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Then, as he waited, he saw an automobile draw up in front of the side entrance, and saw Mr. Wygant step out and enter. The sight was like a blow in the face to him. There was the proud rich man, defiant and unpunished, seated in the place of authority; while Samuel, the Seeker, was turned out of the door! A blaze of rebellion flamed up in him. No, no they should not cast him off!
Now suddenly she rose and came to Samuel, putting her hand in his. "Please stay," she said. And Samuel answered, "Very well I'll stay." So then they fell to discussing his future, and what Dr. Vince was going to do for him. The good doctor was inwardly more perplexed about it than he cared to let Samuel know. "I'll ask Mr. Wygant," he said "perhaps he can find you a place in one of his factories."
"Did you know that it was he who beat the child-labor bill that he named the State senator on purpose to do it?" The doctor was staring at him. "The child-labor bill!" he gasped. "Is THAT what you mean?" "Yes, Dr. Vince," said Samuel. "Surely you didn't know that!" "Why, I know that Mr. Wygant is very much opposed to the bill. He has opposed it openly.
Matthew's have been corrupting the government of Lockmanville. And if it is true, I want you to drive such men from the church! They have no place in the church, sir! Men who spend their whole time in trying to get the people's money from them! Men who openly declare, as Mr. Wygant did to me, that it is necessary to bribe lawmakers in order to make money!
And suddenly Samuel raised his hand. "I thank you, Mr. Wygant," he said gravely, "but I have been all through that part of it before." "What do you mean?" asked the other. "I couldn't explain," said he. "You wouldn't understand me. I see that you are another of the followers of Herbert Spencer. And that's all right only WHY do you belong to the church? Why do you pretend to follow Jesus "
I want to do what's right, Mr. Wygant!" "I suppose you do," began the other "I want to understand, sir just what is it that makes another person my superior?" "People who are older than you, and who are wiser " "But is it age and wisdom, Mr. Wygant? I worked for Master Albert Lockman, and he's hardly any older than I. And yet he was my superior!" "Yes," admitted the other
"You are going to be angry with me!" cried Samuel, again. "No," said the other, "I will not be angry because you are nothing but a child, and you don't know what you are doing." "Oh!" said Samuel. "You are very much in need of a little knowledge of life," added the other. "But, Mr. Wygant," exclaimed the boy, "the things I have said are true!" "They are true after a fashion," was the reply.
He was to tell about the twenty thousand dollars which Hickman paid to Slattery, and about the acknowledgment which Wygant had made to Samuel, and about how the boy had been turned out of St. Matthew's Church.
"A member of my own family!" "It is just as hard for me," said Samuel quickly. "In what way?" "On account of Mr. Wygant, sir." "What of that?" Samuel had meant to say "He is to be my father-in-law." But at the last moment some instinct told him that it might be best to let Miss Gladys make that announcement at her own time. So instead he said, "I am thinking of Sophie."
Samuel had been afraid of him from the first time he had seen him. Then he thought of Mr. Wygant; should he begin with him? This brought to his mind something which had been driven away by the rush of events. Miss Gladys! How would she take these things? And what would she think when she learned about her father's wickedness? A new idea came to Samuel.
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