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- 12 - TIlE OMAhA DAILY IIEEl SATURDAY , MAY 1 1 , 18964 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - -
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I ThE CUNSCIECE OF ALDHMAN McGIlS %
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( t.ipytght , O'tn Than L )
flifly Ilutiter catiio hack froni t1w iiicetng
sit tiltr.CFt 12 oclodc , deat tIred. I1I wife
bat tht enffe.o hot for him , an hrotigt him
mI a tcnmiiig cum wRhommt aikiiig a qmmctIon.
JtilIth IItimmtr had been out at erlcO before
ttmtm iiiarrItt 1ilIy and she hams leirimeti a
ioot nmmmny thlng beide , cooking Ief to a
turn.
turn.Billy at rt1i himi legmi omit anmi ) iI ) mefl
ng1mig on 1iIi briaet. IL wmw a prItig day ,
but. 1nva erIng have ciIUy ) nIgmti tolIow
ing i'mmntmy (1ny : , amid tmo ) wornith of the fire
time all' tight stove wa grntfmi1 to him.
T 800tmr ) ibserver IL timight eni a , plain
litflo parlor , and he might 'mniie over the
iimhiighing Cf the gomgeotms chiromTlom that came
with their gczrlen eedm ( neittly trained In
biown Imapar ) antI two or three 1hIotograhl
of famuum licturc ; but to hilly the fresh
Pailit am ) bright PaP'r. the ribbon and lace
tldIc , the one tilmisihl easy cair arid time gus.
tmnimmg cabinet organ mnamle It a dream of
luxury. They had eight m oommmmi In the house ,
I I on I nd ode t he lea n to , ii Icli wt iicim
a comfortable laundry amid mmmnmiic'r kitchen
for Juilith. It ' amm a very good house , in-
dt'I ; mtmmfi the garden was o large that
Jmithltim kept a timl ) inmiltr' yard. In tiC
Blimnier it 'mts b'autIfui to sit on their own
pIazza Ufll be minfied ) by their tree ( reahiy
It troD large enumigh to shade ) and to look
Ut the Imoneymimckie and geraniums antI the
green rows of ommions and iJnrle. No lanil-
uwmer , in town c.miid be liromider yesterday
. ' n Buliy hail been of his litHe domain.
New. uN handeammie brow 'rlnkiel mmmmileniy
above hi % black eyes niul he gazed about
hi nm 1mm a dreary stare , seeing end hot see-
Imig , like a maim taking farewell. lie sighmetl
before ho drank the coffee. Ills s ito , still
tyimmg ho word , mmmimootimed the short curls
w blob his hat had matted on his forphead.
lie her 1)511(1. ) She was a tall
wommiap , us tall as he , and of a fine. iuppie
figure. 11cr eyes were very brigimt and her
slciii very clear and she had delicate , ir-
rguiar features wimlch changed so prott ly
vhen site taiic'h that imo one ever found fault
with their irregmmlarty.
'It' you that i'm thinking about , Judith ,
you and time kill , " msaid hunter ; ho nodded
his heath toward time 01)011 dOor through
which one CUUI(1 eae a cradle rocker.
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' ' \'o'ii do , IBhlY , ' 'aId Judith. ' 'Come
7mov , ) II eat a pleco of Pie ; It'll do you
Inure good no' than for breakfast , and I'll
get yotir pipe. Are they goIng to str ke ,
tijeti 2"
Well , as bad. They voted to send a
coimnlttee to Iiolilster amm1 ask hmimn to sub-
limit their mhlfference. to aim arbitration coin-
nttee. or they'll trlke , Mcnday. hlollister
listen to them. Not. to anybody , I
guess , and not to R bt > and Luke \\'igger ,
amyhow. lie eimt Luke off a veek ago ; an'
time other oman Is Johnny Meihin who's mild
as skimmi milk amid was iut on to represemmt
III ; . lieu ct there amid git red in the face
amid say , 'That's right , ' to whoever speaks
last. "
"limit did you speale to them , Hilly ? Did
you may the things you were going to ? "
hilly's face grow red. I did , and
I vlsii I imadmi't ; I never made a speech before -
fore , but I felt so worked up about timis I
thought I could talk to the boys , Jest give
'cm plain sense imo % ' this here strike ain't
got a imow on God's earth of succeeding ;
but--you'll say you got a tool for a husband ,
Juily--I gut up on lay legs and I got. scared ;
I was Jort as scared as I used to ho when
I'I play hookey , sIien I was a kid , and moot
I"athmcr Muhiarm , amid he'd be saying , 'Is your
mother sick , hilly Ilimuter , that you're out
o ( school ? ' I could feel my voice wabbling
lmr.'or mime. amid all I CoUld ret out was somne
fool timings about a strike that tailed as
It worse than imo strike ; and then Ilobh ,
ho got lii ) , 50 slIck and with such a lot of
fine , big words about organized labor and
time great tiimion bohiiid us , amid capital at-
Toady en the run , and he worked 'em up
about those new fellers ( and they are a disgrace -
grace , time ) ' can't mmiammage their blart no-
Iow' % iti they mnay be kiiling somebody
any day ! ) , and lie got the boys llglitlmig mad ,
- filth hi called moe his cautious friend-I ke I
\M a coward ! Aiul then they all hollered.
You mice , lie's got such a way with him , a
little , 'mmItrmg , white-teethed feller , and
mminrt as a steel trap , amid there ain't any-
timing on earth we workiugmimen like like a
feller 'iio can talkl"
" ' imimselt it's ? "
"Can't lmc ee crazy
"lie sees we've got 2,000 In time treasury ,
no.1 how we've been cut down , aimil cut
down , tiii winter , and imo seen flolilster's
got sonic big orders on , now , and that's au
lie does see. , , Jf you tell him llohllster's
obstinate's time devil , he jest lairs and says
im&'s heard folks tlmreaten to bite oft tlier
ncsto to spIte their fmmce before , but they
dOfl't do it , all time amno , and IlolEster can't
bluff hilimi ! I don't thimik Iloiiister's so bad
aim they make him out , But lie's got time
dcvil' ( ) % Vfl temmmper s'imcn you glt hits math
up. They'd have struck timis very same
liimltt it It hmailn't beemi for young Fitz-
maIm rIce , "
' 'limit lie don't belong to time ummion , ' ' saul
Judith , who was 110w ireated by her lmtmsband ,
listening with ab'orbIng Latereat : "hmow'd he
get in ? '
"Well , ve've had liiiii for a lawyer , cauet ,
ho worked for miothmimig and Imo was a poor
boy that's worked imp ; ammd ho cortInly han
( lone well by us , \'eil , he caine in , In tinme
to sea ltobb VliO imp tlio floor iti nio , coil
ho nmmulo a t'peeclm ; saul ho just got back to
town this aftermioon vlth Alderman Mc-
( humus itilil lie vasu't prepared to 'speak , but
he hopeil they would give timomnreives time
to see timings clear , Two timings was neces-
t 101'1 , to have a good cause and a lIghting
chmamce to win ; so , lje got timemmi to appoint
time commmmnittee , that was the best lie could
do. Fltz him a good man , but lie can't etol )
; time boys , They've got a head of steammi co
and they're bound to let tier ' 'huli ! It's a
t idmid of crazy fever , Thcy'r0 mad at nic.
Boys I helped ninny a time , Now they're
madi"
Ills 'Ifo hooked at hi1mn wistfully , "It
they strike svllI It be a iommg strike , Bill ? "
"God kmmoa8h I went to see Harry Loss'-
log , and enys ho : 'Ion't you let time hot
hutauis rnqjynu ! liollister's got hI mail
. - - . . _ _ . - ; - ii going to rumu lmi business or ( limit.
lie knows where lie can get some miew men
amiul If ) 'OU strike he'll get timemmu. You boys
'dv ii mminybo lIght a week , a immenth , two
months ; nmtl then yrni will have to go back
Old his termumu' , or you Won't have thmo chance
to go back at all. ' "
Judith clavli'tl her hiamids together invol.
untarlly. "Hut It you strike , how will o
pay ( or the house ? "
"Ve can't for time house
pay , Not un-
I t'ss- "
lie hiesitateti anti cue coimupletcil the ord
for him , "Not iimiles mumy brother could pay
you back wind 'ou lent hmimmu , hut he'll be
out of a sob , too , "
'Thiat's It. Anti wo got to live , too ,
And if the stores trust us they'll have to
be raid. Mr , Lossing , he was awful kind
and said 'You tell Jutly not to worry , sIms
milma'im't lose her house ; ' but we can't lay
right down on him , I don't see how a maim ,
jest to git luimselt talked about , jest to
imiake a uiamno in the newepapers ammd have
folku say wlimit a big moan his ia-I don't see
how lie can ho bringIng other imiemi to ruin
that way , Josh felt awful 'bout it ; lie got
UI ) and said how lie was situated amid how
after being sick so much and his family
sick lie was iest gittin' 0mm his feet amid this
woulti knock Iulmii flat again , lie 'nuost
' cried , lie felt so baui , ' hut it dtln't : do mb
good , They're crazy I"
Judith found mie word of cheer , but 'lie
did not ask hum whether he could hot keep
at work whatever the others dd , The
worklmugmuan's wife recogmiizes the working-
moan's code of honor us wei $ as lie ,
"There's only one miman , " said Billy. "viio
can do smuytlmiiug ; that's Alderman McGitm.
Z1 is- "
is"Ohm , 131111 , won't be ? flut they say lie's
a bad ulian , and you gut some of time boys
' to vote agaimist him. "
"I don't know ; that's' what Mr. Losslng
saul amid young harry , anti you living so
long In ttmer family amid they gIving us such
aulce preiselits , of course I wanted to work ,
like lie asked , and I dtdmu't think It was
rht spending so pmucla money.oo time itreeb
- thoughi I omay be giaml enough to come tea
a iti'eet job myself , little as I ever thoimgiit
It ! " ho auhiloil , vitIi a groan. "I h-h I
himithii't gone again-it hlni now , for I got to
go to see huini. with FItzmaurce and young
I.ossing , tomorrow. "
" \vlll lie hiclp you , do you thnk , Ililly ? ' '
" 1 aIn't much hope , You see lie's alter
all oil or lard or somne kind of Inspectorshuip ,
good pi auth awful little work ; anti Tim-
berly can giL it for hilimi ; and Tlmborly's for
time strike , and I bet lie won't mumad Tlmn.
berly amid the bays , too. "
"Hut hmy Is Mr. Timmitierly for striking ?
Iomm't he ncw- "
' 'lie don't care , Judy , lie's rumniullig for
the legislature , and' lie ants the labor vote ;
) dO lie's niaki'ig a big sp1umlge. "
"how smart you are , huh , about such
thi"gs , " said the wife , vroudly , But thio
ummifeigned Praise only brought a dark clotmil
to tue moan's bow. ' 'I was forgetting another -
other bad tlmimig , " said ho. ' 'Morris , time
forenman , lie is going to lilinois to lila wife's
folks ; lie's got a Job there ; amid lie told me
today lie recommnentlet me to the boss ; anul
lie as muuicim as cald lme'tl speak about moo to
Iloliheter- "
"Oh , lull , do you call that hail news ? It
% vt.tiltl lie $1 t a mnomithi moore ; it would Iuy
the paylmionts on time liouse"
' 'And' ' ( ho 'oti think , ' ' saul Bill , bitterly ,
"do you think that they'll be making a
down and wrote hIm all about the thing
and told him I was on the chase after him ,
and it I didn't catch him , would he come
over to pa's for a talk ? I guess ho will ;
but we'll try running him down first , be.
cause the committee may do more mIschief
than even Mao can undo if we wait , They
said ho had gone to Meyers' , The son was
after him with a story of his mother being
dead" Time Meyers were not Meyers really ,
but sonic unpronounceable Russian name of
which tue first two syllables ran into some
similitude to Meyer , nail Meyers they hail
been christened by their gentile acquaint-
ancc' . The father was very old and time
family ucro supported by a san who dealt
lii junk and rags. They were not PoPular in
the Eighth ward , because they were dirty.
If one considered , there was no especial
reason why they s'hould be clean ; a feeble
old oman , deformed by rheumatism , the
omuly person to care for an old , old mann , and
a son who lived by collecting anti sorting
rubbish. Iitmt no one did constiler.
"Anti I guess , ' ' saul Tommoy , meditatively ,
"that. the alderman is about the omuly person
in ( ho world who ever givee' thenu a clvii
woril ; and lie does it from habit , without
knawing. "
All ths ! time Billy "as listening with a
nilmid distraught , wearily conning ( lie ugh ) '
los'ibllltles of the future , wis'iiing that lie
imai not beemi so fooilmasty us to "miiaml Alder-
muman McQinhis" an' ] struggling after a way
out of these troubles that should not be
through favors'aekeil. "I never asked anybody -
body to give me nothing , " lie thought ,
' . 'cant only Mr. Mathews at the store , to
" nit a Iflolitil for time grocery bill , when ma
was so sick. " 1It lo3ked at tIme two yonmig
: ellows en tue front seat , uell drumseil amuii
prosperous. "Much they care ! " lie groaned
in his heart : and for the first time in all
his hard-workIng , seit denying life he was
stung by ( he grudging envy of the Irnor
against ( lie ricim , and felt time desolatemuess of
the hunihile mali , Timeli lie caught a turn of
Harry Loseing's stern , young profile , and he
remembered litzmnaurice's wakeful ii glut ,
and hmis lioflot't consciemice mumuiotc hIm , "I
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, . 1IF GOT TIII BOY FIGIITING MAD. 1
striker a foreman ? No , they'll bring a
strange feller and put hIm over us ! "
lie got up ; hie began to walk the floor
in stromig agitation. "Then , it ain't all that-
it's moore ; I've worked at the Iloillater , man
amid boy , for almost fifteen years. \\'cil I
memenuber my poor mother fetching me to
Mouro , whio was foreman then , amid his promo-
laluig moe a job. I began at 1.50 a vcek
amtI I was that. vroucl-oh , Judy , I'll be lost
wIthout time shep ! One day Ilohllster , the
old umuan himself , went through anti ocen moo
at a casting. 'That's a good Job you're making -
ing , hunter , ' says he. Ho remembered my
miamno , lie knovs a good job whemu lie sees
one , There's good things about the old
man , if tie Is pig-heailed I' '
"I can't but thuink that it'll comno right , "
uuged Judy. She comforted hum , unreasonably -
ably , hut just as efficiently as wives do corn-
fort their husbands , whatever their class , I
may euy whatever their intellect. Insensibly ,
tinder the spell of her pretendel horefulness
amid her real tenderness his heavy heart
iigLemiol anil huls sore vanity was soothed.
lImit it vas late iii the morning before lie
fell asleep. Perhaps it vns later before the
wife , s'iio had seemed so peacefully slumnbe -
lag , drifted beyond tue reach of her own
toi-ebodings.
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. Alderman McGinnis was papularly nupposcd
t. ) hioi' the Eighth ward In time hollow of hi's
hand. Rumor vaggeul her tcmigua and shook
her head over tue alderman's paving contracts -
tracts ( his own private avocation was that
of a comiractor ) ; she' whispered hiow lmc lcd
jumuketlng parties of aldermen on visits to
other cities at the expense of rival railways
hopIng to iiaul rival brickmnaicors' brick , amid
how ( lucy partook freely of hospItality , both
solid and liquid , tmirimlshed thiemn-smnehmow ;
sue declared aloud that ho was iii every
"job" ever lmassed by the city council. But
the Elgiob ward , after every explosion of
virtue on the part of 1mb fellow citIzens , omit-
side , grinned' and re-elected Aldermuien Mc-
Gin Is ,
It wnimin time' latest unsucc'msmfiml assault
that yoiummg Harry Lousing hii locked hiorims
i'itli thit 1) p'ilar athrrnan-aad beeuu ul f ate.l.
harry , at thi ! . tlmnf , had just beemi taken
imito btmi'inemm' with his father ; hie was just
begimmning to feel thme exhilarating pressure of
isrga affairs on shiotmiders eo young amid strong
that they welcomed rather tlmamu tlimiciicil from
burdens ; and lie vas In the fIrst blaze of a
young milan's entbuslasmn for municipal re-
forum , lie hiatt sient days running about
the town imiarshmaling time languid and rehuctamit
forces of the "decent cItizens" against a
eortain paving contract of the alderman's ;
amid when tue ahdermnan svas too strong for
bilmim in time council , hind defied him in his
own ward ,
Therefore , McGinnis had been elected by
rather mnoro than the usual nmnjrity anti that
was how it came to iass that imoor Billy
Ilumiter , all night , was haunted by snntchicm
of lmis own SltCCh' against tue arbiter of
this Ilghtlu ward , amid tortured lii brain try-
hug ( imu time chummui'y fashion of a man iuutI tii
express himself by action only ) to explaIn
thee fatal jokes anti criticismmmi. ,
lietore harry timid finmlid his broikfast
neat muornimig the workimugnuan was at. thus
house , amid time youmig refurmsr di'l ' not keep
hiiimu vaiting , It was barely halt vast 8
that Sunday umuormmlng m'hen llarry was teen
by tlio miclglubors driving hIs father' ! light
surrey and the fast gray horses ( with Billy
hunter bn the back seat ) at a rnttlimmg iuco
ilown the hill.
Time ) ' went first to Tonimny Fitzmaurlco's
Tomumny ( at time period of which I sun writing )
was a vard politician , amid in spite of llarry'o
fler' cicquence and 1mb , own affection for
IIary , qu to to tent wthm hii moral lot , Now ,
although lie joined tli two at once , lie gave
Harry the corner of a et blanket In lila
greeting ,
"I'll tell you , " saul he , wIth cattier a
shamefaced. exprt'ssion , "I don't kmbaw which
way Mac Is going , I hope he looks at the
s'triko time wa ) I do , and that's the way you
do ; but I'mim under too big obligations to Mac
to tight fbi In thu and risk his job , mind
that's the truth , "
' 'hut have you considoreil what uuiischuiuf
U hopeless strike like ( liii ill work ? "
began llarry , eagerly ,
"I haven't idept two wlnki thus night , considering -
sidering nothIng else , " growled Tommy , "but
I ain't fixed to fIght lilac , and I don't want
to , either , "
"Aiid what will Mac do ? " said harry , bit.
lug oft a useless argtlmmient at liii cigar end ,
biting it bard ,
"That I cannot say , " Tommy answered ,
"I wa there right after the meeting last
night. lie wasn't bomue , I left woru that
I'd be over this morning ; but 'when I went
over before breakfast ho was gone , Left
iworul hi would see mu. timli aftermm'oeu. ' I sat
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guess they ain't so easy about it , after nil , "
thought he. " 1 do believe time strlke' be.
gnnln' to make me go wrong already ; gus-
pecting everybody , even my frienils ! "
It m'ns a relief to be diverted by the
Meyers' house , the scoidlmmg-stock of tIme
ward , a lean and livid two-tory tenement ,
where , plainly , tenants did time r own repairs
and patcheJ the rickety outIde staircase and
mended time crooked windows from tile
Meyers' junk heap.
"Hello , Meyers ! " hailed Tommy.
The father caine out , hearing tlieni ; tel-
lowed , in a moment , by time son. The old
man had a patriarchal , white beard , a
log , bald head amid a forehead scored , by innumerable -
numerable wrinkles. lie fastened a Win
eye on time visitors , the only sign of life
that hie gave. , 'lIe can't ap k on Engiis , "
cxplaincd time young man. lIe waa short
and bent and hmollow-cheeked. lIe coughed ,
as he talked.
"You have a bad colt ) , " said Harry , with
his ready Interest.
' 'Oh , it notin' , notin' , emily Ilmc it mimake me
set down so often-when I git time bag full , "
lIe added : "Mister Alderman McGinnis
give inc medicine. A full bottle , Takeml
it out of his pocket. "
'Isn't he here ? "
"No , he gone to next. street. W'hiinneys
; ! Cr fl.fle. Say , hc' goi'.i man ! " lie
spoke rapdly to his' father ut his own
tongue anti as I In answer the old man
nodded several times and lifted hmI trenu-
bling hands.
"lie praya for him , he is so good , " cx-
Imiainc4l the somm , , .with a. reverent aIr ; "ho
seen 'bout my mother's coffln-everyt'ing. 110
ltntl me all de money and lie git a friend
take ummy junk for so I can pay ; he's good-
you bct.i" '
"If ho 1mm so good hp caq't want the strIke
to go on , " thought BIlly , as they drove on to
the Whinneys. harry , In ( rout , soul not a
word ; m'hat lie thought of Alderman McGIn-
nis' gootiness lie kept to himself. Neither
( liii iitzinaurWo speak untIl they were rein-
log up before tIme Wiiinneys' whIte picket
fence. "Iiere'mi time \Vhllmneys , " said lie ,
'largect famIly In thio ward , four votes in it.
Mrs.'hlnnoy's a wldov an an awful hiarti
worker , but time boys are wild , "
The Whimmneyiu had a teaspoon of a garden
and a somali imrch on which mint three of the
whit hoyt' , smoking , in theIr Sunday clothes ,
They said ( hint the alderman hind gone to the
Widow hoffman's.
"You all well ? " asked Tommy ,
" \Vehl , yes ; hut Jlmnmy's in trouble , " This
tromn the eldest , thio others mutely assent-
lag ,
" \Vhat's the matter wlthm Jimmy ? "
' 'Fight , 'rony Becker , AntI lie' lilt him
lmarder'n lie meant , "
"Either of them drunk ? "
"Both , " said the brother , scntentbouc'ly ,
" \VeIl , now , that's too bail , " said Tomnrny ,
sympathetically. as if iio ! iad been tout that
( lucy wore bothi cripples , and he clicked his
tomigue against lila teeth ,
"Ma's ( irendiul upaet about It , " said the
youngest brother.
"Of course , Say , how about hail ? "
"Oh , Mr , McGinnis seen about that ,
Thmat'ii be all right , "
"Got Into time papers ? "
"No , sir , Mr. McGinmiis teen a reporter.
Maybe hue can Iwep it out. "
"There's a oman to tie tol" oxclaimnetl
Tonirny , warmly ,
"That's rigimt , " cried all time Whiinney boys
in concert ,
Then harry drove on to time Wi'low hoff-
moan's. Thu widow was slowly dying of an
incurable disease. She had been a woman
of mark In the ward , rearing five orpiiamm
clmildremm , with never a cent fronm her hius-
band , mior Lie much as a lump of coal fronu
( ho poor overseer ; and yet , of no one in time
ward vere timers recorded more acts of kindness -
ness , small amid great. The widow's Sunday
cap showed at time window , Ghe wan a
large-featured , gray-haired woman , who
umileI with her eyes oftener than with her
lips , a woman that strangers called vlain ;
but it wouldn't be well for one to use that
word in speakIng of bet hum time Eighth ward ,
No hess ( lion three nosegays and a lease
bunch of hot Imouo roses brightened thu
table before her , Sims beckoned with her
hianil , amid Tommy leti the way into the
house , time door of which was opemmc4 by her
daughter , Thu aldermmman had gone on , the
girl explained , lie only stopped to brimig her
mnottmi'r sonmo roses , but wouldn't the gentlemen -
men 'tcp In , her unotlier was wanting to
speak with Mr , Leasing ,
"I was waimting to ask you , kumowimig you
knew Mr , Iloillster , will they strike at tiio
hiohihater ? " tIme widow asked , an eager
tremor in her tones ,
"I hope not , I don't know , " answered
Harry , wboifl Texnuoy5 Ia his 7OUDZ dsy , ha
often brought to see limo wltlow' , "We are
hookIng for Mr. McGInnis In hopes ho can
do somethIng to stop It. "
"That he can anti that ho wIll , " declared
the widow earnotly ; "ho Is a gooi man ,
Michael McGinniii And the Influence he has
is wonderfui' Though wlmy shouldn't he
have , when hie' always helping somebody ?
But I hearth , yesterday the men was trrlbiy
atirred up , amid I've been that distresseil , I
can't quiet toy nulmid at all. "
"limit , " said lisirry , rather sttirmtdly , "I
thought your soup erent In the hIolllater ? "
The widow looked -surprised. "No , to be
sure , sir , God b4thm&ikeil & , ! IId you tlii'c
It sas for myself 1 was scared ? Oh , it ain't
for me and rninC , it's for all time sore hearts
there'll be in thIs. nolghborhic'od. l'oer Mre.
Wlmlnney , she was cryimig over It thIs very
mornIng. 'The boys'hl be on ( lie street from
mimorning fill night , ' says slfb , 'and Goul knows
wliat'li happenl' You've imr'ar'i of her
trouble ? 'Twas the strike nmade the fight.
Anti Molly Aiken , the dressmaker , he was
% vorryimg hoiv shic wouldn't have no work-
oh , tI'ere'3 moore misery than jtit ionimmg
wages comes from a strike , and so I told ( lie
almiernman , "
"I hope lie agreed witit you , Mrs. hoffman -
man , " hilly sPOke out of , lila anxiety , meet-
log her eye at timat second.
' 'lie says' . 'Icn't ) 'Oti fret , Mrs. lloffmamm ;
It'll all come righit In the wasiul' You kmmow
I is joking way. And I'm iiopirmg moore tv. "
Ihiii's own hopes begaum to warm lila heart
again , lie left ( lie widow's comforted , lInt
harry Lne"umg frawnel. Tomummy's liaiidsonme
Irish face a5 as Impassive as a mask.
They drove to ninny Imacc ! after time euler-
noun. Time ) ' heard of moore than one saying
and ( lolng of lila. hero It wali a joke , anil
there a slirevcl bargain , anti most oftn a
triv'ai , goomi iiaturcil kimutimiess , limit the ) '
mIld miot flmmd him , Ammul preucmity : Fitznmaurice ,
wl'o hiami growim tiioumihitful , spoke tet'tL'.y : ' 'I
hope to time Lord , Mac aui't ! lying low , wait-
lng for the cat to juimip before lie comimimmits
hmhmnsc'hf. But It looks like it. If lie is , it's
all up wIth Imoadlmmg off the strike. "
"Maybe h 'o iii Moscisy's , " m'miggested Billy ;
"lie goes there sometimes or maybe imome. "
' 'hlu Isn't hiomume ; did you sea that buy talk-
lug to mime at time last place W' otopped 7 I
sent liimmi to Mac's antI ime'd just got back.
Mac hiaihn't been home and he'd emmt word
lie wouldn't be lionic to ilinner , I don't
like ( hue way lhmimmgs ICOk. But we can try
Moseky's , No hmarmmi iii trying , as time bur-
ghimr said of the latchkey. "
Moiiley kept time earlier grocery. lie was
sunmmlmmg hilmuacif elm hiis store stei' , mmnokiuig
0110 of his owmi ' 'elegant cigars' ' which lie
retailed at a nickel nmlece.
"Mac ? " lie mid , ' 'why certainly , I seen him
not two hours ago ; lm was driving by with
Captain Tmmihcriy.
"Much obliged , " said Tommy. hlarry's
jaw droppmd.
"Say they're going to have a etrike at
liolllster't' , " this grocer contlimuied , wlmlic time
twoyomung _ macli stood uumicsrtaimi. ' 'I Imope
miot. S.riit'o a fearful bad II I g for busIness ,
fearful. I got o lot of hlohlister muisim mom iii ) '
books. They're good pay ; timers ain't no better -
ter pay timami workin' people , but wheim you
ain't got time monoy-whiere are you ? "
"That's rglit , " said Tonimny , "good morn-
log. " lie looked at Harry , harry was
driving very fast.
"What's your next. mnore ? " said lie.
' 'I'm going to liohlister , hmimuitelf , ' ' saId
harry , "McGinnis doesmm't mneimn to risk imIs
popularity or hi'o job. lie has no mmmore
coimsienco timami a saloon sIgn. I'll drop you ,
whoreever you say ; and hunter amid I will
go to hIohIister-'I know lie's at time office ,
this morning-amid ve'll talk to hmimn as two
hmon't men to a .third and we may tb mummie-
timing. "
"I mnay not be an imonest maim , " said Tommy
qtmictly , ' 'but if you lot moe , I'll go with you.
I can't help it if I didn't find Mac. "
harry gave imlim friend a gisomn of hula blue
eye' , wh1ch nmio3ed fire. hiowever , for Tommy
was scowhimmg at time tiff horse's head. They
drove along time 'wide street lined on eltimer
side by one and two-story imoue5 , ninny of
thieni freshly painted , all with their hittia
gardens. The windows , in general , imul
whmIte lace curtains to one side. You could
j2 that. families. in time Eighth ward kept a
parlor. There were few people on ( lie mtrcets.
The plain church' with time gleaming red walls
anti v iito spire that bore aloft the symbol
of sacrifl e and peace , sent fortim a single
peal of bells , TonThmy , half uncoii'cioUsIy ,
bnt lma ! head aiM cress l Iminlself. lie
lOcIceil uc and maw time grim walls of the
great foundry where Hollioter mneamit to ruin
his own business. Time smallest of time doors
opened , thirougim which four mnen emerged
1n a imimiidie. One of tiieni swung time door
halt open again for a parting speech , lie
was a portly mall , tlll young , whIm black
curls that aimone in thesun. lie wore a
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BILLY'S EYIIS FOLLOWED IlUiI.
thazzhing , spring suit of gray flannel and a
ecarlet tie : and , omie'i.arge white biand owumig
a golil-hmeadeti camme.
"If there isn'V' Mac , hmimselfi" exelainmed
Tomnniy , "AntI Jtobb and Johnny Lake with
hilmnl" ganped lIm.umter ,
TIme three mcmii looked up and nodded ,
Johnny Mehlln bestowed a furtive wimmk ammul
smile on time astemiim4med hunter , who barely
noticeml iiinm , forFltzmnaurieo hind asked :
" 110w about time strike ? " And time
alderman hiad answered , "Oh , time strike's
off , I guess , Good morning Mr , jossimmg ,
wimilo you're talkIng to Mr. llohlhster , I want
a word with Mr. Fitzmaurico anti Mr. Hun-
( Cr. I guess lie situ I will agree on ( lila heal-
ness , timoughm w13' domi't always. Hey , Mr ,
Ilunter ? "
Billy colored , tUid clicked , but lie was
spared necessIty for reply , since tIme older-
man ( toward whuomabe now felt a vemmeration
sImilar to timat exproste4 by this youflg Itus-
sian ) imad rested one foot on time imub of ( lie
wheel and was expbtlnhumg tile mnornlmmg events
to Tommy Fitaummaurice with. mnuchm rt'lislm.
"I 'heard sonnetiminig down town last night
that matte mno opeim my eyes. 'rime Idea of
tlmeir cooking up such a timing when my back
was turnodi Well , I didn't lose no time , I
went straight to hlollister and saw how he
felt ; he knew I would give him straigiit
goods anti treated me nmlce , and I got hinm to
piomnImo to tee time conmmlttee , 1(01mb and all"
-Ime winked the eye further front hilly
elowiy at time yoteug moan cmi the front mejt ,
anti Tomniny nodded gravely to imply timmit ho
appreciated how far gratified vanity might
work withu a youmlg labor leader-"tlmen , I aiw
V'igger"-thiis time Billy was included in time
wink and the elbow on time cushmioo rail
mmmoveti a bind ruggcsthyely in time molder's
dlrectiomm-"h guess we all understand what
Luke wants' lme wants to be greasedl And
I guess if tile truth was known he's Pretty
near this bottom of tlmi trouble. Itobb is
ambitious arid young and wants to make a
canto for huimself , and goes off at half cock ,
but be's imonest as the suni But. Iuke Wig-
er jcnt Into this Loping tQ gI ( hIs job back.
That's Luke , or to gut. money if ho couidn't ,
You got to bhtmft lilmit or you got to buy hmhmnl
hlohlipter wouldn't buy him , usa , seeing I
know a thing or two about brother Wigger. I
biuffeil him. Never mind imowl liii only
cimanco to git any kind of a job is from mis ,
anti we've got him , Then I told htobb ,
Johnny MeihIn anti I , or youm can put It ,
Johnny tohmi htobb anti I ( lie real state at
tImings ; and I ndtlcti a little ; anti we went to
the 0111cc. The old nian sw us. Whiemiever
timere wan any hitch I tohul 'eumi a story ; anti
-well , hieforeVl ? vent time old man hiss hula
cigars omit , nmmii I guess ltobh knows It i' bet'
( or sometImes to t'ettle a ttiko than to let
her flicker.
"lie's after a lcptmtntioni as a peacemaker
s Itim honor , now ! limit we got to hiutle this
afternoon , all of mis , and alt our mmmcmi to-
getlier , imumil then iobb will give 'cmii taffl'
mmd Itolhister iias ronmIsl a little lmit ; anti
vo'il have ( ho meeting anti settle this strlko
flat ! See ? "
They were all timere ( for lhiiiy was flattered
deeply by time way th aimlermnan asked lila
opiniomi elm subjects of which lie know a good
deal ) discussing hints' to see time imiost mmmcii
anti do time mmmost iii thmo shortest timume. whiemi
harry Laaslmig returmmcd , Sommie of Iiohllster's
speeches veTe sticking in imla brain. "Look
here , Losslng , yotm mmiii ) ' say what ymm iilcase ,
that hrislmmoanm imns got soinethimig mmmore than
boctll 1mm hinn-thls % vas one of thmui-"thie
% 'a ) ' lie nmammagt'tl those fellows anti by - , uimO
V1t ) ' lie nmammaged time , was lmnmmmeno ! Aimtl
l'imi imamigeti It I don't believe lie was tlisin-
teresteui 1mm tIme affair. he'll get kmmifctl by
Timaherly for his timed lIimg ( a tr'u' iirellctioii )
and I doim't see timmut lie stands to galim a
tlimmg , except time consciossmmess that ime's beemi
( itCmit ! "
W'ithi these orila puzzling Imimmi , Harry
\vemi ! straij'imt at the femmee.
' 'I wasm't sure imow would feel , Mr.
MeG humus , ' ' says hue.
" 'm'oim ever cccii mm big strike , yommuig moan ? "
" 'm'es , I kmmow wimat it is , "
" \S'ehl , now , take it in. Timimi is time ward
that I reprenont to time best of lii ) ' lmummnbhc'
ability. As iommg as l'ni remrei'mmitimig it , I gofer
for wiiat iii help anti for-agalmist what vili
imuirt it. Every timmue. Look at those fellers !
T1me' coimltim't will that strike. liolilster's
hiarl , olmmo m'ays , nhitl ilosperately aggeravat-
log ; but lie's imomiest ; amid him , tioes a good
mmiam , ) ' fair thmlmigs. Strjkers have got to have
a hiowhimig grievammce to win .hme lumbilc syumm-
path ) ' , and thmey almm't got it. TIle ) ' cotiltlim't
git eylllimatlm ) ' or contributions or iosaure or
nctlmhmigl ' Then vhiat wotmid hmappcmm ? A
strike is thin tievil. It stirs imp bail Imlooti , nil
over. It ninm't only losing the wages , there's
.tlme hard feelimigs , anti time boys ldhiimg on ( lie
streets and drinking ; amid the fights ; anti tIme
uvomimeum crylimg at hiomne ; amid time storelcempers
los'mmmg mooney ; and ( lie little bits of furniture
going tc thi auctiomi roommi ; amid quarrels be-
tus ( 'cli frientls-it's time veTs' devil ! ' '
"But Timmmberiy ? " Tomnuny sabl timir.
. "Tilmmbcrl ) ' he imangetl ! " said the alderman
wIth ( leliheration.
"You haven't broken with Timmm ? " crictl
Tonimny.
"I just have , turn , " said the alderman ,
"between Mike McGInnis gittimmg an 0111cc ,
no mmintter lion' good , anti tIme Egimthm ! ward
going without mmicat for supper anti having
to sell its cab'ii't organs anti e"ewing umia-
cimines anti losing the little houses that ain't
quiite haul for-the oflico ain't in It , that's
all I got to u'ay" '
"Good leather ! " shouted Tommy , anti he
wrumng th0 aldermami's hand. ( lilly , blusim-
immg violently , hielti out his own , "You talk
Gomi's truth , alderman , " cried lie , "amid if
you'll run for anythIng from president tioum
I'll feel hmonoreti to'ork for you. Anti ' Mr.
Lossing can't blame nme. "
Hairy laugimed c1 , suitl s'amnethmlng about
beIng glad to work with McGinnis ( hint day ,
imiunselt ; amid paid hum a neat commmphimnent
with aim ingenuous flush rim his ovum young
cheeke. Tlmemi , in turn , lie held out his umantl ,
"Ohm , that's all right , " said MeGinnia , look-
log rather surprised. It was several years
before he tiderstood entirely all that simple
gc.'tmire mncant from young Lnssimig. "Well ,
I see Father Mahmami down the street , and I
must git him after time boys. See yell
later , gentlemen. "
Billy's eyes followed himmi across tIme imiac-
adam. ' 'lie's a gooti immali ! " utlghied Billy
from time depths of a grateful heart.
"I thInk , myself , the rccortiing nmmgel can
afforti to do considerable blotting for Michael
McGinnis on acotmnt of thus day's work , "
says harry. "He has ii coumscience , after all ,
And , Tom , I've been thinking this morimimmg.
I begin to sea why Mac is ea popular. If we
fellows woulti attidy' seine of time nmacliin.e
methods , wIthout dropping any of our principles -
ciples , either , we mmmightn't find election sucim
a blumeti cold day ! "
Tommy did not return time expected smile.
"I've been thinking , too , " saitl Thmon'.as Fitz-
maurice ; "if it's right for hmlmn to sacrifice
ImIs own Interests and risk hula popularity for
time good of time ward , why isn't it right to
tb aim much and tiacriflce the immterests of time
ward , too , it mmecemmsary for the good of the
whole Los mm ? ' '
' 'hut ( list's municipal good govermmnmont ,
That's reform ! "
"Ohm , Lordi I guess I'll hmavo to go for itl"
groaimeul Tomnmuy ,
A lid thus , lii one Sumntlay mmmormmlnmg , mild
Alderman Michael McGinnIs lose a good
office , avert a strike anti unconsciously pistiL
the seed that was to convert this brightest of
lila machine politicians , tiiowly but surely ,
into a reformer ,
PaINlIioui'H immai' ( ' , , ' .
Thoio wonmmen who are time first to adopt
new faslmIoni must Imave imocketS full of
mooney wit-hi wimich to run out and buy whatever -
ever is time latest , for no soone iii tIme
statement abroad that coats are to lie time
correct timing timan out caine all Ilmese
wommiemm In coats , Just see a matinee audience -
ence ( lisperimo , take a surreptitious peep
about church ; call on Milathi early in the
day ; catch her out slmopmimmg , and two to one
shw-eeeh ammd every one of imer-wili be hi
a coat bodice of some hInd. Dainty bits of
gauze tissue with Moorish enmmbroitlery on
erratic tabs thmat. spread out at time frommts of
the sleeves , and tlmat display dreanimy mid-
cacies lii time way of "fronts ; " severe , perky
jackets that button down hero anti tlmere
along the front edges to this bilior-fitted
urmder-waiatcommt , and ( list are cut away in
sedate fri'oiity of frill at the hips ; really
splendid affaIrs of brocade , waistcoat anti
coat all in one , and this oaist fitted chosly ,
an Irrelevantly fluty finl'hi pretenmding time
affair is a coat by skirts below the waiL
line ; belted-Itt mnodela over waistcoats that
are elaborated by yoke effects anti enibroiii. I
eries until to say saistcoat ii to make a
joke ; strange designs ( hat bear resemblance
to it coat oiii' because they are opea over
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.tDs'i'it , tC'i 01' 'I'I'I'Idl ,
iieelu'i' , .Ji eggi Cii , , I 2t hi SI ,
At ; itIti I'i'L'it.t i , ll i'LFiiHX'1'S ,
s , c , .u C , C , ( rui , 18th & ii'Ihu Stus ,
A'i"i'OhI % tlYS.
Albert & ihu'eiIer , OlIve St ,
C. .1. ( miriuw , lttii Sf ,
v. N. ii'uiMle ) ' . 1.tl : , SI ,
) ii'AiIiMtI'r & Cruu'hiiip , , t8 & IIsrthi sit
C. A. $ II'i ( _ ' ( ' , I I thu Sf ,
Vim Iiimioyu.m- ( lomuii i'i tug , Si'li. Aye ,
% 'OIiMi ( ' , StIresi , 1 1 Iii St.
Iu.tRi'iiti' AN1) CXi'i1'l'iONtit1' .
C. C. , h.uu's , 12th t't.
al , ' , , geI , ittiu St.
ih A X KS.
Cflilllil hills State , I. . Gt'i'ui cii , l'reu4ik'lit ,
COmiIiuit'i''iiIi iimIIiIc , 18th St.
h"irNt Xmillomusih , Olive Mt.
liAitiiI4itS.
% v , at. Ilrtii , 1 liii St.
J. Se'i-I i , 'l'huiirntimm iiumise.
Ziiimt'ektr % 'mitts , Oii't'u' St.
I I H i li-IS' I I 0 1 .IISA Ll.
Selulits , , J , 1' , Ahit , , Agi'mut ,
Hi CYCI.HS.
( ' , crm'nri % 'iit't'I 1'orip , , 'ehi.
IirtCICSamI'l'1IIxG .t WAGON3iAiCtG.
tuiumis Heii. i 1 tim St.
Utifer & ICotluir , Cur. 10 & Nort' StN ,
itOOIC IIINIING.
Coluzuminisi .Iourninil , hut St.
11001CM & STA'i'lONEhtI' .
Carl ICrmumiier , 18th St.
ImflOiCilItS.
p' . I' , Sniltit Cc , , , 'Vimtirittohi hiloclc ,
, ' ,
C'AitlIa'IS.
.1 , A. lImirIu'r & Co. . I lit ii St.
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CIGAR F'AC'I'OiU' ,
A. F. SmulTi'zimi , 11 thi St.
CIGA ItS-W'ItOIPSAlli.
1. . J , 1t'e , ( liii 12th Mi.
( ( ) XI1iC1'iN1itY & CiGARS.
Cuiri itruuu.it'r. 18th Mt.
3 ! . Vg&'I , liii , St.
C I , O'V m I I SG.
P'risiciulz lire , ' . , I ( tim St.
.1. Ii. 'uulie' , hum SI ,
Greiseua itrims , , 11th St.
COA I. .
% 'il ) ' . iloek'nierger , Tel , iiI ,
i v , 'Weaver , 18th St.
C I t 11AM I it 1' ,
Tue Stey'nsioii , Steveiisoii & IIegci ,
C1LOCICE1IY & GL.SSW.tItll.
IIeiir' Jtmmtauity. & Co. , lltiu St.
DINTIS'i'S ,
If , fl. IvIglut , U.l.S. , Ihmrli'r fllocl.
It. 1) . MeiCenmu , 1)lS. , 1itmt St.
Ir. l. 11. Nil uulunuul , Novtii iuimiidluig
1) ii EMS MA K l'i its.
[ , ( 'ilLi Casitello , Oilve St.
Misses iahilott & Iliiker , North St.
Margaret A. Fuinic Nd , , Ave.
I)1LUGS.
Gables & Co. , Itithi St.
Dr A , IIeiiuts , 1 1 thi Sf.
Stliimiiuumi's i'IiitVmllml ( ' ' , lOI ) 18(1 , St.
1)1(1' COOiS AN ! ) NO'm'1XS.
.r. A. liium'It'r & Co. , Imuui'hmer 1,1k. , it : St.
.r. C. Fihhuuuuumi , Oilve St.
11 I ) . Fitzpatrick , 11 1 18th St.
i'rlei1toif & Co. , iItlt : St. & Neh , . Aye ,
.1. ii. Giuiht' , 11th Sf ,
g' , Ii. Lmiuuujs A : Co. , 11 tii St.
FLU1t ) t1 ILLS ,
Coiiuuuibuisi Mlii iui Co. , Louis St.
ihievator Hoiier , A. Jzst'ggi , amgr ,
iQ'IJiiNI'I'L'Itld AND I'l'liOLS'i'JmtlNG ' ,
Iemar' ( uiss , Cir. Louis & 11 tm st ,
( iNIiit.tI. )1ERCImANIISIO.
' [ 'lie Fii ii' , Id. as. Filsi'jiig , ii , 1 1 tIm St.
, , ,
GIaIs FU1CNISI1I2cGS ,
Ifiumli "miii Imergt'mi , 11th St.
rrii4t'hiuhl. fires , , 11th St.
A. M. Grimy , 1itii : St.
Gvt'lst'ui hIrosi , , 11th St.
J. 2ui. lf.uIslJmnui , Nt'I ) . Aye ,
G1tlLtT ! G1hItiAN Itl,3IHIY , ,
H. Iii'mimid t , N"hi. A'e.
G it I ) C lIlt I IdS-W'I I 0 LIISA LL' .
Ahiti & Cmuito , 1811t St.
C ii ( I C Iii It illS ,
3fimriocI. A : Semi , Cur , Ill & Nd , . Aye ,
Iit'uiry ituigiutz & Co. , I itli St.
SwtirtNIL' ) ' & iImrns , Ne. jtvt' .
GUNS itNI ) .t3i3mIJNI'l'ION.
Curl SeImuJt'rt , Oily5f ,
lIAR I ) SVA1III , S'l'VIIS & TlN'Aithi ,
ilriisit & Soiiitu's , 11th St.
S. C. & C. C. Grti' , 1fli & Nortim Sts ,
JIAIINIISS AJh ) SAIILES ,
It. . ii. Ituiselme , hilt Sf ,
L , ' % V. ' .Vegivem , , 18th 81 ,
in untlQr frommt antI hmavo hip pieces ; coats
that are all waistcoat , time coat being a
lmart , half zouave , half yoke affair-mill tbe'e
intl dozens mmmore lend kaieluloimcopio variety
o tue new craze. They make Out ) feel , too ,
hiat to lack a coat is to lack time lurmagirma-
ion to produce one 0111. of a yarmi of ribbon ,
S lot of self.conildeuco end a pair of liii )
aba , _ _ _ _ _ _
'lIme i'l'u rI A iIii'tl * , ' ,
Four local newspaper iqen were comparing
motes rcenthroni this restaurants ( lucy have
cnos'ni , relates time Clevelanti Plain Dealer.
"Saw novel device in Chicago no ( long
go , " said one , "Friend took toe through a
lid , cheap jewelry factory , Itubics by the
ils'i'iIS.
I t'iiithut'r iioui' , G. t. Si'istt.
p Gt'uiiui I'iiIl , ' , Smuiimiit'l hmiIiuui1 ,
1.1 uili'l I I hit , 'I , Guts Vi mmii Isiel , .
aiei'Iil iii mm ihiitt'l , .Jihi mu ( I , l'ohlocic ,
'I' ii . ' 'i'll II I'M I ' ) ii , ( I t' , I , i' ii imi 0 It ,
ICil ,
iiuiker . 't'.i'ihs , III I'i' St.
I : ' S I i I A N CII.
lk'eii'r , .hmiegi A Cam , , 1i.tiu St.
.1011 i'itI'l'I'G.
A rg us I'rl mu ti ii Cm , . , Ni'i , , Ave.
am , is. , 'i'riu'i' , I Itli St.
.IIS'I'iCil ( ii" 'I'll II l'IIACII ,
iiui'uiri 1'uiiler , 12t ii St.
i..tt'NIitlihS ,
Columiulmusi S tt'mtmui , X.'m , , Sty' .
1,1 V hIlt V. I'hiilI ) & SAidl S'I'AhIi1i ,
.5 , 1' . AllIs , lIlt Ii St.
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M. IitsuummWuirteza ,
quart , diamonds by time punt , gold rings till
you couldn't rest , 'What's hero ? ' said I , as
I iiolnted to a glass jar hilled with ereanmy
PehhOth ,
" 'Pearls , ' said the brennan , 'Ten centa a
r:1 : ' We sell 'em to this cheap restaurant ,
' , 'What for ? ' says I ,
, ' 'They drop one In eachu plato of oyster
stew , ' says the foremiman ,
a , 'What for ? ' says I again.
, , 'Customer scrapes 'round in stew.
Doesn't see any oysters , Grand kick comning.
l"intlms pearl , Gnus ecstatically. Sneak
iarl into vest imockot , hats stew , Doesn't
connplain.Pays check and goes away small.