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77X1.1 OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, POSTLANP, SUNDAY t!OHNING,' FEBRUARY 4, l"! s ; - t i i i ----- ' 1 WMMMMMMMWMWWW-WMMB . i I M hp iiiii. II - 1 , -v-. ,v-,;.,-,-;.:;-:-:-:t-.: ; rrr.---.'CS ' ' wf-i 1-1 rrr T iirzr" e?. -r juavjl- Ji- a-, . J wii; ; l try . i i ' i i " " ' I . ( '; THE PEACE OFFERING By OCTAVE THANET Author of "The Missionary Sheriff." f UWrtebt by . g. BcClre Co.) 'HE strike had It ede on wnen Vi rtlri " WaUaje'CTnr-to- Barn - aid oa big nrst detail m a. re sorter. rmi of BuM." snarled Ida man .. - nan who has espected the easignmem; well, ba ll make a holy mesa of It!' rut -therein ha u wrong twIc.,Tt ' ' e. aa not a case of -Influence, although : lartin' father ni great friend of tne proprietor; it W given ma youns ' fellow because on of the editor had . taken a. fancy te ,Mi stories In the Harvard Advocate. Neither did Martin , make a, mess of the Burnsida strike. "or the latter good fortune he had .old - Oliver Jonea to thank, at leaat in part. -"-re-made Oliver acquaint ncebl first . afternoon in town. Ths strlks was two - weeks old that day. which wa tlma enough for the email tradesmen to be - looking sharply ater credits, and th wives t bo ordering cautiously; time , i enough for the Una of policemen , turuitling oatalda th great dingy bulk of the ateel mill to have grown odious , ond menacing; time enough for th eeaseles clatter of th roll, day and . ; night, night nd day, t taunt th Idle men; "You - are (one, out w -oon t ' mop! Wa won't aton?" and llmeenough JorTne painted aky behind the black , rhlraneys to glow baleful alga of blood ' .,' and war. Martin paaaed doaena of aullen B roups oa hla way down the wide, ahady village street that ended In the mill district" - He heard anatehe of wild ' talk at every corner. ' On young man' face arretted him. ' St waa becaua It waa the only face ' that ha bad aeen that wa sot lowering; thin face waa almply aad. rwill. now'a the striker- earn nar- ' tin. while hi quick syes took In all ahe youog man' all feat of aplendtd ma noise and hla early head. Hla fea , ture were rather delicate for euch a lig fellow. HI eyee were email, but very bright, and of that aenaltlvo gray t 'which take th hue of tiie light and ; the moment' feeling.' Ho gava Martin a quick, unraaponelva glance In return. On hi I part, perhapa, he took In the 1 ether man'a well-eet clothea, hla alight feature, hla limp and bla reporter pad. . It'a-on." aald ha. coldly. ;"Ar you fallow going to win? - "1 don't know. ' "I aay-Martln laughed, with a aud Mea irlendllneea In ha faca...."that tan't - the aniwer I expected. But maybe yoq aren't on of th atrikrT" "I'm a atrlker faat enough, but I'm rot Ood Almighty; and I gueaa hea the only on can tell bow. tnlnga are going ' to ahapa thtmaelvea at thla atag of th ' game. . .......... -r With that h bruahed Off. a On who ' aid not aeek-talkl had not ao much ; turned hi heed to Martin' "I hear 'you are ery orderly" . to Martin gava hla attmtlot to the .pao . Ile on th . atreata. Th ioattered . a rati pa were elowly drifting In one dl " rectlon. toward the river,, toward th . ateel work a. The crowd lined up on th nldewalk oppoaito tha patrol of police. 1 it line th etreet and waltea. : Preeently th big red gatea awnnil C open and a little company of police f--ynarrtiedTPUt Martin" fait nlpulaea Tricking. Th crowd waa Ilka a hound . in a-leaah atralnlng forward, - thea tiauled back by aome Invisible force. "The acaba la coming! cramed a . chtld'a pipe. : " ' , , Behind th blue rank Martin could . pee the! new men undismayed, defying ' th scowling face and Insulting ge .i. turea. . Tb otherbad bleached face . and hang-dog eyes, and alunk toaether. ; "They must have raked the- alums, " - thought: Martin. What aurpriaed him , very much waa the quiet of the crowd: c they scratched Jhelr wrists and gelled, -r Black alieep!" and "Soaba!'. hero and , there. In. cattered volley of abuse; but . -for . lh, most . pari, they looked- en In- . anowering alienee. LAst or ma men, just In front of th police, man walked T alone. ia wa a man of another sort. .Apy Ml who knew ateelworker could , 'tl! at a glanoe that he waa a veteran , siieelmaa. He bad taken off hla hat - t-Wlpem -fc "and hW bald . hea J. which the August uq beaded with mna ture. The fac waa round, florid, and , In spite of th dlaromfort and peril of . me piiirni, n q m Sinn or inn on ic , fls leaOier-guaTaatrni . checked shirt mad the heavy gold -, watchchaln dans' Inc ever hla ohett look v Inoongruoua. There were aray hair In the aeanty, red-brown fringe and . stubby mustache, but hla small aray ' e-yes were sparkling, and he walked a lightly a a boy. No sooner 11d thla man com In full view of the crowd than an Indescribable urroar broke ont,' onL lonf, furlou ylL "Scabl" "Soab! . . ,c. He retained th nam unruffled com . fosura. . The air was' full of. throat Knd oaUia Why thla on man waa .. , Hngled out more than tha others Mar '., tin could not tell; - More out of curloe- Jty to know than for any other reaaon, tie turned on his heel and followed tha - prooenalon. The new men had a short a distance to go only to their boarding Jiouee, which was behind a stockad) " and patrolled by a polloaroan. But this L oneman, at. turnlng, Hrped away -" Into th streets. Not unobserved, for 4a jloien aen left tha crowd . In follow )ilm. offering no violence, but ahoutlng . f -8cah!' ,id Traitor!" ' ' ' At the same moment th striker with whom Martin bad - talked and another ': man: a tall maa In a Ted ahlrt. ran past th other and Joined th causa of th ' , crlee.' , No-aWlpiftgF ealled the nven-in-th red ahlrt, ' who showed te Martin n ." Hushed. blaokbearded fe and a huge ',twlnglt.f flot -TQ Ut him alone!" Tne worm mera. AOdretseti to two or ".. thre of th crowd who had picked p - -tone and were In advance - of . the . ; others. .; ' c ". t- . . , , - , xtie flrat of the crowd hurled a brick. i. railing that he'd kill a scab aa quick as v a mad dog-Intanl In his fa'. .-. ' T'wJ' cried the man In the j-ed fhlrt. Tou know the orders. Drop It " ' ou "fortt!" r . V ' "And yoo keep eff!" shouted the other .K4e4kr. hla-ompanlon,le.Xhe next, aa- '; gallant ,. v - "Aw, 1st 'em both com tm and see . ,' Jnnw t can Unlit," said the pnrened man, ' ' v.'ho had faced about and. was putting uf v Ms fists with m cbeerful air. Th two men ffl back '" aullenly, -;) "aii-fcH! cab they orled In th rear. . .'l'la. cHily a word," aald the man: , . 'l fon t mind . , , 7 The men. still yeltlng end peering, - f'll ta'k. Put woman, eh had run v et-rrael of the crowd, rushed "herself ---to-the van.-- he wa a wild flsura. ' wita disheveled dres and tTlylng hair; . ; ..." -'i ; "tftorieilpf a?P7estern Town," Et. and wilder waa her ahrlll voice, scream Ing: "Noll Jonea, I ain't under orders. j snd-jM': mark- you wclI.-ycu-ooBbr-you black-hearted traitor . Both the men who had come to' Noll fonea- aesltanctuTO ed" to 7caTch h er frantic arms; but Martin,. who -waa the nimblest, caught her wrist, whirling her about, 'on't you do it.' said he, Tn a reporter, and It would get Into the papers, and I'd make fun of you and say you were no lady! -Ye would, .would yT T llttl limp ing poodle dog!' -8h mad a dart at him with her teeth In an eaceaa of fury. Martin held ber off from hlmj he was stronger than ha looked. He ehook hla head at theypung : striker, who would have pulled the woman away. "What good will It do the trlk' or you, lther, to scratch me or call' roe bad-names and make me suspect that you are not a decent woman?'' so he continued coolly, although bla cheek was hot. for he did mind hi limping, "you'll roali me think you have been drinking." Her paaalon collapsed aa swiftly as It had welled. "I ain't then," ah an wared, "and Tom Neal know It, and ao aoea Mr walden. But myman bed with BrlTieagiroTc by dirty cope-.' "Pete got hurt yesterday, I guesa. whan he wa fighting drunk, Intarpoaed the young man, Waldea. "Pete ain't a, drinking man.' Mr. Wal den; no he ain't Any man would git downhearted laying 'round Idle) from morning till night He' got te go to the saloon to gtt the news; and then be takes a drop, and they git to talk ing, and he takes more'n he knows; and they all git exulted." "I gueaa you don't- de anything to calm blm, Mrs. Waters. ' I saw you at every1 meeting; and ' I guesa you're on the atraet a good deal.'' . The woman .bridled, but ahe did net explode again. The man' In tha red 'ahlrt said something about It' being bard on th women, too. ' . . - ( - "Of course, I know you're wanting the news; but If you'll do a little wsahlng Instead of running the atreets, I'll give It to- you." -aaldtWalden. - V . "And here'a a dollar for the . klda," aald Noll Jen. ' ' Th woman atruok th llvr out oi hi- hand and ran down the etreet " 1 "Y oe P flftOAy' 9 yot on you scab!" aha cried; "but 1 11, take the washing and thank-you, Mr. Walden." "Bhe's a silly, violent -woman,"- aald Walden, with unexpected heat. "Pshaw." said Noll, good-naturedly, picking up the'ooln and dusting It wttk hi finger tips; "what do I oar for the word! Judy' a good woman when she alnt'a in a bad temper. But I'm obliged to you. Mister Reporter, and to you Os w, and " he healtated. While hla Hps twitched Into a amlle that attained 4o eonoesl soma other emotion 'It waa aay, I'm very much obliged to you, Tom." He turned to the tall man, whoae faoe flushed darkly a he dove hla hands Into hi pocket, looking .awy from Jones' outstretched hand. ' "We are running thla strike la a de cent. orderly way; but I won't shake hands with a scab,- no matter who ; be la!" aald he. Jonea winced, and the blood mounted to hla forehead; but he kept hie relna on bis temper. "You'll see that differ ent some day, I guess," he replied; "good afternoon; I'd ruther you wouldn't walk any farther with me, It might ruin your reputation." The irony in th last words was the only algn ha gave that Tome jeer had out. "I'll go with you, Noll," aald Waldeiv "And I. If you'll let me," aald Martin. 'Thank you, boys," saJdhJonesxi'gooAs bye, Tom. But Tom's back was swinging down th street. He made no response. . Jonea and the others continued their way, and Martin began te ask queatlona, prefacing them with an apology, which Noll Jonea took la very good part. No, be didn't mind talking about the atrlke. "My name a Noll Jonea. I guess every- I 'A aodr la Ilemaloo amowa ma. roller at theBurnalds Hteel work a. the only roller who didn't strike. They used to call me a good fellow, now they call me a traitor and bloody, black-hearted scab," He smiled am la p y l. waiaen. who unaccountably alghed. How did you eonje te atlck to the Buraalde people when the ether went outr naked Martin. . Noll chuckled. "W1W I guess you'll not understand much better'n I do, If I do tell you; and I ain't got It quit to rights In my own bead yet. It wasn't exactly because the boys are making kinder too big demands though I guess they eret etlll. I got a good-slsed pile laid up, and I ran afford to lay by a few month well enough, stay quiet wear my good clothes, and keep off th street, aad aure to git' back when the strike's over and nobody eel In' hard. 'Null Jones he wasn't in none of th rows says th officers, he was all for law and orderf -and "Old. Noll Jones he walked right out with the boys,' says the boys; and It would be friendly all "roun. And 'nuff sight sealer for me and Nnn-nle-ahe'a my daughter, all the child I got and her ma'a dead And. 'tain' t that I mind the eubacrlhing to the funds td-hav in da;- rvealwayHved f roe and had something to throw In when they paaaed the hart. Ain't I, OacarT" That' right," aald Oecar." "No, -'twaan't - any of them things. But you see I- worked In the Burnald mill ever since we come ever from Wales, me a little kid of 11. And I'm 8 years old: Iwamerwhen bH Foster Burnslde owned the work. Bay. he was a eed -msnr J knew him-welt He'd often stop snd -gtvs me a word paaslns. I gness-itUi a bhd Job he' dead. too. The wldder sold the worke to his cousins, him having no. child ,to speak of Jest . lawyer?.'..... . . ... "Judge Foster Burnslde is a great lawyer, you know.' Martin Interposed .yba- Nlue map, too: trtjTJ no 'count for a steel mill. No doubt thous-h, lawyers haa their place. But ie didn't know rounds ' from ovals, anj when he'd' come In te see the milt I wss scared- to death lest he'd get burned never .scemed-Jto-kno w- which -way te Jump! So the works want to the seeonj musics snd to some ether fellers. . -1 In't flndln fault but things haven't gone-llke-they used to; there's about tmlre as many men and all sorts of new kinks -Willi electricity and Ood knows what not; but I ain't seen the president to spesk to three time, and most time we've had aome kind of dispute goln' on. But the superintendent he's the same, and he-asked tke, peraonally, would I stick to 'em. 1 syri:"e hsr, if 1 etlck.to you, you know they'll call me a scat gad my girl mates won't " 1""'. A V Iff A. .... .,...ia,w I "I , i -Mi tr), VII V 'gta't gtrald .of y.l V ll vli II , tk,tb,ltworibackr f j iV Vlll i ,, t crearod. - speak to her and I wouldnlt be ao ba.1 ahunoed If I had the - mallpox ain't that right, Oscarf Walden nodded. " 'Now,' I aaya to him. If I risk that and they don't kill me, or break my legs, or blew me up, aome way, and I stand by you and the nrm, for tha sake of old times, will you and th firm stand by me? Or will your make a kind of peace offering .of me to get the boye back 7 gays he, 'Ton atand by ua, Noll,' and. by Ood, we'll atand by you.' And thert wa th picture of old Postsr Burnald hanging up In th office, and I kinder looked up at It for I thought an awful lot of the old man; and I aaya. There my hand On it I'll stick to you, no mat- tor what, the -boys say." AneVthree-rrf th boya on the eight-lnoh, Henry Wiser, Btumpy DIs and Patsy poornan, they stuck to me: but Long Tom, he went out with, the boys. And I'm sorry to say, we had words first.1 "But you went outr' Martin looked at walden. "flure." said Walden - "May I ask whyr "I don't mind. It's Just that I wasn't going oaca on in boys," "Nor be am t going bark on - me, neither." aald Noll, laughing, "and that's what Is hurting some of 'em bad. You see. Nanny'a all th child I got. I had two beya,- likely boy aa ever you saw, waan t they, Oscar r "I never saw such nice boya." said uscar. its suppaq nis Hand through Noll's arm, bending hla tall head a little. "Oliver waa the oldest He was edu cated, went t school, then he went to college. Martin opened hi yes then ho ie- mvot ,n uv ii mu(f cunniueraoie a sum th average good roller's weges make la a year than, a clergyman's saiary, ana noaaea. "He took to learning Ilk a duck does to wster. There's- wfuTTiooar blood in our family on hi mothefe aid. Th missus jwa a lady, bar pa was a minis ter, and I always kept ber like a lady. I don't know the time she didn't have a hired girl, except Jest when we were rirat married, and than we always hired a waaherwoman. - Bhe took - a dcaj of comfort In Oliver, but he had the pneu monia and died while he waa In col lege. Then, there waajlttla Foster, that I named after the eld man. .Well, he waa good to Foater, and whan Foster waa killed no went to the funeral. Foater waa the kind of boy you couldn't help liking. Everybody liked him. He wouldn't go to school T day after he was je jest oouna to git at the Iron. He was my finisher when ha wa killed." He must hava read the touch of horror that wrinkled Martin' brow, be ckuae he addedi - "I dare say I ought to be. thankful he wasn't burned; it was one of the pipes in the engine pursted, lest aa-thev were-a-flsln. it - ri kit Foster In the bead; doctor paid he never knew what hurt blm. They earn round to m afterwarda, on of th nid law yers that go noaing 'round for damage suite, and wanted ms to sue the com pany, ,. I told blm to get out, for it wasn't the company's fault - No more It waa; minute they suspected that pipe they went to- fixing Jt- an4-lt-teurs ted. I don't know bow It got to the old man, but It did, and he was awful pleased about it. He wanted to put up a stone to Foster,' but I told him I wasn't poor, I could put 'up stone to my children. I'1 not forget the decent wsy you've acted, Noll,' says he, end he shook hands with me.. The old ana-- waa -always square. - po you know, he put up a washfotim tor-the men to wash-up "for their dinners, with tables and chairs as well as lockers and wash places, and hs had It called the Foater B- Jonne room. The words are - painted over the door. And long's h lived he sent papers and magaslnes there for th men to read." 'And -einoe - he -dled.-ywr hnv' fpeeR ending thera yourself." said Oscar. " 'Cent what you send." retort uf Nail. With a grin, "but thla ain't what I waa going to tell you. you eee, 'bout thla Urn my wife died, -and there was Jest Nanny and me. It wa a mighty rough time; my wife ws an awful good woman, And I always tried to remem ber III I eut loose In the mill, some times, when things is aggravating, but they never henrd me ewar at heme well" ss a flicker kindled In Oscar's grave eyee "oempv, " arwi then,- that ain't nothing, that might mjlp out pi. ... I A .... pot knowing. But 1 mean I' waa par ticular. And there never waa a -kinder wife. go there was. only Nanny and ma left, and you can believe we think an awfuj lot Of each ether. I give Nanny a good eduoatlon. but h got it right here, she'd never go away to echool; and there1 a young man studying for a doctor want a to marry her. And I tell you I waa scared, he eat around In the parlor ao much, and was ao par ticular to call m 'Mlater Jons and laughed so bard at my Joke, but Nanny never took to him; ahe took to Oscar, who had always played with ber. In made a Joke of It Tm going to marry money, pa.' says aha, not position. I'-m-golng to tak Oaoar, who can make more money than- any of" them. And erataet worker ean be Just aa good i gentle man as anybody She'e right too; eteel workers are an awful pteasant, pice lot of fellows." ' - Martin thought of the scene 'round the corner. Noll looked at him sharply and laughed. "Why, you don't call that anything, down there," with a Jerk of hla thumb over hjs shoulder; that "that ain't nothing. Besides, A strike' Jest war, and folks lose their heads I a war. Why, they wanted Oscar to break with Nanny 'cause she waa a scab's daughter. He had to lick two fellers before they saw things right. Lots of 'em objected 'csuss he cornea to the house, but he aaya he'e going to see his sweetheart at her father's house and ho' going to treat hl father-in-law-decent" . "I would be a pretty poor try for a man- If I did anything else," said Oacar. The other man looked t him with frank affection that touohed the young Lreportrr. Trash from hla eollese frieneV' ablps; be cleared hla throat berore apoke. "Oh. Oscar's all right Nanny and I would be kinder lonesome, wasn't for Oecar. - Well, here's th house." The yard was large and In good order. The house stood far back front the street a pretty wooden house, newly palntade. with fanciful window and a wide disk of plassa. A bent end grlssled old man, so decrepit one would not ex pect to see him working anywhere out side of a street-cleaning gang, waa pottering over- the lawn. "Hullo, ' Where's Rossi", exclaimed Oacar. ; "They didn't" "Oh, yea, they did." aald Noll, grimly. "Wife and 'lev en children to keep, but couldn't stand It working for a scab, he said. Bo Nanny got old Flint -who ain't much to work, but at leaat they can't coax him away, And they got the girl off, toe. Tea. Nanny'a givsn that girl I don't know how much clothes for her wedding. . 8h was going to marry, Mr. Wallace, marry a feller used to be a rooater for the Burnsldes, and struck with th other boy. He got pretty full and come 'round .to her last Sun day and told. Mary ahe'd got to quit ul er he'd quit her. . You know how he'd talk. So aha cried all flight, and didn't put her clothes to soak, and after break fast ehe eome to Nanny and Nanny ad vised her to go and not have trouble with her young man. come In. - "But you haven't got any girt, nd"--"Don't you suppose nanny ean eook a supperT uut wo ve got a gin, jest in from ths country andgot j a brothpH -mong me new men, jar. wsiiace, t don't like to urge you, for folka might make It uncomfortable It you came, but I'd be glad to see you." Martin-had Jiot thought to go farther, but the last sentence, ws like a epur to the youns fellow's mettled spirit - He answered promptly, "If my coming will not inconvenience Mis Jones, I shall be glad-to come. Mrs-Jones." . "That's right all but the Mr. Jones; my friends all call ro Noll." "And mine-eaU me -Martin, said tb young fellow, Impulsively. Jones held out hi band and Martin hook It and thus th pact was formed. Martin found Nanny a pretty, modest young girl, who looked like hundred of young American girls In her street eult, but who had a soft Welsh voice. The eupper waa wall cooked and well nerved, and Martin's welcome, o wacmlhat It ieueherhlm. HI heart opened t these simple, frank people, who were so eladvte see htm. And th inor readily that through all th good eheer and gaiety and affection f th three, h seemed to hear the heavy step , of In visible but ever approaching danger,- II Bounded whenever he detected Nanny'a veering the subject If It looked toward tae ims u geunafwnnTr at caught Oscar's melanoholy glance oa its way to hla sweetheart' averte4 faoe. H had te put the fancy eut of hi head by lore. Then he enjoyed th evening. But It cam back to him, on hi way through tb quiet, dark treet. with Oecar, after they left the house,- Martin had been expressing hi strong liking for the roller.---. t- r- 1 4 "Tea," agreed Oscar, h la a fine man. lan't it queer folk ean turn on him oT - Thar wssn't anybody In town that everybody, rich and peer alike, thought eo much of Noll Jones. They all called htm Noll, even the kids. Now you saw I That's what make It o cruel and hard oa him," - - j S Martin said that ha thought Noll took the public outcry very philosophically. V "You didn't know Noll before. I can J see It'e wearing on htm. The worst-ie Long Tom you saw htm,' you saw htm give Noll the marble heart, would you suppose " tnos two man had been Ilk brothers T Well, they bad. Long Tom waa th heater and Noll the roller on the elghWnch; "and I never eaw two men think more of each other seemingly. Whan Tom'a boy died Miss Nannie waa there for a week. It wear diphtheria; but Noll let her go h thought as much of torn aa that!" ' i "And yet Tom went back on hunt" ' - "1 don't aee how he oould; but X tall you. Mr. Wallace, there ain't a thing on earth or In hell that we worklngmon are ee afraid of as that word scab.- First Tom waa trying to argue Noll out of tbe notion of sticking to the company; and from arguing thee' got to disputing, and from disputing they got to flinging name back and forth. And. finally they- were both- mad; and Long Tom swore before all ths mill that he'd never spesk te Noll until he came out and Joined hla mates. He didn't eay a word te him until today. And they need, to be most every night together, hie houss or Noll's; and now poor Mrs. Neal slinks across tbe street and goes blocks out of her way not to meet Noll or Miss Nan nie and have topass,'em by. or have a row with Tom. - And Tom'a -drinking lota more than la good for htm. It's bsd all around. , The woret la. things won't mend. And I don't aee bow Noll's going to stand It!" r . "What do you meant The strlks will nd omehow.' - "I don't know which way It will end One thing I know, and all the- rest of us know, they'll want the old men back. Whether they llok, us er we lick them, they want the old men baek. And we'll get back, soma way. And then there'll be bad blood with Noll. And If. we lick them and we re Just aa likely and may-J, be a little more they'll throw Noll ever. And It will 'moat kill htm."- . . Oscar spoke with a suppressed vehe menoe that waa startling in se quiet a follow. ' you think the company will throw him overt It why.-It would be atroeloue." "Well, they will. Just the came It will be We'll eome back If you bounce NoH Jones' and they ain't going to lose the thousands of dollars they're losing every day a day longer than nec essary, after they decide Jo throw -up the sponge, only to keep one man! No. sir. What do they do alt the while Do they keep theoe acaba they're so keen to hire? Never) not even when they csn do the work. And It' th same with the old men when they scab. . The other fellow ask for -their heads, and- they get them, tool - And It' knowing that makea men acary of atlcklng to th bosses. They know that when It come to a queatlon of losing money or break ing their word to them, they'll go." Oscar might have said mors, but at this moment they were Joined by eome young vtorkmen, acquaintances of Oscar, And th subject dropped of necessity. - Martin remained In Burnalde a-dey longer. He wrot an account of tiie atrlke which th old man said showed "a good nos for new," and hs gave a picture of tbe Welsh roller that tickled tha original. Nannie got a dosen papers In her filial delight But h Judged it kinder to Oscar to omit htm entirely, In whteh'-Judgntent- he-wae.eon firmed:- by uscar nimaeir. A month passed before Margin was tat Burnslde kgaln. The strike by this time had allpped Into a paragraph. The men continue -"to excite admiration by their qutet and orderly behavior"; but for thla they had some warrant In "a growing belief .that the striker would Martin earn on a Sunday morning, and took hla way from tb station to Noll's hous without pause, The church bell were ringing, aad be met little group In their Sunday clothea leisurely pacing, the streets. The air waa - still, with golden mete In-It where-the eun hone on tbe dust - The wide - village street , wes dappled with shadows of elm trees, H heard a child's laugh now and Xhan from th passing cburoh-goers. Th perfume of tea roaea-wae-wefted t blm from the little gardens that prospered oa either side. 1 The scan wss se tranquil, homely and gentle, that Martin lgbed for memory of hie owa peeeeful western town thst was not too large to have lie homes set la gardens. At thla. moment his ears war smitten with. a, piercing childish din, and there burst round the corner a booting mob pf lad and llttl boya wo dance; at a aefe dlaaaoe from a furioaa man, -yelling 8oabl j Scab!" and accompanying the word with all the indecency of ture that their small wit could com pass. Martin began to laugh at their an tics, but suddenly uttered an sxolama- (ion: "inunderl that' Noll! Simultaneously, on of th Imp stumbled and fell, and like a thunder bolt the pursuer waa upon blm. Tbe rage -. In the Welshman' faoe aboeked Martin, wno waa near enough te what a little creature It waa that be wa choking, and even to perceive th child's - faoe w httea -and hla ixiny little chest pant But Noll bared his teeth at turn, with a grin of hate. "Win you can me- scab r TO you, yr llttl rr he bellowed. ... ' The boy struggled to peak, but tbe breath merely whtatled through big nos trils. Noll, must hav felt hla heart pounding againat ' hie ribs. - "Wa you one of the boya chased Johnny ' aad tried to steal my.dinnerr v- , - Supreme anguish queese6V "No, air please, elr, no, air!" out of the gulping throat under bla hand. . Martin, how ever, had obeerved that Noll waa hold ing his captive In a looser grasp. "Tes, you was, toe." growled -Noll. "I. aaw you. I'd ought to lambaste you. well!" (Heart-shaking pause, during which tb boy sobbed aloud.) "I would If you weren't ao UtUe. Tou tell your lather, if .you've got one, he won't git en a ear if h trlaa that name ea ma. NwV how m how you eaa run!' H flung th boy off, and atood aonv berly watching him acamper afterkJi comrade aa faat a hi limp leg would let him. At Martin' nail, a turneo, brletllng. hi fiat up; it waa a eoon before b recognised the fac. thn be forced a eorry emile. " "Hullo, Tm glad tp see you. Same old story, you see, me getting mad. I've licked five men this last week. By I won't stand 'em allnrlng that word at me!" HI word gave Martin ft chill; this waa1 not th jovial pnuoaopner wno week ago.- - "How'e the striker- said Martin he aid the first 'thing that entered hie head to give- hie thought a chance te rally; he felt oonfuaed, like a man-who expect to step into soft clay and And himself on a bed of nettles. ' "I dunno," returned ' Noll, morosely; i know they .have the worst lot of skunks in th country working. Th ch)mn.eys keep a-smoktag, a-smoking; but I tell you lr confidence, -wa could haul vry bit of decent Iron w've mad in month on one wheelbarrow! un, they're rnr( - "But J thought jrou had thre men " ''Bo'd I think ee.-1 don't know, - They all weakened. Patsy, th beat of 'em, he went weet The other,, they Joined th strikers, so's not to be called scabs." He ebrusged hi shoulder In a queer way. clinching bis fists and loosening his flnaers and hla musoiee. suaaeniy. One would say- it was net ao much a gesture of Indifference a or pain. Jl don't know'a I blame them," eald he, drearllyj "It's hell, having that word la your ear ail -tne time, Ana ail ins oia face that used to-be ao friendly, turned away from you. Not a house you can so much as go to In a case of sloknses. My woodshed caught fir. Waa It than set it anrer x aon t enow; i snow it was afire in the night and net one of the neighbors oatneto help ro fight It not even TonWfTeal. Nanny and me fought-lUalona till Oecar came with the fire-department and they put It out Yea. and eomehow Oscar got hit on the head that night nd he'e been in bed ever elnce. Yee. elr" he spread out hie hands, and Martin saw how changed and huelesa his ruddy fees had grown "yes, sir. folks In the office, the cOpa, and thera say, 'You keep your temper, Noll; dont fly at 'era; take 'em easy! My Ood. if I dont fly atem and fight 'em, I'd go crasyt I hear 'era yelping that word at me all night I ve got o I'm scared to Bleep. Why. Martin, two montha ago I used to- look 'round this town and say, 'I ain't got an enemy In it!' Now I ain't got a friend." "Oh. brace up. old man." Martin tried to comfort blm, aa he would have tried to comfort one of hla chums. . He took him gently by the arm. "There's ths superintendent Burely he'e your friend.1 "I ain't ao sure, gome time i think he'll go back on me, too, I don't aee no way out Bay. MaxtUk0B'Xjr0ttp9B and see Nanny r' More and mora, as Martin walked by Noll's side, h marveled t the woeful change la him. He no -longer trod with easy llghtnsss 1 the dodging hot Iron; be had a llstlees, heavy-galted alouoh; .yet hla eyea war darting 'everywhere. HI talk ehowed the Irritability of hi nerves i he did not aeem- like the same man. There waa a reason why Martin should feel aa in tense pity for him. which he could not show except by an added friendliness of demeanor. It waa aome time before be perceived that they were not -going la the direc tion of Noll's house, and a minute or so after 'thla discovery before he ventured to suggest It, In a tentative, offhand way, "Why, you're going In a naw way to your house" . Noll bad been sunk In a black reverie; he looked up suddenly. "What's that Fostsrt" said hs, in a gentls voice. The pity of It all, remembering what he knew, caught Martin by th throat) h had to fish for hla vole for a second. Noll' eye slowly took In bis nw friend' figure; he rubbed them with bl hands.- "I guesa I forgot; It' not leep- Ingfur such a long while-makes -see sorter lose myself and talk out my thoughts. No, ' Martin, I ain't going home, I'm going to the works to sea Mr. Blake, th superintendent H want te have a talk with me. Would ye mind going with moT" r Martin wag vtad to go, feeling a. ner vous Dread of the Interview at the same time, Noll did not eem to th hall a dosen: men who cam 'down the sidewalk- In front of the office Just a they turned In. . Martin remarked them, and Tom Neal among them; Tom looked two way at once and stopping twice a if to turn back, yet each time going on the more briskly. He did not wonder how they got tnslds the cordon of polloet h tnotignt thai ne Knew. Blake greeted Noll wtth a surprising errusion or eormamy; nut gay Martin a very cool stare, saying-that b wanted te see Noll alone, T "That all right, Mr. Blah." eald Noll,-' 'I asked Mm te com - I jrusse I know what you wanted to ee me tbout Th boy will com back If you'U lay m off. And yod got some big order, And tha boy have given up eonalder-aber-mnd 'tf losing a lot of money not t throw me ever. Ain't that Itr - Blake wis' an elderly men, With ft florid, good-natured faoe, that redden mere deeply at Nol(' words. "It's bit tsr medicine to take. Noll,'' said hs; "but I'm hr-tplesa. But I'll find Just s good a Job for you somewhere else. orry aon r count mu n, hut I am sor rier about, this than I ever waa in my tlf alt wn,.Kll.'. . , , - Noll waa standing. Tooth hla hand on ' a office chair it wa almost If he nded th obalr to make blm keep erect, and there, were -blue and . white line . about his mouth! but' bs straightened himself and answered - eteadlly: "No, thank you, I got to be going. I won't eom back, then, Oood morning." - - He nodded his head, and walked very ' Straight te tha door, but eomethlng muat have blurred hla eye, for he ran ' Into the easing on one aide, -inatantly recovering himself And stepping back. - Blake hsd Jumped up aad waa at hi Ida. "Won't yen come baek a minute? - I feel Ilk slnef thla; I do; I'm slok! Let me ebow you the letter I've writ ten" "Tomorrow. aald Noll fT AlnT watt1" ' SI put hla hand up uncertainly to hla head, moving the bead Itself slowly front 'aid .to aid. Hi ayes, which wer vary dull, rested a second on the portrait of Burnslde on th wall, while a kind of spasm convulsed his face; It waa only for the apaoe pf an- eye blink, however, and Instantly ha braced hi muscle and: walked out of th door. : Martin had hie arm about blm all the tlm. a support of which h did not ap- . pear to pe eoneoiou. He wa walking quit firmly and of hla own etrength Until they reached the eldewalk. -Then, without warning, be swayed heavily againat Martin, and It was all th young man oould do-to let him slip by degrees to tbe ground. There he lay like a log and Martin' flrat gllmpa ef hie purple red fee mad him err for helix- It waa Tern Neal who - waa waltlnn- and ' 1 miea vn u noon scions mani but two or three pel teaman came at the eame moment and presently Oacar Walden. very pale and grim. They sent for a doctor, but before he oould eome Noll opened hi eyes. His first motion was to fsel his throat and th looaened collar, hi next to oaah the water eff hi dripping hair, than he struggled to rise, gurgling. "You let me up. I ain't hurled bad. I ean fight" -foil, you ley -etui, its ail right" r-.lng to cry; "Jest eld Tom. I fool to be mad with you, Noll, and If you only forgive me, I'll. go off west with you end work la a blaok-aheep ' mill. I will by r -- Noll wriggled eut ef hi grasp and . truck feebly at Oscar - oa th other Ida. ..-..-. ...v.' 'Til -fight yej Z ain't afraid of you Take tbe word beck!" he soreamed.- "Oh, Lord! he dont know us." groaned Oscar. -,: , e .. e , e, a a. , Martin Wallace called by appointment on the president of the Burnelde Steel Works. He found him a young man of attract!? . appearanoav but,, in, spite of - hla man-ef-the-world air.- struggling with considerable agitation.. Tbe presi dent plunged Into his subject at one. Ha supposed a might - And fault with th -arttol tbat Mr. Wallace had written on . the. ooncluelon ef th Burnald atrlke. but " 7 - - . '. "Tou hav seen Judge Foster Bum- aide, and know If all tru," interrupted - Martin. : .; ' ' "There It Mr. Wallace. It plaeea ms . In a In a confusedly embarrassing position.- X can eesure you wntll I aaw Fester and knew- about this roller. I didn't realise why Blake made such a racket about him. i am not the kind oi a- msn this - would imply. I simply wanted te get out ef a dlsaitroua strug gle th best way possible. , I supposed , an equivalent Job would make It all right go we all did, NowyJ'm told he wss set out up that he had a stroke or apoplexy, and that he was a very good fellow. Ian't there soma way te get thla mesa cleared upt You ean aee it. If clearly Impoaslble for ue to take him back here. But I will buy bla bouse here myself, for a good advance on what he paid, and I'll get him Jut a good Job In a branch mill. Can't you sea him for me end frisks some arrangement? You understand, don't you, how eursed . mean I feel about itr - "I understand," said Martin, "but I don't see whst can bs done. , Noll Jonee le In the Hunter Insane asylum,- and ' Ood know whether there la any chance ef hie recovery. - r-- - ("Iti th Valley ef th hdow," by Josephine Dodge Daakajn, la ths next in The Journal banner - aerie of short tort-) ' aaM Tgl a Oerpsw. From th Baltimore American. ' A tal ef romance, mixed with bo row, eomee front SaundersvUle Bhode mw fjnarise liuo-n on waa married te Mis Florence Ed wards bld th d4 body - of bis mother. Mrs. Sarah H. Henry; Mr. Hudson's mothsr, had long been a aufferer from rheumatism, and Miss Edwards, whose home waa In Bcltuate, had been for some time helping ber with the house work. ' Mr. Hudson, who 1s It years of -age. Is ths head of the bouse and kept a borne for his mother at the Hudeon homestead. Some time ago be became emlttsn with ths chsrms ef Miss Ed ward, who la only IT years "old, and. the eentiment being reciprocated, the oouple had planned t be married the peat week. a.. . - ..- ,t- -.. In the -meantime, however, Mrs. -Henry we! not ae well aa usual, and, though not considered dangerously ill, required so much ear and attention that the aeeuring ef th license waa put off a fw days.- Finally, however, one day last week, Mr. Hudson,- with hie -young bride-to-be and. hi prospective mother-in-law, presented himself at the heme of-Town Ciwk Hntr H.Totier and secured the license On th tol- lowing day Mrs. Henry suddenly died. The funeral wa held, and after the service bad bean performed by Rev. Gideon Burgess, the two principal mourner, Mr, Hudson and Mlas Ed wards, arose, and, taking 'their places beside the cshV Wereunltwr-ln- mar riage, - . -y r ' aTsei ef BttasdaWHastioa. Fronr-th NewTork Commercial. An Illustration of the cause of wanV of standardisation of weights, measures and coinage ef the world la found In a' oommQnlcation about the cotton trade of China, In a single paragraph of that re pert re the terma "hafkwan tacts," , equaj to 11.40; ''plculs.' equal to 111 1-1 pound! "Mexican cents." equal to 0.4 cent American gala; .". 10s,"- etc, and J "counts," meaning quantities of ysm; oh eotmt te divided Into seven-, and ln, each vsn thr are 10 thread," is the " way In which "count a" ar described. "Chop" I another term need In the ' report nd mesne trademark. The Shnghet-tat-1 mentioned also, and means tus equivalent or f 2.1 cent American, gold. "Pesetas' Is a m. used in another auch report and mesne 11.1 eqnte. In th earn paragraph with "peseta" metric name ar freely-need. All these tend to confuse, to Irritate or le bewilder th reader. At least they make It necarr la hunt un n,. ings.of thee I arm, t get a correct understanding f tha report. ,