The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-07-06
FeIdner's
Conscience
y
By JOHN ELKINS

typewriter. endieSSly printing Dear
sir" and Yours respectfully" without
thinking much about the matter be-
tween. though she was always
rate and c-onScientiOusly earned her
wages. How can a young OF
twenty. whose mind does not run into
the commercial groove, be expected 10
take a burning interest in contracts
for machinery, or the price Of steel
plate? So Katharine did not take no.
tice Of the change in the FIRMS materi-
ais. nor the shipments Of the same.
She took much more notice OF the tall.
well-buiIt. fair-hsired young man who
was quite sure 10 be somewhere nea
the entrance when she went q 20
lunch. They became 50 well scQuaint-
ed that after awhile he called ON her
at her home. where she lived with an
aunt.
Max Feldner had come to America
with his parents when only a tiny lit
tie lad. and had been trained and edu-
catcd with a love and loyalty for its
institutions. Though thoroughly Amer
lean. he did not forget his fatheriand.
Both parents were now dead but NIax
kept on his sturdy, honest way. keep
ina alive the ideals they had left him
He was a master mechanic - aEpa-
BILE and efficient that he well earned
the several raises Of salary he had ~
ceiyed.
Perhaps it was because Katharine,
TOO. had her ideals that they became
such good friends She WIS uor -
very different from many o-her girls.
but she certainly raj different trvu
those whose ideals are bounded by
pretty clothes jeweEry. automobiles no
work and unlimited amusement Lie
meant tn her something 6uer and
higher. and she read AMI sg1i1ed Co.
ward the opening up q hrEar vis-as
But Max went Sometimes far beFgu1
the regions she had explored To &c
sure. they wrur 90 movies plays and
danced like en- normal ya-lr Belpls
are wont % do 5zt these things ID
u0t entirely make Up ths-r E1s
50 far the rel1tiozs between The tug
had been gutRarrEy 0Cy a plalsalr
friendship but with Max Cd ulea1r
something mucA more He d5 1ar
mean 70 marry till there was uors
mooney laid aside for a l,rLe hsce su-
he Meant 70 ask Katharine Z she
would STARE Z u.-E h
Su3lsry suuerh@ ca11--s AZ MS
plans He wrrs Ea-ha- a u1ca say
lzr BE- h1z ef- rke arrarT t-1 Was
E1l-E % Nsw YorE Ia rgClt wri-s
Ivl-s hsr M 15ass rhzre md h1Ce5
O. So hsr sa-c
Ea-1z-l-z wondered AVA A. rs
a departure u Max and &C. dly
w-u- ~ far a. b. AK Emery fled cue
q IN 5oazsssgerx L be EneE WY
-Oh h4s a crank said Field cue
r-eugt1o1siy. He go soms foL 10
ul1s that ghs b9ss wouldn't stand
that's an And she received 10 fur
th-r infacuarioz- But Fteid began %
Be very atrsndVe and tod himself h
had quite fi.cd the place ia the girls
reSsni which Max Feldner had hsld
About this time Katharine's uncle
died. leaving her about 5000 She
wrote 20 Max telling him Of her good
fortune. He answered with q kind
letter Of generalization; but h. did
not say much about himself excep,
that h Vas still looking for work
Meanwhile the persistent attentions
Of Field. his kindness and sympathy
were not without effect. It was ev.
dent Katherine had begun To care fol
| him. and Emery Fields chances foi
winning the ~heiress" looked extremell
promising.
In her last letter from Max he haC
: told her he was leaving the address
> he had given her. he might even b,
obliged to leave New York. bur b.
would write her as soon as anythin.
was settled.
Katherine had not been 20 New
York in sons time. 1t was only fort,
miles away, but she had been wOrkiu.
very steadily, and had spent her shOr
vacations elsewhere. so she gladly az
cepted the invitation OF a girl frienr
who had married, and gone to the bi
city to live. Vaguely she hoped al
might > Max. but that was so highl
improbable, she quite dismissed IN
matter from her mind.
She found her friend. Mrs. Heinz
stead, nicely settled in an uptow
apartment, and several days went b
in a round Of shopping and anus,
ments, One morning, after answeriu
a whistle from the region OF the duml
waiter, Mrs. Hampstead came bac
with the exclamation: 20 Katharine
you saw such a janltor, He
a wonderl~
"Ohr" said Katharine Indifferent
not being especially interested
j%anltors.
"Well If you'd had to put up vii
what we have, you'd say a long pra
er to keep this one. He answers y,
like a gentleman, and he's a MARY
at doing anything from door locks
electric light wires. We used 10 ha'
to wait days for electricians al