Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-07-01
CHAPTER IX-Continued
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s. want to stay here, and work the
nm. ard make 1t pay. can. I'm
going to grow just the common
nden staff any more-not much, any
ny Isu going to specialize in the
y thngs-the kind the South Water
met commission men want. l want
drain the low land. Tile it. That
md hasn't been used for years. 1t
,ght TO be rich growing land by now,
once It's properly drained. And l
rant Dirk to go to school. Good
6ooIs. I never want my son to 20
the Haymarkst. Never. Never.
NV life doesn't count, except as
methlng for Dirk to use. I'm done
M anything else. oh, don't mean
h I'm discouraged, or disappointed
life, or anything like that 1 mean
started out with the wrong idea. !
how better now. I'm here to keep
Drk from making the mistakes ]
ade"
Aug Hempels tone was one of medi-
rlon, not of argument. "It don't
york out that way, seems. About mis-
mixes it's funny. You got to make your
11, and not only that, If you try to
lesp people from making theirs they
u mad" He whistled softly through
No teeth following this utterance and
ayped the chair seat with his finger.
ITS beautyw Selma said then, al
most passionately Aug Hempel and
lille plainly could make nothing of
bis remark, so she went on, eager, ex-
plnatory. Il used to think that If
you wanted beauty-if you wanted 1t
nrd enough and hopefully enough-it
ame to you. You just waited, and
lived your life as best you could,
moving that beauty might be just
wund the corner. You just waited,
md then it came"
Beauty exclaimed Julie, weakly.
She stared at Selma in the evident be-
i that this work-worn haggard
woman was bemOaning her lack of per-
lma pulchrltude.
Yes. All the worthwhile things In
Me- Work that you love. And growth
growth and watching people grow.
Feeling very strongly about things
md then developing that feeling to
TO make something fine come of It,"
She threw out her hands in a futile
GESTURE. That's what I mean by
beauty. l want Dirk to have It,"
For PHYS sake" pleaded Julie, the
literal, lets stop talking and do some
hing Pa, you've probably got 1t all
liked In your mind long ago. It's time
We heard 1t. Here Selma was one of
ne most popular girls in Miss listers
"nooI and lots of people thought the
Peitlest And now just look at her -
A flicker Of the old flame leaped up
nscaAa "Flatterer !" she murmured.
Aug Hempel stood up. IF you think
giving Your whole life to making the
Ooy happy Is going to make him happy
you amt so smart as l took you for.
ioa 60 trying to live somebody else's
Ike for them"
I'm not going to live his life for
n'u want to show him how to live
u 50 that he'll get full value out of
Aeeping him out Of the Haymarket
me Haymarket's the natural place
~, MN won't do that. How can you
TA' Monkeylng with what's to be.
III out at the yards every day, in and
WI OF the cattle pens, talking to me
gOYeFs and herders, mixing in with
-e buyers. can tell the weight Of a
.Vs ana what he's worth Just by a look
= uln' and a steer, too. My son-in-
s -" Michael Arnold, sits up in the Of
~. .ys al DAY in our plant, debating let
w. Ms his clothes they never stink OF
s Is pens like mine do. Now ]
H., saving anything against him,
'I'e But bet my grandson Eu.
-e he repeated It, stresslng the
= >Is SO that you sensed his dislike OF
=. :, Eugene If he comes into the bust
- ,'s' al all whea he grows up, won't go
~ DI''''n smelling distance of the yards,
s 10y once, bet, viii be In a new Office
lung on, say Madison street, with
\. vac" or the lake. Life! You'll be
:, .VS.A Il all yourself and not know
And Z SUPPOSE retorted Selma
H ,E',' eaiy 'SAat when your son-in-law,
, ,,'C-ael Arnold is your age he'll be
~ --s Eugene how he roslghed 1t in
s - o''te over at the yards ia the old
~ These will be the cid days"
,. n1sasy tIempel laughed good-humof-
g.. That can be, Selma. That can
~ /. He eae'yee bis cigar and settled
" ., ,.e business at hand.
A., lou want to drain ard tile. Plant
ne e. s'ade stun. You got to have a
~ S- On the place that knows what's
., 'a :, not this Rip Van Wrinkle we saw
.''7 cabbage field New horses. A
49,. rS'"' will get you the horses, q
i ,a. sum- az the yards" He took out y
h., ne nay check book. He began writ