THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1000. PAID IN FULL Novelized From Eugene Walter's Great Play JOHN W.HARDING Copyright, 1908, by G. W. Dillingham Co. CHAPTER II. JAMES SMITH, superintendent of the Latin-American Steamship company's docks, had arrived In response to the president's sum mons, conveyed to him by the tele phone. Smith, known to his familiars as Jinisy, was a tall, gaunt, angular man, bearing all over him the stamp of westerner. lie was, In fact, from Colorado, where ho began his active career by engaging in mining. Scant success attended his efforts in this di rection, however, and after working with the dogged determination that was one of his traits until even his patience was exhausted ho finally en tered the employ 6f tho steamship company in whoso service he had risen to his present position, with headquarters in New York. There was something about Smith that caused men, and women also, for that matter, to take to him on sight. Tho unbounded good nature, big heart cdness and unselfishness beaming In his blue eyes and In his whimsical smile were written In every Hue of his clean shaven face. Another tiling that made him remarked by all who camo In contact with him was his absolute Imperturbability. In all his thirty seven years of existence ho never had been known to "get a move on," not even when n pvematuro blast in a mine had sent thu diggers belter skel ter for safety and carried death and .suffering to many. Smith had walked tranquilly away amid tho rain of rock and earth until it was all over. Then ho had returned and organized tho work of rescue, his placidity causing tho others instinctively to look to him for direction. Nor was his speech more hurried than were his move ments. Ho spoko but little, and then his words came In ;i quiet, even, dis tinct drawl. But ho "got there" ns quickly as most men, nnd a good deal quicker than some whoso nerves were highly strung and with whom rapidity of action was as necessary as breath ing, for ho was possessed of keen pow ers of observation and common sense, an earnestness of purposo that gave his utterances weight ud an integrity ns unshakable as the tock of Gibral tar. As a fitting, almost necessary, complement of such a nature he was endowed with a sense of humor that added not a little to tho attraction he exercised for those who knew him sufficiently well to bo able to appre ciate his qualities of heart and mind. He took a calm, all embracing survey of the office as ho entered, looked over to Brooks' desk and saluted him with a cordial motion of tho hand and In structed a boy to notify Captain Wil liams of his arrival. Ho was ushered immediately into tho chief's presence. That worthy, who, like his superin tendent, was clean shaven, was seated at his desk In his shirt sleeves, and the whole room, despite tho wide open windows, was thick from the smoke from an old blackened corncob pipe at which ho was pulling vigorously. He was a burly man, and tho short, thick neck, tho broad shoulders, tho power fill, big jointed fingers nnd the mus cles that stood out in bunches on tho hairy arms disclosed by his rolled up shirt sleeves denoted that he possessed unusual physical strength. An ugly man to get Into an argument with was Williams, ono who, It needed no mind reader to judge, would bo capable of following tho word with a blow that would crush nu ordinary opponent, For years, as Brooks had Intimated, ho had led tho roughest life a man ran lead, hammering by sheer bruto strength a way to wealth by ways in which scruple had counted for nothing at nil and expediency for a good deal, and his entrance upon a higher piano of civilization had not imparted much polish to his appearance, habits or speech, which were those of tho old time sailing ship mariner, although of lato years ho had striven to conform inoro closely to tho examples of re fluement ho witnessed in the only po lite society ho cared for, which was that of tho family of his dead friend, Stanley Harris, who was general man ager of the Latin-American lino when ho obtained control of it Ho had n way of glaring at a person from un der his busby eyebrows with a scru tiny that seemed to read through dnd up and down him and made him most ill at easo under it. Ho made his decIsIonspromptly, au thoritatively, nfter the manner of a man accustomed to command and to bo obeyed without question, and he never changed them, at least in his business and administrative dealings. Add to an this a voice llko a foghorn, the effect of which, when ho raised it, was, as he knew full well, to mako his subordinates quako and to intlml date others who had to do with him, and it will bo realized that ho lived up fully to his reputation of being a hard man. For his quiet, unmovablo and thor oughly capable dock superintendent he entertained a certain respect. Ho knew from experience that tho man was not the least bit afraid or oven disturbed by his bullying manner and his bellowing and 'that his glare, al ways squarely met, had no more effect upon him than It would have upon the bronzo statuo of Washington which stands sentinel on the steps of the sub treasury in Wall street. Smith lowered himself slowly and easily into a big armchair beside the president's desk. "Two delegates from tho Longshore men's union wcro here Just now," an nounced the captain. "They say tho freight handlers are going to strike." "Ya-as?" said Smith interrogatively. "Yes. What do you know about It?" "Nothing, except that they came to mo with a demand for higher pay for the men. I referred them to you." "Well, I didn't leave 'em any loop hole for doubt as to my position In the matter." "You turned them down?" "Turned 'em down I Of course. What do you think? Supposo I hand ed 'em a raise on a sliver platter and bowed 'em out of tho door?" "I don't supposo anything about it. I'm asking for Information." "Them two blatherskites camo swag gering and blustering in hero nud said ovory last one of the men would quit tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock unless they got 3 cents more nn hour. They wasn't swaggering when they went out of hero, I tell you. I pretty soon took the starch out of 'em." A faint smllo flitted over tho superin tendent's face, but he ventured no re mark. "I told 'cm," Williams went on, "that I wouldn't glvo 'em a cent a century more and to strike and bo d d. I also told 'em that any man who did go out would never get another job with this company, nnd, by Sam, he won't!" Tho captain's voice had risen to a roar, and lie brought his fist down on the desk with such force that pens and pencils went flying in nil directions nDd the Ink splashed from the wells In their solid crystal stand. "Them labor agitators ain't got no notion of the fitness of things. They ain't got n grasp on economic conditions for a cent. They got to do something to live without working, so every once in awhile they go to the men ns pays 'em to bo walking dele gates, gives 'em some glib talk about tholr rights and advises 'cm to strike for more money. Do they look around and try to find out whether nn ad vance is warranted by tho conditions? Nary n look. Do any of tho men they hand out their advice to try to find out? Not on your life! They go ahead like a lot of sheep and strike nnd starve and blame the result on cap ital." Smith nodded. "If they carry out their throat and quit," continued the captain, "you will clear all tho strikers from tho docks, throw 'em off if necessary, knock their silly blocks off, but tell them as wants to work that full pro lection will be given. I'll arrange with police headquarters to have a infflclent force of bluecoats on hand to guard our property and will also noti fy our docks at other ports to be pre pared. You will fix up accommodations for tho strike breakers in the sheds hero until the trouble Is over nnd make arrangements to bring men from tho inland cities. In this matter you need spare no expense. Understand?" "I guess so," replied tho superln tendent. "Then it's up to you." "Anything else you want to see me about?" "Not now. You can got in touch with mo any tlmo you want mo. You know about where I'm to bo found." Smith drew In his long legs, raised himself from tho chair nnd took up his hat to go. "Seo hero, Smith," said tho captain, his voice rising gradually to Its fear some bellow, "It's nigh on to twoscoro years since I took my first vessel, tho Sally Moran, out of Frisco as master and owner, bound for tho south sea Islands to trade, nud I've commanded my own ship every minute since and held my own against all sorts of lub bers as would have done mo and done for mo if they could. And do you think I'm going to be dictated to by any white llvered gas bag of a crawl lng delegate who comes hero holding a knife to my throat by threatening a turnout without giving mo n chance "Yes, sir, by Sam, sir, like this!" to meet it if I don't give in to his de mands on the Bpot? No, sir, not by an all fired sight! No, sir, not in thousand years! I own this outfit from keel to main peak, and if I can't Mn it mv own wav I'll ecuttln it- go down with It. Understand? And if any man's looking for a tight with mo he'll find mo quick enough, and I'll break him. no matter who or what he is. Yes, sir, by Sam, sir. like this!" Seizing a thick ruler on the desk, he snapped It without apparent effort, and as ho Bat glaring there with Ills di sheveled hair, his pugnacious, massive undcrjaw protruding nud his big fists tightly clinched on tho broken wood, causing the muscles of his arms to bulgo like knots on a gnarled tree, he presented the embodiment of might nnd ferocity. "I don't know but what you're right, Cap'n Williams," drawled the superln tendent with his unchangeable equa nimity. "Anyhow, you suro are en titled to do what you llko with your own." ' He went out and on his way to tho office exit stopped at Brooks' desk. "Well, how's things, boy?" ho in quired with an interest so kindly that ono might have thought there was nothing else In the world with which his mind was occupied and never could have suspected that thcro lay before him for Immediate solution tho prob lem of preparing for a great strike that threatened to tie up tho business of ono of the most important steam ship lines in tho country, with ramifi cations extending from Boston all arouud tho coast of South America to San Francisco. "Oh, so, so," answered Brooks. "By the bye, I'd be awful glad if you'd come up to supper tonight. Emma was say ing only this morning that we hadn't seen anything of you for a w.cek." That's so. I've got to square my self with Emma, though it hasn't been my fault altogether." "Then we'll expect you to supper?" "I can't promise, because I've a deal to do between now and this evening, but I'll come If I can." "So long, JImsy." "So long." And Smith sauntered out to attend to ono of the greatest emergencies ho had ever been called upon to meet in his life. CHAPTER III. E wns a skillful architect in deed who first devised thu bandbox apartment houses so i common now In all parts of New York and must hnvo sat up many nights working out how to extrl ute tho maximum of rent revenue from the area on which he had to fit the structure. If there were any flats in narlem of smaller dimensions than the ono of four rooms occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brooks the most experienced and persistent hunter after a place In which to lodge his family with rela tive economy and some semblance of comfort would have had the time of his or her life finding it. And if other flats thcro wore more luxuriously fit ted up, as easily might have been in fact, certainly must have been the case, at Itust there was none, what ever its size, mat was Kept cleaner or neater or in which more effective use of available material had been made than that over which Mrs. Emma Brooks presided as mistress and fac totum. And Mrs. Brooks herself how shs raced It, altogether unconsciously! As tho elder of two daughters of Stan ley Harris, who, while not rich, had been well to do, she had been brought up In tho comfort of a good homo and had enjoyed tho advantage of an edu cation at a private seminary- Her fa ther, whoso constant companion sho had been and whoso sense of democ racy in the matter of association she had inherited, had adored her, and when clic had given her heart to Jo soph Brooks, electing him from among numerous suitors, Including James Smith, ho gave his consent to tholr union against his own judgment anil In face of tho strenuous opposition of Ills wife, esteeming the girl's happi ness superior to all other considera tions. Brooks, who had been In the employ of the Lntlii-Ainorlcnn Steamship com pany for ono year and had been brought into relations with tho family by virtue of his selection as secretary to her father, the general manager, had no means whatever of his own. nnd his salary, then $G0 a month, wns a desperately small Income on which to begin housekeeping for n girl reared ns sho had been. But her father helped thoin, and tho young couple counted upon his Influence to procure the ad vancement of his son-in-law to a more remunerative post. Unfortunately for them, however, Mr. Harris had died a few weeks after tholr wedding, and they found them selves thrown upon their own re sources. Mrs. Harris, n selfish, shal low, unfeeling woman with social pro tensions, who regarded her daughter's marriage with the young clerk as n mesalliance and Brooks himself with disdain, left thorn to shift for them selves nnd with her other daughter, Beth, who was seven years younger than Emma nnd shared her mother's views, as sho imitated her haughti ness, settled down. to the enjoyment of tho modest fortuno her husband had left her and the Indulgence of tho os tontatlon sho loved, but which during Mr. narris' lifetime sho had never been able to gratify to tho top of her bent. Sho did not for this, however, withdraw altogether from association with Emma and Brooks and continued on moro or less amicable terms with them. Now and then sho condescend ed to call upon them with Beth, but her visits, as a rule, were a good deal of a trial to the young couple, for she regarded Brooks' failure to get on in the steamship company as a vindica tion of her opinion as to his ability and the judiciousness of their mar riage and was prono to condono with her daughter, assume an exasperating I-told-you-so attitude and lament what mlcht have been. n During tho four years of their mar ried llfo Brooks' salary had been raised only $20 a month, although in addition to his work as accountant, to which he had been assigned after Mr. Harris death, that of collector had been thrust upon him. It had been a hard, bitter experience for pretty llttlo Mrs. Brooks, this unaccustomed drudg ery of housework, this continuous scouring of greasy pots and pans nnd washing of dishes, which sho loathed; this deprivation of comforts and luxu ries that she had known nil her llfo; this privation of many personal things considered indlspcnsablo by tho dainty woman; this necessity of perpetual rigid economizing, which barely suf ficed to make both ends moot. She de prived herself of much needed cloth ing, to say nothing of finery, that Joo might go properly clad to his office, but sho never for that reason descend ed to slovenliness, never "let herself go," as so many women In tholr own households make the mistake of doing, and never hod laho nllowed ono word of complaint, ono indication of regret, to escnpo her. Sho had married Joo for love, for better or for worse, and resigned herself bravely and cheerfully to the consequences, however hard to bear, hoping for tho better times that wpro so long In coming and encour aging her husband to fight on nnd wlu. Joe. for his part, lacked his wife's grit nnd energy, nnd constant disap pointment had undermined his forti tude. Ho loved Emma. He hardly could havo dono otherwise, though calculation had entered largely into his courting of her. Chivalrously, whllo tho sweet bliss of their early married life held him in its spell, ho had done as much of the heavier work of the menage as ho could to spare her when time and opportunity nfford ed, but very naturally he had soon tired of this whero is the man who docs not? and by degrees had left as much of It as ho could to her, except when his moods of optimism and af fectionate solicitude impelled him to go to her assistance. At such times ho wanted to do It nil. On the evening following his out burst at the office ho wns still resent ful and "down In tho mouth" when ho let himself Into his Httlo flat, nnd the smiles of his wife as sho raised her rosebud lips' to receive his kiss of greeting failed to dispel his gloom. "You seem out of sorts tonight, dear," she said solicitously. "Any thing wrong nt the office?" "Nothing in particular. I'm tired and hungry after slnving nil day In this awful heat, Hint's all." "Never mind, supper's all ready, so sit down nnd tuck In." "What did you get?" "Chops and potatoes." .Toe turned up his nose, but took his seat at table and began to eat. IIo answered his wlfo's questions In mono- syllables. Ills thoughts, It was plain, wore not on his mcnl or Emma's con versation, and, seeing that ho was pre occupied and troubled, sho ceased to try to engage his attention. "I paid the gas bill today," ho vouch- safed at length. "Ninety cents more than last month." "Ninety cents more!" she commented with concern. "I'm sure wo didn't use half as much. And we owe tho Lutcher four-sixty." "Every month it costs moro to live. I don't know what we are going to do, I'm sure." "I'm sorry, Joe. Goodness knows I try to bo as economical as I can." "I know, but it's all wrong. It's all wrong that you should bo spoiling your hands with those benstly greasy pans. They weren't meant for such work. I wish wo could afford a hired girl." . "So do I, but A can't, so what's tho use of wlshlugW Didn't you get the raise you asked Captain Williams for?" she Inquired. "No." Ho hung lils head nnd lapsed into gloomy silence. . She dropped the mor sel sho was raising to her mouth and rose from tho tabic, filled with dis may, her appctito completely gone, Tears of disappointment followed the realization of what the failure of their plans meant, for neither had doubted that his request would be compiled with, and sho had built many castles In the air on the strength of it. A few dollars more a week added to their distressingly small income would havo mcarit much to them. But, guzlng at her husband sitting there utterly de jected and crushed, her henrt went out to him in pity and love, nnd sho moved over to his fchnlr nnd put her arm con solingly round his neck. "Never mind, Joo, boy," sho urged; "don't look so solemn. We're no worse off than we were before, and you'll win out some day." She placed her hand under his chin nnd raised his head to kiss him. Ho saw that sho was smiling at him en cournglngly through her tears, but re fused to bo comforted. "I made out the payroll today," he said. "Three other men in tho office who also asked for a raise last month got It; so did Smith." "What, JImsy?" sho asked. "I said Smith. There's only ono Smith in the office," ho replied some what surlily. "Well, I'm glad for Jimsy's sake ho got what he wanted." "I think ho told Williams to come across with more money or he'd quit." "How much did he ask for?" "Eighteen hundred." "Eighteen hundred? My gracious, isn't that fine?" "It means that he'll bo getting near ly $5,000 a year now. Great for him isn't it?" "Yes, Indeed it is." "I saw Jimsy today. Asked him to come to supper. He said be would if he could." "I wonder why he didn't?" Her huanddI3Pj.n2wjff.lnim.edJ- ately. When he did ho burst out sav agely: "Supposo he thought we couldn't af ford it. Two don't eat as much as three." "Why, Joe, how absurdl" sho laugh ed, beginning to gather up the supper plates. "JImsy knows it's pot luck." "That's the trouble. JImsy knows your mother knows Williams knows everybody knows, and they're always talking about how you've got to work and slave because you married mo and all that sort of stuff." "JImsy doesn't." "Well, ho thinks It, and your moth er's always rubbing it in, harping on tho same old string that I ain't wor thy of you, that it's a shame tho wqy you have to work and slave, that I don't seem to get along nt all and that you" "Oh, don't mind mother; you know her." "Sho never did want us to marry." "But dear old dad did, and ho wns tho ono I wanted to please after you, Joe, of course. Mother Is just n bit peculiar. I'm sure sho doesn't under stand me much, nnd I'm equally suro that I don't understand her, so we won't bother about her. Just sweep up a bit, will you, while I wash the dishes? JImsy may drop In by and by." Brooks went Into the kitchen, donned nn apron from force of habit Instilled Into him by his wife, ever careful of his clothes, and reappeared with a carpet broom and a dust cloth. IIo was laboring under excitement, ns was manifest by the reckless manner In which ho used tho broom. Finally, with an expression of determination, ho said In a firm voice: 'Emma, you know It will be six months or a year before I got another chanco at a raise unless, .of course, I quit and get a job somewhere else. I was thinking that perhaps you're tired and want to call It off." "Call what off?" "Why, everything the whole busi ness. I mean our marriage." lie saia desperately. Her eyes opened wide with incredu lous nstoiilshmcnt. "You menu separation?" "That's exactly what I mean." "What for becauso I'm tired?" "Fomethlng llko that." "What an Idea! You must have the bluus badly to talk such nonsense as that. Don't you think It would be as well to wait until I complain?" "You have complained." "No nt least I can't remember." "Not In words, but" "But what?" "Look here," he said Impatiently, "don't you supposo I havo eyes? Don't you suppose I havo feelings? I've seen I know that you're sick of this drudgery and all the rest sick of It nnd sorry. There's Smlthv with his live thousand he wanted xyou first. You could have" She interrupted him sharply, her face flushing. "Joe!" "Well, I think" "That's enough of that!" "Oh, well," he declared sullenly, turning away and dropping into a chair. "I didn't mean" Sho followed him and placed her hand oil his shoulder. "Joe, I married you because I loved you," she said gently, "and for nothing else in the world. There wnsn't any influence except that, and that over came all the rest mother and all of them." "I know all about that." "There has been a little hard luck" "There has boon a precious sight too much of It." "I know you haven't been treated right, but bad luck and ups and downs are what a woman ought to expect when sho marries. She has to take the bad as well as the good, and she ought to know enough to accept the ono as cheerfully as the other when the bad Is nobody's fault. That Is "Joe, I married you becauso I loved you.'' what I think, and that is what I have tried to do. But there are some things"- She paused, reluctant to carry her thoughts further into words. "What? You may as well say all you've got to say while you're about It," ho snapped. "It's just this," she went on. "Never refer to JImsy in the way you did. I married you, Joe. Pleaso try and leave unsaid things that might make mo regret It." He ventured no further remark and lapsed into his gloomy reflections. Emma put her arm around his neck and snuccled her face aeainat his. "Poor old boy I" she murmured. "That setback we got today when we bad It all fixed up waB enough to make you fool soro and glum. Never mind; chcor up. You know what JImsy says, 'Hard luck can give you an awful battle, but If you're on the square you can hand it a knockout punch somo time.' ' It was no use, however. Joe's sulkl ness had sunk in; his temper was vi cious, deep and ingrowing, a tomper such ns sho had never suspected in him, and all her petting, nil her loving coaxing, could not wean him from it. She pressed her check moro closely to his and fondled htm, but he jerked away from her cmbraco nnd surlily sought another chair. As ho did so tho bell rung from dowhstnlrs. "I'll bet that's JImsy now," ho mut tered. Much hurt, but disguising her feel ings, Emma hurried Into tho kitchen nnd pressed tho button that opened tho entrance door of tho house. to he continued. mmutmjmtmmmtmmmtttmattttmt MARTIN CAUFIELD Designer and Man ufacturer of ARTISTIC MEMORIALS Office and Works 1036 MAIN ST. HONESDALE, PA. , WEAVITF, GRADUATE OPTICIAN, 1127X Main Street. avers Wo hnvo the sort of tooth brushes that are made to thoroughly cleanse and save the teem. They nro the kind that clean teeth without eaving vour moutn mil or nrisiics. We recommend those costing L'3 cents or more, as wo can guarantee them nnd will re place, free, nny that show defects of manu facture within three months. O. T. CHAflBERS, PHARHACIST. Opp.D. & H. Station. HONESDALB, PA. 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