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10 Til K ( VMAUA DAILY SUN DAT , TlSCI ) L > rHI3K ( i. ISOO. BY ROBERT BARR. Ilie Story of n Inbor Union. \ Inlo ol Present Diiy Pro'ilcnu.llli ' tplsoilcs from Rent life. K ( flyrlnht. 1VJC by notion Hirr ) Prom Wlmbluton to Surlilton Is co-npara- lively Imt a stop. An pntrrprlalliK train , bout on accomplishing the font , ran do the llstancp In seven or eight minutes , and ovct the slowest of "locals" takes but twelve Ilarncy was nn energetic jount ; man , and , where a check was concerned , knew the dancers of delay , sn lie resolved , being In the ni-lgbborhood , to go to Surblton , tee his mother anl settle the business Tlio joung min often reassured himself by sajlng In- war lly that ho. was no fool , and the few minutes ho hud to meditate on thu sltua- tlon PS ho paced up and down No 3 plat form wetting for the train enabled him to formulate a coiirso of action. llnrney had a well defined mental pro cess by which ho arrived at any pHn of proredure "The great thing , my boy , " he used to lay , "Is to know exactl ) what jou want , and then go for It" In going for It the JOUIIB f"llov , trampli'd on an'j thing that cnmn In his patch , truth , for example. Ills ono olijeot v.as success the Kind that suc ceeds Ilavlni ; attained that , he was caro- lcs nf the means In this Instance what ho wanted was to prevent any Interference with Sartwell. and ho knew , If ho boldly opposed lilt mother's scheme , nticli opposition v.ould Inevitably bring about the meddling he desired to mold , and at the same time place himself n her bad books , which was flnanciallj undesirable "It will take a bit of thlnkliiK " said liar- noy to himself , thus show Ing that he cor rectly estimated the dllllcultles of the situ ation , anil realised the shortness of the instance between \S'lmbleton and Surlilton. Surblton li a most attractive Surrey nuliurb with an excellent acrvlce of trains The houses nro large , dntocl-ed. and of the class known In estate agents' voralrtilarj as "desirable" Stock brokers In the city are attra"ted thither as much by the rapid train nervlco as by the desliable residences , tlitin many of them live there The rlth and re tired trade * n an and fie manufacturer In a large waj have given the place an exclusive- nr s whldi It coulrt never have atnlned It It had been a mere resort of noblemen or n place for the housing of the working classes It Is the rich and rttlred Hadci- jnaii who lion given England Its reputation ns a cold and dignified nation Nothing can tompaio with a lirst-class compartment from Purbt'on "Vauxhall and Wateiloo , only" for rigid exrluslveness Sonictlmra an un fortunate duke or marquis coming from his estates in the southwest , chances upon the Surblton contingent , and makes an Innocent and friendly remark He Is fro/on Into nllenpi" by the Icy stare of the other five oc cupants of the compartment . Surblton , to a stranger , has the look of n seaside place. Some of the streets are broad and divided b > narrow ralled-in pirka There are benches here and there and trees overjwhere while an UEsenibl } hall In the center t/f the town nnd o. sort of marine parade along the river , and a band atrnd anil military ecncert every \Vcdiiesdayevcnlngdurlng the cumniei.glvp to thli charming suburb the air of a coa-it resort , lacking only the long , spider ) , cst- Iron pier , which Suiblton may yet build over the river Into the Hampton Court grounds where In sprint ; the waters lie like n broul , jellow ocean When that pier Is built the chircc for ml nil ulnn v. Ill doubtless bo , S pence doiildp the Ilrlghton price for Suibltoa la prone to attest Its cxcluslvcntas In a'manner that appeals to the financial Imagination. It Is pioud of the fact that Its local rates are high ( the Surblton Improvement committee being elected to attend to that matter ) , and that a first class season ticket costs 2 more than to any other place an equal distance fiom London The Hope residence was a large , sipjarc , jcllow limi.u1 , rather old-fashioned "an Im peding mansion" wan the phi ate that caught Mrs Hope's ejo In thu Times befrie she Induced her husband to lm > It and It stood In extensive , well-wooded grounds. Har- nen drove up to It In one of the open vic torias which stand for hire at the tttatlon I a class of vehicle that adds to the seaside appearance cf Surhltou Tolling the man to wait ho sprang up the steps and Knocked , for there wus nothing so modern as a bell at the front door. Ho found his mother In thu di.iwlng roum , and S * w , # iLC'///C&X / : D\U\IV : ON uis IICAUTH uisurn. urn. ulth her I..uly Mary ranshauc. who hail driven over fiom lur father's eouati } place In the Dorking illrrctlon. l.ndy Mary was a nice gill , lather hhv , who liluslicil prettily \\lien Iliiine > came in , anil hail a great ailml- latlon for the joung man'b hlthertu unappre ciated artistic tatonta. liking a painter butter than a manufacturer. I lur father , having asccitalneil ilcllnltuly that Ilarney'K posse > 8- Bloii of a Mmllo would lu no way Interfere vvlth Me ultimate coming Into the proprie torship of the lenumcratlve fuetoiy , maele no objection to the ucqualiitanevshlp between thu llopo family nml hlu o\\n Ilnu-ile-ilo , Lail > Marj. " crleil the ) oung man , ehaklng liaiulh with her. "How are 5 ( in , mater ? " lui aililcil to his mother , UUsing her en the chcc > k. ' llainunl , ' eaid the older lady , with a touch of Keverlty In her tone , "I did not ex pect to see > ou In Surblton so noon. I thought ) nu would attend to thu bunlnens I spoKc of" ' It's ull been attenJed to , mator. I don't In Iho Bias * grow under iu > feet not that U s n good diy fur grass , elthe-r , " cnntlnucd the > uung man , cheerfully , warming hh baniU at Hie lire. "Ileatly weathpi. " he re ntal l.cd to I/aily Mary , who npfcrnte'd to the. , eii < e statement ' Vi * m.iier , my nmtlo Is. what U vvonh limit ? IB worth doing quickly -spot-dlly done U twice Jone-l think there's a pro\eib lo that e'ffeet , jou knutv. If there' * nut inert ought to In' . " Lndy Mary rose to leave the room , a * mother and son hael etldently something to Olscunn together "Sit duvvn , child" nald Mrs. Ilonp. "it In nothing private. The men at the 'u oiks' talk of BolDK on strike. Thu manager U a itul-liiirn. uiDloldlng man , glrvn even to broulicallin : lila employers " "Uullylug , I call t.t , " Interruplod Ilarncy. < vho now stood vvlth hit back to the II , o , hU fct-t VMill apart on the hearth rue. Ill * mother went on i dimly , without noticing ie i ton's Interpolation : "Kn II eevms to itiu that such a man , ut terly lacking In tnet , might not , perhaps , hi * ultiJftil of thu fcelliiK * of thoau uudcr him. Wo all have our dulles toward the working cl as , a faet manv , alai , appear to forget. " Lad > Mary said ooftly , with her ev.es cast down , that this waa Indeed the case "So > ou saw Mr Sartwell , llanurd ? " 'Oh , > efl , 1 si\v Sartvvpll , and had n talk with some of the men vvlth the ah ring leaders don't you kin-v " "You mean the loaders , llarnanl' " "Yrs , pamollilni ; of that sort. 1 don't pre tend to undei stand the bally worklngmun , } ou know , but there's lots of sense In what they sa ) . They know what they want " "Did you find Mr Sartwell obdurate ? " "Oh , bless jou , no , mater. Sartwell's the must reasonable of men " "Indeed ? It novcr oruurred to mo to place him In th.it cntegorj. " "Uo'i't you in a lii any mistake about Sart well , mater You won't mid him stan 1 In your waj at all. Hc-'s perfectly willing to do whatever > ou want done 'Ilarney , m > boy , ' said he ( o me , when I told him what jou thought about thU trouble , 'Ilarnej' f i > s he , 'after all Is aald and done. It's the vv omen's affair more than oura ' " "Tho women s affair1" Bald Mrr Hope , ilrivvliig herself severely up "Do I undci1- taml > ou to mean , llarnanl , that the man was lefcning to Mrs Monkton and mjsclf" " \\cll mater , jou ace we were talking frceltogi ther cs man to mill und hani ; it all' jou know , it la jour affair and Mro Monkton'ti mole than eld Monktoii's and father's 1 don t suppose they care so very much. " Mra Hope slo.vly raised her glasses to her I'jra and stareil at her son , who was looking at the health rug now. testing his v eight on hid toi-.i and then coming down on his heels "I haven't the least Idea what jou are talking about , IJarnMd" "I am talking about the prop-oscd strike , mater , about the lU-niamU of the men. " "Itoquc'&ts in ) son The men lequcdl an audience with Mr. Sartwell , and he iefuiC3 It , as If he were prlmo minister. " "That's just what I until to Sartwell. 'Surtwell. ' eald I , 'jou're hlgh-hniilcd vvlth the men. ' He admitted It , but held that If ho had a conference with them , no geol ould bo accomplishes ! unle.ot ) lie acceded to their dem reqitCHts ' "tie could compromise ho could make some cr.iccdslnpj. and then everjtlitng wojld fo ; smoothlj again He has no tae1. " "Quite so , quite so Hut jou BCD the men want only one thlni ; not several They are perfectly logical about it. I hdd n talk with them , and they were very much gratified to he.ir that jou were en thcii Bide There will be no trouble vvlth them In future If Sartwell Is onlj reasonable Thcj louk at It like this They vurh ten hours a day end get on nn average a pound a week or ah something like that I for get the fvnct amount , although they had It there In shillings nnd pence Now fathei and MotiKton work four or five hour ? a daj ti't vcrj hard either and ( to to Switz erland in the summer and Algiers In the winteir jet the > j draw JO.OOO a jear each out of the business. This , the men claim I ? unjust , and , of course I quite agree with thorn It'ti outrageous , and I eald so Well , the men arc prci ared to do the most gen- crcus things In firdcr to compromise the ) v.Ill alloA the partners ten times what the ical wotkc'is pd ; M nl.tcu and father are each to di ivv 500 , i jcar out of the business ami the i. 10,0(10 ( Is to be divided among the woikers I thought , that It was an e-cceed- Ingly lIKeral proposal , and I told them " so During this able. If mjthical. exposition of the v.orkmon's views , Mia Hope gazed at her son vvlth over-lnci cased amazement. When ho had concluded , she was standing up , apparently speechless , with nn o.ninous frown on her brow- . Lady Mary looked with timid anxiety fiom ono to the other. There iicemcd to bo a sweet reasonableness In the joutig man's argument , nnd jot something hopelessly wrong about the proposition "Klve hundred pounds a jear ! to mo ! " cried Mrs. Hope , at lait. " \\oll-to father , tccMilcally same thing , of course' . " "Klve hundred a jear ! Barnard , If anyone ono had told me an hour ago that you were a fool I Jive hundred a jcar1 how can people - plo exist on five hundred n jcar' " Ilarney looked reproachfully at his mother Ho wan evidently hurt. "That's Just the way Sartwell talks , and I suppose he thinks I'm a fool , too , merely be cause I'm tijing to undeintand the labor problem It seemed to me that If a workman with twelve children to support can live on tCO a jear. an elderly pair vvlth but one child and ho about to make a fortune In painting could get along on ten times that ! amount " "Oh I've no patience with jou. Hainan ! " " \nd then Sartwell sajs. look at the capj. tal Invested " 'Tortalnly He Is perfectly right , and any ono with a grain of sense would ee that There are thousands and thousands expended In the buildings and In the development of the business The workmen never think of tha' nor jou either. It apnears " 'You gee. mater , It's out of my lino. Hut what K.irtwell said about Investment made me think " "Think1" exclaimed his mother , with withering ) contempt Y's. " rot tinned Darnej- , placidly , "so 1 went to th workmen to see whit they had to &ay about It They said at once that the capital had been refunded over and ovpr again I wont back to Sartwell to SPO if this were trup and It was true. Well , then " ' What then' ' " "Under the circumstance * It seemed to me that the workmen had made a most mag nanimous proposal If a man would paint a picture for me which I could sell for 300 and he was content to take 59 for It and Irave me the other flr 0 I should think him the .most generous of men " "Stop talking nonsense" , please Is Sart well going to lecelvo the men ? " "I mppose so " "Then jou must Instantly go back to the cltj nml tell him he Is to do nothing of the iort " "Ilut. mater , " protested the ) oung man. He looked uneasily around the room and taw that Lady Mary had slipped away un- rci reived "Don't talk. You've done enough harm already Trv and undo It " "Hut. I say1 H'H rather rough on me. mater When jou promised mo a check for tSOO , I didn't Imagine I would have to see old Sartwell a second time and take back all I said He would think mo an ass then " "Ho thinks It already Ilut It doesn't mat ter what ho thinks It Is what ho does that you have to deal vvlth You must BOO him at onre nml stop this nonsense about a coil fcrcnce ' Ilarney shook his head dolefully. "I don't see how I cap face him again , nnter. I'd lather lose the 300 check. " "The * check has nptjilng to do vvlth the question I should hope > ou are not at- tc-iidlng to this for the 200. Ilut I'll write jou n chpck for fCOO , If that will satisfy jou Then 1 hope to hear no more about 500 a year lie consistent , at least , llarnnrd. " "Thanks mater , I'll trj. And while/you are wilting out the check I'll have a vvoid with Ladj Marj. " "Very well , " said his mother , Using. The request did not BPPIII to displease her. When the joung | jdj came In Darnoj- was womleifullj bright after his long discussion. "I wrs afiald 1 was In the way , " said Lad ) Maiy , modrritly , "I don't IUIQ.V much about vvoil ; people" ' "I ! t labor question , " c-ild narnej"Is an oxepidlngly Intricate one , and I'm afraid I don't quite umlmtitRiiil It In all Itn bearing iu)6elf : but It'o moot Intel c-stliiK , I aeauro jou , most Interesting I'm a laboring man mji-eir. now. T' o got my studio all fitted up , and I work like a--let'u te , Is It u Turk , or a nlKRcr ? " "I think a nailer ! thp Iuille jou want. " "Very llkuly. I don't fiiippose ,1 Turk works If he cat ) help It. Oh. by the way. I idy Mniy , 1 have 'At Honira' at my ntudlo every Tuesday from 3 till 5. I vvl h jou would come Out icur father to tiring ) ou , I want ix real live lord don t > ott know , to-- we'l to give tone lo th gathering " I.udy Mary latiRljpd "I iU'juia Jlku to 0 veiy much. I was never In ntudjo since 1 hail my portrait painted , I'll ask my fnthoi , but he dopHn't KO out Veiy often. " "Oh , t know ) ou can got him to come , so that's a promise. " In the hall his mother hniided llarney a check. "He ( Hire jou go at o.leo lo Sartwell. " she ald. "and see that j-ou Jon't bungle the htslnrM a Bocond time. " And yet the pool hjy had merely pre - tended that her former ordera had been car ried out ! Hartley madeno remark about Iho Inconsistency of woman ho kissed her nn bath checks , aa n dutlCul sou should do , and departed. CIIAI'THU VII. In almost anv other country than I'm- land the name b ) vhleh the evil-smelling eul-dc-sac off LK-ht street was known might be supposed to Invp been given It by some ejnlcnl humorist. It was called lloae Oardpn rnurl. As there Is a rra on for almost cvcrjthlng In this world , the I chances are that once uon a time n garden ] Ftood there , and that roses probably bloomed In It. The i ntranco to the court was through an archway , over which , on the Light street sldp , was the name nf the couit. At the right hand of this tunnel stood the "Itose and Crown , " lorallj l.nown as th" "pub , " and the door of thn JUR and liottlo department opened Into the passige , whleh was convenient for thn Inhabitants of Iho court. On the left of the archway there was a second-hand clothing shop , the wares , exceedingly sepond-hand , hanging In tat tered festoons about the door A strc'ct lamp stood at the edge of the pr.voment , opposite thp entianco to the court , and threw its rajs undei the arch- vay , which somenvlnt feeble Illumlnntlon was supplc'inentpd by a gas jpt over the | door of the Jug nnd bottledepaitmeiit At the blind end of HCSP Garden court stood another lamp post. The court was un evenly pave-d vvlth large slabs of stone , sloppj , ns a rule , from the overflow of i tap whleh supplied the Inhabitants with water. The court was walled about with flve-storj buildings , and In the oblong well formed by these rather dilapidated cdlilcrs the air hung dark and heavy laden vvltn many smcllfl Drcozfa blowing ovrr Lonlon trom the south or the ncrth 01 the west piodnccd no move ment of the noxious air in Hose Garden conduct had to be particularly flagrant to bring upon them Uil last resort of the force. Along Light' ' dtfppt came Marsten , vvlth the elastic sprlpgy , energetic step of a young man m'rtbdd ' health , who takes this I world sprloualr and believes there Is ROIIIP- I thing to be tfnifpIn It. He paused for a moment opposite the "Ucao and Crown , " and nodded to sotho men who were lounging there ' 1 "Aro you prtlng" " In the meeting tonight , men'1' ho nskM. ' Ono shook hU head , another shrugged his shoulders : U was evident at a glance that none of them lal ) ( any Interest In HIP meet- I n i ? whilethi "vub" remained open. "It's Important,1" paid Marsten "The committee rcjtoMs tonight , nnd 'strike or no i strl'to' will llhcly'bo pui lo vote You ate I not In favor of a strike , surol ) ' Then come along and vote against It" I "I dunno' 'bout that , " said one , removing ' his pipe. "Strike pay Is as good as mas ter's pay , an' less work to get It. I could | do vvlth n bit of nn 'ollday. " I "Strike pav may bo ns good as master'n | vhllo It lasts , but It won't last , " rejoined I Marsten. ' i "When It gives out we'll go hack lo work" returned the man. The others I laughed. ! "Somo of jou won't get hick , " said Mnr- I sten. "That's nlwajs the way after a strike Hettcr keep a good Job while we have It. " "Oh I could do vvlth a bit of an 'olldny , " icpeatpd the spokesman of the "pub" crowd. Indlrferontlj' . "Mj God ! " cried Marsten , Indignantly , "If you take no more Interest in vour con dition than that , how can jou expect to better If" I "Well , 1 thnrt , " answered the othoi , good naturedly. 'when 1 sees jou a-comln' along i as 'ovv jou'd better It by arstln' us to 'ave | a ill op o' boor with jou. " i "You're muddled with beer already , " said j thu joung man shortly , as he turned and dls- apprated up the court. 1 The erowd smoked on In silence for some [ minutes after IIP had left them "Cockj joung frllor that , " uald one at last , jerking his pipe over his shoulder In the dl- icctlon Marsten had gone. "Oh , 'e knows a bit , 'o dops , " rcmaikcd an other , saicastlcally There was a longer pause , when the Zaf > S , ' ' - fi.j ! zJt& MARSTKN URGING HllAbNl 1O ATTUNJl CTI03 MCETINQ. Court "Come out. " the pale from th" Surrey hills ni.gltt cr > as It whistled mcrilly over the housetops. "Come out and give the people a chance to breathe , but time wco no aiifwcilng rustle In the coutt the air there was silent and sulltn , as If It had Ukm Its temper from the Inhabitants of the place. Srmctltnee , In earlv spring , the Insistent cast vilml roared boisterously through the tunnel , catehlng tl e mcunitlc atmosphere iinavvirrs , and Illnglnr ; It he'adlon over the roifs nillng the eourt with a biting whirl wind scattering locoe bits of paper and rags skyward , but the Inhabitants of the court didn't like It. They closed their windows , shivered , and vvibhi-d the gale would cca-se Next day the air would settle down quietly In the court , collect Its odor once more , and then cvcrjnody felt that things were as they should be. The court was a property that paid hand somely No one residing there knew- who owne'J the buildings or the ground The man who collected the room rents did BO promptly In advance' , and lie had once told thn landlord of the "Itcse and Crcvvn" that thu court was mote lucrative as an Invest ment than If It had been situated In the Orr-svcnor Square dlstilct The owner was popularly supposed to have farmed the property to a compirj ) , and the rent col lector repreeentcd this organlratlcn. The company could not be expended to spend money on repairs the owner could not bo leaoheJ , and arlde from all that the rooms were In constant demand , so if a tenant did not like the arrangement he cctild get out there were a dozen others ready to take his place. The people who lived In this human war ren were not criminals Most of them did something i-eeful for the living the-y re ceived Criminals , when convicted , are housed In a much more sanltarj manner , and they are sure of enough to eat which the denizens of thn court were not. If an > prison In the kingdom weie as fetid as Hose Garden court the great heart of the nation would bo stirred with Indignation , and some wretch In authority would feel the lash of rlghte us ptiLHc scorn The court was merely airly representative of the homo of the Brltl'.ili ' worKlnginan , In the wisest , largest , proudest , most wealth } city in the woId : , at the end of the > nine teenth century , after a thousand jears , more or kiss , of progress Some homes cf the * worktngmcn are better , but then sonic are worse , for VM > must never forget that we have the "artisans' Improved dwellings" among us. The occupants of the "Impiovcd dwelling ? " nro hedged about with restric tions , but In the ecurt was freedom free dom to co.no and go ) n-s jou lilted ; freedom to get drunk , freedom to loaf or work ; freedom to starve The personal predilections of the courtltlcs wcro much the same as those nf habitues ot first-class We\st iml clubs. They IJkcd to drink and gamble The "pub" was at the cutancn and thcro or at the barber shop they could place a little on a horse the } knew nothing of , Ono of the advantages of a free countiv is that a man can got ijul'o as drunk on beer as ho can on champagne , and at much less cost The results are won derfully similar It Is popularly believed that a policeman in Piccadilly Is kinder tea a client In a dress coat than a fellow officer on Waterloo road Is to a man In ir.nk'sklns Hose Garden court had Ilttlo trouble with the police , although the court especially the feminine portion of It looked somewhat ask- niict ) at the force. All a policeman asked of a drunken dweller In the court was that If ho wanted to fight he should fight In the1 court nnd not on a busy thoroughfare ) like Light street. In the court the wives of tin combatants usually took charge of them be- fore the battle had been fought to a Ilnluh. and sometimes a tall policeman watched ever thu separation of temporary foes , sa > - Ing Ilttlo unless ono of the fighters resisted the wife who was vociferously shoving him toward hli own doorway , when the ofliccr would sav : "iComo now , my man , none of that , " whereupon , strangely enough , it was the woman who resented the olllccr's Interfer ence for her protection , though when her man proceeded to abuse a member of the force ) also , she quicKly told him to "shut his mouth , " using an adjective that was at on'-o sanguinary and descriptive1. Often a stalwart policeman would take by the scruff of Iho neck an Inhabitant of the court staggering along Light street , Illllng the air with melody or defiance. And walk him rapidly down the street , the man's legs wab bling .About uncertainly , as If ho wcro a vvaxwork automaton , until they were op posite the entrance of the court ; then , hayIng - Ing received the required Imputim from the olllcer. the man shot under the archway and was presumably taken care ( if when ho got Inside , mi ) how , once In the court ho could not get out again except by the way ho entered , and f w ever became drunk enough to forget there was always a policeman In the neighborhood The thrust under the archway was merely the kindly Light street way of doing the 1'Iccadllly act of placing a Ilttlo effect when the masecs do nothing but laugh or applaud the criminal man tenderly In a cab and tolling Iho driver wIntro to go. Tow were over actually ar rested lii thu Light utreut district , aud their " * t spokesman , vyho Imd been ruminating over the matter , said : , , "Wot d' > o'sy ; f 'avln' another pint In- solde' Then VJD gp t' th' meet In' and wote for th' stroikc Larn ' 1m a lesson. I llkr 'Is Impldcnce , .1 do. Tork 'boutmuddlin' ; we'll show 'obse muddled. " This was unanimously agreed to as Illu minating the situation. It Is. perhaps , a pity that Maratcn did not Know the result of his brief conversation -with his fellow workmen lie vsas 5nuns , nnd had to learn many things He did not kiuiw tbttt the desire for Improving onu'd''condition Is not at all uni versal and that pven where thcro may bo the germ of a desire people do not wish to bo dragooned Into bettering themselves. Tact , as Mrs. Hope might have told him , goes fuithcr than good Intentions. A drop of beer and a friendly smite on the shoulder would have got him several votes against the strike. As It was , ho had merely strengthened the arms of "that ass Gibbons , " by making the mistake of supposing that the average ! hu man being is actuated by reason Meanwhile the } oung man had pa&scd un der the archway and up the court , until he cai.ie > to doorway No 3 The hall and the five pairs of grimy stairs vvoro only leva public than the court , which In Its turn wan only less public than Light street , be cause fewer feet trod thereon. He ascended the first flight of stairs and paused at one of the doom Rt thelanding. . From within came the droning no I en of a hatmonlum , and \larsten foreboro to knock as he listened to the sound. A slatternly woman came down the second flight vvlth a v atcr Jug lu her hand She stopt-ed , on seeing a stranger standing there , and listened to the inuslr also The dlrgo being played did not soothe whatever Bavapencbs there was within the bre'ast of the woman , for he bioKo uiit against the Innntro of the rooms. "Oh , jca , " she cried. "Kino goln's on foi the likes o' them A Inrmonyuni , If jou please. Gawd save us1 Wo ain't good enough for the * likes o * Mm A harmonjuni1 In Garden court. No good can come o' stiav- arance like that. Wot's 'e , I'd like to know ? Bah ! " The woman , with a vvavo of her hand , ex- prc sed her contempt for such golngn on and departed down the stalru vvlth her Jiw Her husband spent his spare cash at the "pub. " nn a man should , and not In sueh vanltlra ns a second-hand musical Instru ment. She had , vciy properly , no pittance with extravagance. Mai-sten rapped when the plavlng ceased , and .loo liraunt himself came to the door "Come In , my bo > , " he said , ccrellally , and Marsten went In. A tall girl , who might have been 1-1 or 1C or IS , rose frcm a chair at the harmonium She was palo and thin , vvlth large , pathetic eyes that gave a molaneholy beauty to her face. Shaking hands vvlth l.cr , "How are jou , Jessie. ' " said Marsten. "Is the cough any better ? " "I think. It's alwajs about the same , " answered the girl "It Is hard to got better In this hole. " said her father , grutlly. Draunt spoke with the accent of a York- shlreman Ho was a man who In stature and build did credit to his county , aud It was hard to believe that the blender girl was his daughter. IJoVc\er much Joe IJraunt'a neighbors illsaji vcJietl of his putting on airs and holding liluiitlf nnd his slim , useless daughter ahoye their betters , they took good care not to xprcss their opinions In his liearlng , fpj In ; was a rough , masterful man , taciturnpndrgloomy , whoso blow was readier than his speech ; not only prompt , but < > ffectlve Thtf whole court was afraid of him , and It act d on the principle cf let ting tileeplng iogs | { le Tlie woman vvlth the Jug In her baud iliad good cause ! for resent ment against Joe Uraunt. She had been get ting her "man"i homo ono evening from the "pub" with difficulty , and , lu spiteof many breakings away on hla part , she had suc ceeded In pushliitf'iinil hauling his as far as the first laniHtti ; , when he , overcome by a sudden rcall/ation of her unnecessary cruelty In drdfeglfifr him from the brllllantl ) lighted public bar. IllUjd vvlth Jclllty. gin and good conlraAcMilp , to the dismal back room two fllgtiWuV , with nothing but her own hitter touguc for company , clenched his flat and felled her to the floor , the back of her head striking against liraunt'fi door an ho went down. Uraunt , pulling open his door , found the husband walking over or perhaps It would bo more accurate to nay staggering over thu prostrate body of his wife. Jce clutched the drunkard and flung him airily over the landing rail The Ill-used man roll oil down the stair and out lute the court , where ho lay In a heap and groaned , Uraunt lifted the woman and' carried her up to her room She had a dozed Ulea of what had happened , and at once , rather Incoherently at first , be gan to give her rescuer her opinion of him Who was he , BIO ! would HKo to know , to Interfere between man and wife , great , Ntrong brute that ho was ? If her man had been sober ho'd have given him what for for takln' advantage of a man wet 'ad a drop too much , Uraunt went ( lowti , down the stair * and picked up the "pore1 man wha had certainly hail otiei drop too muih , car ried him up , and laid him In his room with his vvlfo. "You'vo killed the pore man. as never did no 'arm to you , " acreamed the wife. "Net such luck , " said Hraunt. "Ile'a too drunk to hurt " Which was. Indeed the ease Joe drew the door nluit behind him and left them to fight It out If they wanted to Miit. Sclmmlna had much nviupathy from the court when flhe related the Inclden * The women weio more Inillgmnt than the men. It wan a tine stste nf thln > M If a givxt hulking , sulky brute like Uraunt was to In terfere In the little imtrlnionlat dlscuMlon * that happen In all we'll regulated famUlui Much as they disliked , the police , It aeeniud that now , If ever , their ttld should be In voked "If he'd tried to break every bone In mj ii'an'i body. Mis Scrlmmliw. " said one bull.j woman , "I'd ,1 'ml Mm by the 'nlr. " " 1 dunne 'bout that , Sarah , " cnld Mw Selmnilns who did not wish to lest undei the Imputation of not djlng nil alie eoul 1 under the circumstances for her husband In h'j comparatively helplcf- . ] ante "Wot wfh bcln' 'It the Yd. an' the face , an' one eje rn I couldn't > eo out o' , an' jor 'luiband a-tranipln' of jcr , > cr wouldn't 'ave b.eith enough to 'ave anyliodj b > the "ah1. " Mrs Sclmmln.s pierdtd tcnderlj the bruised and otlll swollen portion of her face under the eje and felt that she had made out her crao. In fact , her defet.se vvn ae ctpted a1 * a strong plea tint only made Itfaunt'R Inlttimin and uncilled-for conduct stind out tl'e darker by roniuirhon The men were astonUhed , of course but not ( , vmplnlle In their denunciation of 111 aunt as the wives hal been Sclnimliij bore no particular imllce against his as H.illant , nlthrugh what he had thrown him over the otalio for ho espiT . < ed himself as unable to conceive In ansvcr to svm- nthetlc Inquiilrj from hh pils at the public bar of the 'TSc.30 . and Crown" he Informed them that , although shaKy , he was still In the i Ing. "Oiwd Yip in' " he went on , moie In nor- rnw than in anger , "wot'o this world a-comln' to' If voa a ; iu me I Rives It up Wet with Ilriunt an' the police both on a thin a ehoulilcis , If he ivlsoj MH 'and to Ms own wife , the conit's no lit place for a poie 'ard workln' mmi to liveIn " Hut noboiiy ventured to icinonstrate with the Yoik l'Irenian. least of all Scimmlns , al though the couit aa a community held more aloof from him than ever. "Are jou coming to the meeting tonight Mr. Uraunt ? " csl.td young Maratun , when" ho had gieetcd fithcr and daughter. " " "Not mo "Why not ? " "Why go ? " "Well , jru see , Mr. Hraunt , there Is a eihls on The committee Is to iVpoit. Mr Sartwcl < has icftucd to meet them and this will likely anger Gibbons and the others Strike or no strike will be p'lt to vote and I for one don't want to see a Btrike a least not ; iov. . . " "No more do I , " said liraunt. "Then come on to the meeting and apeak up against a strike1. " "I'm no speaker. You bpeak. " "They won't lli-tcn to me , but they vvouU pay attention to what jou would say. " "Mot a bit of it , my 1 id. Hut It docsn t mittcr to mo , not a haporth " "What doesn't ? Whtthc.- there Is a ctrlkc or not' " "I'm not going to strike. Thcj- can do as they've a mind " "Hut If the union orders us out we'll have to po. " "Not me. " "Supposing the strike succeeds , as It maj the union's verj strong what will jou do then ? " "Stick to my work and mind my own business " "Hut the union won't let jou. If the strike.falls jou'll merely get the 111 will of all the men ; if It succeeds they'll foice you out of the works , 'there's no use run lung jour head against a brlcK wall , Mr Hraunt. " "You speak ; you've got the gift o' the gab. " bald liraunt. "I'm too joung They won't listen to me now. Hut a day vvlll come when they will aje , anl the masters , too I'd vvllllnglj divoto my life to the cause of the workingman " man .Marsten spoke with the flre of .vouthful enthusiasm , and was somewnat dlsconeerlec' ' when the other took his pipe from his mouth and laughed. "Why do jou laugh ? " "I'm laughing at jou. I'm glad to knov there's some ono. who believes In us , but sn thou sajs , than art joong ; thou'll know better later on " "Don't jou bellcvo In jourself and jour fellow workers' " "Not me. I know 'em too well I3y th sweat of thy brow thou sfiilt cam thj bread Them's not the light words , happen but that's the meaning. It has been , Is now and ever shall be Amen " "I don't object to that , Mr. liraunt. " cried the joung man , riwlng and pacing the Hoer in his excitement. "Don't think it Hut I want to see everjbody work What I obJect Joct to la earning jour bread by the sv cit of the hired man's brow , aa some ono ha- sild Hless mo1 look at our numbers We outnumber the loafers ten to one , jes r hunlred to one In everj country lu th' v\oriel. All wo need Is an unselfish loafer" The elder man looked at him vvlth a qul/- 7lcal smile on his stern lips "Look at the number of the sands on the seaside Will any leader make a lope out of them' Numbers are nothing , my lad Take care of jourself , Marsten and ncvei mind the workers , that's the rule of the world. You may pull jourself up. but vou can't lift them vvlth jou. They've broken the hearts , aje. and the heads , too of many a one that tried to better them You think jou hate onlj the masters and capital to light. The mahteis won't hurt von , it's the men jou are fighting for that will down jou. Walt till jouv head U an Inch above the crowd , then jou'll catih it from the sticks of everj rotten one of them that thinks he's got as much right as you have to be In command It Ifn't nionev that helps the mcsters , It's because they've the hense to know a good man when thej see him , nnd to stnnd by him when they've got him Don't bo deluded by numbers What's the good of them7 One determined man who dccun't i.eed to bother about his backing who knows his principals will baik him through thick and thin will beat anj mob Why can a small company of soldiers put down a riot ? It'o because they're eom mandril bj ono man When he sajs 'Jump. ' they Jump , when ho sajs , 'Shoot , they ehoot. That's the whole secret of It " Hraunt rrcmmcd his pipe , and smoked vigorously to get back to his usual state of taciturnity. Marsten had never heard him talk so long before , and he stood pondering dering what l.ad been iiald. IJraunt was the first to speak "I'lay the 'Dead March , ' Jcbslc , " ho said , gruff- ! . Iho girl hesitated a moment , evidently loath to begin when Maisten was In the room A slight hectic color mounted to her cheek , hut obedience was btrong In hei , her father was not a man to bo disobeyed She drew up her chair and began Chopin's Tuncral March , ' plajlng It vciy badly , but still recognizable. Peace seemed to come over Hraunt as he listened to the dirge.Ho sat back In the chair , hid ejcs on the culling , smoking steadily Marsten sal down , meditating on what Hraunt had nald Ho was not old enough to have his opinions fixed , and to be Impervious to argument , so Ilrniint'i re marks troubled him. Ho hoped they were not true , but feared they might bo. The mournful cadence of the music , which seemed to seethe Iho toul of the elder man , wound Itself around the joungur's thoughts and du'ggcd them toward despair , the In difference of the men In fiont of the public house flashed acrctn his memory and de- prcss'd him. Ho wished Jcxalo would stop plalng. " " said Hraunt with when "Ah , , a deep sigh she did Htop ; "that's Iho grandest plecu of music over made. It runs In my head all day. The throb of the machinery at the works seems to bo tuned to It. U'fl in the roar of the streets. Comu , my lad , I'll go vvlth jou because ) jou want me to , not that It will do any good. I'll speak If you like , not that they'll care much for what I B.i } not hearken , \eiry like. Hut come- along , my lad " ( To bo Continued ) The Calumet ship jards. near Chicago , have ordcrr for lake venHcle wotth $3,000- 000 , the cot etructlon of which will give em ployment In about 3COO men. 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