The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-03-31
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He had always felt that the i'm.
agination. what is called for want
OF better term, the creative
faculty" was there. but it was
letharg1c: it sometimes reused It.
self to spurts and flashes dur
ing wakeful nights, but slept like
q boa-constrictor that had swal.
lowed a pig when he tried to
invoke 1t. No doubt, as Cora had
told him. his life had been too easy
and agreeable: he made a good
deal Of money with no particular
effort, he was q favorite with the
cleverest men and women in New
York. and he had no one to think
of but himself. His mother was
dead and his sisters married. And
there was no doubt that II you
were on top. q personality. New
York was the most enchanting
place in the world to live in. just
as It must be the most unsatisfac.
tory for the poor and insignificant.
To have conquered New York
meant more - several thousand
times more-than conquering all
the rest of the United States put
together, with New York left out.
Moreover, It was the only place
where you could have any real fun,
If you> wanted your fun with the
sort of men who drifted to New
York from all parts Of the nation
as naturally as pilgrims went to
Mecca. II 1t was your fate to be q
politician, Washington, of course,
was the goal, but that, in his opin-
ion. was merely moving from lit
tie small.town to a big one, and he
thanked his stars he did not have
to live in q place where there was
nothing but politics and society.
In New York you had only to help
yourself to any phase Of life you
wanted.
Mary smiled as she remembered
the contemptuous remark Of an
other New York convert: "Oh,
Washington is merely an island
outside Of New York." and she fell
to wondering what New Yor,.
would have been like II 1t had not
been fed so persistently by those
streams of eager and ambitious
brains debouching into it from ev'
cry part of by no means unambi
tious and negligible commonwealth
Another island, probably. Certain
~ it was the most celebrating
place in the world today, with its
atmosphere of invincible security
and prosperity, its surging tides of
life. No wonder it was impossible
for the intensive New Yorker to
realize that four thousand miles
away greater world was falling
to ruin.
She told him something of the
old political life Of Vienna. contin.
ually agitated by some Balkan
Question" of the general dislike OF
the Heir" whose violent death at
Sarajevo had been the death knell
81 European peace; apprehensions
| Of the day when he should ascend
the throne, for he was intensely
clerical and reactionary. II he had
survived until the old Emperor's
Heath, and there had been no war
it was doubtful il there would moi
have been a palace revolution
within six months Of his success
sion. It was also possible that the
!people would have had their revo
luton, for they were becoming en-
heightened and disconnected, ant
Ipowerful men in the highest office:
Of the Government were in sympa
Thy wifi them. $50 !
81 suppose you mean this Prince
Iohenhauer for one" said ClaveI
ling.
"Hohenhauer believed that ever
throne in Europe would be over
turned before the middle of tn
twentieth century. and that 1t wa
the part Of wise leaders to prepar
not only themselves but the peopl
for a republican form Of govern
ment. He had the greatest admire
ton for the principles on whic
this republic was founded, and sal
that Europe was to be congrat'
| lated that we had made the NIL
: takes for her to avoid. Much q
the rest Of the world congratulate
, itself that Bolshevism was trie
out in Russia and made ghastl
mess OF improving the condition
the underdog before the masses
other countries had time to los
their heads. I've no doubt that b
will be the next Chancellor OF Au
tria. and that when he gets. IL
reins of power in his hands, he
! keep q firm hold on them. which
more than any one else has done
what do you suppose hi
brought him to this country"
II fancy he has come to oobta
. the moral support Of the America
Government in whatever plan
may have made for putting Austr
on her feet again"
. Have you any idea Of what tn
plan may be?", Clavering WI
g watching her intently. his ear
r tuned to every infection of h
o voice. But her tones were as Il
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