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The Root
of Evil
SYNOPSIS
Stuart, southern Jawyer in New York, is
In love wiih Nan Primrose. His friend,
Dr. Woodman, who has a young daugh
ter, is threatened with the loss of his
drug business by Bivens, whom he he
friended years before. Stuart visits the
Primroses.
Nan wants Stuart to accept a place with
Bivens’ chemical trust. He dislikes Biv
ens’ methods and refuses. Bivens calls
on him.
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“The man | love must be rich.”
The birds sing too sweetly. Have you'\
forgotten our old day dreams in the
fields at home?" l
“I've forgotten everything,” she an
swered bitterly, “except that you are
failing me when put to the first test.
And it would be such a little thing for
you to do.”
“At the price of my self respect—
and you call this a little thing. Great
God!”
Nan rose with a sudden gesture of
impatience. |
“You refuse absolutely to consider
this generous offer?”
**Absolutely.”
*And you are willing that the wom
an you love shall live in puverty while
her more fortunate sisters laugh and
dance in luxury?”
*“The one joy of my life will be to
gratify every reasonable wish of your
body and soul.” i
“Yet the first reasonable wish I ex
press you refuse to consider. Mr. Biv.
ens says he would make you a million
aire in tive years. You're only twenty:
six now."”
*That's very kind of Mr_ Bivens, ['m
sure. When | nced his patronage I'll
take my place in line with other beseb
men and ask for it.” |
. Nan suddenly extended her hand.
" *Good night.”
He attempted to draw her into his
arms.
She repulsed him and repeated her
cold dismissal:
| *Good night.”
| *Nan, dear,” he pleaded, “we've nev
er parted in anger before. Of all the
tiours of my life this is one in which
Il—ll—least dreamed of such a thing.”
{ Without a word she turned toward
the stairs.
, “Nan!" he called tenderly.
‘, With a sob she threw herself into
his arms.
i “Forgive me, Jim."
“Forgive me. dear, if ['ve seemed
unreasonable,” was the low answer.
| “But you will think it over, won't
you? just for my sake—just because !
ask it—won't you?"
| *Just because you ask it—yes, I will,
dearest.”
| He kissed her tenderly and walked
home with a great sickening fear slow
1y creeping into his heart.
CHAPTER Il
Mr. Bivens Calls,
TUART waked next morning
with a sense of hopeless de
pression. What strange mad
ness had come over the woman
he loved? They had never discussed
money before. Bivens was the only
expianation.
| A letter was on the hall rack which
had been sent by a messenger. He
broke the seal with nervous haste. It!
was from Bivens asking him to call
his office telephone at 11 o'clock.
! He tore the note into tiny pieces,
stepped into the parior and threw them
into the gzrate. Some one was plav
ing an old fashioned southern mefody.
and the tenderest voice accompanied
the piano. He walked to the door ef
the musie room. :
it was riarriet Woodman. She look
ed up with a start.
«Oh, Jim, 1 didn’t know you were
there!”
“It was beautiful, little pal.”
«Yes, I knew you'd like that piece. 1
heard you humming it one day. That's
why 1 pot it."”
“YWhat a sweet voice you have, child.
8o clear, so deep and rich and fu!l of
feeling. 1 didw’t know you could sing.”
«1 didn't either until I tried.”
“Yeu must study music,” he said
with enthusiasm,
The gil clapped her hands and leap
ed te her feet, exclaiming:
“Will yeu be proud of me, Nm, i
1 cam =ing?"”
“Indeed I will,”” was the earnest an-
SWer.
The langhing eyes grew serious as
ghe slowly said:
“Then I'll de my level best. I'm off
Geodby.”
On reaching his office on lower Broad
way Stuart rang Bivens' telephone. and
the presidemt of the American Chemi
cal company made an engagement fo
call at once. |
Stuart was grateful for the timely
call of a cliemt who kept him in con
gultatien fer fifteen minutes while Biv.
ens patiently waited his turn in the re
ception reom.
The first view of Bivens was always
unimpressive. He was short, thin and
looked almest frail at first glance. A
second loek gave the impression of
wiry reserve force in his compact
frame. His hair was jet black and
thinning slightly on top. which gave
him the appearance of much greater
age than he could really claim. His
thin features were regular, and his
face was covered with a thick black
beard which he kept trimmed to a
keen point on the chin. His most strik
’lng features were a high massive fore
head, abnormally long for the size of
his body. and a pafr of piercing, bead
like black eyes.
He rarely spoke except to a purpose.
and his manners were quiet, almost
furtive. He had thus early in his
career gained a nickname that was pe
culiarly significant in Wall street. IHe
was known as the Weasel.
His whole makeup, physical and men
tal, was curiously complex, a mixture
of sobriety and greed, plety and cruel
ty, tenderness and indomitable will.
simplicity of tastes with boundless
ambition.
His friendship for Stuart and his def
erence to him personally and socially
dated from their boyhood in North Car
olina, and particularly from an inci
dent which occurred in their college
days. Bivens' father had been a no
torious coward in the Confederate army
and had at last deserted the service.
\Ou Bivens® arrival at college, a partic
ularly green freshman, Stuart had dis
\(-overed a group of his classmates haz.
‘lng him. They had forced the cow
: ard's son to mount a box and repeat to
the crowd the funny stories about the
*“valor” of his father. The boy, scared
half out of his wits, stood stammer
| ing and perspiring and choking with
shame as he tried to obey his tormen
tors.
- Stuart protested vigorously, and a
fizht ensued in which he was com
pelled to thrash the ringleader and res
cue the victim by force of arms. From
that day Stuart was Bivens' beau
ideal of a gentieman. He had tolerat
ed rather than enjoyed this friendship.
Bivens shook hands quietly and took
a seat beside Stuart’s desk.
“Well?" said the lawyer at length.
“I've come to make you an important
proposition, Jim. We need another at
torney. The business of the company
is increasing so rapidly our force can’t
handle it. I need a big man close to
me. If you’'ll take the place I'll give
you a salary that will ultimately be as
big as the president gets in the White
House. Twenty thousand to start
with.”
Staart looked at his visitor curiosly.
“Why do you want me, Cal? There
are thousands of lawyers here who
would jump at the chance. Many of
them are better equipped than 1.”
“Because 1 know that you won't lie
to me, you won't swindle or take ad
vantage of me"—
“Why not?" Stuart asked, with &«
gmile.
“Because it's not in you.”
“l see. You want to capitalize my
character and use me to ambush the
other fellow ?"
*“That’s one way to look at it—yes.”
“But that's not the real reason you
come to me today with this proposi
tion, is it?”
“Not the only one. You know my
friendship for you is genuine. You
know there's not a man in New York
for whom I'd de as much as I will for
you if you'll let me. Isn’t that true?”
*“1 belleve #t—yes. And yet there
must be another reason. You're mot
afraid of Woodman and wish to reach
him through me?”
The ghost of a smile flitted around
the shining little black eyes.
“Afraid?” he asked contemptuously.
“I'm not even interested in him. The
old fossil's a joke. He thinks he can
stop the progress ef the world to at
tend a case of measles in Mott street.”
Stuart was silent a moment, watch
ing the dark masked face before him.
At last he blurted out:
“Well, Cal, what's the real reason
vou make me this offer today?”
*“You can keep a little secret?”
*You ought to know that before mak
ing me such an offer.”
“Yes—yes, of course, 1 know you
will.” Bivens paused and resumed his
cigar. “The fact is—Jim—l'm in love.”
“But where do I come into this af
fair?” |
“Simple encugh. The Primroses”—
*“Oh, it’'s Miss Primrose?”
“Yes—Miss Nan. Yeou, see, they think
the world of you. She said you grew
up' together in the same town. [ was
teiline her abeut my business. I must|
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pave been brasging apout what we
were going to do. 1 was crazy. jusi
looking at her. Her beauty mude me
drunk. 1 told her we needed a new at
torney. She said you were the man, 1
told her I'd offer you the place. She
seemed pleased. Said she knew you
would accept. You've got to accept, old
man. | want to make her feel that her
word is law with me. Tell me. do you
think I've got a chance with a girl like
that? You know I've never gone with
girls much. ['m timid and awkward
| den’t know what to do or what to
say. But my money will help, won't
ity |
“Money always helps i this town.
Cal.l! |
«and it means se much {o a woman,
teo, don't it?" “
“Yes. Have you said pnything to
Miss Nan yet?" ,
“Lord, no! Haven't f{lared. I'm
kinder shying up te the oli{llady to get
her on my side. She seems awfully
friendly. | think she likes,me. Don't
veu think it a good plan }o cultivate
her?” :
“Ry all means,” was thedry reply.
“say, Jim, help me. Tale this attor
neyship. It will please ker and 'l
make you rich. Come in with me and
you'll never regret it. 1 kngw my folks
were not your social equa in the old
days down south. But ¥ know ax
well as I do that money tgks here.”
There was no mistaking tie genuine
mess of Bivens' feelings.JStuart had
but to accept the generoug offer made
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“Think it over. I'l§ee you again!”
in good faith, and ev§y cloud between
him and Nan wou§ vanish! They
could be married adé*Ng add the fu
ture was secure. All n«Xu p do was
to keep silent for the momerf§las to his
real relations to Nan and c@&promise
his sense of honor by acc@ing the
wages of a man whose prilgiples he
despised. His decision was mfde with
out a moment's hesitation.
" “1 refuse the offer, Cal,"ihe said
firmly.
Bivens rose quickly and p@ced his
smooth hand on his friend’s.
“l won't take that ansv@r now.
Think it over. I'll see you agin.”
He turned and left the rood before
Stuart could reply.
The lawyer drew a photogragsh from
his desk and looked at it, smiipg ten
derly.
“I wonder, Nan! I wonder!”
The smile slowly faded. and \§frown
clouded his brow. The lines @f his
mouth suddenly tightened.
“I'll settle it today.” he said wifh de
cision, as he rose. took his hat a@ left
for Gramercy park, 4
It was noen when Stuart reachesl the
Primrose house, and Nan was #gain
out. He received the announcefnent
from her mother with a feeling of@age
' he could ill conceal.
f “Where is she? 1 seem never 9 be
1 able to find her at home." N
. “Now, don't be absurd, Jim. &ou
know she would have broken any en
gagement to see you had she kn®w\n
you were going to call today. I don't
expect her home until 7. ¥
*Of course, I understand, Mrs. PRim
rose,”” Stuart said with a light la@gh.
*“I should have told her, but 1 difln't
know until a few moments ago thdt !
was coming.”
“Nothing serious has happene® 1
hope?” she asked, with carefully nfod
ulated sympathy, which said plly
that she hoped for the worst.
*Ne. Just say that I'l call afger
dinaer.”
“All right. Jim, dear,” the motßer
purred. “I'll see that she's here if I
have to lock the doer.”
Stuart strolled eut aimlessly and be
ganm to ramble without purpose. Some
how today everything on which Ris
eye rested and every sound that strufk
his ear proclaimed the advent of the
trust’s new power of which Bivehs
was the symbol—Bivens with his dali
cate, careful little hand, his bulgidg
forehead, his dark keen eyes. What
chance had his old friend Woodman
against such forces? .
That Bivens should fall hopelessly
and blindly in love with Nan at first
sight was too stupefying to be grasped
at once. She couldn’'t love such R
man—and yet his millions and that
slippery mother were a sinister conl
bination. .
By evening he had thrown off his
depression and met Nan with some
thing of his old gayety, to which she
responded with a touch of coquetry.
“Tell me., Jim,” she began with 2
smile of mischief in her eyes, *“why
vou called at the reamackable houar of
Important Meeting
Insurance Cuompanies
ttlanta, Nov. 7.—Notices have
just been received by stockholders
of the Co-operative Agency com
pany of a special meeting to be
held at Rome, Gu., on December,
20d., 1912 at which meeting action
1s to taken on the propcsal of the
State Mutual Life Insurance com
pany for a surrender of the con
tract now in effect between the
LWO companies,
It is further outlined that the
proposition consists of the insur
ance company issuing to the agency
company $900,000 of its ‘‘income’
or “‘guaranty fuond” certificates,
for the surrender of the contract
held by it, These certificates bear
Interest at five per cent per annum,
and will give to each stockholde:
of agency- company apprcximate-
Iv® $2OO, of certificates for each
$lOO ot stock.
A similar proposition has also
been made to the insurance com
pany’s general agents for the sur
render of their contracts; viz., $2OO
of certificates to be issued and pro
rated amongfthe general agents in
proportion to their several contract
earnings.7g It is understood that
the earnings of jthe Co-operative
Agency company’s contract and
the combined earnings of tke gen
eral agency contracts approximate
$35,000, each.
' If these propositions are accept
ed it will definitely fix the ‘‘renew
al commission expense’’ of the in
surance company, and any increase
in premium income will not be
taxed by commissions to either the
agency’ company or the general
agents,"and will relieve the insur
ance company of a hability equal
to the combined j earnings of the
Co-operative; , Agency . company
and the"general agents, as neither
these certificates nor the interes
thereon constitute a legal liability
according to the rulings of the in
surance department and the attorn
ey generdl.
Mrs. Wilson’s Recipe]
' ForfjCooking Rice
Atlanta, Nov. 7 —lt is highly
Blcl[able,_ as the result of Wood
row, Wilsou’s election, {that there
will be a national reform in the
process of cooking rice.
True, this is not one of the re
forms dwelt on ia the democratic
platform, nor has it been promised
to democratic ) voters,Y but, it is
pretty sure to come}: nevertheless.
At present. so the cooks and
housewives sincerely believe,
Georgia is the only state in the
union, an¢. possibly the only spot
in the univeise barring only China,
where the 'art of cooking rice is
known_to perfection.
Mrs, Woodrow Wilson, a Geor
gia girl, who will now be mistress
of the Whitehouse, still cherishes
among her fondest possessions the
recipe for cooking rice which she
learned from an old Georgia negro
“Mammy” in her girlhood days.
The recipe will now spring into
pational and even international
fame, strengthening the bonds of
the states and of the nation, It is
as follows, in Mrs, Wilson’s own
words:
“Take two or three quarts of
boiling water, putting salt to taste:
one cup of dry rice cleaned bv
rubbing through a napkin and
poured in a little at a time. Let it
boil hard twenty minutes, then
drain througb a colander and let
it stand on a hot part of the stove
for a few minutes. If that Isn’t
beautifully cooked rice. ask any
southerner ?”
Notice.
All partnership and business re
lations between M. M. Sapp, of
Fitzgerald, Ga. and the undersign
ed, have been terminated and all
persons are hereby notified that I
am not and will not be responsi
ble for any act or transaction what
ever in connection with the so
called Union Purchasing Agency
any Information Bureau. ; 1
Respectfully,
J. R, Colling, {
§6-3t. Monroe, Wash. |
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