, I reckon it's up to me
not only to make you do it, but to
make you like it!''
Bibbs shivered. And he turned upon
his father a look that was almost
ghostly Il can't" he said, in low
voice. Il can't
Cant go back to the shop?"
NO Can't like it. I can't"
Sheridan jumped up, his patience
gone. To bis own view, he had rea-
soned exhaustively, 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 willr' 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 IL kill you if you
go back and hate it; so it looks as if it
was about up to you not to hate it.
Well, Gurney's a 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 mistake i'll a
serious matter in 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
vindicate my judgment. Quincy says
it's all mental attitude Well, you're
goin' to learn the right one! He says
in couple of more months this fool
be disappeared completely and you'll
be back in as good or better condition
than you were before you ever went
into the shop. And right then is when
you begin overnight in that same
shop! Nobody can call me a hard man
or a mean father. I do the best [ can
for my children, and [ take the full
responsibility for bringin' my sons up
to be men. Now, SO far, I've failed
with you. But I'm not goin' to keep
on failin' I never tackled a job yet
didn't put through, and I'm not goin'
to begin with my own son. I'm goin
to make a man of you. By God!
amp
Bibbs rose and went slowly to the
door, where he turned. "You say you
give me couple Of months?" he said
Sheridan pushed a bell-button on his
desk. Quincy said two months more
would put you back where you were
You go home and begin to get yourself
in the right mental attitude before
those two months are up! Goodbye"
"Good-by, SIR" said Bibbs, meekly.