The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1920-08-21
rNluE Sheridan building was the
THE
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biggest sl'yHcroper' The shcri-

biggest slsyacrnper, the Shcrl
dun Trust company, Ihe bg
gcst hank, and sheridan himself, "a,
biggest builder md broker and irnslci
and buster under the smoke of u dirty
and wonderful midland city That pllcl
tower on tower nnd spread Itself out
oyci the plnln of fair country.
Blhbs Sheridan was his "odd one -
the fnmily failure. lie grew NJ only
lengthwlsc, aud NJ twenty-five wns the
dry gcnifolding of man Six months
In his fathers pump works nude nee.
cssnry two years IN snnltnrluln. lie
returned to the "now house" on the
outskirts ~ the city IN time for the
h,esse- warming party. To this cnmo
Mary vertrces. whose family next door
maintained the highest mir ~ respect
ability upon vnnlshIrg fortune. She
came under homo prnnipilneS that led
her Ia dazzle with her Wit and bsuuty
both Sheridan and James sheridan. Jr.
When young Jim had proposed, Mrs.
Roscoe Sheridsn. his sistcr.in-Inw. of.
fcred TO help Mary In return for help
In an sfYair ~ her own. Mary snw
TINT In barterinr. she wns "a he bar.
tered with. Her soul rebcIlod and si,e
declined 10 marry young dim Shcri.
dan. lie never got the letter.
Sheridan demanded Of Blbbs n nc
would quit dreaming VI poetry and
follow with Roscoe aud Jim 10 make
the business and the city bigger. BIbbs
could not understand why anybody
wanted 20 make things bigger.
"Dnmnntion I" ronrcd Sheridan.
did you ever hear the word pros.
perfty' You nlnnyi Did you ever
hear the word 'ambitionr Did you
ever hear the word 'progressr Look
nc Jim. just completing two more big
warehouses at the pump works In half
the time the contractors wanted. Jim
took the contract himself. found fel.
low with new cement profess nnd
We begin using them next week. Now.
I'm goIn' to make man ~ you. l,y
Godl ami" And Bibbs was given
two months to get his mrninl attitude
right for the pump works.
Miss vertrecs' note wen, TO the
senior Sheridan. as that afternoon one
of the new warehouse walls collapsed
sending the inventor and james Sherl.
dun. Jr.. 10 their eternity.
Blbbs had "a manage the funeral
and ride from tho cemetery with Mary
vertrees. hut neither spoke. "IIc's
not insane" said Mary 90 her mother.
"Iie looks dr-adfuliy ili bu, has piess.
ant eyes"
Later Ribbs and Mary met as he
was passing her gate. Ec np..SI.E.d:
IL hate n frozen fsh flysclf. and
that three miles was too long for you
To put up with one. H.. mover been
able Ia speak quickly. because u I
Iried III stammer."
Instantly. Mary saw his nature and
They walked on aud she
invited him Into the church Ia hear
some Handel music. lt meant, sis
said one thing above all others to her
courage.
Thereafter Bibbs went often 10 the
home of Mpry vertfses. "You sec."
he coIiided to her. 1T IN all 80 simple.
nm To feed long strips OF zinc into
steel inws that bite II into little cir
les. 6S a minute. used To finch ana |
he workIncn laughed"
"It shn'n't hurt you" exclnl;aed
Mary. "hll day long. I'll send my |
houghts 20 you; and you FAUST re-
neinber that friend stands beside
iou."
Trouble grew In the Sheridan house
iold. Roscoe took 10 drink then quit.
ie had enough--a few thousand
ear.
Sheridan sent for Bibbs, his only
lopc, offered him vice prcsidencies,
niarles and shares; but Bihbs pre-
erred happiness and nine dollars
week. whats the USE" be said. "of
eing just bigger, dirtier and noisierf'
) That evening Bibbs and Mary read
faeterlinck together aud he told her:
Tomorrow, I'm one of the hands of
he pump works and going 10 stay one.
Mess ] tim thrown out and decide 10
tudy plumbing"
"Why not give Bibbs a chance 10
vef" said the family doctor. ''rhere's
finer IN Bbbs thnn his ply
Icai body. You're half lad with a
onsumng fury against the very self
law. But you want to beat the
lwi So Ajax defied the liehtningw
"Yesi And. by God. I wilir cried
heridan. "AJax was a jackass. II
ed been half man he'd "a got away
'ith II; hitchcd II up and made II
ork for him like a black steer. I'll
ave my way with that stubborn fool.
Ibis" But Bibbs still said. "No."
Sunday afternoon Bibbs was work
Is over poem. lie might venture Il
pom an editor and perhaps
Then pnper nnd pencil dropped as
stood up paralyzod. Through his
lIf-open door he henrd Mrs. Roscoe
nerldan conndlng 20 Mother Sher-
m: "rhe Vertrees' house has been