Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1888-07-28


he succeeded In rafuting this dauecrCue
young man. Perhaps il was just us VI L
too; there is no sense in mans rlG!:t:iC IL!
money as the rich do, 10y one kind or unotil..
Of imposition Or injustice aud then ai-uc
such ridiculous unconSciouS,les3 Iherp is
no sense in boing blind and sTupid abou;
how one comes to be rich, TIC comfortable
fact remaining. " hat was In nus. of Breton
wrestling with such yo;lng giant as thL,9
Isl pay my help market prices Of ,labSr
don't propose to make them gifts" The
Old gentleman handled his cane nervo,tly,
but he could punish the man enough latcr.
He felt Ellingsworth's sharp eyes, he must
think Of something TO absolutely overwheln
| tho sarasSnents 'of his workman He ran
| over il his mind aha aanocth axiou,s Of his
claSs, and tried hard to rtc5llcct SC INC Of the
perfect syllogisms Of the political economists.
CurraRsto his elboeefrestins Oh the back
of tho chair lie had been sitting in, III an ut
| titude 20 digniiled aud asracefr,l that Mr.
| Ellingswcrtb glanced across at his daughter
to see II she had observed it. 1t was not
! quiteso inconeeivable, after all, that Bertha
might have taken fancy to him But then
bis whole associations had been with the poor,
and what possible harmony even for a mo-
ment---then Mr. Ellingsworth remembered
'he dining room.
Naturally you prefer to let your half
clothed i'll fed hands make you the presents;
they earn you big dividends; you throw them
q crust Of bread. the market price OF labor
you coll it, and put the dividends In your own
pocket"
"But it's my money made the MILL and my
management runs it,"
Gas for the money" ro.o~ted Curran, "peT-
hnps you Inherited Il part of it, saved by the
tax laid oa the poor OF the last generation or
you borrowed it, PERHAPS, on interest, and
made the help il your mill pay the interest
every penny of it; how else could it be paid!
You did not make your money; no man can
till s., ,0OO, 900 out of his farm, or dig it out
of coal mine. You simply took it. Your
new mills ere paid for ont of wages you
ought to have given your help; you call them
yours; the new machinery comes out of ther.
They are tie real stockholders in it ALL"
Mr.. Breton had sprung from his seat, but
Curran went on unAAchingly. at isn't
earned, it i, simply defrauslcd. The manage
ment is doubtless good, but no management
could, in the righteous course Of justice, bring
such vast fortunes into the hands Of few
men; while the thousands who work for
them live and die with the consuming thirst
for happiness never for one nUur assuaSed in
their souls"
The old gentleman had come up close to
him as he spoke, and as he finished, Curran
looked down calmly into a face almost purple
with passion Ii occurred to him that Mr..
Breton was about to have an attack OF apo
plexv. The hand that held his gold headed
cane fairly trembled.
"You have earned your last penny in my
mills the old gentleman shouted at him.
ave ought to have laws to shut up such men
as you"
mir Ellingsworth,' said Culran. as that
gentleman rose to his feet, II am very sorry to
have brought such a scene into your parlor;
it seemed unavoidable after what was said to
me, and it seems likely to prove more UNI
fortunate for me than Tor anybody else"
No one thought of anything to say. Mr..
Ellingsworth vaguely wondered where the
man picked up his neat way of talking, but
then the wealthy, after An, have no monopoly
Of talent
Curran cast witheYing lool; of contempt
on the mill owner. II am sorry, too, to be
deprived of the chance to win my daily
bread"
He did not notice that the expression Of
the girls face had changed or that she had
started to come to him, but there was
grandeur OF wrath IN ms iace ana Dearins
that awed her. She stood in the center of
the room, with heaving bosom and fright
ened, troubled eyes, watching nm OUT OF the
door. Then her father came back throusn
the han with his sarcastic smile hnely curV-
ing his thm lips.
How beautifuiiy he had known now 10 pre-
serve ms own hohor IL "ouid nave peeii
base and ignoble IN him to have crawied out
OF her parlor al the entrance OF her iather
and Mr.. Breton, self confessed unworthy TO
at IN their presence ANA lor ali Ineir wealth.
and power and vantage ground careless OF
what it must cost he had thrown their IN
suits IN their teeth ana sho"h hlfnSeil
grander man. a thousand tnes' 'han ei'ner
OF them
Inc warm hooa oil returning ieeiihe swePs
over her soul Sne could not Dear one more
cruel ~ord against MN now before ner
father couid speak sne nad hurrleo ihIo inc
hall ana shut Ias. tne ooor SO 'nae sne snouia