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To the Depths
and Back
: I By HOWARD FIELDING
' Copyrtcht by American Press Anso- v
elation. 1911. $ t
On the last day of tin; yenr I sold
nil my Interest in a corporation which
1 had organized, promoted and nom
inally managed. My associates bought
me out nt n very high figure. They
eliminated me because I war too con
servative. 1 had gone Into this ven
ture with n handful of borrowed dol
lars; I had come out with something
like a fortune. 1 felt myself n favorite
of destiny the universe was my friend.
In this state of mind 1 appeared at
Mrs. Sherman Moore's musical party
on New Year's eve, prepared to enjoy
everything and admire everybody, and
there I first saw Irma Lasallc. Mrs.
Moore is a very rich widow, a patron
ess of tin- arts and n discoverer of
"i saw m:n, and i hi;ahd nun."
geniuses. Miss I.asalle was her latest,
protege. She was the daughter of n
ER'rhuuIo in very poor circumstances,
chietly because lie spent nil his money
ou "some foolish invention." as Mrs.
Moore expressed It.
Here was a young queen. Among
that company there was not a woman
to compare with her in natural dig
nity, in modest self possession or even
In those small retlneinents of manner
that canuot lie a gift, but are neces
sarily acquired.
"In the name of wonder." said I to
my hostess at the first possible oppor
tunity, "where was this girl bred?"
"Oh. not here." she said-"in some
little cultivated community away from
cities. I forget the name. But wait
till you have heard her sing."
Again I was surprised. 1 saw her
ard I heard her. and my notion of my
self as a rather Important young man
died, not painfully, but with a smile.
1 must begin tomorrow and really be
somebody, said 1. There Is more In
life than I had supposed.
At the earliest possible moment 1
made the acquaintance of Irma's fa- f
ther. 1 had had considerable experi
ence with Inventors and nad learned
not to expect too much. Tjisalle. how
ever, was a practical man who knew
precisely what lie was doing, and li s
Invention had passed the doubtful
stage. He had an electric storage bat
tery which was the best In the Held.
Ldsullo was already In negotiations
with u man named Rimer Kalnsfnrth.
who could command some money, but
not nearly enough. I might easily have
crowded him out. but It seemed unfair.
Instead 1 accepted him as an associ
ate. We organized a company, and 1
financed it. I.asalle received a caah
payment, u good block of stock and a
liberal salary. Thus Irma escaped
from the grip of poverty.
We bought and remodeled a factory,
equipped It with special machinery nsd
engaged in oilier expensive operations,
but we could not sell the stuck.
I was soon heavily Involved, but
fortunately I could still borrow money.
Bankers who had accommodated me In
my previous venture had faith In ine
nd piled up my discounts.
The company issued $100,000 worth
of bonds and turned them over to me
in payment of cash loans which han
exceeded that sum. whereupon I
pledged the bonds with banks nnd bor
rowed more money, which 1 put Into
the company.
In view of the general business sit
untlon which developed In the fall my
position was undoubtedly dangerous,
and yet I believe that I should have
come through with flying colors If
those who held guard beside me bid
been loyal.
I will state what happened os briefly
s possible. The company had n con
tract with Lasalle binding hlra to give
it the call upon nil his Inventions In
the line of electrical storage for a pe
riod of ten years. Ijisalle Invpntedl a
torage battery mow known as the
Olynni which was so much better thaa
ours that competition was futile. II j
secretly turned this over to a dummy
named Edward Olynn, and it was pat
ented In lils u nine and n company was
formed to exploit It. 1 was permitted
to examine a working model, and I Mad
no hope nfterward. The only honest
thing to do wns to suspend all opera
tions and let the company drift into
bankruptcy ns serenely ns possible.
1 know what Lasalle had done, but
I could not prove It. To prove It (hail
I possessed the evidence! would have
been to Jail him. and ho wns Irma's
father. 1 preferred ruin to this al
ternative. On top of all this the court of appeals
of tho state handed down a decision In
a certain ense reversing another which
had been my model in the matter of
the bonds. It appeared that I had had
no rlcht to them and that my action
In putting them up as collateral for
personal loans had been criminal.
Thee loans would now go unpaid, and
the banks could send me to prison If
they pleased.
I laid the whole case before my coun
sel In one grand final Interview. 1
showed hlni that by herculean efforts
I had put off the inevitable to about
Feb. 1 of the following year a matter
of six weeks. All my personal liabil
ities which I could not meet, amount
ing to about SltMUNH). were concentrat
ed around that fatal spot In the calen
dar. Incidentally I remarked to my law
yer that my life was Insured for $10.".
000. He smiled upon me benevolently
and pronounced this able and compre
hensive legal opinion:
"The only thing that you can do. so
far as 1 can Fee. Is to die."
My associate. Itiilnfiirt li. in some nl
most forgotten moment of prosperity,
had bought a little Island with a cabin
on It In the middle of a Florida river
which at that point extends to the di
mensions of a lake. lie now offered
me the Island ns a refuge.
"(Jo down there and hide." Fiiid he.
"till this thing blows over."
If 1 were conversing with my own
soul I should not dare to say why 1
went to Kalnsforth's island. If I had
gone there with the deliberate Inten
tion of drowning myself I might not
be so much aslianied of It. but to have
gone with a hazy notion of dolus It by
accident, of taking risks upon the wa
ter. I hnrdlv know how to describe It.
The proceeding simply stamps me as
a man sunk to something more Inslg.
nllicant than cowardice. I made my
Journey In the last week of December,
an.l on the morning of the tirst day
of the year I awoke In Kalnsforth's
hut.
One dull thought, aching like a
bniNe. was In my mind I should nev
Jr see Irma again.
New Year's morning the same oc
casion of hope anil resolution which I
had been so ready to greet one year
ago! Could this lie the man who had
been so happy, so courageous, so ex
ulted. In spirit on that other dawn of
a year? The rontrast was unbearable.
I could not He there and behold my
bet day and my worst thus side by
side.
Sheer misery drove me to exertion.
I kindled a fire and began to prepare
some breakfast. Yet I made a meal
after a fashion and wns reminded that
my supplies were running low after
my three days' residence upon the Is
land. It would be necessary to re
plenish them from the village.
A wind had sprung up from the east
ward and was freshening. 1 sat upon
the shore and watched the waves break
higher and higher. An hour from now.
said I to myself, a enuoe will have
trouble out there, and I waited.
I got under way from the lee of the
island, and when I passed beyond the
shelter of the haudbreadth of land I
felt the sweep of the wind and waves.
1 made less than no head way. I was
carried backward. There seemed to
be no strength In me, no will to do
anything.
Then something Inside me seemed to
say: This Isn't fair. You must nt least
try. I shook myself awake, and tit
that Instani half a wave came over the
side, and before I could take any
measure of safety another followed It.
nnd the canoe sank under me. Instant
ly. 1 knew not why. the lighting In
stinct awoke In me. I never gave an
other thought to the possibility of
dentil. I was all for the battle for Its
own sake.
I swam beside that canoe and swash
ed the water out of her nnd climbed
Into her. It y this time I was far to
leeward of my Island, but I headed
straight for the village and reached it
after a heartbreaking tight, exhausted
to the marrow of my bones, but some
how happy.
1 sat ou a little pier nnd dried my
self lu the sun. and various persons
came and congratulated me upon be
ing alive ami politely told me that 1
was a fool, but 1 knew better. For
the (irst time in months I felt the glow
of pride.
A familiar voice smote upon my ear.
I sprang to my feet, unitized, and faced
Itniusforth.
"Why. what the deuco are you doing
here"" 1 demanded.
, He led me aside.
"It's nil up," said he. "They know
you're here."
"Who knows I'm here?"
I He named two bank presidents, Ells
worth and Dunne.
"Well?" said I.
"They're going to push you on the
bond proposition," said he. "It's pet
out of the country or go to Jail. 1
learned of this the day after you left
and waited ouly to verify It beyond
question."
"I'm glad you waited." said I. "I'm
Kind you didn't come yesterday."
"Why?"
"Because I should have run."
"Hun!" he cried. "Why. mnn. what
else can yon do? You can't settle. 1
rnn give you enough to get you to
ponth America or whprever you think
ynti'll be safest. How much bare you
"Knougn to carry mo nacic to isevr
York." Bnld I. "Now look here, Itnius
forth, I've hnd n lesson which 1 don't
protend to understand, but this Is what
happened. I fought two hours for my
bare life right under the eye of nature
clean, clear pleasure every minute of
It and somehow 1 got back to llrst
principles. The lesson Is. tight! I've
had a very pleasant and profitable va
cation, thanks chiefly to you, and now
I'm going back to do my level best and
let the consequences take cure of them
selves." Hnlnsfnrth seemed to be aghast. He
pleaded with me. he begged, he drew
the blackest picture that ever I saw of
the horrors of criminal prosecution.
Yesterday it would have driven mo to
the moon If necessary, but today It
merely excited my pugnacity."
Three days later 1 was in New York,
and the first thing I did was to walk
Into Ellsworth's bank and to the presi
dent's desk. The old gentleman greet
ed tne with his usual grave cordiality.
"I hear that you are looking for me,"
said I.
"No." said he. "Always glad to see
you."
"You understand my situation?"
"Yes: -It's very unfortunate, but we
have no disposition to make It any
worse. As I said to Mr. Italnsforth
the other day. we Intend to give you
every possible chance. It's the fair
way. and it's the way to get our mon
ey." "You said that to Italnsforth?"
"Yes: lie was In here the day after
Mr. I.asalle's death."
"I.asalle dead! And Itainsfortli
knew"
I checked myself. There wns a mys
tery here which would not bear discus
sion at the moment. Why had Itnius
forth concealed the truth from meV
Why had he lied about Ellsworth's at
titude? But these facts, startling ns
they were, immediately vanished at
the thought of Irma. whom I had de
serted in the hour of her need.
I found her at the houe of Mrs
Moore, whose guest she was In her be
reavement. Irma had heard from
Italnsforth the worst possible version
of my sudden and secret departure.
She had been led to believe that I
should never return. She spoke of this
without concealment nnd with exqui
site kindness. I'pon my side I told her
the story of my lnpo from manhood,
of the better light that I had seen at
last.
She had been Ignorant throughout of
my suspicions of her father, and If
these were ever to lie disclosed till1"
was surely not the time. She told tne
that his last wish nlmost ills last word
wns that Ills documents nnd nil his
earthly affairs should pass Into my
care. I knew not what to make of
this, nor whether I could honorably ac
cept the trust. Could it be that the
mnn hnd been Innocent nnd that he
had left behind him evidence to prove
It? After long consideration I decided
to proceed upon this theory nnd to ex
nmlne the documents.
They contained a complete revelation
of the whole matter, but no "outsider"
could have understood It or made any
use of It. This accounted for Hains
forth's frantic efforts to send mo to the
ends of the earth. I.asalle. as I sus
pected, was the Inventor of the Olynn
battery, which was therefore the right
ful property of my company. Bains
forth hnd a hold upon Lasalle. whom
he had deliberately tricked Into n fraud
ulent transaction. The Inventor. Ig
norant of business nnd of the law. had
been frightened Into giving his Inven
tion to Bnlnsfortb. who had organized
"I BWASIIED THE WATEll OUT OP HKIl,"
the fraud of the dummy patentee nnd
the rival company. With tills evidence
1 held the whole situation In my hand.
What should I tell Irma? It makes
no difference what I decided upon, for
that was not what I said. I was so
overwhelmed with tenderness for her
that 1 spoke of that alone and never
enme to any other subject, or ut least
not then. Our hearts were one. our In
terests united forever before I told her
that her father's wish had expressed
the deHlre of an erring but honest
man to make full reparation for a
wrong. Fortunately a woman's Ideas
of right and wrong are unchangeably
primitive. Irma saw Italnsforth as the
criminal and her father as his victim,
who nt the last had defeated the ene
my nnd re-estnbllHhed Justice. There
fore her grief was not darkened by
any sense of shnme for her father, and
when the cloud had passed the natural
tunshlne of her youth and love made
bright tho world for her, and she was
tunnv
Propriety,
They waltzed and waltzed to a wild, iwett
strain '
Tho muslo throbbed, like a beating
heart
They waltzed nnd waltzed, anil the:' i
waltzed Rcaln. '
It seemed, In fact, that the couldn't I
part.
Ho held her closo with his hand and nrm.
Near to her check his own check burned. I
Against his bosom her soft young form I
Closely pressed as they twirled and
turned.
Later, when taking her to her coach,
IIo caught her hand on the stairway
dim.
"llov daro you?" sho asked, with stern
reproach,
And "What do you mean, sir?" she
asked of him.
ruck.
How Ho Escaped.
One of tho boys had broken one of
tho school rules, nnd no one would
own up.
Tho tencher announced that be
would thrash tho whole class if some
one did not tell him who had commit-
ted tho offense. i
All were silent, nnd he began with I
tho first boy and thrashed every one
In the class until finally he reached
the last one. Then he said, "Now. if I
you will tell mo who did this I won't
thrash you."
"All right, sir. I did It," was tho I
reply. Ideas.
Thoughts at 8 A. M.
I lovo to think of boyhood .days when 1
tho turkeys fed.
I used to tlx their brealtfast food cro yet
tho sky was red.
I used to dry shampoo the horso and man
icure the cow.
I lovo to Ho In bed nnd think I needn't dn
It now.
I love to think of boyhood days when J
rose at four
nd fetched tho water from tho well, a
hundred pails or more.
And then I dragged the harrow out nnd
harnessed up tho plow.
I lovo to lie in bed and think I needn't dr
11 notv.
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1912.
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RESOURCES.
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Gash and Reserve 212,919.09
Total, $ 1,447,508.57
Loans and Discounts 281,034.91
Banking House 40,000.00
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circulation 56,900.00
Total, H825i443.48
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onesdale
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Total,
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