American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-04-04
CHAPTER XIV.
I Use My Own Compass at a Fork In
the Road,

4 t1llt1o iihiitApoas $3.50
of the young these days.
Mr.. Wright came up for a days fish
ing In July. My uncle and / took him
up the river.
While we ate u luncheon he de-
scribed Jackson and spoke of the ia
nous cheese which he had kept On q
table in the vestibule of the White
House for his callers. He described
his fellow senators-Webster, Clay,
Rives, Calhoun and Benton. / remem-
Der that Webster was, in his view, the
least Of them, although at his best the
greatest orator. We had a delightful
day, and when / drove back to the viii
lage with him that night he told me
that l could go into the office of Wright
& Baldwin after harvesting.
at will do for a start" he said. "a
little later l shall try to find a better
place for you"
My life went on with little In 1t
worth recording until the letter came.
l speak of it as "the letter." because
of its effect upon my career. 1t was
from Sally, and it said:
"Dear Bart: It's all over for n long
time, perhaps forever-that will de-
pend on you. / shall be true to you,
IL you really love me, even If ! hay to
wait many, many years. Mother and
father saw and read your letter. They
say we are too young to be thinking
about love and that we have got to
stop It. How can l stop 1t? ! guess l
would have to stop living. But we
shall have to depend upon our men,
cries now. l hope that yours Is as
good as mine. Father says no more
letters without his permission, and he
stamped his foot so hard that l think
he must have made a dent in the floor.
Talk about slavery-what do you think
of that2 Mother says that we must
wnlt-that 1t would make father a
great deal of trouble If 1t were known
that / allowed you to write. | guess
the soul of old Grlmshaw is still fol-
lowing you. Well, we must stretch out
} that lovely day as far as we can. On
the third of June, 1914, we shall both
be twenty-one-and l suppose that we
can do as we please then. The day
} is a long way off, but l will agree to
meet you that day at eleven in the
morning under the old pine IN the
} river where l met you that day and
you told me that you loved me. If
either or both should die our souls will
know where to find each other. II
! you will solemnly promise, write these
words and only these to my mother
Amour omnia vinclt, but do not sign
. your name.
SALLY"
What a serious matter 1t seemed to
me thenl 1 remember that 1t gave
Time a rather slow foot. / wrote the
words very neatly and plainly on 9
sheet of paper and mailed 1t to Mrs
DunkelberG. / wondered If Sally woult
e stand firm. and longed to know the
secrets of the future. More than evel
l was resolved to be the principal wit
ness in some great matter, as m.
friend in Ashery lane had put 1t.
] was eight months with Wright {
Baldwin when l was offered a clerk
ship In the office of Judge Westbrook
at Cobleskill, In Schoharie county, a
two hundred a year and my board.
hlltN Hol lltl just INV AhN ny hu'
come, but knew that the senator mus
have recommended me. | know nov
that he wanted n reliable witness o
the rent troubles which were growing
acute In Schoharle, Delaware and CO
lumbla counties.
1t was a trial to go so far fror
home, as Aunt Deel put 1t, bat both m
aunt and uncle agreed that 1t was "fo
the best"
How 1t wrung my heart, when Nj
Purvis and / got into the stage at Cal
Z ton, to see my aunt and uncle standin
by the front wheel looking up at mi
How old and lonely and forlorn the
lookedl Aunt Deel had her purse
her hand. / remember how she took
- dollar out of It'll suppose 1t was tn
. only dollar she had-and looked at
n moment and her handed it up
Il me.
Al "You better take It." she said. "P
VI fraid you won't have enough"
How her hand and lips trembledi
have always kept that dollar.
lcouldn't see them as we drove ava
The judge received me kindly al
gave Purvis a job In his garden.
al was able TO take his dlctatlon In SCUM
ICE, hand and spent most of my time
ans taking down contracts and correspou
ge- cnce and drafting them into pror
iect form, which l had the knack of dol
rather neatly. / was impressed by
he'd immensely of certain towns in I
II. neighborhood, and there were sol
# n temptations In my way. Many peop
hat and especially the prominent men.
ion dulged in ardent spirits.
lun- We had nea us there a little sect
nce Of the old world which was trying, il
/, In half-hearted fashion. to maintain
me self in the midst of a democracy.
at was the immortal life of the patro,
IA relic of ancient feudallsm VIII
n had its beginning in 1929. when
WIN West Indies company issued Its Oh
ter of privileges and exemptions. L