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"Bob Elwell wasn't smart enough, that's all; if he had been, he might have turned round and served Boyne the same way. It's the kind of thing that happens every day in business. I guess it's what the scientists call the survival of the fittest," said Mr. Parvis, evidently pleased with the aptness of his analogy. BOB ALWELL WASN'T SMART ENOUGH THAT'S ALL HE HAD BEEN HE MIGHT HAVE TURNED AROUND AND SERVED BOY IN THE SAME WAY IT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT HAPPENS EVERY DAY IN BUSINESS I GUESS IT'S WHAT THE SCIENTISTS CALL THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST SEE SAID MISTER PARVIS EVIDENTLY PLEASED WITH THE APTNESS OF HIS ANALOGY
e occasion offered, what she meant to do about Bob Elwell's family. The words touched the spring of some obscure dread in Mary's bosom. Did her visitor, after all, know what Boyne had meant by his unfinished phrase? She asked for an elucidation of his question, and noticed at once that he seemed surprised at her continued ignorance of the subject. Was it possible that she really knew as little as she said? "I know nothing -- you must tell me," she faltered out; and her visitor thereupon proceeded to unfold his story. It threw, even to her confused perceptions, and imperfectly initiated vision, a lurid glare on the whole hazy episode of the Blue Star Mine. Her husband had made his money in that brilliant speculation at the cost of "getting ahead" of some one less alert to seize the chance; the victim of his ingenuity was young Robert Elwell, who had "put him on" to the Blue Star scheme. Parvis, at Mary's first startled cry, had thrown her a sobering glance through his impartial glasses. BOYNE AND WITHOUT ASKING HER IF THE OCCASION OFFERED WHAT SHE MEANT TO DO ABOUT BOB ALWELL' FAMILY THE WORDS TOUCHED THE SPRING OF SOME OBSCURE DREAD IN MARY'S BOSOM DID HER VISITOR AFTER ALL KNOW WHAT BOYNE HAD MEANT BY HIS UNFINISHED PHRASE SHE ASKED FOR AN ELUCIDATION OF HIS QUESTION AND NOTICED AT ONCE THAT HE HAD SEEMED SURPRISED AT HER CONTINUED IGNORANCE OF THE SUBJECT WAS IT POSSIBLE THAT SHE REALLY KNEW AS LITTLE AS SHE SAID I KNOW NOTHING YOU MUST TELL ME SHE FALTERED OUT AND HER VISITOR THEREUPON PROCEEDED TO UNFOLD HIS STORY IT THREW EVEN TO HER CONFUSED PERCEPTIONS AND IMPERFECTLY INITIATED VISION A LURID GLARE ON THE WHOLE HAZY EPISODE OF THE BLUE STAR MINE HER HUSBAND HAD MADE HIS MONEY IN THAT BRILLIANT SPECULATION AT THE COST OF GETTING AHEAD OF SOME ONE LESS ALERT TO SEIZE THE CHANCE AND THE VICTIM OF HIS INGENUITY WAS YOUNG ROBERT LWELL WHO HAD PUT HIM ON TO THE BLUE STAR SCHEME PARVIS AT MARY'S FIRST CRY HAD THROWN HER A SOBERING GLANCE THROUGH HIS IMPARTIAL GLASSES
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