The Snowflake herald., 1920-12-03
From the
Ground Up
By JESSIE E. sHERwIN

copyright, 1920, Western Newspaper Irnior :
He was good deal of a hero 81
though ne was too modest to realize il
AS the nephew of John Marchmont
the iron King, certain prestige and
prominence was awarded him. but with
ms close friends Arnold Sherman
frankly stated that he was in no wav
an heir apparent to his uncle's mil
mons, not even a prOtege.
MIR. Marchmont has a large family
OF his own, most of them girls" he ex-
planned. The boys are all yolH,g and
because / inherit from nv father .
certain liking for construction. Mr
Marchmont generously offered TO mt
me through college, provided l would
quailfy as a structural engineer. Then
snail go to work in some one of his
Dig foundries, / suppose, earning nv
hvlng by hard, practical work"
By very close margin Arnold Sher-
man graduated creditably, for the
reason that the last month of the col
lege term he had worked double dav-
times and stayed awake half the nights
TO ala a young fellow named Pierce
Arden, TO whom he had taken q great
liking. For month after the term
was over Arnold lay prostrated from
ms arduouS efforts, but he had a crate
full and faithful nurse. Young Arden
postponed accepting a lucrative posi-
ton until his friend was fully on his
feet again.
I'D nurse you the remainder of my
life if 1t was necessary" he declared
Never was there a friend like you !!
| owe you everything. / wish / had
saved to show you the letter my sister
Genevieve wrote me when l told her
that you had risked your own chances
and your health to help me get my
diploma. That is her picture" and Ar
den extended a photograph. "She is
smiling there, but she was crying when
she wrote about my noble, self-sacri-
ficing friend, for the letter was stain
ed with tears, / shall not be back
home permanently until toward the
end of the year. Then you've got to
come and see the folks They'll greet
you with open arms. I tell your!
Arnold smiled and whimsically won
dered if Arden included also the open
arms of the lovely girlish original of
the picture. Two hours later he sat
down and wrote a long letter to his
uncle. In it he told John Marchmont
that he would not report at the mills
| for some months to come.
81 remember" a part of the letter
! ran, that you once told me that the
really successful man in your line of
business was the one who, aside from
his office and technical ability, had
! been through the practical end of it.
| wish to prepare myself in this way,
/ l have a large iron works similar to
! your own in view, intend to enter its
services under an assumed name, hope
/ to CLEAN at least a fair surface k2owl-
/ edge of the details of the different me-
4 chanical departments and come to you
4 something better than theoretical
! engineer"
The plant Arnold had selected for
/ his initial training was located at a
/ distance in a section where he was not
! likely to be identified He added to
4 his neat usual stock of clothing various
/ suits adapted to rough shop work and
! he smiled to himself as he glanced
! down at his white, smooth hands. A
/ few weeks would do considerable in
/ hardening and transforming them. He
! settled down where the mills were To-
Gated and was apportioned to task as
| helper Of a forge man.
There was a transfer to the casting
room a week later and then TO the
shipping department. All this was the
! kind of education Arnold desired, to
know just how things were done, and
evenings he would recall the various
processes he had studied and figure
out estimates of weight, tensile power
chemical attributes and waste and
cost.
One evening Arnold had taken a
stroll beyond the limits OF the town
and was returning along lonely road
when he came upon a stalled automo
bile containing two ladies. He recOg
nized at once that they were In
trouble and went over to the machine
and suggested that he might be OF
some assistance. He soon restored the
auto to working condition and the ell
der, fearsome and timid, asked him tC
drive them into the town. When ne
surrendered control of the wheel anc
ahghted, the spot light crossed MS
face. He fancied that he caught the
echo of sharp ejaculation on the par
of the young lady. Then passing ma
chine flooded her own face with the
radiance of it's headlight and he knew
her at once-the original of the photo
graph Pierce Arden had shOwn-tht
sister, Genevieve.
Several times during month ne
passed her in the automobile. She al
WAYS smiled and bowed and one after
noon halted the car at the curb. She
was consciously flushed and embar
raised as Arnold approached.
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