human
I've been down into death and I've found something about life, he went on.
gpt
Out of the world's gross earnings we're paying too much for superintendence, and rent and machines, and not enough for labor. There's got to be a new shake-up. And I'm going to help. I don't know where nor how to begin, but some way I'll find a hold and I'm going to take it.
human
Well, Grant, said Mrs. Dexter,
gpt
Well, we're going to organize 'em, the first thing. We talked that over in the mine when we had nothing else to talk about--but God and our babies.
human
While you were down there of course I had to do something. So after the paper was out, I got to talking with Lincoln about things. He said you'd get out. Though, smiled the old man sheepishly and wagged his beard,
gpt
Darwin didn't think you would. But anyway, they all agreed we should do something for the widows.
human
They have a subscription paper at George Brotherton's store--you know, Grant,
gpt
Well--we ought to put in something, father,--all we've got, don't you think?
human
I tried and tried to get her last night to know how she felt about it, mused Amos.
gpt
I've borrowed all I can on the office--and it wouldn't sell for its debts.
human
You ought to keep your home, I think,
gpt
They told me, said the father,
human
Father, said Grant with the glow in his face that had died for a minute,
gpt
No, that shouldn't count, either, said Grant stubbornly.
human
Dick Bowman didn't let his boy count when I needed help, and when hundreds of orphaned boys and girls and widows need our help, we shouldn't hold back for Kenyon.
gpt
Grant, said the father when the visit was ended and the two were alone,
human
He ran his fingers through his graying beard and smiled.
gpt
Mr. Left brings me things that are deeper and wiser than the things I know--it seems to me. But they all bear one testimony, Grant; they all tell me that it's the spiritual things and not the material things in this world that count in the long run, and, Grant, boy, the father reached for his son's strong hand,
human
I would rather have seen the son that has come back to me from death, go back to death now, if otherwise I never could have seen him. They told me your mother was with you. And now I know some way she touched your heart out there in the dark--O Grant, boy, while you spoke I saw her in your face--in your face I saw her. Mary--Mary, cried the weeping old man,
gpt
Father, said Grant,
human
I don't know about your Mr. Left. He doesn't interest me, as he does you, and as for the others--they may be true or all a mockery, for anything I know. But, he exclaimed,
gpt
I've seen God face to face and I can't rest until I've given all I am--everything--everything to help those men!