Show assis 4 love and business by H N 1 KING 00 nl R DANFORTH J want to hiir n ir cam ivl ry your daughter arthur I 1 nt ill ton made tills this statement as one li 1 l and mighty potentate might Pr an alliance ith another why he not ile he had been brought li u up tr regard himself as a attle heller better etian his neighbors from the time ut tit til grandfather the buttons bad been th the biggest people tor for miles around ili III father owned the butter tub fact at Dutt duttonville onville and there was as not ID D other village nearer than ten milaa arthur saw nothing presumptuous in demanding of john danforth tire lord of mines and railroads the ban hand of his daughter daug eleanor in ills ex cursione curs cur lons into new york lorb society he had met the girl and fallen in love with her danforth had seen arthur calling at his house when he be sent in his card to Danfort bs private of lace flee his name was recognized arld anil ille alic millionaire had bad war him sent in eliere NN eire upon arthur made the statement tit with ill which tills this story begins want to marry my daughter ex claimed mr danforth of course you do man I 1 young men would like to marry john Danfort bs daughter var car don my curiosity but have brave you yoa any special qualifications for the position for which ju propose yourself that of my son in law well replied arthur for the first time in his life fairly taken aback you see sir I 1 love eleanor and ri eleanor I 1 eanor loves me oh loves young dream very pretty I 1 am sure and may I 1 ask of your ability to support my daughter in the style to which she has been accas tomed I 1 believe that Is the conventional phrase generally used by parents in my painful position arthur was inclined to be sulky my father said he Is a makes butter tubs ue he owns Dutt duttonville onville and I 1 am his only child duttonville duttonville aia you say and then after musing a min ute be exclaimed by george I 1 be lieve that Is the place pance Is this prin of 0 yours on the river young man inan 0 it is snapped arthur then sit down there and hold your tongue for a minute I 1 want to talk to you about something of more tin than boy and girl whIm ReyS almost bolted dantorth danforth lie ile touched a button in his desk and a clerk lip ap feared bring me tile the papers la in the electric company matters the clerk disappeared presently to return hearing bearing a large number pf af tiled hied and labeled documents now heres the situation said the millionaire spreading some ot of the pa pers open on his desk 1 I and some soine as associates S alts have formed the excelsior light power company we propose to supply electric light and power to all that section of the state indicated by the blue lines drawn on this map tie ile handed the map to arthur who gazed at it with interest and said A big project it Is replied danforth now your fathers picayune little factory arthur winced amount to shucks but the water power he owna does to complete our project we must have that water power and dutton wont sell writes that hes going to turn over the business to his bis son you I 1 suppose and in the meantime wont disturb anything vow now this Is what nhat I 1 propose for a solid hour and a halt half they talked business danforth Danfor tb entirely forgot the errand upon which arthur bad come and arthur appeared to have forgotten it also at length dantorth danforth said r we will go further into this tomorrow OW be here at ten ci clock I 1 guess you and I 1 working together can astonish the natives IF and abat about my first proposition mr danforth asked arthur the tub factory that goes of course answered the tha older man no sir proposition with regard to your daughter said arthur oh ob that well well take care of that later just as you yon say arthur replied but find it much more to your satisfaction to talk power with your son in law than with just plain arthur dutton almost blackmail young man not at all sir business Is business and the nay ay to keep it so Is to remove all personal considerations in this case love happens to come first if you brand and in my way with your daughter 1 ill I naturally stand in your way with my power site but I 1 dont want your power site under those conditions said ur mr dan forth nor kor I 1 your daughter under those conditions retorted arthur lets take love out of the subject entirely bow 71 by leaving it up to helen it site she loves me you give your consent mr danforth Daut orth was quick to reply af fair air enough that night when told her father she had bad said yes to arthur and asked for his approval he said 1 I have met your young man in a business way I 1 hope his heart Is as true its as his head 1 |