Gunnison news-champion., 1923-12-28

usual rorethNurht he had tilned the
hour Of the girls passing
That would shOE the place was not
far OF sald HasbryucE Rutherford.
Keen r"asVn.r on the habits of Sun-
en-and yUgHS worE.ns women In par
ucufar
Another thing proceeded Jasper
Haig that saw She was as close
20 me. you must r-rnsI.b.r. almost. as
you are And noticed. In that sec
ont. one little ornament she had
Little silver flIgrer cross"
And now rutherford lagghed-the
Earring laugh Of heavy man
You should keep up he said iron
ically-not unwilling. 10 toGbi. 10 eI-
hlhlt his unioab,st superiority TO
Ha!g on one subject at least You
should keep your eyes open 20 the de-
tails 81 one Of your main interests
You know what that WIS probably.
that bafEe7 II was the White Cross
that girls welfare society In the Cor
gam shops wherever they may be
Nine chsnceS out 0f ten" said Has
brouck Rutherford. proud OF his own
special knowledge she Is from one
Of our own stores"
The lawyer said nothing FOR a min
uie-"onsId"rnE his words and bis
next course 81 action. no doubt.
Wei find her some way" he said
then briefly. without doubt And to-
morrow o"
-Wcd batter" said hl. companion
decidedly. and moved his great bulk
ufa q 'he thick lcarhrr Ioun-r where
'l.T sat Wed hc'trr-as'-r today -
why today" IIalE asked him
sharply "E.r"rlalIyF~
she wus worse aEaln-AdoIalde-
decidedly weaker. a. she was ycster-
day. Tn" time i growing shorter
n"'r-.n spite Of everything"
Then the two sat there for some
minutes silent
The maker Of ID" Gorcam Trust
that slrty mlliIon-d"IIar fund fixed by
IN" great merchant fnnnrler Daniel
G"rsam upon his delicate daughter
Ad".dd'--In spite Of his particular
and much.vaunted foresight. had prob
ably. rs matter Of fact. never CON
tefuplai"d this exact crisis In the life
~ trusts. when he conceived and
brought into existence that quite cele-
brated creature Of the law. They are
a strange tribe. these trusts. these cor
pornie things, these legal persons,
these supermen which the fnRncl.rs
and lawyers have let loose upon the
earth from their ink-bottIes these
latter dnys-stranger and stronger
and more terrible In their own way
than their own ancestors. the linn
from the bottles OF the fishermen In
the old Arabian tales They have
their own deep purposes and Wills and
desires-yes. even their own afec-
tIons.
trust. for example, you may say
at first glance. has no soul. Quite
true. II IS inhuman. impersonai. cold
anything you like. But looking
deeper. you must admit. being In q
way creature created or released by
a spell. II lives only by some s,range
special contingency II has certain ne
cesslties Of Its life very sharply
drawn. And one quite obvious neces-
slty. especially in n trust Of this par
ticular type. Is some human being or
beings. to exist for. So In It's way a
trust Of this kind hung upon a single
life, Is the most devoted OF creatures.
natural or legal. Like the lover In
the ballad. when the one dear object
OF his affections dies. II expires at
once.
IL was an immense thing. this Cor
gam Trust--a monster that thousands
knew or felt. often without really
knowing II. But II this one delicate
woman at Its heart. Adelaide Ruther-
ford. were to die withou, offspring. as
there was every certainty now she
would. II must Itself expire at once.
But what would become of her unfor-
tunate husband. and of the managing
trustee OF that great fund. whose lives
also had grown so intimately con-
cerned and dependent on Il?
Here was sharp contingency which
old Daniel Gorgam in his prophetic
wisdom had not properly provided for.
Quite naturally. then. someone else
must do SO.