The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-11-16

hen lish or unnatural. He repeated tn,
question tiercely, Did you take the oath +
81 had to take it, sir Tatam Mahoney
seeing there was no escape, assumed sui
len, dogged bravado he Was far from feel
ing.
Who are the principal movers in tn.
matter
"Arbyght. Trustgood and McFlynn,
and in influence they stand in about the
order have named them"
Arbyght, 1'rustgood, McFlynn," re-
pested RelVason. ~ if fixing the names in
his memory
= have the names recorded, = said Spin
die, speaking for the first time.
oh. forgot, pleaded Relvason, apol-
ogetically 80 you think Arbyght exerts
more influence Ia this matter than any Of
the rest r
: think said the slave, with All affect
ed knowledge Of the future that
If Arbyght wAs Withdrawn from the move
ment it ~ould be 50 badly parAlyzed that
disruption would be very apt to follow, but
All sure Il the three men | have named
were induced or forced to leave it, the
combination would he short-hved
= Is there amy uifsnsive movement now
in contemplation p
i Not at present. As nearly as | can
learn the idea Is to organize thoroughly
before making any demands
The balance of the conversation related
to minor details, after which the slave was
carefully coached for the next meeting Of
the union, and then shown to the dear by
Spindle, with a repulsive, mock obsequi-
business.
That night the LeViathan slept Next
morning the pool was muddier, SINNER and
thicker, and the eyes Of the monster began
to resemble hot GOALS, and his nostrils
began t. emit fire and smoke Ii was com
ing.
Felix Rulless came into Richards berth
and commenced dlligent scrutiny of tho
various tools and other little fixtures pecu-
liar to the trade. His actions were
to say the least, l7ldicrous, but
he looked sad and Richard felt
sure he had some unpleasant news to com
municate.
A tine morning Richard, he at length
said, looking at Large knife As If endeav-
oring t" make "ut the name Qf the manu-
fRcturer Richard detected a tremur in
the tone but answered cheerfully
- Ii is, indeed, old friend But pray
tell me what it is 4
The foreman picked up ALI adze and
began hunting for the maker name on that
also, as he answered, little rcproachfully
am afraid you have been lndiscreet
All, ! see how it is. | am wanted at
the office
You hum that is-yes, ! believe you
are, and the foreman walked slowly away,
saying as he went, in a husky voice, -
am afraid we will lose you, Richard
Yes, it Was coming. Relvason WAS sort
ing and reading the mornings mail, as
Richard entered, and to our herns mind
the manner in which he tore open the en-
velopes, suggested cruel nature the
manner Ill which he drew out the letter
and flung the envelope aside, suggested
hot imperi"us nature and the manner in
which he threw certain portions of the |
mali to Spindle, suggested = naughty
tyrannous nature. Richard felt sure he /,
had read Alright these traits Of character,
ia these most trivial acts Of the man He
did read Alright. every act and movement
If our lives is but character of Ian
guage that reveals the hidden soul AS it
really is
Mr. Relvason, | understand you ex
pressed wish to see Inc y
~ uli, 81 uluB DC BcdJcu SlT. he
spoke as if it were Of no consequence. III
had almost forgotten it, he continued,
and coming from behind the railing he
handed Richard a chair, which the latter
declined with thanks, well knowing that by
50 doing he would hasten the business in
hand.
Il wished To- speak to you concerning
this foolish unI"n business, i'll doing 50 my
only aim is t. prevent unpleasant compli-
cations and save us all much unnecessary
trouble
= am glad L. hear your aim is a pacific
one"
Il Pacific 81 it is, but what do you
think is the best method Of establishing a
lasting peace between two contending for
ccs !" asked Relvason, with touch Of
asperty in the tone.
so have both parties strictly and vol
unfairly conform to the eternal principles
Of Justice, each seeking only what rightly
belongs to itself. and willingly restoring to
the other anything un hstly acquired"
answered Richard, promptly and earn
estly.
"That is yDUr ider Of securing a lasting
peace T.
"It is" said Richard.
at is not mine, said Relyason, with
an ironical sneer, and the lips parted and
the teeth became visible.
g My method of effecting lasting peace
between two contending forces, he resum-
cd, would be to effectually destroy and
aunihilate one of them"
" In other words" rejoined Richard,
you would establish the calm Of desolu-
tion and call it peace r.
." We will not argue the subject further"
he answered . dare say you understand
me-"
81 am sorry to admit that fear So"
g All right then, | am glad you compre-
hend mt. j am going to submit to you,
what | consider . very fair proposition,
and ] trust you have discretion and wis
dom enough to give it a favorable and an
affirmative consideration In justification
of the course l feel bound to take in this
matter, will merely draw your attention
to the fact that there ever has been grades
in society. Your cosmopolitan ideas are
utopian, impracticable, hallucinatory, non
sensical. 1t is worse than useless TO war
against fixed irrecovable fact, it is idiOtic
While the world il the world there will be
rich men, workingmen and paupes. So
cietary gradatiOns are q necessity in main
tanning the economic equilibrium Of the
social world. Hence all movements devel-
oping tendency to beget dissatisfaction
in any Of the grades or engsnder class an
tagonisms, are subversive Of the best inter
ests Il mankind, and invariably end in
smoke or worse disaster to those engaged
in them. You can not therefore, but see
the sbsurdity Of the movemnet, in which
you are now engaged, and the sooner you
leave it the better, not only for yourself
but for all those blind enough TO think a.
you do or as you profess TO think, for
wish you to understand have determined
to break up this foolish impudent combina-
tion, and l will do it, by the Eternal i
will, fairly roared Relvason, and the back
Of his right hand descended upon the open
nalu nf the left Nth fri.ehtf,,i foz..a A. ha