The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-12-21

! pay if the stores were throaM aRs<H tn
} perhaps rash and thOughtleas e1[B d
} their wives and children, hsAds ~ fsli
bound to decline the comppsmisa.
The employers yieIdsd" 20 - do
mand two days afterwards more RfecElJ
speaking, they simply rsstsrsd hts o.
privilege. which they had unjsa aan-
About week subseqdAntly, MFlynn,
Trustwood, and Wood were d. txHsd,
upon trivial, trumped-up prstsxfA
il CHAPTER 1xlt
A few days after Arbyght s1sturkt " tha
city, Mr.. Alsonnd waited upon a and
offered him . clerkship inAis stogol} Rich-
ard accepted the position GrAte(6I and
warmly thanked Mr.. AllsGand Il y IN
terest he manifested in his ysl1 Z the
thanks were wrongly given - VII 61da-
mo was ut the bottom Of e. She uritr
ten to Paul plan which he Md az1isd
into execution, and this wps the IN
Bertha received letter Day - -.
new found aunt and cousin, inep<c =
beuin8 bss % xinit Inzus.Ss - 81 g.
piled! Richard was glad she was out of
the city, as he expected trouble, and he
was too generous and unsel6sh to make
his sister a sharer Of his sorrows In his
new vocation, after q short initiation, he
got along swimmingly. 1t was for this
same Mr.. Allsound that young Trueson
worked, and the company and presence of
the lad served to make the new hand feel
at home.
After he had been in Allsound's employ
one week or over, an event transpired
that was plainly stamped with the imprint
of the Leviathans tooth
Many of the Relvason syndicate charg-
cd the guiding spirit with over zsalousness,
and claimed that had Arbyght been per
mitted to secure work in outside towns,
he would, in all probability, have remained
away, and confusion and defeat would not
have came upon them. These remarks
frenzied Relvason he knawed his soul
with the sharp fangs Of excessive rage.
The humiliation of defeat, the abasement
of his naughty pride, and, worse than all,
the loss of money, were to his mind more
excruciating than would be the excoriation
Of his body. And still he smiled, and
none would suppose that the sinisterly
calm face Of the man essentially mad,
without seeming 50, was the index to a
soul devouring itself with hate intensified
AED1kub, buo nlll6LlnO1 Dc upon LuBe.
Tigers, asps.
discretionary power. He sounded the
merchant on identity of interests, then he
pleaded, next he attempted to bribe
Allsound would like to discharge the
workman. He hated him because he did
what he himself could not, dared not do
saved Paul's life, and IN her presence, too
But he knew it would displease Miss Gel
damo, and he was to shrewd to be caught
with chatf. Vida Geldamos hand was
commercially speaking, worth q million
dollars, and it was from a commercial
stand point Mr. Allsound regarded her
and wooed her He was incapable Of
either human or Platonic love, not having
manhood enough for the former, nor soul
enough for the latter. He loved or rather
courted her fathers gold, and that was
worth more than the syndicate could offer
The leviathan was foiled, but not ap-
Peased.
Vida Geldamo returned to Chicago.
The next morning Mr.. Allsound, Mr.
Spindle and Estella Relvason called upon
her. They found her in rapture over
country air, boundless room, broad fields,
warm-hearted, generous soclable people,
hOrse-riding and innumerable other at
fractions unknown to city life. Still there
was about her a sort of subdued melan-
choly that contrasted strangely with her
former nerve and sprighthness. While
they were yet discussing the country,
Paul and Richard, unannounced, entered
the room. Vida's face frightened, then
saddened
Joy and sorrow, laughter and tears,
seem to be very closely allied.
Spindle stared and nodded at Arbyght
Allsound recognized him with the lofty
air of . man of conscious distinction and
superiority. Miss RelvasOn was intro
duced and bowed coldly, stiffly, haughtily
Richard bowed to each with deigned civil
ity, while a satirical smile played and
danced round his eyes and mouth. Vida's
quick eye-the eye of lOve-nOticed the
lurking ire and hidden modification in
his face. She was irritably provoked, but
she did not choose to show that she cared
still she was revenged. She gave her
hand to Richard, and showed by her smile
and kind words that she was pleased to
see him, and to cap the climax of his and
her triumph, she called him cousin.
All this was not only genuine, it was
UcohkHcu Win WOuUEOub uuCoty W 8OtgOu
Richard and make the rest Of the company
treat him at least with the form of respect
and Difference. Nor did it wholly fail,
but at the word cousin they stared and
gaped, then Vida explained, and when
she ceased, the company were sufficiently
assimilated TO converse uninterruptedly.
Richard was not quite at home, but Vida
brought all her woman's wit and tact to
his aid, whenever any Of the more astute
conversational diplomats puzzled or per
picked him. But after q while Vida
found him well able to sail smoothly. His
sentences or remarks, it is true, did not
have that complete, refined, compliment
tary obsequiousness IN which everybody
endeavors to exhibit the exalted prof.
cheney Of others and their own nothing
ness. This would be eli very well If there
was reality in it, but there Ia not. II 10
reciprocal, mocking, hollow sycophancy.
Richards 9 remarks were sometimes quaint,
but they we're at times sententious, vigof-
GUS, and TO the point.
"Mr. Arbyght will you be generous
enough to permit me to inquire how the
union In r. said Mr.. Spindle, placing m
insinuating, deprecating emphasis on the
word union.
at Ices and Ayives. Z" answered Richard,
with q mocking sneer, partly in allusion to
the abortive attempt to destroy it. Spindle
felt the force of the rejoinder and did not
venture on that ground again.
"Do you sing, Mr.. Arbyght r. asked
Miss Relvason, with the air Of an artistic.
Vida colored perceptibly, bit her lip
sharply.
II sometimes sing" he replied quietly,
then added with twinkle in his eye
my voice has considerable compass and
tone, but, unfortunately, it has serious
drawback Mr. Allsound WINGED.
i "And pray, what may that be, If,
without impertinence, l may be permitted
TO ask r.
why" said Richard, the compass oi
my voice il such that it invariAble film the
room, the house, but the drawback il that
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