The north Mississippi herald., 1920-09-03
NHE Sheridan Buflding was the
biggest skyscfaper, the Sheri-


dan Trust Company, the bis
Esst bank, and Shel1iian himself, tn
biggest builder and broker, and truste
md buster under the smoke Of dirt
and wonderful midland city that pile
tower on tower and spread itself ou
over the pain of fair country.
Baijbs' Sheridan was M1e "odd one !;
the family failure He grew up onl,
lengtfiwise, snd at tweMtytwo was tn,
dry ssaffoldtag Of a man.. Six month
In his fathers pump worHSsmade nee
! essary two years in sanHaadun0. FL,
returned to- the "new house, on tn,
outskirts of tsae city in time for tht
house-warinlifg party. To this came
Mary eFfees; whose family next dool
maintained the highest air afk respect
ability upynna vanishing forsYhe.. She
came underrhefine promptings+hat leo
her to daz.1eewfth her wit aaal bear,ty
both Sherit annlriG James Sheridan, Jr
When young@.Jim had proposed Mrs
Roscoe ShegfdaE,s his sister-iEzlaw,. of
fered to help Mary in return f6rr help
In an affair of her own. AEsryy smw
that in barteting,- she was to- be- bur
tered with. Herq sotsi rebelled anrf she
declined to many young Ji1a S1ieri-
dan. He never got the letter.
Sheridan demanded Of Bibtsssf he
would quit dreaming of poetry and
follow with Roscoe and Jim tSoTHake
the business anIafthe city bigge ersRibbs
could not understand why anyhBGy
wanted to make things bigger.
"Damnation -" roared SllArid,Yn
''Did you eveI llhas' the wor3s 'nnas-
perityr You tEinny. Did y0a ever
hear the woros 'ambition!' Ifia gou
ever hear the word progress ~ Iaok
at Jim, just completing two nropa big
warehouses at the pump worksaHa half
the time the contractors wantsds jim
took the contrant.'himself fouIMsm fel-
dow with a new cement process and
We begin usiny1them next week., Now,
I'm goin' to make aaman of yp0. By
God! I am!'"' And Bibbs wSas given
two months tpaget his menta R4tdtude
| right for the pump works.
/ Miss Vertrees' note wenhf ts the
/ senior Sheri ian, as that aftenpon one
1 Of the new Marehouse wallssca14lsad
\ sending the inventor and Jaaaees ShSfI-
|; dan, Jr, to their eternity.
/ Blbbs haa,i to manage tssr funeral
| and ride frem the cemetery with Mary
vertrees, hnt neither spoiaea. "Hef
not insanxs. said Mary, to, Ena- mothe'
"He lookaaareadfullE-i .bus itas plea $
ant eyes,
Later Bfbbs and, Mary met as hi
was passing her gafe.. Hfss apologt1 ed
I'll hate a Trojan. fish. myself. and
that tf zee miles WAS toe. Bsng for yot
to put, up with one. H'ze never beae
abh y speak opicklgs. because if
tried I'D stammen".'
| insanity, Mary saw bis nature ant
! suffasslng. They walksfd on and sht
invsfed him into, the church to heal
sorae Handel music. 1t meanSs sht
saaa one thing aboxe all others 20 he
| courage.
Thereafter. Bibbs went ofteze to tn
home of Many Vertrees. "You sees'
aa confided TO, he<. sit is all 80 slmI5R
am to feed long strips of zinc Int
/ steel Jaws, bhat bite it inta little Ril
cles. So minute I used 20 flinch an
the workaaen laughed"
eft sAanf hurt yoH" exeAatme
Mary. "Af day long I'll send m
thoughts to you; and you must n
member that friend stands besid
you"
Trouble grew In The Sheridan house
hold. Roscoe toak. to drink then qui
He had enough--a few thousand
year.
Sheridan sent for Bibbs, his onl
hope, offered him vice presidencie
salaries and shares; but Bibbs pr
ferred happiness and nine dollars
week. "What's the use." he said, x
being just bigger, dirtier and noisierl
That evening Bibbs and Mary rea
Maessrlinck together and he told hel
Tomorrow. I'm one Of the hands
the pump works and going to stay on
, unless I am thrown out and decide
study rhmbing."
"Why not give Bibbs a chance
liyeW said the family doctor. There
something finer in Bibbs than his phi
steal body. You're half mad with
consuming fury against the very Sc
of law. But you want to beat IL
law! So Ajax defied the hghtnlng"
'Yes! And, by God, will" erie
Sheridan. AJAX was jackass.
he'd been half man he'd "a got aws
with it; hitched 1t up and made
work for him like black steer. /
have my way with that stubborn fot
Bibbs." But Bibbs still said, "No."
Sunday afternoon Bibbs was wor
ing over a poem. He might venture
upon an editor and perhaps
Then paper and pencil dropped
he stood up paralyzed. Through b
half-opeu door he heard Mrs. Rose
Sheridan confiding to Mother She
dan: 1.-THE Vertrees' house has be-
sold on foreclosIr they are allow
to live there g. little longer" IN