Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1918-09-09
Get" and Give"
By RALPH HAMILTON
1c0pyrisAt. isis. western Newspaper Union

QOa0uGIy. " duueH. SstAu refer A1uS
I to his lawyer I'm getting pretty old.
/ and want to get some sure idea OF
how my fortune is going TO be spent
when ! am OUT Of the way"
That is a feature impossible Of
demonstration" replied he of the le-
gal mind. "As / understand IL. you
have in mind leaving Percy Clare and
Walter Deane, your nephews and
closest of kin, most of your estate.
"All of 1t. practically" stated Mr..
Tying.
avery well. you have got TO take
risk. Both of them are fair speci-
mems of young men. Walter Deane is
a free-hearted, generous sort of fell
low. but might be wasteful II he had
lots of money. Percy Clare is his di-
rect opposite-saving. almost miserly,
overdoes the puritanical pose. / con-
| slider. What fortune would do for
either can't say"
II am willing to spend twenty thou
sand dollars to find out"
"Why, what do you meanf"
"Just this. 1 am going away for
few months to California. You make
II Alaska. l am caught In snow
slide, or captured by Indians, or go
over waterfall. To all seeming 1
have died. l leave a will dividing
my fortune between Percy and Wal
ter. Primarily you treat the boys as
sure heirs. You advance each ten
thousand dollars in earnest of an en-
tire division when the final proofs OF
death are secured. Understand|
az do" answered Mr.. Wandell, but
I won't say approve Of the expensive
procedure"
ut win be worth the money to me-"
declared Tying, and that settled 1T.
Lawyer Wandell had accurately de-
scribed the two young men interest
ed. They were models in different
ways-nothing of the roysterer about
either of them. Walter was full OF
life and popular. Percy had a sort Of
secretiveness about him that some
took for dignity and others for a
mask.
"Get" was the basis upon which he
operated--get friends, enjoyment.
prominence, no matter If more worthy
ones were jostled aside. "Give" was
the motive power that made every
body love Walter. The wealth of his
genial sympathy or his purse-it was
all the same to him so that some one
else was made happy.
In one point these two young men
were unanimous-both were in love
with Bertha Lane. She was the belle
of their social set and unspoiled by
pride or praise. The group were in
the heydey of youth, pursuing whole
some, engrossing amusements when
the plot of Uncle Peter and Lawyer
Wandell fructified. The announcement
of the probable demise of Mr.. Tying
shocked the town. The depth of
seriousness in Walter belied the gen
eral estimate of his fiightiness. The
gravity Of Percy deepened. Then after
little spell Mr.. Wandell informed
them that the uncle had provided for
them fully, that they were his sole
heirs, and, pending absolute proofs of
| death, the legatees were to be adj
vanced $4,000 each.
, BY this time Walter was his old nat
ural self once more. He spoke rever.
emily and affectionately of his uncle
but affected no hypocritical solemnity
| It was not In his nature.
: "The good old scout-he is a dear
old fellowi" he said. and feelingly
s'He always loved me. and was always
, worried for fear I'd turn out wild. I'll
show my respect for him by starting
, right into my medical career"
"Ten thousand dollars is lot OF
, money" observed Percy Glare. 81
think / know way to double It," and
opened a small Office and claimed to
be In "real estate and loans"-the lat.
ter most particularly. as was later dis
closed.
One day the young physician
amazed the community. There had
been for some time a movement on
foot to establish an orphan home for
the district Walter happened to be
at a meeting where the subscriptions
were asked to secure a site. They
came in slowly. Suddenly he jumped
to his feet In his forcible. impetuous
way.
sFriends,' he said. 'ft takes eight
thousand dollars to secure the site
Good. I'll donate 1t, and all / ask is
to be given the distinction Of house
physician to the little ones. Bless
their dear little heartsI I'll be the
real big brotherl"
Some smiled at the characteristic
liberality. Percy sneered; but Ber.
tha, 1t took only this final evidence of
the true nobility of soul of Walter to
win her esteem and love complete. And
then it came out that the real business
of Percy was of loaning small amounts
of money to workmen and others al
rate preposterously usurious.
One day the discovery was made
that Peter Tying was alive and well
His reception among his friends was
an ovation. He proceeded to rear.
range his affairs.
Percy" he observed TO his eldest
nephew, '.you have certainly discov-
cred the philosophers stone by making
a dollar grow into three in a year. Sc
you don't need much more capital
After / get Walter and Bertha settled
down I'm going to build that orphans
home myself. Ny eyes have beer
opened to what lots Of good an old cod
ger like myself can do with his money
If he wants to Walter taught me- fhc