Eugene daily guard., November 13, 1909, Image 8

PAI
- Novelized From
j Eugene Waller's
Great Play
W".
Thai "Paid In Full" is a story
of absorbing interest has been
proved? by its phenomenal suc
cess in dramatic Jorm. For two
seasons there has been no dim
inution in the drawing power
of this vital piece of realism,
in its present form it is not less
engrossing. The features which
made it so powerul as a play
are not less potent in the serial.
It is the same keen exposition
of human motives put into the
. simplest forms of expression.
There is no waste of material,
rto attempt to moralize, no break
in the continuity. The three men
who are the central figures in
the story stand out in admirable
distinctness from the very Jirst,
and the one woman whose splen
did rectitude illuminates it all
iives from the moment of her
appearance. Although it is cer
ium to produce frequent thrills,
the story is neither mulodra
matio nor sensational. Its power
ties in its humanness.
CHAPTER I.
"Wf O; I'll nol give 'em a raise of '
l ceum an bnur uor of a cent
Xl tmr: "ary a raise, un
derstand. And I don't want
jou to come bore Intuiting you can
fcnlldow me. been use you'll Hnd mlgbty
-quWk you're mistaken. If any man
thinks be can do tbat 1 wnut to Bee
klui."
The words, uttered In a wrathful
elhw. come through tbe closed door
f tbe president's room aud were
heard by every employee and visitor
in the ninln office of the Latin-Ameri
can Steamship company, whicb occu
pied an entire floor of a- big building
In Howling Green. New York city. I
Home of tbe employees smiled and
passed the remnrk (bat the boss "bad;
iu bad" that day. but the smiles
were of tbe sickly, apprehensive order,
for the fact Hurt ho was In execrable'
tiumor was perfectly well known to 1
aeb and all. huvng been Impressed
upon them very forcibly at Intervals,
from the minute the greut uinu had j
made bis upiH-nriiiice with bis unvary- I
tnir punctuality as tbe clock struck Oi
a. ul Others scowled aud kept tbelrl
-reflections to themselves.
Tbe voices of tbe other parties to
the conversation were not audible to i
tbe listeners, but that of the president, I
with its nil penetrating roar, bunt'
forth again:
l don't give a tin whistle what you '
r your unions do, understand. Let I
em strike, strike and he d d. But I
yon tell 'em this from me that uuy
man who's fool enough to throw up I
lils Job does so for good und ull. He'll '.
. never work again for the Lutlu-Amerl- '
can Hteumshlp company In this or any I
other Hirt. I'll take rare of that. I'll I
how 'em who and what I nm If they
don't know." j
The door opened, and two white ;
fared. Intimidated men emerged, cap I
In baud. They were rough looking
men. evidently Inhoron Inured to tho
hardest kind of work. They shutlled
quickly past the neatly dressed clerks
and did not breathe freely until they
found themselves in the cross streams
of hurrying- passcrshy on the street.
There, as they mopcd their brows
and looked around for a saloon, some
thing of the arrogant Insolence with
-which they had detuunded audience of
tbe head of tbe company and which
had been speedily cowed out of them
by that formidable aud choleric per
rouge returned to them.
Meanwhile at the open door of the
room In which they hud been through
the ordenl of their Interview Captain
Auiot Williams, president and general
munager of the line, glared after his
departing visitors and round the of
fice. There was dead silence, and ev
err employee, from the highest to the
ottli-e boys. Impudent and Irrepressible
there, as everywhere else, save when
Captain Williams was nigh, heenme
deeply engrossed In bis work.
fall up Mr. Smith and tell Mm I
wunt to see him at once." he growled
to no one In particular. Then he re-
entered his room und slnuuued the
door.
In a few minutes, however, his hell
rang, and a boy responded to It with
an alacrity not customary In any other
efllre In all New York.
"Tell Mr. Ilrooks to come her." was
the order he received.
Tbe boy hurried out and approached
one of the men behind the brass lat
tice screens.
"Mr. Brooks, the captain want! you,"
Be announced.
Mr. Brooks did not reply, but he got
down leisurely it tut with bad grace
from his stool ivi.i "tcveil with eiunl
deliberation & tin- president's room.
"llrtaiks. has r'cruiintlcs & Co., thnt
I'crnsnthurn tlrtn. txru h;;".n! frftt
jetT" demanded his iWplever.
"Check on me today." Has lb la
mule reply.
"Full amount T
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EUGENE WALTER. I
Author of "Paid In Full" and "The I
Easiest Way" I
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"Yes, four thousand eight hundred
and seventy-five."
"All right. That's all."
Ilrooks went out. closing the door
behind Ulin. und returned to bis desk.
He wus in n bad temper himself and
made no effort to conceal It, for a buI
len scowl marred his handsome and
usually genial face. Not only was
Joseph Brooks handsome, but a rather
distinguished looking young fellow,
whose clothes sat well and becomingly
upon him... albeit they were somewhat
Bhlny from wear aud from Ironing by
Inexpert bands at home. And If his
collars and cuffs also were Just a trifle
tbe worse for wear at leaBt they were
Immaculately clean.
"Cbeer up!" admonished one of bis
fellow clerks, noticing bis 111 humor.
Brooks' moods were never taken se
riously, for with him fits of despond
ency alternated with a contagious cor
diality aud nn optimism that knew no
limit. Of late, however, bis spells of
gloominess bad become wearisomely
frequent, and usunlly tbey were ac
companied by a nervous Irritability.
"Cheer up?" he answered, with some
heat. "1 don't see any reason for
cheering up, and I don't feel like
cheering up. Did you hear how the
brute received those delegates of the
Longshoremen's union because they
asked him to add u little to their star
vation pay to help them keep sklu and
bono together? Why shouldn't he raise
them? Why shouldn't he raise all of
us? He's reeking with money, doesn't
know what to-do with It, yet what
doeB he do but grind us down grind
and grind nnd grind grind us as a
grain of wheat Is ground to powder
between the millstones grind us with
his heel, squeezing from us tbe very
sap of bralu nnd Nfe Hint he may add
to his pile."
Tho. clerks near him hnd listened to
this outbreak with amused surprise.
"Well." said the man who had ad
dressed him before. "I haven't noticed
"I hop the tolifxiort-mcit do ulriAe
you sweating blood to any extent un
der the grinding process."
"Jenkins, you're u-u camel." retort
ed Brooks. "For n wisp of hay you'd
let yourself lie loaded till tho last
straw broke your back, and theu you'd
lick the hand that crushed you."
Sun-." said Jenkins enthusiastically.
"Anybody cau load me up that wants
to."
"And I'll back bis liquid capacity to
equal that of any camel," chimed In
auother clerk, while evry one within
earshot grinned.
"Oh. you can laugh." grumbled
Brooks, "but It doesn't alter the truth
of what 1 any. It's men like bltn that
have made our society today whnt It
Is, a soulless, heartless, oppressive
civilisation In which Croesuses walk
roughshod over the (Jon who are
down and thrust them i,-vper liilo the
slough with one foot as they clltnb
higher and higher to tho power that
the possession of Incoucelvuble wealth
carries with It."
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F:U L L
By
John WJIarding
Copyright, 1908, by G. W. Dillintf.
t hfttn Co.
IS"
"'Twos ever thus!" sighed Jenkins.
"But there Is yet hope. Out Joseph
huth received a call to uplift tl e down
trod." "How did he get It? Wni t is bis
record?" went on Brooks. igu ring the
Interruption. "Why. be stone out os
a seuler or a south Pocltlc trader,
which in those days was the same as
being a pirate, and you know and 1
know that his name was a terror to
sallornien from Sun Francisco to Aus
tralia. He mude hlB flrst money by
bullying and III treating other men and
killing them, too, on occasion. It's a
matter of common knowledge. And
he's been n buccaneer ever since,
lildn't he bunko and snndlmg my fa
ther-ln-lnw out of control of this com
pany? And what has he done since
hen hut act the brutal tyrant ovet
everybody connected with it. hentins
us down to the lowest wage a mat)
can exist on thnt he may add to bis
dirty heap, running this office with
fist, boot nod rope end as though It
were his lawless ship and we were his
groveling Lasenr crew. I hope the
longshoremen do strike: They would
lie doing humanity a service If they'd
till hltu full of bullets."
There's a lot of truth 'In whnt
Brooks says." assented a t youthful
clerk in low tones, looking around cau
tiously as be did so.
"Well, nrter all. I don't see that
vmt't'e got sncb a tierce kick coming."
observed Jenkins to tbe disgruntled
orator.
"You don't, eh?" sneered Brooks.
"You think $20 a week Is big pay for
an accountant and collector who's
bandied half tbe money of tbe line for
five years, eh?"
"No; I mean thnt you are nt least
solid wltb the boss and sure of your
Job. wblcb is more tbnu anybody else
here is. and thnt you stand to become
nn officer high up In the company one
of these days. Williams Is n friend of
your family. Isn't be? You yourself
have boasted often tbat be visits you
and your wife."
"That's Just it. The swine takes ad
vantnge of his relations wltb my
wife's people to keep me down nnd
rub It In. Other people get their sal
ary raised, but I don't. Do you call
that a square den I?" '
"It hardly seems so. but perhnps
there's a reason, lie tnny have some
object thnt will appear In due course
and you'll go up several numbers nt
one sweep. In the mean time." contin
ued Jenkins, lowering bis voice, "I
wouldn't let on like you have this aft
ernoon If I were you. Joe. It can't do
any good and might do you a deal of
barm. You don't kuow who might bear
you. and tbe boss somehow knows
everything that goes on In the office."
"1 don't care," affirmed Brooks sul
kily. "I'd Just as lief tell hltn to bis
fnce whnt I think of him. and. by
guilt. I will one of these dnys, darn
him:"
"All right." laughed Jenkins. "1 hope
I'll be around nt the time so that I
can perform fur you the last snd rite
of gathering up your scattered re
mains. Ab, here's Jimmy Smith!"
CHAI'TKK II.
AMES SMITH, superintendent of
the Latin-American Steamship
company's docks, hud arrived In
response to the president's sum
mons, conveyed to hltn by the tele
phone. Smith, known to his familiar
ns Jlmsy. was a tall, gaunt, lingular
man. hearing all over hltn the stump
of westerner. Ho was. lu fact, from
Colorado, where he began his active
enreer by engaging lu mining. Scant
success attended his efforta In tbJs di
rection, however, nnd after working
with the dogged determination that
was one of bis traits until even his
patience was exhausted he finally en
tcred' the employ of the steamship
company In whose service be bad
risen to bis present position, with
headquarters In New York.
There was something about Smith
that caused men. and women also', for
that matter, to tnke to htm on sight
The unbounded good nature, big heart
edneos nnd unselfishness beaming In
his blue eyes and In his whimsical
smile were wrltteu in every Hue of bis
clonn shaven fuce. Another thing thnt
made hltu remarked by all who came
In contact with hltn was Ills absolute
Imperturbability. In all his thlrtv-
seven years of existence he never hnd
been known to "get a move on," not
even when a premature blast In n
mine hnd sent the diggers belter skel
ter for safety and carried death and
suffering to many. Smith had walked
tranquilly away amid the rain of rock
and earth until It was all over. Then
he had returned and organized the
work of rescue, his placidity causing
the others Instinctively to look to him
r direction. Nor was his speech
more hurried thnn were bis move
ments. He spoke but little, and then
his words came In a quiet, even, dis
tinct drawl. But he "pt there" as
quickly as most men. 0id a good deal
quicker than some whose nerves were
highly stning nnd with wlWn rapidity
'iftelioii was as necessary as broath
W. for he was possessed of keen p
era of observation and common sense,
an earnestness of purse that gave
his utterances weight and an Integrity
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SATURDAYfNOV.
unshakable as the rock of Gibral
tar. As a fltting. lnost """
complement of ucb a nature be was
endowed with a sH.se of humor that
added not a little to attraction b
exercised for those who knew hltn
sufficiently well to be utile to aPPje-.
date bis qualities of heart mid uiliAB
He took a calm, all unbracing Burvey
of the office os be entered, looked over
to Brooks' desk and saluted bltn with
a cordial motion of the band and in
structed a boy to notify Captain W II-
lisms of his arrival, lie was usuereu
Immediately Into the chiefs presence.
Tbat worthy, who. like his superin
tendent, wns clean Bhnven, was seated
at hla desk In his shirt slecveB. and
the whole room, despite tbe wide open
windows, was thick from the sniose
from an old blackened corncob pipe at
which he wns putting vigorously. He
was s burlv man, and the short, thick
neck, the brood shoulders, tbe power
ful hii. tntntwl fingers and tbe mus
cles that stood out In bunches on the
hnirv arms disclosed by his rolled up
shirt sleeves denoted thnt be possessed
nnusuul physical strength. An ugly
man to get into an argument with was
Williams, one who. It needed no mind
reader to Judge, would be cnpable of
following the word with a blow mat
would crush nn ordinary opponent.
For years, as Brooks hnd Intimated.
ho hnd led the roughest life a man
enn lend, hammering by sheer brute
strength a way to wealth by ways in
which scruple hnd counted tor notutng
nt nil nnd expediency for n good deal,
nnd bis entrance upon u higher pi.-ine
of civilization bud not Imparted nmc li
nollsb to his nniieiirauce. balms in
speech, which were those of the old
lime snlllng ship mariner, although ot
lute years he hnd striven to conform
re closely to the examples of re
finement be witnessed In the only po
lite society he cared for. which was
that of the family of his dead friend.
Stanley Harris, who wns general man
ager of the Latin-American line when
he obtained coutrol of it He bad n
way of glaring at a person from un
der his bushy eyebrows with a scru
tiny thnt seemed to rend through nnd
up and down him and made him most
111 nt ease under it.
He made bis decisions promptly, au
thoritatively, after the manner of a
man accustomed to command and to
be obeyed without question, and he
never changed them, at least in bis
business and administrative dealings.
Add to all this a voice like a foghorn,
the effect of which, when be raised
It. was. ns he knew full well, to make
his subordinates qunke nnd to Intlnil
dale others who bad to do with blm.
and It will be realized that be lived up
fully to his reputation of being a bard
man.
For bis quiet, nnmovable' and thor
oughly capable dock superintendent he
entertnlned a certain respect. He
knew from experience thnt the man
was not the least bit afraid or even
disturbed by his bullying manner nnd
his bellowing nnd tbat his glare, al
ways squarely met, hnd no more effect
upon hltu than it would have upon the
bronze statue of Washington which
stands sentinel on the steps of the sub
treasury in Wall street.
Smith lowered himself slowly and
easily Into n big armchair beside the
president's desk.
"Two delegates from the Longshore
men's union were here Just now." an
nounced the captain. "They say the
freight handlers nre going to strike.'i
"YnnsV" said Smltb Interrogntlvely.
"Yes. What do you know nbout It?"
"Nothing, except that tbey enme to
me with n demand for higher pay for
the men. I referred them to you."
"Well. I didn't leave 'em nny loop
hole for doubt ns to my position in the
matter."
"You turned tbem down?"
"Turned "em down! Of course
What do you think? Suppose I hand
ed 'em n rnlse on a silver platter and
bowed 'em out of the door?"
"I don't suppose anything nbout It.
I'm asking for information."
"Them two blatherskites enme swag
goring nnd blustering lu here nnd said
every Inst one of the tneu would quit
tomorrow morning nt 11 o'clock unless
they got 3 cents more nn hour. They
wasn't swaggering when they went
out of here. I tell you. I pretty soon
took the stnrcb out of "em."
A faint smile flitted over the superin
tendent's face, but be ventured no re
mark. "I told 'em." Wllliam9 went on. "that
I wouldn't give 'em a cent a century
more and to strike and be d d. I also
told 'em thnt any mnn who did go
out would never get another Jh with
this company, nnd. by Sam. he won t!"
The captain's voice bad risen to a
ronr. and he brought his fist down on
tbe desk with sucb force that pens and
pencils went flying In all directions
nnd the Ink splnshed from the wells In
their solid crystal stnnd.
"Them labor agitators ain't got
no notion of the fltness of things.
They nin't gut a grnsp on economic
coiiillilous for n cent. Tbey got to do
something to live without workssg. so
every once In awhile they go to the
men ns pays 'em to be walking dele
gntes. gives 'em some glib tulk a Unit
their rights niir advises 'era to strike
for more money. Do they look n round
and try to Hnd out whether nn nd-
vnnce is warranted b the conditions?
.-vary a look. IK any of tho men tliey
hand ojit their advice to trv to find
out? Not ou your life! They, go ahead
like a lot of stieep and strike and
stnrje and blame the result on cap.
!tul."
Smlta nodded.
"If they enrry out their threat and
ult." continued the rnptain, "you
will clenr nil the strikers from the
docks, throw 'em off If mvessarv.
knock their silly blocks off. but tell
them ns wauls to wort-iliut full pro
tection win I,. given V I'll arrange
wlih ce headquarters to hnve a
mlliiient fote of bluecoats ou hand to
1 1909.
i guard our property will also nott
i fy our docks at other ports to be pre
pared, lou wui nx l'.--V"r
for the strike oreuieiyu -
bere until the troubles over add
make arrangements to bring men from
the iniuTTu ciu. -
need spare no expense. Understand f
U BIUIV! '
guess no." replied tbe supe
tendent.
HThon It's tin to VOU.
"Anything else you want to Bee
i me
.. Von enn eet in teuca
nrltb
me'any time you want me. You know
about where I'm to be found.
Smith drew in his long tegs, rm
himself from the chair and took up
bis bnt to go.
"See here. Smith." snld the captain.
i viainff irmiliinllv to its fear-
sorne bellow, "It's nigh on to twoscore
venrs Bince I took my nrsi vessel.
Sally Mornn, out of Frisco ns mnster
and owner, bound for tbe south sea
Islands to trade, and I've commanded
my own sblp every minute since unu
held my own against all sorts of lub
bers as would have done me and done
for me if tbey could. And do you
think I'm going to be dictated to by
any white llvered gas bag of a crawl
lug delegote who comes here holding a
knife to my throat by threatening n
turnout without giving me a chance
"Fes, irtr, by Sam, Wr, like lAw"
to meet It if I don't give in to his de
mands on .the spot? No. sir, not by an
ull tired sight! No, sir, not In n
thousand years! I own this outfit
from keel to ninln penk.nnd If I can't
run It my own way I'll scuttle It nnd
go down wltb it. Understand? Aud
If nny uinu's looking for a tight with
me he'll find me quick enough, and I'll
brenk blm. no mutter who or what be
Is. Yes. sir, by Sam. sir. like this!"
Seizing a thick ruler on the desk, he
snapped it without apparent effort, and
as be sat glaring there with his di
sheveled bair. his pagnacious. massive
underjnw protruding and bis big fists
tightly clinched on the broken wood.
causing the muscles of his arms to
bulge like knots on a gnnrled tree, he
presented the embodiment of might
and ferocity.
'I don't know but whnt you're -right.
Cnp'n Williams." drawled the superln
lentlent with his unchangeable equa
nimity. "Anyhow, you siM'e are en
titled to do what you like with your
own."
He went out nnd on bis wnv to the
otli.e exit stopped at Brooks' desk.
"Well, how's things, boy?" he In
quired with nn Interest so klntllv that
one might have thought there wns
nothing else in the world with which
his mind wns occupied and never could
hnve suspected that there lay befori
him for immediate solution the nroh
leui of prepnrlug for a great strike
that threatened to tie up the business
of one of the most Important steam-
snip tines In the country, with rnmlfi
canons extending from Boston nil
around the coast of South America to
an francisco.
un. so. so." answered Brooks "Ttr
the bye. I'd be awful glad If you'd come
up to supper tonight. Emma wn
Ing only this morning thnt we hudtf't
seen nnytntng of you for a week "
"That's so. I've got to squnro my-
sou wun ttnmn. though It hnsn't'been
niy rnutt altogether."
Then we'll expect you to supper?"
t un i promise, necnuse I've a deal
o uo oetween now nnd this evening
hut I'll come If I can."
"So long. Jlmsy."
"So loug."
And Smith simmered out to attend
to one of the grentest emergencies he
....1 er oeen ca,UHj upon tQ meet
uis me.
CHAPTER HI.
fT
E wns n skillful -!mt,tt.. i
deed who first devised the
U.-UIUOOX npnrtment houses so
v.m t- :orara0B now In all pnrts of
nights working out how to extricate
lie maximum of rent revenue from
slruc'ture.00 " " "
Jf ,!h"Vre any fln,a lD Harlem of
smaller dimensions than the one of
four roomscnpled by Mr. and Mrs
Joseph Brook, tbe most experienced'
am Persist,.,,, bnnter after a plnceln
wilcbto lige hi,A,miy wlln
the eonnog- nd sQ,e 9(,mbllln(,e
:,'': h:,rc had the time of
b . ., her nre finding ,,. And u
la s there r-r lnre ,11Illriously fl(
" nnctit have been-ln
fact, certainly , ha?e
case, a, , th(.re
o
rver Its size, thnt was kept cleaner ii
neater or lu which more effect le u-e
of available niiiicrlal bad been iiid
than kut orer which Mm. Emma
Brooks presided as mistress ami lac-
totum.
And Mrs. Brooks berseif-how h-
graced It. nltogi'fier iluT-oiiioiislv:
As the elder of two daughters of sum
ley Harris, who, while not rlt ti. had
been well to do. she bad lieeu hrougtu
up In tbe comfort of a good home aim
bad enjoyed tbe advantage nf mi edn
cation at u private setulniiry. Her tn
ther. whose constant companion she
bad been and wbose sense of ilcinoc
racy In tbe mutter of ussoolntiuu she
bad inherited, bad adored ber. unu
when she bad given ber heart to Jo
seph Brooks, electing him from nttionv
numerous suitors. Including Juiuei.
Smith, be gave his consent to pljelt
union against bis own Judgment and
In face of the strenuous opposition n
his wife, esteeming the girl's uuppl
ness superior to all other considera
tlous.
Brooks, who hod been in the eniplov
of the Latin-American Steamship com-
pany for one year and bud been
brought into relations: with the family
by virtue of his selection as secreturj
to ber father, tbe general malinger
hnd no menus whatever of his own
nnd bis salary, then StiO a month, was
a desperately small Income ou which to
begin housekeeping fur n glcl reared ns
she hud been. But her father helped
them, and the young couple counted
upon bis Influence to procure the ad
vuncemeut of bis sou-lu-law to n more
remunerative post.
Unfortunately for them, however.
Mr. Harris had died n few weeks after
their wedding, und they found them
selves thrown upon their own re
sources. Mrs. Harris, a seltish. shal
low, unfeeling woman with social pre
tensions, who regarded ber daughter's
marriage wltb the young clerk as n
mesalliance und Brooks himself with
disdain, left them to shift for them
selves and wltb her other daughter.
Beth, who was seven years younger
than Emma and shared her mother's
views, as she Imitated ber haughti
ness, settled down to the enjoyment of
tbe modest fortune her busband bad
left ber and tbe Indulgence of tbe os
tentation she loved, but which during
Mr. Harris' lifetime she bad never
been able to gratify to the top of ber
bent She did not fur this, however,
withdraty altogether from association
wltb Emma and Brooks and continued
on more or Iobs amicable terms with
them. Now and then she condescend
ed to call upon them with Betb. but
her visits, as a rule, were a good deal
of a trial to the young couple, for she
regarded Brooks' failure ti get on In
tbe steamship company as n vindica
tion of ber opinion as to bis ability
nnd tbe Judiciousness of tboir mar
riage and wns prone to "condone with
her dnughter. assume nn exasperating
I-told-yon-so attitude nnd lament what
might have been.
During the four years of tbelr mar
ried life Brooks' snlnry bad been
raised only $20 a month, although In
addition to bis work as accountant, to
whicb he bad been assigned after Mr.
Harris death, that of collector bad
been thrust upon blm. It had been a
bard, bitter experience for pretty little
Mrs. Brooks, tbls unaccustomed drudg
ery of housework, this continuous
scouring of greasy pots and pans nnd
washing of dishes, which she loathed:
this deprivation of comforts and luxu
ries thnt sbe bnd known nil her life
this privntlon of mnny personal things
onsldered Indlspensnble by tbe dainty
woman; this necessity of perpetun
rigid economizing, which bnrely suf
need to make both ends meet. Sbe de
prived herself of much needed cloth
Ing. to sny nothing of finery, that Joe
miirht go properly clad to his office,
but she never tor thnt reason descend
ed to slovenliness, never "lot herself
go." ns so many women In their own
households tunke (he mistake of doing,
and never had she allowed one word
or complaint, one Indication of regret,
to escape lier. She hnd married Joe
for love, for hotter or for worse, and
resigned herself bravely nnd cheerfully
to the consequences, however bnrd to
benr, hoping for tbe better times that
were so long In coming nnd encour
aging her husband to fight on and
win.
Joe. for his part, lacked bis wife's
grit and energy, and constant disap
pointment bud undermined bis forti
tude. He loved Emma. He hardly
could have done otherwise, though
calculation had entered largely into
his eourtlng of her. Chivalrously,
while the sweet bliss of their early
married life held him In Its spell, he
hnd done ns much of tbe heavier work
of the menage as he could to spare
her when time nad opportunity afford
ed, but very nnturolly he had soon
tired of this where Is the man who
does not? and by decrees hnd left as
much of it as he could to her. except
when his moods of optimism nnd nf
fectlonnte solicitude Impelled blm to
m to her nsslstnnee. At such times he
wnnted to do It nil.
On the evening following his out-
hurst nt the office he wns still resent
ful and "down In the mouth" when he
let himself Into his little flat, and the
smiles of his wife ns sbe raised ber
rosebna Hp, ,0 rprPre his kiss of
greeting failed to dispel bis gloom.
"You seem out of sorts tonight,
dear." she said solicitously. "Any
thing wrong at the office?"
"Nothing In particular. I'm tired
and hungry after slaving all day In
this awful he.iQtbat's all"
"Never mind, impper's all ready, so
!.,'!"w" n"1 "" ln"
"" hat did you get?"
"Chops und potatoes."
'"e lurt up his nose, but took his
"':'t at talMe unit t.eirnn In M Ho
j answered bis wlfeQ.iestion(ji mono
"nl.les. His thoughts. It was plain.
'ersatlon,
copied aw
" t
Mnetj- WMl
with cL!1"'
"""I'M four.,1. '
"Ever, n, I'i
-v.. i Srjow
I m sure."
"''m lofrj, l i
i know k.. Z-
wrong th.t
ur hand, H
pans. Th.. J N
work. iZLZ
girl."
U9f of wlstfln.,'
He buns hi.
Rloomy silent sJ
' " ral.jj.J
rose ''on, tbe uj 1
,'"" uer appptts J
r of diajll
ronl !-! i-ucm
,lm llls reouestli
.... , ,
do Iiipo 1
"'vie a trl
distressingly ,,, I
iienm much to tfel
iiiiMKintl sittiajJ
"u crusty i,
mill in pity sndu
over to his chair , J
solingly round J
"Never mind. J J
"don't looksosol',!
off than we were t.l
win out some dn
She placed to U
nnd raised his bnt J
saw that sbe was iJ
cournginglv tbron.iJ
fused to be eomfortc I
"I nimle out the J
snld. "Three otitrJ
wno ntso asked fcti
got It: so did Smith.-
"What. Jlmsy?'!!
"I snld Smia. rl
smttn In toe office,"!
wnnt surlily.
"Well, I'm eMfol
got whnt lewjiM'
"I think he told II
across with mote oJ
"How much did hi
"Eighteen buadrei'l
"Eighteen hnojie'l
Isn't that fine?"
"It menns that V: I
ly $5,000 a year m I
Isn't It?"
"Yes. indeed It &'
"1 saw Jlmsy 11
come to supper, it
he could.'
"I wonder iri.rlii.
Her liasbandtUiMl
ntely. When btWS
ngcly:
"Suppose hetbotri
ford it. Two dciil
three."
"Why. Joe. bowil
ed, beginning to pa
plntes. "Jlmsy tawl
"Tbnt's tbe trenSil
your mother koon-1
everybody knows, ul
tnlking about bowtC
nnd slnve because ji
nil that sort of still'
"Jlmsy doeso't."
"Well, lie thinks Itl
er's always rubhlasJ
the same old string-
thy of you, that It's i
you hnve to wort
don't seem togetik-l
you"
"Oh.
don't mind '
ber."
"She never did '
"But dear old dt.
the one I wanted M
.toe of course. ':
peculiar. I'm sure;:
stand me much. KM
thnt I don't um-
woii't bother about -
un n bit. will r T
dishes? JimsytMIu
Brooks went into ui
,in nnron from Wl
Into him by bis
his clothes. oJ "1
enrnet broom and l
was lnborlnsoDderl
manifest by tbe v
which he used 1
n-lih an express'"
he snld in n flrmtl
Emma, yon 1
months er a yearw-l
chance nt a rel-:
quit nnd get)olli
thinking tbatC'1
nn.l wait to call "
Call whnt olfT
. "Whv. everyttW'l
1 mean or c1
desperately.
Her eyes opM"'
astonishment
,.v oenll sePn
Tli.u's exactly 1
What fnr-tl
ucomethllll! I
wi,it nn idea!
Lji, to ta r
r 'voutf
ia- ..mil
-You have cnifl
oi iii
"But what-'
Look here.
be '
ell
...i.,n't rou supr"1
- .'wlbs"'
you run-- M-i
-i "'"'.. TV
drudgery ""v
To' ;cfcr r
You cmi'd n,rf,
ch. lntermr''Ai
fare fliitiine.
O
i -.c uoi on DIs meal or Emma s con- j
(Conllit
fa