Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-06-18

And I tell you, you can shake this
thing Off. All you need is a little get
up and a little gumption. Men don't
go away for years and then come back
into moving businesses like Ours-they
lose the strings. And If you could.
won't let you--if you lay down on me
now, I wOn't-and that's because II
you lay down you prove you amt the
man | thought you WERE" He cleared
his throat and finished quietly: RIOS
coe. will you take months vacation
and come back and go to it,"
NO" said Roscoe, listlessly. I'm
through"
"All right" said Sheridan. He picked
up the evening paper from table
went to a chair by the fire and sal
down, his back to his son. "Goodby.'
Roscoe rose his head hanging, bul
there was a dull relief in his eyes.l
BEST I can do" he muttered, seeming
about to depart, yet lingering. 81 fig
ure it out good deal like this" he
said 81 didn't know my job was any
strain, and / managed all right, but
from what Gur-frOm what | hear, ]
was just up to the limit Of my nerves
from Overwork, and the-the trouble
at home was the extra strain that's
fixed me the way l am. | tried to
brace, so l could stand the work and
the trouble too, on whisky-and that
put the finish to me! I'm not hit
ting it as hard as l was for a while
and reckon pretty soon II | can gel
to feeling little more energy, l better
try to quit entirely-I don't know.
I'm all inland the doctor says 80.
thought l was running along fine up
to few months ago, but all the time
l was ready to bust, and didn't know
it. Now, then, don't want you te
blame Sibyl. and if I were you J
wouldn't speak of her as that won.
an because she's your daughter-in
law and going.to stay that way. She
didn't do anything wicked. 1t was 8
shock to me- and l don't deny it, tc
find what she had done-encouragine
that fellow to hang around her after
he began trying to tlirt with her. and
losing her head over him the way she
did. l don't deny it was a shock and
that it'll always be hurt inside of me
I'll never get over. But it was my
fault; didn't understand woman's
nature" Poor Roscoe spoke in thu
most profound and desolate earnest
"A woman Graves society, and gayety
and meeting attractive people, and
travelling. Well, | can't give her thu
other things. but | can give her the
travelmg-real travelling. not just go
ing to Atlantic City or New Orleans
the way she has. two, three times. :
woman has to have something in he'
life besides business man. And that's
all | was. I never understood till
heard her talking when she was SC
sick, and I believe If you'd heard heI
then you wouldn't speak so hard
heartedly about her: / believe yoI
might have forgiven her like | have
That's all l never cared anything for
any girl but her in my life, but ! was
so busy with business | put it ahead
of her 1 never thought about her, :
was so busy thinking business. Well
this is where it's brought us tO-ano
now when you talk about business
to me feel the way you do when any.
body talks about Quincy to you. The
word business makes me diZzy-it
makes be honestly sick at the stomach
7 believe if l had to go downtown and
step inside that office door I'd fal,
down on the floor, deathly sick. You
talk about months vacation'-and
get just as sick. I'm rattled-I CAM
explain-I haven't got any plans-canf
make any. except to take my girl and
get just as far away from that Office
as can-and stay. We're going II
Japan first, and If we"
(To be Continued