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THE LUTHER REGISTER
GREEN FANCY
& GEORGE BARR
Mc=CUECHEON
Author of "GRAUSTARK," “THE
‘HOLLOW OF HER HAND,” “THE
i PRINCE OF GRAUSTARK." ETC
_
h DUL M—4 mnj Con
CHAPTER XX—-Continued.
——15—
Barnes listened at the door until he
heard the waiter clattering down the
Itatrwuy, and then went swiftly down
the hull to No. 30. Mr. Prosser was
|leeplng Just as soundly and as re-
soundingly as at midnight!
“By gad!” he muttered, half-aloud.
Everything was ns clear as day to him
now. Bolting Into his own room, he
•losed the door and stood stockstill
for many minutes, trying to picture
the scene In the cottage.
He found a letter In his box when
he went downstairs, after stuffing the
tin box deep Into his pocket. Before
tie slit the envelope he knew that
Sprouse was the writer. The message
was brief:
“After due consideration, I feel that
It would be a mistake for you to aban-
don your present duties at this time.
It might be misunderstood. Stick to
tlie compuny until something better
turns up. With this thought in view I
withdraw’ the two days’ limit men-
tioned recently to you, and extend the
time to one week. Yours very truly,
“J. H. WILSON.”
“Gad. the fellow thinks of every-
thing," said Barnes to himself. “He
Is positively uncanny.”
He read between the lines, and saw
there a distinct warning. It had not
occurred to him that his plan to leave
for New York that day with Miss Cam-
eron might be attended by disastrous
results.
But the Jewels? What of them? He
could not go gallivanting about the
country with a half million dollars’
•worth of precious stones In his posses-
sion.
He spent the early part of the fore-
noon In wandering nervously about
the hotel—upstairs and down. The
Jewels were locked In his pack up-
stairs. He went up to his room half
a dozen times and almost Instantly
walked down again, after satisfying
tUmself that the pack had not been
rifled.
For the next three days and nights
rehearsals were in 1 full swing, with
scarcely a moment’s let-up. And so
the time crept by, up to the night of
the performance. Miss Cameron re-
mained in ignorance of the close prox-
imity of the Jewels, and the police of
Crowndale remained In even denser
Ignorance as to the whereabouts of
the man who robbed Mr. Hasselwein
of all his spare cash and an excellent
gold watch.
No time was lost by the countess In
getting word to her compatriots In
New York. Barnes posted a dozen let-
ters for her; each contained the tid-
ings of her safety and the assurance
that she would soon follow in person.
Those three days and nights were
full of Joy and enchantment for
Barnes. He actually debased himself
by wishing that the Rushcroft com-
pany might find it Imperative to go on
rehearsing for weeks In that dim. en-
chanted temple.
He sat for hours In one of the most
uncomfortable seats he had ever
known, devouring with hungry eyes
the shadowy, Interested face so close
to his own—and never tired.
On the nfternoon of the dress re-
hearsal he led her, after nn hour of
almost Insupportable repression, to
the rear of the auditorium. Dropping
Into the seat beside her he blurted
out, almost in anguish:
“I can’t stand it any lnger. I can-
not be near you without—why, I—I—
well, it Is more than I can struggle
against, that’s all. You’ve either got
to send me away altogether or—or—
let me love you without restraint. I
tell you I can’t go on as I am now.
' You know I love you, don’t you? You
know I worship you. Don’t be fright-
ened. I Just had to tell you today.
3 should have gone mad if I had tried
to keep It up any longer.” lie waited
breathlessly for her to speak. She sat
client and rigid, looking straight be-
fore her. "Is It hopeless?” he went
on nt last, huskily. “Must I ask your
forgiveness for my presumption and—
and go away from you?”
She turned to him and laid her hand
upon his arm.
“Am I not like other women? Why
should I forgive you for loving me?
Doesn't every woman want to be
loved? No, no, my friend! Walt!
A moment ago I was so weak and
trembly that I thought I—oh, I was
afraid for myself. Now I am quite
calm and sensible. See how well I
have myself in hand? I do not
tremble, I am strong. We may now
discuss ourselves calmly, sensibly.
Oh ! What are you doing?”
“I too am strong.” he whispered. "I
«m sure of my ground now, and I am
not afraid.”
He had clasped the hand that rest-
ed on Ids sleeve and, as he pressed it
to his heart, his other arm stole over
her shoulders and drew her close to
his triumphant body. For an irstunt
she resisted, and then relaxed into
complete submission. Her head sank
upon his shoulder.
Grand opera house that evening. He
was In the “wings” with her, whisper-
ing In her delighted ear; In the dress-
ing-room, listening to her Boft words
of encouragement to the excited lead-
ing lady; on the narrow stairs leading
up to the stage, assisting her to mount
them; and all the time he was dread
ing the moment when he would awake
and find It all a dream.
There was an annoying fly In his
ointment, however. “I love you," she
had said simply. “I want more than
anything else In all the world to be
your wife. But I cannot promise now
I must have time to think, time to ”
“Why should you require more time
than I?” he persisted. "What Is time
to us? Why make wanton waste of
It?”
"I know that I cannot find happiness
except with you,” she replied. "No
matter what happens to me, I shall
always love you, I shnll never forget
the Joy of this. But—I cannot prom-
ise uoy,” she finished gently and
kissed him.
Between the second and third acts
Tommy Gray rushed back with the
box-office statement. The gross was
$359. The instant that fact became
known to Mr. Rushcroft he Informed
Barnes that they had a "knockout,” a
gold mine, and that never In all his
career had he known a season to sturt
off so auspiciously us this one.
Three days later Barnes and "Miss
Jones” said farewell to the strollers
and boarded a day train for New York
city. They left the compnny in a con-
dition of prosperity. The show wns
averaging two hundred dollars nightly
and Mr. Rushcroft was already book-
ing return engagements for the early
fall. He was looking forward to a
tour of Europe at the close of the war.
Barnes’ sister, Mrs. Courtney, met
them at the Grand Central terminal.
“It’s now a quarter to five,” said
Barnes after the greeting and presen-
tation. “Drop me at the Fifth Avenue
bank, Edith. I want to leave some-
thing in my safety box downstairs.
Sha’n’t be more than five minutes.”
He got down from the automobile
at Forty-fourth street and shot across
the sidewalk into the bank, casting
quick, apprehensive glances through
the five o’clock crowd on the avenue
as he sprinted. In his hand he lugged
the heavy, weatherbeaten pack. His
sister and the countess stared after
him in amnzeraent.
Presently he emerged from the bank,
still carrying the bag. He was beam
Ing. A certain worried, haggard ex-
pression had vanished from his face,
and for the first time in eight hours
he treated his traveling wardrobe with
scorn and Indifference.
"Thank God, they’re off my mind
nt last,” he cried. "That is the first
good, long breath I’ve had in a week.
No, not now. It’s n long story and
I can’t tell it in Fifth avenue. It
would be extremely annoying to have
both of you die of henrt failure with
all these people looking on.”
He felt her hand on his arm, and
knew’ thPt she was looking nt him
with wide. Incredulous eyes, but he
faced straight ahead. He was ter-
ribly afraid that the girl beside him
was preparing to shed tears of Joy
and relief. He could feel her search-
ing in her Jacket pocket for a hand-
kerchief.
Mrs. Courtney was not only curi-
ous but apprehensive. She hadn’t the
faintest idea who Miss Cameron was,
nor where her brother had picked her
up. But she saw at a glance that
she was lovely, and her soul was filled
with strange misgivings. She was like
all sisters who have pet bachelor
brothers. She hoped that poor Tom
hadn't gone and made a fool of him-
self.
The few minutes’ conversation she
had with the stranger only served to
increase her alarm. Miss Cameron’s
voice and smile—nnd her eyes!—were
positively alluring.
She had had a night letter from Tom
that morning In which he said that he
was bringing a young lady friend down
from the north—nnd would she meet
them nt the station and put her up
for a couple of days? That was all
she knew of the dazzling stranger up
to the moment she saw her. Immedi-
ately after that she knew by intuition
a great deal more about her than Tom
could have told In volumes of corre-
spondence. She knew’, also, that Torn
was lost forever!
“Now tell me," said the countess the
instant they entered the Courtney
npnrtment. She gripped both of his
arms with her firm little hands and
looked straight Into his eyes, eagerly,
hopefully. She hnd forgotten Mrs.
Courtney's presence, she had not
taken the time to remove her hat or
Jacket.
"Let’s all sit down," said he. “My
knees are unaccountably weak. Come
along, 13di*. Listen to the romance of
j my life.’
And when the story was finished the
'countess took ills hand in in
Courtney?" cried she suddenly. She
sprang to her feet, quivering with ex
cltement. “Pray forgive me for being
so ill-innnnered, but I—I must call up
one or two people at once. They are
my friends. You will understand, 1
am sure.”
Barnes wns pacing the floor nerv-
ously when his sister returned after
conducting her new guest to the room
prepared for her. The countess was
at the telephone before the door
closed behind her hostess.
"I wish you had been a little more
explicit In your telegram, Tom,” she
said peevishly. “If I had known who
she is I wouldn’t have put her in that
room. Now I shall have to move Aunt
Kate back into it tomorrow nnd give
Miss Cameron the big one nt the end
of the hall." Which goes to prove
that Tom’s sister was a hit of a snob
in her way. “Stop walking like that
and come here.’’ She faced him ac-
cusingly. "Have you told all there is
to tell, sir?”
“Can’t you see for yourself, Ede,
head wns pressed ngalnst his shoulder,
her eyes were closed, her lips parted
in the ecstusy of passion.
“Yes," she breathed, so faintly that
he barely henrd the strongest word
ever put into the language of man.
Half nn hour later he was speeding
down the avenue in a taxi. Ills blood
was singing, his heart was bursting
with Joy—his head was light, for the
feel of her was still In his arms, the
voice of her In his enraptured eurs.
lie wus hurrying homeward to the
“diggings" he was soon to desert for-
ever. He was to spend the night at
his sister’s apartment. When he is-
sued forth from his “diggings" at half-
past seven he was attired in evening
clothes, and there wns not a woman
In all New York, young or old, who
would have denied him a second
glance.
Later on in the evening three of the
countess’ friends arrived at the Courf-
ney home to pay their respects to their
fair compatriot and to discuss the
crown Jewels. They came and brought
with them the consoling information
STRIKERS GAIN
POINT SOUGHT
Association of Brooklyn Street
Railroad Employees Is Ac-
corded Recognition.
CONTEST LASTED FOUR DAYS
NEWS OF THE LABOR WORLB
srn
Don't gig (tie like ttmt 1 I couldn't have
told you while she wus present, could
IJ"
'•That Isn’t what I want to know. Is
she In love with you? That's what I'm
after.’’
“Yes," said lie, but frowned anx-
lously.
“She is perfectly adorable," said she,
nnd was nt once aware of a guilty,
nagging Impression that she would not
have said it to him half an hour ear-
lier for anything In the world.
She was strangely white and sub-
dued when she rejoined theca IvAer on.
She hnd removed her hat. The other
woman saw nothing hut the wealth
of sun-kissed hair that rippled. Barnes
went forward to meet her, filled with
a sudden apprehension.
“What is it? You are pale and
what have you heard?"
She stopped and looked searchlngly
into his eyes. A warm flush rose to
“Yes," She Breathed.
her cheeks; her own eyes grew soft
and tender and wistful.
"They all believe that the war will
last two or three years longer,” she
said huskily. “I cannot go back to
my own country till it Is all over.
They Implore me to remain here with
them until—until my fortunes are
mended.” She turned to Mrs. Court-
ney and w’ent on without the slightest I
tracq of indecision or embarrassment
In her manner. “You see, Mrs. Court-
ney. I am very, very poor, ’they have
taken everything. I—I fear I shall
have to accept this kind, generous
proffer of a—” her voice shook slight-
ly—“of a home with my friends until
the Huns are driven out.”
Burnes’ silence was more eloquent
than words. Her eyeg fell. Not until
Mrs. Courtney expressed the hope that
Miss Cameron would condescend to ac-
cept the hospitality of her home until
plans for the future were definitely
fixed was there u sign that the object
of her concern had given u thought to
what she was saying.
“You are so very kind,” stammered
the countess. “But I cunnot think of
Imposing upon—”
“Leave it to me, Ede," said Bnrnes
gently, and, laying his hand upon his
sister’s arm, he led her from the room.
Then he came swiftly back to tin*
outstretched arms of the exile.
“A very brief New York engage
ment," he whispered in her car, he
knew not how long afterward. Her
completed for the delivery
Jewels Into the custody of the French
embassy at Washington, through
whose Intervention they were to he
allowed to leave the United States
without the formalities usually ob-
served in cases of suspected smug-
gling. Upon the arrival in America of
trusted messengers from I’urts, bended
by no less a personage than the am-
bassador himself, the imperial treas-
ure was to *ui8s Into hands that would
carry It safely to France, l’rlnce Se-
bastian. still In Halifax, hnd been ap-
prised by telegraph of the recovery of
the Jewels, and was expected to sail
for England by the earliest steamer.
And* while the visitors at the Court-
ney house were lifting their glnsses
to toast the prince they loved, and, in
turn, the beautiful cousin who bad
braved so much and fared so luckily,
and the tall wayfarer who had come
Into her life, a small roan was stoop-
ing over a rifled knapsack In a room
fnr downtown, glumly regarding the
result of nn unusually hazardous un-
dertaking, even for one who could per-
form such miracles as he. .Scratching
his chin, he grinned—for he was the
kind who bears disappointment with
a grin—and sat himself dow’n at the
big library table In the center of the
room. Carefully selecting a pen-point
he wrote:
“It will be quite obvious to you that
I called unexpectedly tonight. The
w’eek wns up, you see. I take the lib-
erty of leaving under the paperweight
at my elbow a two-dollar hill. It
ought to be ample payment for the
damage done to your faithful travel-
ing companion. Have the necessary
stitches taken in the gash and you
will find the kit us good as new. I
was more or less certain not to find
what I was after, but as I have done
no Irreparable Injury I am sure you i
will forgive my love of adventure and
excitement. It was really quite diffl- ;
cult to get from the fire esgape to j
your window, but It was a delightful
experience. Try crawling along that
ten-inch ledge yourself some day nnd
see if it Isn’t productive of a pleasant
thrill. I shall not forget your promise
to return good for evil some day. God j
knows I hope I may never be in a po- !
sltlon to test your sincerity. We may i
meet again, and I hope under agree-
able circumstances. Kindly pay my j
deepest respects to the Countess Ted,
nnd believe me to be,
“Yours very respectfully,
“SPROUSE.
“P. S.—I saw O’Dowd today. He
left a message for you and the count-
ess. Tell them, said he, that I ask
God’s blessing for them forever. He
Is off tomorrow for Brazil. He was
very much relieved when he henrd
that I did not get the Jewels the first
time I went after them, and immense-
ly entertained by my Jolly description
of how I went after them the second.
By the way, you will be interested to
learn ttyat he has cut loose from the
crowd he was trailing with. Mostly
nuts, he says. Dynamiting munition
plants in Canndn was a grand project,
says he, and it would have coine to
something if the d-d women had
only left the d-d men alone. The
expletives are O’Dowd’s.”
Receiver Agree* to Matter in Dispute,
With Condition the Men Claim
Can Easily Be Met—Other
Matters of Interest.
The strike whicR for four days para-
lyzed traffic on the surface, subway
and elevated lines of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit company was called off
after an agreement had been reached
between representatives of the strik-
ers and LIndley M. Oarrlsou, receiver
for the rood.
Under this agreement, the strikers
win their principal demand, recogni-
tion of the Amalgamated Association
of Street and Electrical Railway Em-
ployees—provided they can show’ that
50 per cent of the company’s employees
were members of the union at mid-
night, August 8. This union officials
profess to be confident they can do.
GENERAL LABOR NEWS
Ten hours before Barnes found this
Illuminating message on his library
table he stood at the window of n
lofty Park avenue apartment building,
his arm about the slender, yielding
figure of the only other occupant of
the room. Pointing out over the block
housetops, he directed her attention
to the myriad lights In the upper floors
of a great hostelry to the south and
west nnd said:
“That Is where you are going t%
live, darling.”
[T1IE END.]
BELOVED OF TOBACCO USERS
In Meerschaum, Smokers Acknowledge
That One Good Thing Has Come
Out of Turkey.
Eskl Scheir. In Asiatic Turkey, has
one unique claim upon public In-
terest, and If one Is a smoker that
claim Is a compelling one. It Is the
home of meerschaum. Meerschaum
In abundance Is found only on the plain
of Eskl Scheir, nnd this city produces
nil the marketable meerschaum In the
world.
Meerschaum, ns Its name implies. Is
supposed to be petrified senfoara, nnd
has been discovered floating on the
Blnck sen. Apart from the Eskl Scheir
friines It occurs in Greece, Samoa,
Spain. Moravia, Utah. Pennsylvania
nnd. In conjunction with serpentine,
fn Norway nnd South Carolina.
then called, might have some use foi
It. The Germans were quick to see
Its utility for pipe bowls, hut declared
it was good for nothing else.
More than a century has confirmed
this Judgment, for w ho has yet discov-
ered any other use for meerschaum?
For pipe mnklng it Is an ideal rnw
material. Here Is a stone which Is
easily molded when wet, and when
dry becomes hard and resists fire.
The nnolonts nre Mild to hnvc used | h.l(r stan,| up ,m,| „
tip and down your :
...._______ held It to her cool cheek. The tears
“Oh!" she sighed, and there was j Were still drowning l“‘r
1 "Oh, you poor dear! Was that why
you grew so haggard and pale and
hollow-eyed ?”
wonder, Joy—even perplexity, In the
tremulous sigh of capitulation. "Oh,"
came softly from her parted lips again
at the end of the first long, passionate
kiss.
CHAPTER XXI.
The End In Sight.
Barnes, soaring beyond all previous
hi,glits of exaltation, ranged dizzily
between "front" and “back” at
"Partly," said he with great signifi-
cance.
"And you hud them in your pack
ull the time? You—"
"I had Sprouse’s most solemn word
not to touch them for a week. He la
the only man I feared. He Is the only
one who could have—"
"May I use your telephone, Mrs.
Crees Wonderful Canoeists.
"The Ojlbway, the Free and the
Montugnais are the most wonderful
canoemen In the world." says S
E. Snngster, writing of "The Wood>
Indian" In Boys' Life. "They pos
sess a sixth sense In rapid-running and
if they say ‘run it’ you cun safely lay a
bet at odds that they will run It am'
come through dry—even through wiip-i
he mere glimpse of which makes rotn
ds chills chasing
ne.”
P ns a decorative stone In buildings,
nnd this seems to have been confirmed
by the recent excavations In Corfu. It
Is soft nnd whitish, and becomes mnl-
lcnhle like clny when -naked In water. ^ of wh,ch l{ runlly read, really a*
Meerschaum used to be considered n .............. l%„ ............... ...........
Books That Profit.
There nre hundreds of bool
end
mere curiosity by the Turks, who had
no other use for It than ns n substi-
tute for fuller’s soap The story runs
that the Turkish ambassador nt the
Austrian court, in the eighteenth cen-
tury, was a native of Eskl Scheir.
Wanting to help his city nt a time of
grent poverty, he took n sample of this
queer stuff to Vienna, thinking that
the "Franks," as all foreigners ware
siniilated by the person to whom i
happens to appeal, will enable thin
person quite unconsciously to furnlsi
himself with ammunition which he will
find of use In the battle of life.—Ruo.su
velt.
Even the mun who thinks twice be
fore he speaks is often sorry he sail
It.—Boston Transcript
Iron molders tn Guelph, Canada, are
now getting $5.75 for an eight-hour
day.
Nearly 150 meat shops In Seattle,
Wash.,, are now’ paying Journeymen
meat cutters $40 a week.
A six-hour day and a 25 per cent In-
crease In wages is the demand being
made by Scranton (Pa.) miners.
Eighty per cent of the painters In
Los Angeles, Cal., work In strictly
union shops. Scale of wages there is
$0 a day.
The machinists, boilermakers and
their helpers of the Monon shops nt |
Bedford. Ind., who had gone out on |
strike, returned to work.
Newspapers of Tokyo, Japan, are
again publishing, following the settle-
ment of the strike of printers, which
forced a general suspension last week.
Eight Winnipeg strike leaders were
formally committed for trial at the
November assizes by Magistrate R. M.
Nolle ou the charge of seditious con-
spiracy.
It Is estimated that In 1918 in Great
Britain there were 1,202 strikes. The
average number of working days lost
! wns 6,237,000. and the wages lost
amounted to $6,237,000.
Every little village or farm In Fin-
land has its own workshop, where dur-
ing the year, and In turn, come the
i shoemaker, the wheelwright, the sad-
dler, the tailor nnd the harness maker.
Of the 111 national unions affiliated
with the American Federation of La-
bor In 1916 only 69 were reported as
paying benefits of any kind, nnd of
these 35 had established only one kind
of benefit.
A strike of girl operators at the
I Southern Telephone company ex-
change at Boonville, Ind., ended when
Manager George Hall had the windows
I washed. They had been soaped so the
girls couldn’t see.
Millions of dollars In projected build-
ing contracts are being held in abey-
ance because of the uncertainty of the
labor situation In the building trades
and the refusal of the public to pay
more for construction.
There are about 2.500 establish-
ments manufacturing various kinds of
beverages in Japan. Of !5il« number
500 nre located In Tokyo. Several ad-
ditional glass bottle factories have
started operations there to supply the
receptacles for the Increasing beverage
trade.
According to Miss Mary Van Kleeck,
director of the women In industry bu-
reau of the United States department
of labor, there ure millions of women
In this country who now receive less
thun a living wage, and millions are
working too long hours for health and
efficiency, and many are working un-
der conditions which are unwholesome
and unsafe.
The Cudahy Bros, company's plant
at Milwaukee was closed down. Re-
cently 800 employees struck because
some other employees were let out on
account of decreased production. Mi-
chael F. Cudahy, head of the firm, said
the walkkout paralyzed the output of
the plant, making a complete shut-
down necessary. This action means
that 600 other employees who stayed
on the Job will Jie out of work.
The Interborough Rapid Transit
company, which operates the subway
and elevated lines* In the borough of
Manhattan, has granted a general wage
Increase of 10 per cent to Its employ-
ees. It was announced. The advance
In pay was given at the request of the
Brotherhood of Interborough Employ-
ees and Is expected to forestall any
possibility of a strike similar to that
which recently purulyzed the transpor-
tation In Brooklyn.
The Vermont state branch of the
American Federation of Labor at Its
annual convention voted to petition
Governor Clement to appoint a com-
mittee on which labor should be rep-
resented to Inquire into the high cost
of living.
With the contracting bricklayers of
Wilmington, Del., undecided whether
to accede to the demands of tlie* brick-
layers, who ure demundlng an increase
of 40 cents nn hour, Contracting plas-
terers have been notified by their
workmen that after September 1 the
wage scale will be $8 a duy, an In-
crease of $2.
The German railway men of Frank-
fort, Cassel, Erfurt and Madgeburg
have formed a middle German unloft
and plan to call a general strike on
September 1 to force nationalization
of the lines, according to a dispatch
from Frankfort, quoting the Zeltung.
The Cleveland city government has
taken cognizance of advancing living
costs for the second time In the war
period. The minimum wage is now
S3 a day. This affects about 450 labor-
ers. The minimum wage before the
*ar was $2 and about a year ugo this
was advanced to $2.50. Other city em-
ployees have had Increases.
Recent Happenings in the Un.ted
States and Elsewhere That Will
Be of Interest.
Japanese factories drew more than
175.000 workers from the farms during
the war’.
The strike on the tramways of
Liverpool. England, was settled. Work
was resumed.
New York city has more than 1,000
machine shops employing 12.000 gen-
eral machinists.
The membership of the National
Union of Railway Men In Englund has
passed the 460,000 mark.
Prohibition has closed many United
States glass plants, throwing thou-
sands of workers out of work.
Of the 301,239 persons employed on
the important lines of railroads In
France In 1918, 59,910 were women.
Oil workers In West Virginia ar«
conducting a vigorous campaign to on
ganize themselves Into one big udlon.
Only about 3 per cent of Finland’s
population are engaged In Industry,
while 70 per cent follow agricultural
pursuits.
Toledo washerwomen have formed a
union with a view to Increasing their
dally wage from $2 to $2.50 a day for
six hours.
The garment makers In Paris have
organized In order to malntnln the
standard of living they attained dur-
ing the war.
Thirty thousand employees of tka
Susquehanna silk mills, Sunbury, I’a.,
were given a voluntary wage Increase
of 10 per cent.
More than 12,(XX) employees of the
UNWELCOME GUEST
By JACK LAWTON.
The married life of Beatrice and
Billy had been Ideally happy. But
when he entered the little flat one day
and gave to Beatrice a letter, Billie’!*
manner was constrained.
"It’s from aunt,” he explained terse-
ly, “wants to coroe anil visit us”
“Not,” Beatrice said, “your Aunt
Drusllla. Billy?”
"Being that Aunt Drusllla Is the
only aunt I possess, It Is naturally
herself.” His tone wns pettish.
Beatrice’s soft eyes filled with tears.
“But Billy,” she protested, "we Just
can’t have her. We’ve been so bliss-
ful alone. Your father has always
held up this sister of his us a para-
gon housekeeper. You know how very
particular your mother says she wns
ibout—■-everything. She’s unmarried,
of course, and will criticize me, and
my lack of system, and oh! you
needn’t tell me—” ns Billy ventured a
remonstrance—"I know that exem-
plary kind of woman. She will be the
snake In our Eden."
Beatrice caught herself up. "How
long Is she going to stay, Billy?”
The young husband avoided his
wife’s aggrieved eyes.
"About a month, she says,” he re-
plied.
Beatrice stiffened defiantly.
"Well, she won’t stay a month
here,” ahe said.
"Aunt Drusllla writes," Billy sug-
(’nlumet and Hecla Mining company In gC8te(jt “that she Is longing to meet
Michigan have been granted a 15 per
cent Increase in wages.
Telephone girls In San Diego, Cal.,
have organized a trade union and will
become affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor.
Trade union action has made It pos-
sible for iron molders and Jewelry
workers In Cincinnati to obtain the
eight-hour day nnd Increased wages.
The Union of Railway Employees of
Alsace and Lorraine at a meeting
passed a resolution declining to Join
t lie Generul Labor Federation of
France.
Although the domestic servants' ten-
hour act was passed by the last Cali-
fornia legislature Governor Stephens
permitted it to die without uction on
his part.
Striking members of the Federated
Car Men’s union, nt Springfield, 111.,
affiliated with tlie International Broth-
erhood of Electrical Workers, were
ordered back to work.
her new niece. She hasn’t seen me
since I was almost a kid. She was
going to he married then. I remember,
but something broke it ofT."
"Her own exacting disposition prob-
ably." Beatrice spitefully remarked.
"That’s not quite fulr of you," Billy
defended. His wife smiled.
"You see,” she said, "she’s begin-
ning to make trouble between us al-
ready.”
Trouble Indeed seemed to fall to
Billy’s lot. Mentally he blamed the
aunt who insisted upon thrusting her
presence where the presence of two,
was all sufficient. And upon the day
of Aunt DrUBlllu’s arrival Beatrice
I fell 111.
In vain Billy telephoned various
women helpers. The helpers were
busy. As a lust resort, and though
ills pocketbook could 111 afford It, Billy
sought a nurse’s agency. No nurse
could he promised within three days
i nt least. And though the malady from
In order to obtain additional help which Beatrice suffered wus not
Cincinnati overall manufacturers are necessarily serious, the doctor assured
offering girls a bonus of $5.50 weekly,
In addition to the wages while learn-
ing. Their weekly wage Is $18.
The coal miners of Yorkshire, Eng-
land, where more than 200,000 men
have been on strike since July 21,
decided to resume work. This action
wns taken at a mass meeting at Barns-
ley.
Germany is threatened with a total
tie-up of Its entire railwuy system on
account of the demand made by the
workers for higher wages and shorter
hours. Several lines are already at a
standstill.
Four thousand employees of the
plants of the Standard Steel Car com-
pany, Butler, I*a., struck for a wage
Increase, alleging they were unable to
live on the present wages. The plants
employ 7,1X19 men.
Wnge Increases ranging up to 40
per cent nnd a reduction In hours of
labor were granted 2,500 brewery
workers employed at St. Louis under
a new agreement. The agreement af-
fects all lurge St. Louis breweries.
Of the 1,195 fatal Industrial acci-
dents In Canada during 1917. 200 were
caused by falling objects, 150 by ex-
plosive substances, 144 by railroad
cars, 124 by persons falling and 112 by
drowning, while a number of different
causes were responsible for the re-
mainder.
The puddle mill of the Blandon
(I’a.) Rolling Mills compuny at Blan-
don, which went Into operation several
days ago after an idleness of seven
weeks, wns followed by the eight-inch
mill. The plant has orders enough on
hand to keep the various mills going
for a long time.
Twelve thousand California oil field
workers have been granted their de-
mand for a minimum wage of $5 a day
retroactive to July 1, with back pay of
50 cents for each day’s work from Jan-
uary 1, 1919, to July 1, according to
advices received from Walter J. Yar-
row, who represented the California
Oil, Gas und Refinery Workers’ union
nt a conference in Santa Barbara, Cal.,
with a mediation commission appoint-
ed by President Wilson.
More thim 4,500 employees of the
American Steel and Wire company at
Newburg, Ohio, returned to work with
the ending of the strike on the New-
burg and South Shore, the Industrial
ruilroad which serves the plant. About
250 members of the four railroad
brotherhoods and the switchnienN
union voted to end their strike of three
weeks, which hud tied up operations In
the big mills.
More Underwood Typewriter com-
pnny employees, mostly women, struck
at Hartford, Conn., demanding wuge
Increases. They have been receiving
$16 und $20 a week on punch presses.
About one half of the 4,000 employees
went out.
The London bakers’ strike, which
hud been In progress for some time,
ended. Tlie men agreed to resume
work on the understanding that tlie
strikers would not be penalized for
refusing to work und that the t
ment Introduce a bill at the e
possible moment abolishing nigl
Ing.
Three hundred rubber worke
ployed by the Stoughton (Mass,
her company and the C. A N. co
were culled out as a result of a
called In an effort to obtain a 25 tier
cent wage Increase, u 44-hour week
und union recognition.
A wage Increase averaging about
seven cents un hour for Its 0,000 tno-
tormen and conductors was announced
by tlie Philadelphia Rapid Transit
company. Effective at once, elevated
motormen get 61 cents un hour a ad
surface car motormen and conductors
58 cents. It was the socood advuuc*
in a month.
him that she must have Immediate
care.
Billy himself prepared his wife’s
break fust coffee before he went to
meet the Inevitable Aunt Drusllla, and
Beatrice made n face over the coffee.
| “It’s horrid.” she said, ungracious-
ly, “and you must Insist upon taking
| your aunt to a hotel. She can’t stay
here now. You see that—’’ The
voice ended in an Invalid’s wall.
Billy hurriedly beat a retreat.
Billy considered Ills problems ns he
hurried his little car toward tlie sta-
• tlon, and when he saw his waiting and
half-forgotten aunt, his perplexity
grew.
Here wns not a quiet old body to he
lightly disposed of, hut a smiling nnd
assured person In pleasing uttlre, her
shrewd eyes twinkling at his from be-
neath waving hair.
“My dear boy!” she cried, putting
forth her gloved hand in greeting.
Then, after his very brief response,
an awful tiling happened to Billy.
Stooping in hurried embarrassment to
start the car’s engine, the handle
wrenched Itself suddenly free from
ills grasp to deal him a terrible bl<»\.
Billy, white with pain, knew what
afterward proved to he true—that his
arm was broken.
It was Aunt Drualliu who gently
forced him Into the car, and her com-
petent self at the wheel, took hint
where prompt aid could be found.
When tlie doctor had bandaged Billy
Into relief, Aunt Drusllla continued to
drive the car home.
White lipped and weak, Billy man-
aged to tell his aunt of his young
wife’s Illness and of their now help-
less plight. Apologetically he sug-
gested a hotel us her own temporary
refuge.
Aunt Drusllla good huinoredly waved
his suggestion aside.
“I wondered," she said laughingly,
“why it was home forcibly upon mo
that 1 must spend a month with you;
now I know!
Beatrice'# first Intimation of her un-
welcome guest was when n sweet-
faced woman heat sympathetically
over her ho t. proffering, ns she Intro-
,I need herself, un Invitingly arranged
luncheon tray.
"Billy Inis hud an Injury to his nrm."
the new aunt. Informed her, "und I
have made him comfortable upon Hie
couch.
“Now, sit up dearie, and let us get
acquainted while you sample my cook-
ing. 1 am so glud that 1 happened to
i come where I'm needed" The blue
eyes twinkled through their glnsses.
"I'm going to have such u lovely time,”
Aunt Drusllla sa d. "fixing you and
Billy up.”
“Oh! we must not Impose—-’ began
Beatrice. But the little aunt silenced
her with a smile.
•\M\ dear!" she exclaimed, “this lit-
j tie service will he my plea
so glad that I catne."
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What Brings Success.
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thing one does is essential for sue-
•essful effort. Sucess does not corns
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• ml determined effort.
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