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BY CHARLES J. BELLAMY.
Copyrighted by the Author, and published
by arrangement "with him.
I Omtimicd from'Jast week.)
CHAPTER X.
WEAK CTMAS.
Currau glanced keenly at tho face of his
beautiful hostess, wboso wonted serenity had
all gono, then he rue to his feet, and stood,
while she -poke his name in tho briefest form
of introduction. Ho did not seem offended
by the tare of surprise Mr. Breton had for
him. It was a new experience to the mill
owner, meeting his workmen in fashionable
parlors.
"Currau. is it? I was sure I had seen you
in tho mill, but you had on a white apron
then." Mr. Breton laughed familiarly, but
be did not hold out his hand.
Couliiffc Currau see how rudely he was
treated I Mr. Breton's laugh and tone rasped
Bertha" finer sensibilities, so that she was at
once tridiguaut with him, and disgusted with
Curran who seemed to bear it so uncon
sciously. C'lrran's brow was unruffled: he
had only folded his yrm across his breast,
sometimes a sign of excitement with him.
''Sir. Curran had Uw good fortune, I bo
liero, to do my daughter a great service."
Mr. Elliugsworth's manner was tho perfec
tion of well bred rudeness. It expressed tht
infinite elevation and polish of the person
who assumed it, far above the very natural
feeling of disgust at the presence of so vulgar
a person as this workman. It suggested irre
sistibly the great contempt such a person
ought to call forth, but at the same tune
that Elliugsworth was unapproachable by
uvea as vulgar a thing as contempt.
"Indeed.1" exclaimed Mr. Breton, as he
seated hi: "f. "I will thank you, too, it was
a good 7 ..i or you, and I will see it don't
hurt your interests any, either."
"How do yoa like your workf went on Mr.
Breton in Ids hoiv-Ji mill voice. "I hope you
ain't one of those vtho don't know when they
are well off."
"I can keep from starving; that is well off,
I suppose."
Mr. Breton was at loss but for a moment.
"But you ioor people don't save what you
get. You ought to economize."
Currau- eyes flashed dangerously, but ho
bit his lip and kept silence.
Mr. Ellingsworth kiw a scene was immi
nent. How little tact Mr. Breton showed in
Iatronizing the j'oung man so provokiugly
before tho golden haired goddess whom be
had no doubt fallen in love with. Something
must be done.
"Excuse lee. Have you had any serious
trouble with your wound, Mr. Curranf
"I have only lost a few days; that is noth
ing," he answered quickly.
"But it must l1 considerable for a poor
manH broke in Mr. Breton, with his grand
air; "I will direct my imyniaster to make it
up to 3'ou."
Curran glanced across tho room nt Miss
Ellingsworth. He expected to see her face
Hushed with anger. She would leap to her
feet in indignant remonstrance to shield him
from such impertinence, all the generosity of
her nature in revolt against such return for
his devotion to her.
She was looking at him, but much as a girl
looks at a strange animal she has been pet
ting, when suddenly they tell her he bites.
Cuiran turned av.-ay from her and ground
his teeth. Then lie looked at Mr. Breton.
"Can't your paymaster make up for tho
pain, too, as well as the lot timef
Mr. Ellingsworth was at his wit's end. He
haw tho cloud gathering in the workman's
eyes, and tbat bis lip trembled with sup
pressed feeling when ho .spoke.
"How long hao yoa been in town, Mr.
Cumin" he ciid to change the conversation
if possible into safer channels.
"Only six months."
"Why," volunteered Mr. Breton after an
awkward silsiiee, "that is about as long as
tho mill hands have lecn fault finding so
loudly." The old gentleman looked sharply
at him. "I don't suppose you would tell who
has been maldng tho trouble."
"Yes, sir." Curran had risen to his feel,
tho llus.li of offended self respect in his cheeks.
When I came here I found the mills paying
you 12 jier cent, dividends, while the help
who groind them out for you, were crushed
almost to the earth. I felt bound to toll them,
as I now tell you, that tho owner lias no
more God given right to all the prof it of their
work tlian they to all the profit of hi3
inve&tment."
"And you are the man who has been stir
ring up this mischief here:" cried Mr. Bre
ton, almost starting from his chair. He had
caught him at last then. "And do you say
that a man isn't entitled to the interest on
his money My mousy represents a thousand
such lives as yours; it ought to have a thou
sand timed the pay." He had more terrible
gnus than of tho batteries of logic for tho
rebel, but he- could not resist the temptation
to explode the fallacies of his class before he
let him go.
Thej'ouug man's eyes flashed beautifulry.
"Your money represents a thousand lives,
then, out of which you have sucked tho life
blood? And at how much do you value a
hunifui life? As much s $1,000 for aoul? A
thousand dollars for II tlio joys and hopes
and possibilities of a human lifel Your val
uation is too miserably small. I tell you,"
and Curran threw out his right hand in a
magnificent gesture, "I tell you, a human
creature ought to have for its scrvico a good
lortion of tho comforts and delights the
world is so bounteous with. Anything less
is slavery, a slavery worse than negro bond
age. Do you call it pa-that you give the
hopeless men and worn that weave gold for
you on your looms ither say the daily
reenrring fact of hunger chains them to yoiu
milL" 31r. Ellingsworth had sunk hack in his
seat in despair; he might as well resign him
self to the situation since it seemed beyond
his power to change it Mr. Breton was
- likely to hear some startling truths leforo
he succeeded in refuting this dangerous
young man. Perliaps it was just as well,
too; there is no sense in a man's making his
money as tho rich do, by one kind or another
of imposition or injustice and then affect
such ridiculous unconsciousness. There is
no sense in being blind and stupid about
how one comes to lie rich, the comfortablo
fact remaining. What was the use of BreUm
wrestling with such a young giant as this;
"I pay my help market prices of labor.
I don't propose to make them gifts." The
old gentleman handled his cane nervously,
but he could punish the man enough later.
He felt Ellingsworth's sharp eyes, ho must
think of something to absolutely overwhelm
the arguments of his workman. He ran
over in his mind the smooth axioms of his
class, and tried hard to recollect some of the
perfect syllogisms of the political economists.
Curran stood, his elbow resting on the back
of the chair he had been sitting in, in an at
titude so dignified and agraceful that Mr.
Ellingsworth glanced across at his daughter
. to see if she had observed it It was not
quite so inconceivable, after all, that Bertha
might have takeu a fancy to him But then
his whole associations bad been with the poor,
and what possible harmony, even for a mo
mentthen Mr. Ellingsworth remembered
the maid servant crying at this moment in
the dining room.
"Naturally you prefer to let your half
clothed ill fed hands make you the presents;
the' earn you big dividends ; you throw them
a. crust of bread, the market price of labor
you call it, and put the dividends in your own
pocket"
"But its my money made the mill, and my
management runs it"
"As for the money," retorted Curran, "per
haps you inherited a part of it, saved by tho
tax laid on the poor of the last generation, or
you borrowed it, perhaps, on interest, and
made the help in your mill pay the interest
every penny of it: how else could it bo paid
You did not make your money; no man can
tDl $2,000,000 out of his farm, or dig it out
of a coal mine. You simply took it Your
new mills are paid for out of wages you
ought to havo ,h en your help; yoa call them
yours; the new machinery comes out of then.
They are the real stockholders in it alL"
Mr. Breton had sprung from his seat, but
' Curran went en unflinchingly. "It isnt
corned, it is simply defrauded. The manage-,
auent doubtless -ood, but no laanageoiens
could, in the righteous course of Justice, bring
inch vast fortunes into the hands of a few
men; while the thousands who work for
them live and die with the consuming thirst
for happiness never for one hour assuaged in
their souls."
The old gentleman had come up close to
him as he spoke, and as he finished, Curran
looked down calmly into a face almost purple
with passion. It occurred to him that Mr.
Breton was about to have an attack of apo
plexy. The hand that held bis gold headed
cane fairly trembled.
"You have earned your last penny in my
mills!" the old gentleman shouted at him.
"We ought to have laws to shut up such men
as you."
"Mr. Ellingsworth," said Currau, as tliat
gentleman rose to his feet, "I am very sorry to
have brought such a scene into your parlor;
it seemed unavoidable after what was said to
mo, and it seems likely to prove more un
fortunate for me thanrfor anybody else."
No one thought of anything to say. Mr.
Ellingsworth vaguely wondered where the
man picked up his neat way of talking, but
then the wealthy, after aM, have "no monopoly
of talent
Curran cast a withering look of contempt
on the mill owner. "I am sorry, too, to be
deprived of the chance to win my daily
bread."
He did not notico that the expression of
the girl's face had changed, or that she had
started to come to him, but there was a
grandeur of wrath in his face and bearing
that awed her. She stood in the ccntar of
the room, with heaving bosom and fright
ened, troubled eyes, watching him out of lbs
door. Then her father caino back through
tho liall with his sarcastic smile finoly curv
ing his thin lips.
How leautifully ho had known how to pro
serve his own honor. It would havo Leon
base and ignoblo in hira to have crawled out
of her parlor at the entrance of her father
and Mr. Breton, self confessed unworthy to
sit in their presence. And for all their wealth
and pow er and vautoge ground, careless of
what it must cost, he bad thrown their in
sults in their teeth and shown himself a
grander man, a thousand times, than either
of them.
The warm flood of returning feeling swept
over her souL She could not boar one more
cruel word against him now. Before her
father could speak she had hurried into the
ball and shut fast the door so that she should
not hear the bitter sentence that was just
parting his lips.
What strange impulse moved her that she
should go to" the outer door and look eagerly
down tne street? nut ner msuitea guest naa
not lingered. In a moment more she was at
the gate, and saw his tall form only at a
little distance. No doubt be was thinking
sadly, or perhaps angrily, of her, as he
walked, and he could not guess that she had
repented, and was eager this moment to beg
his forgiveness, with all the sweet words she
knew. Bertha glantxd buck at the house in
hesitation. She could see the slim outlines of
her fathers figure shadowed on the curtains.
She could not hear what ho was saying. It
was this:
"It is one of Bertha's freaks. All women
are subject to them."
"But I don't understand," insisted Mr.
Breton, wiping the j)erspiration from his
heated face. "I don't understand how she
can bring harself, a girl of her notions, to
entertain a fellow like this. How long do
you suppose this lias been going on? Ever
since the dog adventure, very likely. If I
were Philip"
"But you recollect I am only three days
returned from my trip, and am entirely un
able to toll you how many times she has met
this very striking individual. Don't hurry
yourself into mental decline by trying to ex
plain on logical principles a woman's per
formances," smiled Mr. Ellingsworth. "And
I wouldn't take tho trouble to suggest mis
givings to PhiL I would rather trust the
girl's nature, and I think I know it, than de
pend on a jealous lover's reproaches. Why,
my dear friend, I would stake my life on the
girls attachment to the traditions of her
position. Our wives and daughters are
thrice more intolerable, unreasonable aristo
crats than we. If she had leen guilty of a
touch of foolish sentiment reaction is cer
tain, and she will oidy despise the man the
more because of her season of blindness."
"But supposing the reaction came too
Lite," suggested Mr. Breton anxiously.
"Then it letter not come at all," lie con
tinued. "The very character you give her
would makf thrv ieoplo perfectly miserable
tho man she r.r.M-,, the man she marries,
and beraolL"
But the girl w bo had stood at tho gate, in
her slippers, and with no covering- for her
head but her golden hair fastened low on her
neck, had hesitated but a moment Sbe
could not let Curran leave her thus: perhaps
she should never see him again, if he went
away without one word from her to soften
the blows she had let them give him. And
then be hcemed to lie walking slowly, she
could overtake him in a moment The un-
even walk hurt
were so thin, and
her feet, her slippers
as she lifted ! r skirt
to walk faster a rude briar toro her soft
flesh, and then hung greedily to her to im
pede her steps. She stopped and called his
name. She had hardly murmured it, hut it
seemed so loud spoken and so tender toned
she blushed at herself, and dared not speak it
again. Sho might run a few stops, and then
he would hear her voico moro plainly. But
her dress clung so closely and her excited
breath came so fast that sho gained on bim
very slowly. There was no use, she mast
lose him forever out of her life; he must al
ways think her cruel and ungenerous. She
leaned against the fence and sent ono more
hopeless cry after him. It was more a sob
than a cry, t piteous sob, trembling with
gentle, heart broken reproach. Why, sho
was suro he must have heard that; she luul
never meant to speak jo loud. What could
sho say to him when he came back to her:
Sho must try to be very cold and dignified.
But wasn't he going to turn Why, her cry
was piercing enough to go a mile on the still
evening air. No, he was further away, he
had not beard her.
Then she looked backed, and was fright
ened to see what a distance she was away
from home. And as she stood looking, note
at his tall form drawing uncousjjously away
from her, and then at the distant lights of
her home, the first hint of tho desolation
tliat broods over millions of hopeless hearts,
came upon her soul. Her slippers were torn,
and wet with dew, and each step sho took
braised the tender feet that had never known
hurt or weariness. Her heavy masses of hair
had been shaken from their fastenings, and
hung at full length to her waist. She fan
cied herself some lost, friendless Magdalen,
for whom the world, that fawns on the for
tunate uud proud, had only taunts and cruel
blows. And were there women who bad to
fnee tho world alone fight their own battles
with timid hearts! earn their own right to
breathe, with sinking hearts
"What was that, a stej. a man's step coming
toward her;" To her xoited imagination at
that moment her beautiful home and tho
elegant life she loved so w ell beemed things of
the past
She gathered her liair into a loose coil and
let her dross trail on the walk to cover her
feet The man woro workman's clothes.
She had hoped he might be a gentleman.
She tried to keep on tho outer edge of the
sidewalk: she vould have taken thn road if
she had dared. She looked away from the
mat:, but she could see with beating heart ho
was coming directly toward her. But per
haps he did not see her, and ho might turn
aside yet God grant he bo an honest man,
whose wife's loving face was In his thoughts
at this moment There were such men. But
instead of moving aside tho man stopped
short just before her, and she raised her big,
scared eyes to his face.
"Why, Bertha, I thought it was you."
Sure enough it was Philip Breton. Ho had
come from the mill, whero there had been
seme extra work, and wore his working
clothes.
"Let me walk home with you," ho said
very gently, as if ho had no right to assert
any privilege with her.
"I came too far, and got frightened," she
said dreamily, as sho rested her hand on his
arm.
Her hand was cold, but it sent his young
fclood tingling through his veins.
"I am so sorry." How he longed to catch
her white hand to his lips, and warm it with
kisses. But lately she had treated him with
a new coldness, and her coldness he dare not
meet He dreaded to face it, it pained him so
past endurance, and ho hod called on her but
seldom since the night of the fire. But now
his heart was full of eloquent love; so full ho
could not conceive of her not sharing in it
It was she called it forth, she must have
something for him.
They had reached her gate. She would
surely invito him to go in with her. Then
she could tell bun if he bad don anything to
displease her. He could remember nothing
but there mtgat nave oeen some unconscious
cold word or tone, as if, poor fellow, he had
not been only too tender with her.
"Good night," she said. Sho had lost tho
tremor in her voice fright had given her, and
all the softness of heart of her loneliness,
"I thank you," she added, coldly, as he did
not go, but stood looking as if he did not
quite understand.
"Good night," he answered, with a great
throb in his throat He stumbled awk
wardly, as he went down tho steps; ho could
not see very well for the mist in his eyes.
CHAPTER XL
UXGBATEFUI. POPULACE.
Philip Breton sat late over the tea table,
one cveni og some days after. His father had
been detained down in tho village, and had
corco home with a good deal on his mind.
Indeed, the old gentleman, who generally
laid aside liis hardness outside his own doors,
had sat in silence wrinkling bis forehead
very hiartistically almost throughout tho
mcaL
"Poor folks are always ungrateful," he ex
claimed harshly at last as he shook his head
severely at tho maid servant who offered him
the cake baskot
"Here I havo whitewashed every house for
them, mid it was only to-night I heard some
grumbling old woman tell her husband, she
wondereJ how old Breton would like to live
in one of his own tenements."
Philip said nothing. It had been his habit
lately, when his father got on this theme, to
keep silence. He was puzzled to know what
to say.
"Why, look at it, PhiL The insuranco on
tho burned mill wont make up for tho lost
time in rebuilding, and this is the time thoy
6cloct to ask for fire escapes. Yield them an
iucli anil thoy want an elL I suppose thoy
think I ought to run the factory for a big
benevolent institution. Every man that is
poor curses mo for it, and not one shift
less family in town, Til warrant, but
would lay tho fault on my shoulders. By
tho way, Phil, you have been to college; you
ought to know if there isn't any way I can
stop tho tonguo of that tall brown haired
fellow. Can't tho law touch him? I have
discliarged him, but lie dees more mischief
than ever."
"Discharged Curran I" exclaimed Philip.
"You don't mean it! why, he is the man that
saved Bertha's life," he continued hurriedly.
"You must take him back at once you must
take him back at once, no matter what he
has said."
"No matter what he has done cither, I sup
pose," said Mr. Breton, with some heat.
"Perhaps I know more of the interesting
young man than you do," ho went on indis
creetly. "It may bo as well for you -it I open
your eyes a little what is it, MaryP
"Three men at the door, sir. They want
to see you, sir."
"I think they are workmen." Tho mill
owner found three of his workmen in his
study; all standing when ho entered because
they felt less awkward on their feet
"Send my son in," he called to Mary. "Hs
might as well learn how to meet this sort ot
occasion."
Tho delegation of workmen did not look
very fierce, Ono of them kept gazing long
ingly out of tho window, and smoothing his
napless felt hat Another, out of whoso
soiled coat xocket stuck tho stem of a clay pipe,
was studying the ceiling of the- room'with an
intensity only explainable by, his fear of his
master's eye. They were two of tho men who
Lad peered into the parlor windows of this
very house on the evening our story com
mences. Tho third was John Graves, whoso
eyes were fixed unflinchingly on the mill
owner for whom he had a message. When
Philip caino in he was a l.ttle startled to see
his quondam host, but the man had other
things to think of than the possible identity
of this elegantly dressed young gentleman
with the ungrateful tramp he had kept once
overnight
"There's amcetin' of tho mill ban's down
in tho hall, sir, and they sent us up Kb ask a
favor."
Mr. Breton had seated himself before his
long ofiico table and pulled up a file of busi
ness letters.
"You have too many meetings," be said
loudly. "You talk so much you aren't fit to
worlc Some of the noisiest of you will find
themselves out of a job some fine morning;
ono man did the other day."
Tho two other men looked anxiously at
their spokesman. If they had dared thoy
would havo begun to mako excuses for com
ing. Their wives and babies must bo fed,
and talking about their rights wouldn't ever
feed them. Let others who could afford to
offend liim go to the meetings. Bat tho poor
fellows were afraid to raise their voices, even
in apology.
"But the willingest of us all don't want to
be roasted to death, and it amt a bit plcas
anter to us men folks to think of seein' our
Trivcs and children burnt up before our eyes.
Our women aint quite so purty as those of
the rich, but we prize 'em as much. Wo
como to ask for fire escapes on thomiKs. So
if there should happen to come a fire in day
time, when the mill3 were full, the poor crit
ters coidd git out." It was quite a long
speech for John Graves in such august pres
ence, and he delivered it in the monotonous
Yankee drawl which carries high tragedy or
low comedy without a distinction of accent
"There is no danger," he answered with a
gruff laugh, "and in business we cant spend
much money providing against very unlikely
events. Fire escapes would bo a piece of useless
extravagance." Mr. Breton looked sharply at
his visitors over tho file of letters. "It would
make necessary another cut in your pay "
Bill Roger-Angered his pipe uneasily in
tho significant silence that followed, and
finally drew it half out of his pocket through
force cf habit in distress. Then ho found his
voice.
"Ter jokin', quire; yer wouldn't cut us
poor devils down again. The last cut seemed
as if it would kill us, till wo found how little
it takes to keep soul and body together if a
critter don't expect nothin' else. Why,
squire, a dog has the best of some on us now;
for folks let hira steal" The tall man thrust
back his pipe into the depths of his pocket,
and his face hardened into a sullen expression
as he added solemnly: "Ical'late another cut
would fill all the jails in the country. Yer
might as well give us the least we can live on
here as support us in prison."
It teas quite a long speech for John Graves.
The mill owner rose to his feet with a
bustling movement of impatience. The un
reasonable beings had no conception of the
principles of political economy, but always
had some particular hardship of their own to
urge against its beautiful theories, as if what
made the rich more rich must not in some
way help the beggars even that cringed at
their feet
"Well, well, I don't mean to cut yon again
if yoa dont bother me too much. I have
lost so much that I really cant afford an
other dollar of expense." He rang the bell
for the servant
There was a gleam of sarcastic humor in
John Graves' black eyes.
"But wouldn't i 'now bo quite a loss to
burn up a thousand such good cheap factory
ban's? I wouldn't thought you could afford
that These fire 'scapes now"
"Show them out, Mary," interrupted Mr.
Breton angrily. "You might as well know,
I could find a thousand as good and as cheap,
in a week," and ho shut tho office door after
them with a slam.
"But you have let those men go away
thinking yoa had just as lief they would be
burned to death," expostulated Philip, flush
ing with excitement
"Nothing of the kind, sir, only that but
do you take sides with them! That is the
last thing I expected, that my own son would
take part against me," Possibly the old
gentleman was a little ashamed of having
spoken quit as barsblr to the workmen as
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he. had. It would' bo repeated all about
town. And it was certainly incautious, but
his very uneasiness made him the more pro
voked at Philip's suggestion. "I presume
yoa picked up a few socialistic ideas at
BchooL No doubt yoa would like to pat on
the fire escapes out of the money your
mother left you." He rang the bell violently.
"Yes I would," exclaimed Philip, bis eyes
lighting up. "I will be very glad to pay for
it alL It seems unjust, somehow, to crowd
tho men and girls into tho mills as thick as
they can work, and not provide so but that
they all may bo burned to"
j "Mary, bring those three men back," in-
! terrupted Mr. Breton.
I "But they are on the street by this."
"It makes no difference," and the choleric
old gentleman brought his fist down with a
crash on the table. "Go after them if yoa
have to chaso them a mile. Bring them back,
I say."
The little office clock ticked its loudest to
break the silence until tho door opened to let
, in the returning committee. What could it
mean? Mr. Breton stood with his back
turned to them, drumming on the window
pane, while Philip, pale and uncomfortable,
looked nervously at his father and then at
j tho three awkward figures in the doorway,
I with tho breathless servant girl behind them
waiting for startling developments.
I "You can report to your meeting," said
Mr. Breton in a constrained voice, withoct
facing tho workmen, "that my son will put
on tho fire escapea at his own expense. That
ball."
Tho men were astonished. So tho young
mill owner's son had begun to redeeia his
promise of the night of tho fire. There were
rough words of gratitude on their lips, their
hearts were in a glow, after tho first chill of
disappointment, but thoro was an influence
in tho littlo office that hushed their eager
speech, and thoy only ducked their heads in
awkward acknowledgment and followed tho
maid out
"Did you suppose," said Mr. Breton in a
calmer tono as he left ko window and took
hi3 chair by tho long table, "that I was go
ing to let you pay for those fire escapes? Not
a penny, my dear boy, but you can havo tho
credit of it, discredit I should call it" He
opened the drawer and drew out a sheet of
business paper.
"Tho Breton Mills," was printed at the top.
He dipped his pen in tho ink and wrote in tho
date.
Then ho wrote the address, as follows:
"John T. Giddings, Esq., Attorney at Law,
42 Loring street, Lockout"
"Please sit down, PhiL I am not much in
the habit of talking of my business to any
body, but I presume it is your right to know
this." Mr. Breton laid down his pen and
clasped his hands behind his back. "I want
to make this mill four times its present size;
I haven't the money, but other men have. I
am going to tako those other men in with
me, and then turn tho wholo thing into a cor
poration. Giddings is managing it for me."
Philip's face fell. A corporation! Then
all his thoughts of some day letting a littlo
light into the lives of the villagers, so far
always in tho shadow, his dreams which had
lent a new dignity to his life, were all for
nothing. A soulless corporation, with no
body to blame for an act of injustice! now
it would rivet tho shackles of the poor past
any power of his hands to loose them.
"What is the trouble, my boy f" smiled his
father, in his superior wisdom. "Ono would
think you wanted the tough job I have had,
over again. It is too much, too much for a
man; why, I thought I was doing you a kind
ness. A man thinks, at first, he is strong,
that he won't care for the murmurs and tho
threatenings of his help, but he gets tired.
The amount of power, almost like God's, Phi
lip," said Mr. Breton excitedly, "almost like
God's, which a big fortune gives a man, is
too much, too much." He came around tho
table, and put his hand on his son's shoulder.
"The people are poor and unhappy ; wo can't
shut our eyes to it Dont we all wonder,"
he went on in this new, strango mood Philip
was fairly startled at, "dont wo all wonder
what life is worth to them that they arc so
hungry for the bread that keeps tho breath in
them And they all blame the men who own
the lr.ilL.: they think it is our hardness and
injustice. A man may know he is nil right,
tliat rich men have always done as he is
doing, that the few always have the best oi
everything, and seem to deprive the masses
of their rights. But it wears on a man; he
wants to get behind somebody or something
occasionally."
The little ofiico clock ticked on restlessly,
for nnothcr week, and Philip had come to
feel that to be in love .maybo the roost ter
rible misfortuno of a man s,fifa; .His pride
had not let him call again on Bertha for days
of distress, days of hot, dry wretchedness,
whose dawn was a new, pitiless reminder of
his quenchless passion tliat. met only insult
It was insult, as he felt it, for a lover has
sensibilities painfully acute, and can detect
the slightest change in a woman's relations
with bim, by signs too subtlo for unstimu
lated observation. A hair's breadth varia
tion in tono makes mysterious revelations,
sweet or bitter to him; a shade of expression
in the beautiful blue eyes, has a meaning
clearer than words, to thrill him with hope,
or plunge him into despair. And in those
days, too, ho found time to remember how
unloverlike Bertha had always been to him,
and the many times sho had met his ardor
with coldiieas, with all tho instances of hard
ness and neglect the had meted out to his de
votion, rose up in bis mind like hideous sins
that will not be forgot How ho had fooled
himself, and yet he had been so happy in his
delusion.
There came a light tap at tho door. Ho
closed tho drawers and turned about in his
chair in time to see Mary, the moid, enter
with a letter for him. Ho glanced at the
writing, and then was so angry at the sweet
glow about his heart that he tossed the letter
carelessly on the table.
The maid had lingered with a woman's un
wearying taste for sentiment; but now she
slammed tho door on him and went bridling
down tho hall in high dudgeon.
"He's a pretty beau, he is," sho muttered;
"if I was that girl of his I'd teach him to
treat my Iovo letters that way."
But the maid did not see, for the door was
shut, what might have better suited her ideas
of propriety. Her young master had torn
open the envelope and read the three lines of
the letter before Mary had finished her dis
gusted soliloquy. Then he reread it a dozen
times and behaved generally in as foolish a
fashion as the most exacting sweetheart could
havo desired. But there were only three
lines.
"I have not deserved it, I do not deserve
it; but will you call before 7 to-night?
"Bertha."
But where was his sullen determination
never to see her again? Had ho forgotten so
soon that she had never loved him? But ho
remembered tbat moment that to-morrow
was the day she had promised to let him talk
of marriage to her. There was a new flush
on his face, which any woman might havo
thought handsomo now, and a new bright
light in his eyes. Why, it was near 7 o'clock
now. And he rose to go out
"Bah!" It was his father who opened the
door and came in, tearing a scrap of paper
between his fat fingers.
But Philip thrust his letter into his inside
pocket, and then made sure it was safe, as if
it were a precious ticket of admission.
"My dear Phil, if there over was a man fool
enough to try and give the poor what they
want, they would lead him tho wildest kind
of a wild goose chase, I can tell you. You'll
see yet I was right about those fire escapes.
Sinco they have got those the help are clamor
ing for something new ore- - day. They de
vote all their spare time ;. ing to think of
some Right they are kept ou of. I suppose
tho ninnies imaging tho milk ought to be run
in their interest," and Mr. Breton smiled at
the absurdity of tho idea conjured np. Then
ho tossed the torn bits of paper into the wasto
basket "There goes one of their warnings;
I have burned a dozen within a week. 'If I
don't do this or that, my wills will stop,' they
read. I wouldn't wonder if a strike was
brewing. I only hope they will give me one
more day. They might scare some of tho
capitalists if they should mako a disturbance
to-morrow, but after to-morrow it will bo too
late. They can do their worst; wo shall al
ways have the whip hand of them."
"Is your corporation actually going to be
started to-morrowP exclaimed Philip, breath
lessly; "I didn't know but it was given up."
"I never give anything up, my son. But
yoa can help me a good deal if yoa will.
The hands trust you, they would do as yoa
urged them. You understand how to talk to
them. Yes, you do; dont stop mo; didn't
your ready tonguo save the mill oiice, the
night of the fire? Now, just you run down
town, go into their meeting, if there is any,
calm them down some way, I dont caro how,
Philip; all I want is one day more. If thoy
should happen to strike to-morrow, good gra
cious, Phil, it might knock my corporation
scheme all to smithereens. Little merer
they'd- over get after that from mo, though.
Yoa sea they wont gain anything either
way, strike or so strike, but yoa see I might
lose."
Philip moved toward tho door in sQence.
To-morrow goodby to hope from any help of
his, and his father expected him to
That's right, my boy; don't delay; I am
expecting a man here every minute, and
r
"But, father, I cant"
"Yes, you can. Ah! good evening, Mr.
Giddings. My son, Mr. Giddings, my law
yer." "But I must say ono word to you."
"No, positively not one moment, Phil;
later on. Good night"
(Tobe Continued.)
MISSISSIPPI METHODS,
A Sasaple of Convincing Demeeiatle A
gument.
How the last loc.nl election wan carried
nt Jnckson. Miss., is thus described by
The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette:
There was a circular printed in redink,
scattered among tho negroes for a week
before the election, tho true significance
of which was seen in this cut, which
adorned it:
The circular said:
"Driven by no sudden passion or blind
impulse, but actuated by a firm and de
liberate sense of the duty wo owe to our
selves and to our race, we hereby .warn
tho negroes that if any one of their race
attempts to ran for office in the approach
ing municipal
election, he does
so at his an
prcmost peril ; and
we farther worn
any and all ne
groes of this city
against attempt
ing, at their ut
most hazard, by
vote or influence, to fotat on us again this
black nnd damnabla machine miscalled a
government of our city."
The Democracy held a convention and
adopted the following:
Whereas, This convention having re
ceived the assurance that hereafter no
negro alderman or negro policemen will
be a part of the city government, and that
in the election to be held Monday next
none but white men will vote, the negroes
having voluntarily agreed to stay away
from the polls, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Democracy of the
city of Jackson pledges itself that, so far
as it can govern, the election shall be fairly
and peaceably conducted.
And it was not sufficient for the colored
people to submit they had to publish
their weakness and submission by holding
a public meeting and proceeding as fol
lows: Whereas, The colored people have been
reliably informed that the Democratic club
or committee of Jackson has invited
Democrats from various other places and
adjoining counties to be here election day,
for the purpose cf preventing the colored
voters from participating in the city elec
tion next Monday, Jan. 2, 1888, therefore
be it
Resolved, That in the interest of pence
and harmony nnd the protection of life
and property, the colored people refrain
from voting or in any way participating in
said election.
Resolved further. That the colored can
didates for alderman are hereby with
drawn. Elijah Itoniosox, Chairman.
II. T. Risnr.R. Secretary.
Could any one not brutalized by indulg
ence in Mugwumpery insinuate that there
is a possibility that there could be an
election like this in a northern state?
Certainly not. Cincinnati Comineicial
Gazette.
Tlie Common Sense View of It.
Busy people are not sitting up nights,
pacing the floor and plucking out their
hair because of the "ad valorem" on "bi
cromate," or the "specific" on "potash;"
nor about the $3 in customs duties an
nually collected on tin tacks. "Is the
country fairly prosperous?" "How much
ahead am I nt the end of tho year." is the
business man s way of putting it. "How
do my wages compare with the wages of
Enropean workers" "Will my wages be
increased by increasing the importation of
foreign goods made by workmen earning
less than half the wages I am paid?" is
what the artisan and mechanic says.
These are the questions. New York
Press.
PITH AND POINT OF POLITICS.
Ball's Eyes Made by .lournutistlc Sltarp
aliootnrs. It strike? us that if the Democratic
party can get along without Mr. Randall
he will not be the greatest sufferer from
the separation. Kingston Freeman.
The defeat of Mr. Randall may cost the
Democratic party the loss of the next
presidency. Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Pennsylvania Democrats who sat
down on Sam Randall will probably be
eating humble pie when New York, New
Jersey and Connecticut begin to sit down
on free trade Democracy. Baltimore
American.
Ex-Congressman Warner, of Ohio, says
that the Democratic party cannot win an
other victory if it fathers the presidential
message. And Mr. Warner is a dyed in
the wool Democrat. But it isn't free
trade wool. Detroit Tribune.
It seems that the Republican majority
in Pennsylvania is not largo enough for
Congressman Scott. He proposes to dig
the Democracy a deeper grave. Ogdens
burg Journal.
Senator Chandler must be doing good
service for the Republican party, other
wise the Democratic papers would not
abuse him so. The llnest f rr.it is borne by
the tree which the greedy ruiiian clubs.
Washington Republican.
The latest thing in neckwear the
Democratic tie. Xew York Tribune.
The Pennsylvania Democracy is in a
suicidal mood. Randall and protection
have been thrown over together by the
state committee. San Francisco Post.
"I love him for the enemies he has
made," said Gen. Bragg, of Cleveland.
Bragg must be just boiling over with
affection now. Albany Journal.
No party, any more than an individual,
can afford to have all its eggs in one
basket Supposing Grover Cleveland
should die to-morrow, what then?
Springfield Republican.
If the Hon. Roger Quixote Mills cannot
manage the house to the extent of bring
ing about an ordinary adjournment for
one day without being snubbed and
laughed at, how can he hope to induce
that body to pass his forthcoming tariff
bill? St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
David B. Hill's chance for that nom
ination doesn't seem to be quite so bad a
"risk" as it did. New York Tribune.
Hubert Herkomer says Americans think
quickly. Even Grover did some rapid
thinking when he heard from the New
York state committee. Syracuse Stand
ard. What a joke it would be on the Mug
wumps if Governor Hill, of New York,
should be nominated for president instead
of Mr. Cleveland. Chicago Herald.
Mr. Cleveland is said to have confided
to Mr. Lamont the view that the recent
gale was the worst that ever struck the
state of New York. New York Tribune.
Evidently The Vicksburg Commercial
Herald is not pleaded with United States
senators who favor an investigation of the
election outrages at Jackson, Miss. It
expresses its displeasure in the elegant
declaration that "the white people of the
south will fight them on that issue until
h-11 freezes over, and then fight them on
the ice." Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
President Cleveland has been compelled '.
to take cognizance of the recent election j
outrage in Jackson, Miss., notwithstand-
JUg IHC euuil u. J ifemiu ouu ,
laugh aown tne uisgrsceiui iransacuon. '
He has removed the Democratic United '.
--.. maratial nr TVirtfr" rwi t i n tr in th 9
bulldozing. Philadelphia Press.
There are strong indications that Bos
well P. Flower, of New York, is prepar
ing to break into politics again. If Mr.
Slower should conclude after all not to
m in, his bar'l will be accepted as an en
tirely satisfactory substitute. Philadel
phia Press.
r
Clevelaa4 Kat Fallewta Artfcar.
The Mugwumps are attempting to re
lieve Mr. Cleveland from his tariff reform
predicament by asserting that his position
is the same as was tbat of President Ar
thur. But Gen. Arthur, in 1883 and 1883,
recommended the abolition of internal
"revenue taxes for the purpose of revenue
reduction, except those on distilled spirits,
substantially the ground taken by the
Republicans at the present time. The
two systems, the one advocated by Mr.
Cleveland and. the other by Mr. Arthur,
are as wide apart as the east from the
west Plattsbuxg (N. Y.) Telegram.
The Teic f Labor liaised.
The convention of tho Workingmen's
assembly of New York state adopted the
following resolution at Albany:
"Whereas, the president of the United
States, in his annual message to congress,
has recommended a sweeping redaction of
the present tariff.
"Resolved, Tbat it be the sense of this
convention that we are opposed to any re
duction that may bring the product of
foreign underpaid labor in competition
with the people of free America, and that
we favor a tariff for protection as well as
for revenue."
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Sorcfi, Saddle Galls,
Spavin Filet.
Cracka,
THI8 GOOD OLD STAND-BY
accomplishes) for eTerj body exactly what is claimed
for it. Oae of the reasons toe the great popularity of
the Mustang- Liniment la found In lt3 universal
applicability. Ererytody needs such a medicine.
The Luuikermnn needs It In caso of accident.
Tue Iloaaewlfe needs It for general family uso.
The Cannier needs It for his teams and hi rata.
Tlie Mechanic needs It always on Ills rurk
bonch.
The Sllncrneedsltlncasoof emergency.
The Vlaneer needs it can't get along without It.
The Farmer needs It In hU house, his stable,
end his stock: yard.
The Steambont man or the Bontrnau needs
It la liberal supply afloat end ashore.
The Horsc-faucler needs It It is bis best
friend and safest reliance
The Stocfc-a-ruwer needs it It will saro hint
thousands of dollars anil a world of trouble.
The Railroad ninn nccd3 It and will need It to
long as his 1 if e ts a round of accidents and dangers.
The Backwoodsman needs It. There b noth
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limb and comfort which surround the pioneer.
The Merchant needs It about his store among
his employees. Accidents will happen, and when
these ccme the Mustang Liniment Is wanted at onoe.
Keep a Bottle In the Hense. Tls the bczt of
economy.
Keep a Bottle in the Factory. Its Immediate
use In case or accident avespala and loss of wages.
Keep a Bottle Aiwayaln the Stable far
use when rnnted.
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