Show I 1 iny the old settler my dear san Jua ners I 1 if I 1 had tried as diligently to lehat what he really was instead of naively bursting a blood vessel in my hopes of making him into what 1 I thought he ought to be i my efforts would have amounted to more and I 1 would have missed a let lct of futile fuss and bother however it seems to be my prevailing weakness that when I 1 contemplate the hie talents and powers i and possibilities of a man I 1 am carried away with my dreams of the fine things he could do and the wonderful person lie he could be by a few changes in his methods and then I 1 forget a whole dec alog of essentials governing the I 1 case casa and proceed to revamp him at least I 1 try according to my I 1 ideals what I 1 thought I 1 saw as the possibilities of that man was so very splendid both for him and for everybody concerned that I 1 contrived a way to get within range ranga of confidential conversation cherishing big hopes that he would see the merit of my proposition ion i he regarded it at first with little less than contempt crackpots and zealots zealous had been trying bryin g for years botell him how to handle his affairs and now he was meeting aing just another enthusiast and one whose personal investments had been contemptuously small and disgustingly unprofitable he reminded ne me scornfully that he had launched out on his own judgement jud gement into the purchase of farms ranches live stock mer chandeze chan dize and banking and that wealth had come at his touch from all ail of them J I 1 had known all that I 1 had known that he I 1 I 1 e was saturated with it yes he was pickled in it like a big cucumber in strong vinegar it was his chief concern by day and his sleepless anxiety by night it was the measuring rod by which he determined the size and worth of all men it was the eyes through which he viewed creation it was the supreme purpose for which he be lived I 1 expected any welcome for my introduction I 1 ind had hoped ho P ed only on I 1 y to be tolerated sclera ted long ion g enough eno ugh to outline tiie the value of my ms sage you know I 1 ventured cautiously that your most substantial investments have been the slowest to mature you looked forward fifty years or more you knew that without vision of what was coming you would run into disaster you can see that the farther you peer into the future the better and safer your investment is joing going to be it is your long range plans that are bringing surest returns today what have adv of your plans ever yielded in the way of returns he be ini int erupted impatiently continued next week ALBERT R LYMAN |