The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-04-06

kind and quantity Of gray matter that
will make him a success in ANYTHING
II he ever wakes up! The thousands
of men At for the life you want him to
lead aren't At to do much with the
life he ought to lead. Blindly. he's
been fighting for the chance to lead
it-he's obeying something that begs
to stay alive within him: and. bllndly,
he knows you'll crush It out You've
set your will to do 1t. Let me- tell you
something more. You're half mad with
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: and the
very self Of the law makes Bibbs deny
you tonight. The law beats you. But
you've set yourself against II, to bend
1t to your own ends, to WELD It and
twist it"
The voice broke from Sheridan's
heaving chest in a shout. Yes! And
by God. l wtllv'
80 Ajax defied the lightning" said
Quincy.
I've heard that dam-fool story.
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fed the lightning did he. the jackass!
II he'd been half a man he'd "a got
away with 1t. We don't go shown OF
defyin' the lightning-we hitch 1t up
and make it work for US like black
steer.'
well. what about Bibbs?" said Cur.
ney. viii you be really big man
now and"
Quincy, you know a lot about big.
ness" Sheridan began to walk to and
fro again. and the doctor returned
gloomily to his chair. He had shot his
bolt the moment he judged Its chance
to strike center was best, but the tar.
get seemed unaware of the marks
man.
I'm tryin' to make a big man out O.
that poor truck yonder," Sheridan went
on. land you step in, beggin' the to let
him be Lord knows what DON'T I
suppose you figure, 1t out that now I
got son-in-law, mightn't need SOM
Yes, got son-in-law now-s
spenderr'
"Oh, put your hand backw said Cur.
ney. YEARLY.
WI u UIouZe lHkSIuuO upon
the table. Sheridan put his right hand
in the sling. but with his left he swept
the inkstand from the table and half.
way across the room-a comet with q
destroying black tail. Mrs. Sheridan
shrieked and sprang toward it.
Let 1t lay"' he shouted, fiercely.
LET 1t lay" And, weeping, she
obeyed. Yes. SIR he went on, in q
voice the more ominous for the sudden
hush he put upon 1t. II got spender
for sonEin-law! It's wonderful
where property goes, sometimes There
was ole man Tracy-you remember
He went into the bank as messenger,
seventeen years old; he was president
at forty three, and he built that bank
with his life for forty years more. Gin
edge, that bank? 1t was diamond
edged? He used to eat a bag O. pea.
nuts and an apple for lunch but he
wasn't stingy-he was Just Twin In his
business. He didn't care for pie OF
automobiles-he had his bank. 1t was
an institution, and 1t come pretty near
bein the beatin' heart O. this town In
its time. Well, that ole man used to
pass one O. these here turned up nose
and turned-up- pants cigarette boys on
the streets. Never spoke to him,
Tracy didn't. Speak to him? God
he wouldn't "a coughed on him! BE
wouldn't "a let him clean the cuspi.
doris at the bank! Why, If he'd "a just
seen him standin' In front the bank
he'd "a had him run off the street And
yet all Tracy was doin' every day OF
his life was workin' for that cigarette
boy! Tracy thought he was givin'
his life and his life blood and the
blood Of his brain for the bank, but
he wasn't. 1t was every bit-from
the time he went In at seventeen till
he died In harness at eighty!three-
1t was every last lick of 1t just
slavin' for turnedup- nose, turned
up-pants cigarette boy. And Tracy
didn't even know his name! He died
not ever havin heard it, though he
chased him off the front steps of his
house once. The day after Tracy died
his old-maid daughter married the
cigarette-and there amt any Tracy
bank any more! And now"-his voice
rose again-'and now l got q cigarette
son-in- law"
Quincy pointed to the nourishins
right hand without speaking, and Sher
dan once more returned 1t to the sling.
my son-in-law likes Florida this
winter" Sheridan went on. That's
good, and my son-in-law better enjoy
1t, because I don't think he'll be there
next winter They got twelve thou
sand dollars to spend, and I hear II
can be done In Florida by rich sons-in-
law. When Roscoe's woman got me to
spend that much on a porch for their
new house, Edith wouldn't give me a