The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06

viii make him a sucoess in anything
IL he ever wakes up! The Thousands
OF men at for the life you want him to
lead aren't ut to do much with the
life he ought to lead. Bllndly. he's
been lighting for the chance to lead
it-he's obeying something that begs
to stay alive within him: and. blindly,
he knows you'll crush Il out You've
set your Will to do It. Let mo tell you
something You're half mad with
4 consuming fury against the very
self Of the law-the law that took Jim
FROM you. The very self Of the law
took Roscoe from you and gave Edith
the certainty OF beating you: anA the
very self OF the law makes B!bbs deny
you tonight. The law beats you. But
you've set yourself against II. to bend
It to your own ends, to WELD 1t and
twist it"
The voice broke from Eheridan's
hcaving chest in a shout. Eyes! And
by God. will"
80 Ajax deaed the lightning" said
Quincy.
I've heard that dam'fool story.
too" Sheridan retorted, cxediy. "De-
ned the lightning did be, tho Jnckass.
II he'd been half a man he'd "a got
away with II. We don't go shown or
defyin' the li~ghtnlng-we hitch it up
and make 1t work for US Hike a black
steer!"
We'll, what about Bibbs? p said Cur
ney. "Will you be a really big nan
now and"
Quincy. you know a lot about big
ness" Sheridan began to walk to and
fro again, and the doctor returned
gloomlly to his chair. He had ehot his
bolt the moment he judged It's chance
to strike center was best. but the tar
get seemed Of the marks
man.
I'm tryin' to make a big man out O.
that poor truck ondar," Sheridan went
on. and you step In. begin nae to let
him be Lord knows what don't!
suppose you figure it out that now l
got q so~n-tn-law. I mixhtn't need a son!
YA. ! got Z son-in-!aw nova
spcnder"
"Oh, put your hand back said Cur
ney, YEARLY.
There was a bronze inkstand upon
tho table. Sheridan pat his right hand
In the sling. but with his left be swept
the inkstand from the table and half
way across the roonl-a comet with .
destroying black tail. Mrp. BhsrtdaE
shriekcd and sprnng toward It.
Let It layr hs shouted. fercely.
Let It lay~ And. weeping. enc
obeyed. TIES, sir" he went on. IN "a
voice the more ominous for the sudd. III
hush he put upon It II cot 4 spender
for a s%onin-law. ITS wonderful
where property goes. sometimes. There
was ole man Tracy-you remember
him Doc. r. Trncy. solid banker.
He went Into the bank as messenger
seventeen years old: he was president
at forty-three. Gnd be built that bank
with his life for forty years more. Gilt
edge, that bank? II was diamond
edgrd? He used to eat n bag o. pea
nuts and an apple for lunch: but he
wasn't stinay-he was jast Twin in h.s
business. He DIDN'T care for pie or
automnbiles-ha had his bank. 1t was
IN institution, and It ON pretty near
bein' the beat.n' heart O this town in
its time. Well. that ole man used to
pass one O. these hore t~urned-up- noge
End turned-uD- pants cigarette boys on
the streets. Never spoke to him,
Tracy didn't. Speak to him? God!
he wouldn't a couGhcd on him! lie
wouldn't "a lot him clean the cuspi-
dors at the bank! why, II he'd "a just
seen hin, standin' IN front the bank
he'd a had hin run OF the street. And
yet all Tracy vas doin' every day OK
his life was workin' for hat cigarette
boy! Tracy thought he was g!via'
his life and his life blood and the
blood OF his brain for the bank. but
he wasn't It was every blt-fron
the time hs went In 1t seventeen till
he died In harness 1t eighty three
it was every last lick Of 1t just
slavtn' for a turned-up-nose, turned.
up-pants cigarette boy. And Tracy
didn't eve know bis aame! He died
not Y havin' heard II. though he
chased him Of the front steps OF his
house once. The day aftsr Tracy died
bis old-maid dauShtss married the
cign rette-and there amt any Tracy
bank any more! And nows-his voice
rose again-"and now I got a cigarette
son-ln-law"
Quincy pointed 10 tho dourishins
right hand without spea king, and sheri-
dan once more returned 1t to. the sling.
MY son-in-lav likes Florida this
winter" Sheridan went on. That's
good, ana my eon-in-law better enjoy
It, because I daa't think he'll be there
next winter. They got twelve thou
sand dollars to spend. ana l hear 1t
can be done in Florida by Rich sons,in-
law. When Roscoe's woman got me to
spend that much on q porch for their
new house. Edith wouldn't give me a
minutes rest till I turned over the
salne to her. And She's got II, besides
what I gave her to go east on. It'll
be gone long before this time next
year, and when she es home and
80 TIM nj 60 rata hnhirH- -. raod