The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-10-03

his board and buy beer. His days were
spent In sleep; his evenings In frenzied
denunciation OF the "blood,sucking cap
italists"; jeremiads over "down-trodden
labor" and fiery advocacy OF "the com
munistic distribution of wealth" when
his fellow boarders went TO bed, ne
sauntersd out. Several times John BUR
roughs had amused himself by worsting
the fellow In debate, for which, OF course,
Janovics hated him bitterly and dld all
possible TO prejudice the mind of the
Others against him, denouncing MIN,
In his absence, as "capitalistic spy" and
traitor" TO the rights of man."
His malignant influence made itself
felt. Again and again heavy. weights
accidentally" dropped out OF the smoky
darkness of the foundry roof came near
crushing Jacks skull; once a hosting
winch, under an enormous strain, was
turned loose by the treacherous release
OF a pawl, and only by half-inch missed
breaking his back; and, finally, two Oh
the sturdiest ruffians In the gang OF MS
enemies picked a quarrel with him, intend
ing TO give HIM a merciless beating,
which resulted in their being taken 10
hospital Tor repairs. But none OF these
| things swerved John Burroughs from his
| course, or even gave him q thought OF
| fear.
CHAPTER v.
| Assistant Foreman Burroughs, while
busy with his work on an upper moor OF
| the great steel cage, the second day after
the accident, was startled by hearing, IN
| q CHEEKY and familiar voice, the hall,
"Helloal Jackl" and TO see, mounting
| from the end OF q ladder, his former
chum, Ross Thorpe. Chow IN the world
did you ever come to find me here!' ne
exclaimed.
Ross had but little breath left, after his
unwonted exertions. but found enough
to gasp the reply: "Csnstance saw you,
and told Amy, who told me. Ouf!
What q climb! Could I see the moon by
looking down over the edge, at this time
of dayf''
| "Constancel Who 10 Constance?"
| "Ah! forgot. You don't know h,r;
But she saw you that day, on the grand
| stand, and has remem bered you ever
since. Queer, isn't it, that girl SHOULD
recollect a fellow like thatY But never
mind about her now. Give me an sc-
count OF yourself Where have you beeny
and what have you done and why ala
"I can't tell you, now, Ross; for my
| time is not my own until o'clock. But
come to my room this evening and III
tell you everything"
| Ross took the address OF the lodgings
to which Jack had recently moved, his
old quarters having finally become un-
bearable, and the two friends parted.
Their interview in the evening was
long and pleasant. Ross, notwithstand-
ing a rooted antipathy TO exertlon, was
quite honest in his expression OF hearty
admiration for Jacks pluck, energy ana
endurance. And he noted with sstisiac-
ton that a year of srduons toll had left
few marks on his friend. Jack looked
more powerful than formerly-and he
never was weakling-his face had
grown grsver and more earnest than IL
used to be, which made him seem 1T
tie older than he was, but to the main,
when out of his working clothes no
"looked the same old Jack. "
"But,n demonstrated Ross, when he
had heard Jacks story, "even IL you
persist in sticking to the life, should
think you'd want TO get away from o
gang OF Yahoos who put up jobs to main
and kill you. Why don't you get work
some other placer"
sNothing would induce me TO change.
1t 10 part of my education. The men are
not all bad. Ony few Of them, in fact,
have been infected by that mad dog
Janovics."
"Couldn't you have him arrested?'
"No. He Is shrewd enough to have
Others do the michief be plans. Ii is
easy to suspect but hard TO convict ras-
Gals of his kind"
"They'll get you yet"
sII think not. Our work on this big
building is nearly done. When it is fin
iohed and go pack 10 the WORKS, may
be put In some other department and
perhaps see no more Of them than j dc
now. But shall be on my guard any
way, and that's all that Is necessary"
Jacks anticipation OF speedy return tc
the works was realized more quickly thar
he had expected, for the very next day hs
was summoned to assume the position,
temporarily at least, of foreman OF th'
foundry. The old foreman, who frs
recognized Jacks ability, had been deac
six months and his successor was hii
former assistant, a rough, ignorant fel
low, who drank, had no shortly amoni
the men and neglected 4 duties. j
was his fault that the lrsgular bean
1927 ID" was not at the b iiiding wher
wanted, and that another VAS erroneousl.
marked for il. That filled the measure
OF his offences. He was discharged ant
Burroughs ordered to take his place.
The moulders rebelled. 1t exasperatet
them to think that one they remembered
as a casting cleaner when they were al
ready moulders, should in little over
year have risen above them. His superio
ability, which they could not but recog
nige, only EN- mbittered them. Then, too
some of them liked the former foreman
with whom they used 10 get drunk, ant
thought it loyalty to him to antagohiz