Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-07-29
csAPTER XIII-.Continued

-.r. af a- Great Lakes Trust COM
... sr which Theodore Storm had a
- INTEREST lie said that the war
s.I a-Ha-oued him.
,ular4d you think war was going
.fas~ .a1a Selma. Purify 1t never
1as yet
+, was understood, by Selma at
Lost that ur.s abandoning OF his
.-.tss.an was a temporary thing
..cs rs She usually was to arrive at
,.r.aus. she did not realize until
rao Iate that this son Of hers had def
,rtev deserted building for bonds;
u8t the only structures he would rear
gara her own castles In Spain. His
er.t tua months as a bond salesman
-a-ted lin more than a years salary
ar his old pos. at Hollis & Sprague's.
ryben ne told this to Selma, ia tri-
.nrb she Said Yes, but there isn't
,ur. fun In It, Is there? This selling
ellres on paper? Now architecture.
4hat must be thrilling. Putting build
srg down On paper-llttle marks here,
straight lines there, figures, calcula-
lions, blueprnts, measurements-and
chem. suddenly one day. the actual
building itself Steel and stone and
brick with engines throbbing inside 1t
llIle & heart, and people flowing in and
out Part Of a city. A piece of actual
beauty conceived by you! Oh, Dirk Y
TO see her face then must have given
aim q pang, it was so alive, so eager.
He found excuses for himself. "Sen-
eng bonds that make that building pos
able isn't so dull, either"
But she waved that aside almost
con,emptuously "What nonsense.
DIRK. It's like selling seats at the box
office Of a theater for the play in
sde"
Dirk had made many new friends In
Che last year and a half More than
faa. he had acquired a new manner;
an air of quiet authority, of assur-
7lae The profession Of architecture
was uut definitely behind him. He did
ao. say TO Selma that he had put the
other work from him. But after six
months la his new position he knew
,ha. he would never go back.
From the start he was a success
Within one year he was so successful
laat YOU could hardly distinguish him
.ran hundred other successful young
Chicago business and professional men
whose clothes were made at PeePs:
7a1 mnched at the Noon club on the
'oof at the First National bank where
sa'ago's milliOnaires ate corned-beef
nash whenever that plebeian dish ap-
peared on the bill of fare. He had
aad d little thrill out Of his first meal
at this club whose membership was
made up Of the big men" of the city's
financial circle. Now he could even
Feel a little flicker Of contempt for
Them, He had known old Aug Hem
pei, Of course, for years, as well as
Aichael Arnold, and later, Phillip EN-
cry, Theodore Storm, and others. But
he had expected these men to be differ
ent.
They were not at all the American
Big business Man of the comic papers
ana Of hction-that yellow, nervous,
uyspepuc creature who lunches off
milk and pie. They were divided into
TWO definite types. The older men of
between fifty and sixty were great
aIgh-colored fellows OF full habit.
Their faces were impasslve, their eyes
shrewd, hard. Their talk was colloqui-
a and frequently illiterate. They often
said was" for were" "Was you go
ing to see Baldwin about that South
American stuff or is he going to ship
y through without?" Most of them
aad known little Of play In their youth
ana now they played ponderously and
little sadly and yet eagerly as does
0ae TO whom the gift Of leisure had
Come TOO late. They ruined their pal
A.es and liyers with strong cigars,
@.aNng cigarette smoking undignified
and pipes common. Only a few were
90 r.eA so assured as to smoke cheap
@sat panatellas. Old Aug Hempel
vas one Of these. Dirk noticed that
Wien he made one OF his rare visits
y .Ae Noon club his entrance was
4'el with q little stir, a Difference. He
was nearing seventy-five now; was still
s.fa. -rt, strong, zestful of life; mag
o.4aea- old buccaneer among the pet
"e. crow His had been the direct
1-a brutal method-swish swash
.Aa a.s enemies walked the plank. The
younger men eyed him with a certain
amusement and respect.
These Younger men whose ages
ranged from twenty-eight to forty-five
we're disciples of the new system in
BUSINESS. They were graduates Of uni
',sTsdos. They had known luxury all
.-eE Ives. They were the sons or
e-eaaSons Of those bearded, rugged,
va va rather terrible old boys who, In
3'o Of 1910, had rome out OF County
e'neT.'k or CoUgty Kilkenny or out
y. W scotland or tbs Rhineland to mold
s S.s new eountrE IN their strong hairy
u'ra listened ~ the talk of the Noon
01o, looking Sbout him carefully an