The Lamar register., 1920-01-21

unrliS NH'Htlbn llan uHTing Ille sFnpbi
term 1t was In the fall, and was
home for n few days, when feit that
the opportune time had arrived.
1--WE were walking down one Of the
back streets on our way to the woods.
A steam shovel was excavating for
skyscraper. and the noise seemed TO
give me nerve. Cassie I blurted out.
don't you think that-er-er-it's
about time We got--got-'lown Ia bust
neey and-well become engagedT
'She was looking intently al the
steam shovel. The thing appeared to
chus=ing and Its snorting as II strained
AT its base and seemed several times
on the point Of overturninR Itself.
thrusting the huge shovel against the
dirt wall and forcing II upward, grad
ually filling II, the tremendous. VI
hrnting power Of the mnchine winning
against great resistance from the bank
Of dirt. us well as the law OF gravita-
tion.
''She watched the big crane swing
the shovel round and dump lts CON
l'ill~ llllu " NHllAub NakVus hht
hoisting apparatus was again set at
work on ~" hank Of dirt aud the proc
-ss repeated A lapse came with
break Ia the chain of wagons which
carried the dirt away. Then Cassie
| turned Ia me.
- knew this wrs comlng-some
time she said. 'nnd | dreaded the mo
ment. Jim. think lot Of you. You're
very clever. hut there's one thing,
| tremendous big thing. lacking in you.
| lis physical bower, or the ability to
control PLY power. You may
| have great mind. hut you are puny
| physically. ! admire strength. I ad-
u;irr power. II you We're only like
| TX. That st-nm shovel there, tearing
| away NJ III" earth. crushing all resist
/ rnr". ] c"uld he happy with you. Some
| day there'U he mammoth building
| there. where the rilchine Is working.
- rin't help H. Jim. and probably
Il ."..r's foolish To you hnt must tell
| You. ~ matter how II hurts. that n
1 you vrrr ihr engineer on that steam
-lirv-l y"u would stand q much bet
! ter chance with me than you would rs
n lawyer. Al least. you would be
rnrnins money with your strength. Tor
the utau thai operates the shovel must
| be- strong
~ confess that little speech noored
me We started to walk away. hut
| wagon arrived. and the steam shovel
.trrtsd operations again and Cassie
| had tn watch II some more. I
StranGlcd, gulpei and hnally managed
10 say. weakly:
"'Ye-. and some day I'll have an
Office IN thns mammoth building
That was the last time ! was ever
wirh her. With mingled disgust. bit
terness and sadness went back to
college and finished my course.
cnme home with my diploma and II
was not long before I began to win
| success-success such ms II IT, fm
making good as a criminal lawyer. I'm
winning victories right along In court.
but when Il comes TO finances ! admit
TN not overwhelmed. | have few
thousand I'm the bnnk snd I'm making
more every day. but I'll never be rich.
Perhaps ! would save more II had
| an incentlve-like that steam shovel
engineer has"
| "You mean" broke In. my eyes
popping with establishment.
| Yes. ! mean that Cassie somehow
got acquainted with the engineer Of
the steam shovel and married him
She took that man. grimy and ig-
norant. who worked with his hands.
instead OF me. clean and educated
who worked with my brain"
Glenquist's cigar had gone out. and
| he rose and went across the room to a
shelf where he kept matches. His
cigar stand. at his elbow as he sat
and talked. wns never known to hold
3 match. although there was = place
for a box OF then. He took q few
1 puts and came back TO the chair,
well. I made good on my boast
that some day I would have an office
in the skyscrnper that was going up
where the shovel was ercavsting." he
observed.
He leaned back and looked dreamily
into a nicotine cloud.
| 1t seems the engineer was rather
| clever In q way. st that" he contin-
I ued AT least he knew how to save
! coin. and somehow ne managed to In
i vest II advantageously."
He rose and went to the window.
looking down on the traffic which