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CHAPTER vi.
NBLE RUIZ.

BRAMBLE RULE.
Idle furnaces. dIsmantled factories. silent
mines. unemployed workmen and general dis.
xess are the sure harbingers OF Democratic|
Vctory.-HoN. WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
At last the exciting electoral canvass was
Polk and Dallas party and James K. Polk was
!nauSnrated with due ceremony, March 4th,
manufacturers sighed and submitted, while|
lapor was juhilant. he seeds OF dissension,
30 unScrupulously sewn, had resulted In a|
Dountl'ul harvest o: workingmen's votes and
blazing bonlirts and shouts OF triumph tes,i-
ned 10 their Joy at the result OF Democratic
victory.
Agar passed by and for while all went
WORKS, but, even before that period had OK.
pired, suspicion Was awakening In the minds
OF the people that a great fraud had been hid.
Tar II o; a."
Manufacturers throughout the country be-
gan TO Tear another low tariff era and their
Tears were not without foundation, for in 1916
the party in power did indeed repeal the
famous tariff OF ~, which they had 80
solemnl y promised to defend, and that repeal
tue traitor protec,ionist, George N. DallasI
Although the bill, now introduced for a very
LOW tar'1. was bravely fought by the Wings in
congress and by Protectionists throughout
me country, 1t was established in spite Of
their protests and the tariff OF '46. the lowest
tariff the United States has ever known. and
law. "0~ v
Ihat Immediate ruin did not result was due
70 e4'raneous causes. A famine In Ireland,
snort G crops in Europe, the Mexican war, the
Cr'm. an war and the discovery OF gold in Call
iorn'a all contributed to POSTPONE the evil
DAY, but as soon ~ these unusual resources
were cut cn, the old disastrous consequences
ensued.
The British free trade doctrine, put into
Psact'ce by the tariff of '4G. destroyed our
cn'e1 industries, paralyzed all business ard
aRa'n we're thousands OF mon and women
thrown into enforced idleness.
merchants and manufacturers grew pale
W. nn apprehension and labor in turn grew rest.
ase. Inc country was flooded with foreign
on working at lowered prices. Manufacturers,
worklngmen. merchants and farmers all she r.
"a 10 tho general ruin and distress.
wages must come down u at last cried Cap
Itai throughout the country.
"Wages shall not come down r. shriekad suf.
ferinS Labor.
as tho months passed b. times grew worse
instead OF better; manufac urers beca me bank
EuPt ana street corners in the numerous
men. '~'o' o~~A'oo
Thorpe Fletcher. through all tho trouble OF
tnese years. had kept his workmen EMPLOYED
&nu wen paid: but at length he saw that the
o oeasy losses he was daily mourning would
so9 100 result In immediate bankruptcy and ruin,
ana ne 100 was Obliged to Join the general crv
ana to declare that wages must be reduced.
Inc result was one OF the most disastrous
riots in The State.
one evening, during this time, three mon
sat crouching over miserable iirs EinIled On
the Kelly hearth. They were CATER Gwvnne
90 Dartle and Gentleman Kelly, and they
epoRe IN whispered, confidential tones al.
though 4rs. Kelly had been sent to the corner
''Gi ;e. an 1 the children were in their beds
Ill '''.e nora. grown into toll. thin delicate
klrl, nad been very i'll since Christmas and
now lay on couch In the corner, tossing m
easily with pain and fever.
.ies, muttered Kelly. with an oath ::
s IAN mo tome doins goin' on up to the
TIa s1 s"s. Toe same. wild the min dyin'
: grand weddin' in . few days and them
6ypercrltes is to sail fer forrin' parts. Mira
feyton, shes to b." he gave = mocl-.
ing emphasis to the name, IAN prouder.
toind. W 'A~Ao W
"she's meddlin' hero week In and veek
OUT an faith SHE'S sot my own family mn
again mo and thin she and Fletcher pertinds
~: ~ roe no worruk an lets honest min die fer
Truly our blessings brighten a. thev tab,
tneir flight. Work had been waiting Tor
many years at KeIly's very door vet
ne had never shown a desire to embrace Il
until 1t was beyond his reach.
Inen there were more whipers between the
men ana Kelly ended with:
but we'll take our revinge ont Of Am no.
pamn met Fletcher an his Miss Ithell Damn
As ne paused, shrill, trembling vote. cr,.d
Ut his elbow: 'O'e0 e''oo
bad, wicked man2 How dare verS S SUu
hat so Ssz What DO, an wish yer was dead
Nora stood there. her thin, white face work.
ING VIII rage: She shook her puny fist in her
from hensst th'1 91r ace' and then: staggering
lowed by h's dreadful oaths, fed out into thu
"e1come shadows Of the night. '~'
nan an hour later Miss Fletcher. sittino ,d,v
1sseamlnS by the fire. looked up to $40 white
nr .e ,gn!eu oy supernaturaly brilliant eyes.
pressed close against the window pane The
umes had been 30 wild and the threats she
nad neard 80 dreadful, that she arose with -
snt'eA OF terror. then ashamed of her mo-.
.Ihentary weakness. crossed the room and
Threw back the window. o"o
Nora Kelly, with q ragged shav, oov.-,,.
her bare head and . soanty. torn Gres. hana.
ng ABOUT her thinly Glad test. stood shiverin.
ana seooing In tho keen, frosty cir.
Htnel Fletcher drew the poor child TO thu
R e4to d hio ana Ringing for warm milk. urged
n'.0h. hts. ithsl" s..peA Nora. ~ ,nn,.o
% ean'tr NV 'a1v~' ousts
Never mind. DEAF" said tho sweet win.
1v,n nn eS you have to tell can wait; and now
or: c51nk tn,s and resta ittls, AID than you en-
~ Nofa choeed, clutohsd her thin throat With
40. oisWs o. nngers, and taklDR the Gun. oh.di-
entiy swallowed its eoatants Thsn aile TAI to
s .9 ing sRs1n upon Miss Fistchers rich eovs
sxa no lady did not pun tho silken fshrio
ss,ds out, earessi.! the ehid's dark hair VitS
ne1 oainty lswelsd hand, lst her ween
.nd "o,.r" III =. me haad IN hex two dirty ones
wot he b ny faythsr, wot do hear ,.r
net! Hs has damned yer An: h.1s k,,
mere 9 Tot ! dol Where's tho boss Ma:
4tasl1 Tsu him to hurry to tho ia,t'ry. ouioR i 1