Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-05-26

W3yH NANNY SMH my eyes and the
'xAxSAN %R4lp columns of
figures in the dusty ledgers-a young
face with clear, bright eyes-and fall
into day-dream and forget that 1 am
old and poor and commonplace.
She is the only child of Jere Harman,
the millionaire mill-owner, and as gen
tie and good as she is beautiful.
l have watched her grow into
womanhood. have watched her char
acter deepening and widening and de-
veloping toward the ideal of my
dreams.
And all these years Ihave been learn
ing to love her
Surely love is not wholly wasted
though it is hopeless. 1 am better
man that / have loved Nellie Harman.
No. build no air-castles.
am forty and she eighteen.
am only her fathers bookkeeper
and she is the heiress of millions.
There was time when little Nellie
Harman rode ON my shoulder hunted
my pockets for goodies, and escaped
her nurses charge several times a day
to toddle down to the mill in search of
cher Jack Spencer. Later she
brought her school tasks, the incor-
rigible Latin verbs and the uEconquer-
able examples in fractions, to the same
old friend, who was never too busy to
be bothered by little Nellie Harman
She is as unaffected and cordial in
her friendliness as ever, and sometimes
when she lays her hand on my arm and
looks up into my face and asks why
l grown tired of old friends, of her
then l find it hard to answer lightly, to
smile calmly, and | go away with a
heartache.
The girl does not lack for friends.
Grim, stern old Jere Harman's little
bright-faced child. motherless since her
babyhood, long ago found tender
spot ill the hearts of the village folk
In the cottages her face is as welcome
as sunshine. The children hang on
her gown, the women sing her praises,
and the roughest mill hand has always
a civil word for her, and lift of the
cap as she passes.
She has her young friends, too.
among the country gentlefolk. Young
Harry Desmond is often at the Hall
II is rumored that he is the fortunate
suitor of Jere Harman's heiress. He
is fresh-faced, good-hearted lad
Love is for youth, and they are young
together.
Gray-haired Jack Spencer, what
have you to do with cloves young
dream?"
The strike
The mill is shut down and the
strikers gather in knots along the vii
lage street and discuss the situation
The cut-rates have caused the trouble
Jere Hartman is hard man and hard
master. He holds the fate of these
people in his hands. A few cents less
To them, few dollars more To him.
This seemed to him to settle the
question. The times were dull-he
would reduce wages The Harman
mill operatives went out in II body.
The first day Of the strike Big John,
the weaver. who headed the strikers.
came oJere Hartman with u delegation
to arbitrate the matter.
To them Hartman said ''Return to
work at my terms ar stay out and
starve. Monday | hire new hands il
you are not back in your places. A,
long as ! own this mill | shall la mas
ter here.
This was his final answer. and no
words of mime, no warnings ol the mur-
murs anal threats that grow aud deepen
among the men, will shake his will.
There II talk ol firing the mill among
the mad -brained ones, but Big John
shakes his head.
That we're ehopping the nose on IL
spite the tsee, men. II the mill ~erc
buTnt hoS would that help us ~ work
aud sagesf Nay ID must bo other
means
Aye, No must lise but u ~ do nes
get ear rights by tair means Nc ~ill
have them by lsal. cried another,
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