The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-08-17


morrow. It's the first o. the month
Think you can get up In timer
"Slx O'clock" Bibbs responded brisk
ly. "And | want TO tell you--I'm go
rhg In cheerful spirit AS you said
I'll go and I'll like itr"
That's your lookoutr' his father
grunted. "They'll put you back on the
cllppin' machine. You get nine dollars
week"
"More. than I'm worth, too" said
Bibbs. cheerl!y. THAT reminds me, !
didn't mean you by Midas in that
nonsense I'd been writing. meant"
Makes a hell of lot OF difference
what you meanr'
81 just wanted you to know. Good
night, father"
"G'nlghtr'
The sound Of the young mans foot
steps ascending the stairs became in
audible, and the house was quiet But
presently, as Sheridan sat staring an.
grlly at the fire. the shuflling OF a pair
of slippers could be heard descending
| and Mrs. Sheridan made her appear
| ance, her oblique expression and the
state of her toilette being those OF a
person who, after trying unsuccess-
fully TO sleep on one side, has got up
TO look for burglars.
"Papaw she exclaimed, drowsily
"Why'n't you go to bed2 1t must be
goin' on leven o'clockp
She yawned. and seated herself near
him, stretching out her hands to the
fire. whats the matter?' she asked
sleep and anxiety striving sluggishly
with each other her voice. 81 knew
! you were worried all dinner time
You got something new on your mind
| besides Jims beln' taken away like he
was. What's worryln' you now, papa p
"Nothin'."
She jeered feebly. an tell me that,
You sat up to see Bibbs, didn't your
'He starts In at the shop again to
morrow morning." said Sheridan.
"Just the same as he did before?"
"Just pre-ciselyr'
"How-long you goin' to keep him
at It, papaY she asked, timidly.
Until he knows somethingw The
unhappy man struck his palms to-
| gether, then got TO his feet and began
to pace the room. as was his wont
when he talked. Hell go back to the
machine he couldn't learn to tend prop.
erly in the six months he was there.
and he'll stick to 1t till he does learn
it! That boys whole life, there's been
a settin' up o. something mullsh that's
| against everything l want him to do
I don't know what 1t Is, but it's got
to be worked out of him. Now, labor
amt any more a simple question than
what II was when we were young. My
Idea Is that, outside o. union troubles.
the man that can manage workln' men
Is the man that's been one himself.
| Well, set Bibbs to learn the men and
to learn the business, and he set him
self to balk on the first jobl That's
what he did. and the balk's lasted close
on to three years. II he balks again
I'm just done with himl Sometimes
feel like was pretty near done with
everything. anyhoww
II knew there was something else"
said Mrs. Sheridan, blinking over a
yawn. "You better let II go till to
morrow and get to bed now-'less
you'll tell me2"
Suppose something happened to
Roscoe" he said. "Then what'd
have to look forward tor Then what
could depend on to hold things to-
gether? A lummixl A lummix that
hasn't learned how to push strip o.
zinc along groove"
"Roscoer she yawned. "You needn't
worry about Roscoe. papa. Hes the
strongest child we had. never did
know anybody keep better health than
he does. don't believe he's even had
a cold In Ave years. You better 20 up
TO bed. papa"
suppose something did happen to
him, though. You don't know what II
means, keepln' property together these
days-just keepln' II alive, let alone
maxim 1t grow the way I do. tell
you when man dies, II that dead
mans chuldern amt on the job, night
and day, everything he built III get
carried Off. My Lordl when l think
o. such things comm to mel II don't
seem like deserved it--no man ever
tried harder to raise his boys right
than ! have. l planned and planned
and planned how to bring 'em up to
be guards TO drive the wolves of. and
how to be builders to build. and build
bigger. l tell you this business life is
no FOOLS Job nowadays--a mans got
to have eyes In the back OF his head.
You hear talk. sometimes. a make you
think the millennium had come-but
right thS next breath you'n hear some
body hollerin' about the great unrest
You bet there's great unrestr There
amt any man alive smart enough to
see what it's goin' to do to us In the
end, nor what day It's got set to bust
loose, but It's frothin' and bubblin' In
the boiler. This country's been film
up with II from all over the world for
a good many years, and the old camp.
meetln' days are dead and done with.
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