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.
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( 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 )
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