The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-03-20
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reverenced and adOred the memory OF
his father secondly, his age and his
eyes md his game leg wo,ll,ln't let him
go to war himself And rs he observed
the martial bearing and uncompronlis,
Ing saze Of Colonel Simpkins he saw, ]
In lima tnAtiOll, The khAki-t.lad lads of
the new generation marching forth and
crossing three thousand miles OF sea to
6ghi. maybe die, for liberty ..s:. .s.E
Mr. Si,hnkins: pecre,l around 10 ma Ike
sure that neither I,css nor John .(whn
were III the teasing ages of sixteen
and stvt,,,een) we're where they could
see+=sl,iln 2~illel, he Strengthened and
threw his RICH, arm, up for Il salute.
But his gou'y shoulder twingetl. and he
gr"aneti: lie cnn'.!n'teven salute
:''l.an'n T. I slid Ar Sinlpkins. mud
witis his other hand tiercely twirled his
white i,lnstachit,s: s< +. %:s,,: !.
lie 2tur'e+' and tiu,peh INTO the IL
hrary an: sal down t.reMkily before the
| mahogany desk on which, were lying
the blanks for his income tax state
nien,. blanks which he had rather
grumpily gOi from the Internal Reve-
nue. officer only. that day after lunch
con on his way home from the club.
Mr.. SiHpkinS 'ncnme for 1917 had
amounted to just about $4,000, and he
had iecn rather =Snappy on the sub.
jert Of taxes ever since he had sdlscov-
cred shat the more income man has
the greater the percentage Of. it he
pays in taxes lie could stink Of sew
erat men who. like himself. were mar.
ried and had two children. and yet,
although !Mrir incomes were nearly
half Of his. they would pay only q
small fraction Of the amount he paid.
He gI"mmily drew tho blank nearer
and began filling in Tile information
| that il asked for
AS Mr.. Simpkin$ income was $15O(N
he had to figure rHt the amounts pay
able on each Of the successive smaller
| classes of incomes in order to arrive
a. III" total due from himself. lie
| pay ."Ses that Is single, men making
| over 1909 His calculation for mar
ried men then shower! up as follows:
First, they lmy , per cent. (un.ler
| the l9lG law on all income over
! $4(NN|. ,'r.I"cting 5000 for each of their
| children ur"l"r "i%l.'crn years In Mr..
! Siml'kins' ease this was $212. which he
! {.Ul down IN The "'iayable" column :
He 81" next that. under the 1911
saw. married men pay an additional ?
'.'r rcn'. on all over $2.WW---wi'h the.
| SAM" allowance for children. This
n.'hn! S..,:1,:,:In his 'ln,y:,he" column. -
| Tie :h.n observed, that for every
S2!.:NN jr,l, in his income over $1,000
''r had to nav q Sl'rtax. the percentage
CROWN" 'ar:"r with each jump. This.
| w:,s -s:3':-h ,n,ve added to his burden.
| \n! ~, sol, "f all this came ar "Ex.
cess l'r'!iS" taX IF 3 per cent. OH all
'r".'ns alton" income over $4,000. max:
tn- go r",rr
| ~" i"::'i. :I.rh. he must pay was four.
teen li'n'Iresl and :hirtyfour dollars
"Whrw," rxr!aimeI MIR Simpki,,s
an"ri|y 'Tlcrc'S young Henry Will
kin>. VIII" u::srri.M Jake .Iohnson's girl,
tr ;k..> s.. '.K) aud he doesn't pay
crI' If ,:;v,s guess this is his war
rs we'll as minr"'
| -T!inkin: "f Young Henry Wilkins,
ne '",ncr,'"r."I that Mrs. Wilkins wen,
every nf.cr;ru,l' 10 make hnn,IagpS for
he Red tr,ss and tha; Henry. who
! WITS :, taWyrr was niii!g the local
bnfi h;sr! with its qutSiinnn,ireS.
! ~ 81! he admitted to himself.
| "t'';' n''a.> :. difference
! n: ''or:it "c<, Of Judge Wilioush
! b! Nh">' in''"m was alio,t $1,000
| ale ",uy laws 500" commented Mr..
| = nl kinS. not quite so anyriIy this
| tim" and shris p 'ln',,:yi,t struck him
and l." 81, III ri"i.tly in his chair
| '.':yr v iiouGl,''y's son had hecn
drowned en- The TnS.Mnia whe.. it was
su'',ln, lined with the loss of two hun.
dre,l soldiers ..~2 ..~-..- ~
| 'j"''gr Nillolyhhy gave his son to
America. -m'ltseret MIR; Simpkins.
| lie teamed forward suddenly and nut
his face IN his hands >~r, -.
| Fi Il long time Mr. St,nDkins sat
! yer. still III that position There was
II" >.ul,d il, tile library except the
ticking Of The tall clock and an occa-
sinn:.I 'ri'l of laughter from the chill
tlr"n <ky|:.:king upstairs The square
Of tight "n the carpet gradually with.
drew itself through the window, and
tirs,<iwilight anil then darkness settled
in a'".u, the quiet, white haired. some
Tin: ir:.<t.ihle old man. 1T .:... Il.
Mr. Silnrkins was thinking things
which he would never afterward speak
Of. he was thinking things that were
to-" sacred ever to he put into words.
! tsu' some ,nkling: OF his thoughts may
he found in his reJoinder TO Mrs.
Sinnktns when that placid lady came
III and turned on the lights, and asked
him whether he was ready for dinner.
Judge WillOnghhy.s only son was
worth, as nnnch rs fourteen hundred
and 'hirty-fo,lr dollars. wnsn't hep
Mr.. Simpkins demanded OF her. Zz- S. = 5
AS his wife. who. was not unused to
his superficial irrita,ions. yatcl,edZ him
In mild ;.s.unisbment, Mr. Simpkins
tinll'.n' .oHi IN the hall and took his
4 old felt Int and Silvpr-hendefi cane.