The Irish standard., 1895-06-29
But the colonel's eloquence was In

But the colonel's eloquence was In
\ terrupted BY the Chicago Dem sthenes,
who turned rude1y to Grey and said,
without the faintest sign Of German
accent, but In the strong western
vernacular: 'sSee here, young Teller,
4 I'm tickled to death that the ole cuss
hes had the sense ter put young blood
s on his one-hoss paper; for It's milder
4 now nor eff 1t was run by a wonhn's
SEWN circle; q chile might put more 60
into it. ssee?" .3.
4 Grey nodded. II 5s \. s5}tI ..@
j 'sNow, I shan't bother my head about
I Gilchrist any longer, You look IS #
4 yer could swing q pen, an shall give
the straight tip ter you every time, an
eft You know beans when the bags open
you'll follow my orders, jest es I give.
en to yer"
] 'Does the paper belong To your Grey
tasked, aghast at the posi- ility. .
Not bysa long shot! but for all that
4 I guess I'm the heart an the liver an
4 the lungs an the backbone of it. See?"
81 presume" asked Grey, coolly,
4 "you'rc what they call professional
agitntor?" ,.s
4 you've hit it, stranger" s6
4 s'And,r continued Grey, with aggra-
waiting nonchalance, you belong to q
class of men for whose occupation /
confess have nothing but contempt"
i Schlossinger blazed forth in torrent
of oaahs, while the poor colonel rose in
bewildered depreciation.
"To class Of men, Grey went on,
as soon as he could get a hearing, "who
i have no interest in the reform Of social;
abuses, who prey upon the working
man, and wax fat upon his hard-earned.
wages s. 1. !
i 600 you hear him?" yelled schloss-
niger, advancing. ''Leave this office,
you hound, you dog'" h
\ II am not a tyrant, and am not a
king, Mr.. Schlossinger, !" Grey said with
exaaperating GOODNESS, 'exceptso far as
every American citizen is a sovereign,
and that is why do not quake at your,
approach perhaps why, If you
come one step nearer, l shall soil my
hands by knocking you down" x.
Almost suiting the action to the
word, he sprang upon the communist.
Down on your knees and beg my par
don, or I will thrash you within an
inch Of your Life he cried. like one
stung to sudden frenzy s..f% ~
''Gilchrist! quick police!" gasped the
fallen agitator, who, notwithstanding
his muscular build, never moved finger
to defend himself.
Grey flung him scornfully aside. u
.:Pshaw I have done with you; you
arc not worth .chastisement; but never
dare to set foot in this office while am
here"
BY now, however, the colonel's scat
tered senses had recovered their equi-
librium.
II, sir, am master here" he cried
"Herr. Schlossinger, humbly apollo!
gize for this mans insolence and ig-'
ANONYMOUSLY discharge him on the spot!"'
"Don't give me any o. yer tafy," the
agitator growled, turning his venom on
one he dared insult. "Ill pay yer back
for this, yer see eff don't--Il ruin yer
sure es my names Hermann Schloss-
inger!" ..3.
"My dear, dear friend" the colonel
! deprecated, show could / help it?.
1 Don't visit on me the sins of another,
! Don't" 5ss
But Frank Grey stopped the old mans
abject apologies. a. .s. III (.
\ "Col. Gilchrist," he said, not without
q touch of kindness in his tone, .don't
degrade yourself by wasting words on,
such q hound. It is painful to see a
man OF your education and antecedents
! subjected to the dictates. of loutish
brute like this king quaker; but il you
1 must continue your connection with
him, do let me entreat you, adopt an
other method in dealing with him,
When he is insolent, kick him--lsick
him hard-it will do him good and you
! no harm-for though you are an old
broken man, he will not dare to retail
] iate, and ] am sure he has too sincere
an aptipathy to police court to make
you legally responsible for his whip
| ping"
With this parting shot, Grey left the
Labor Times to reconstruct the world
without his valuable assistance. But
| this meant no woraz-and no work in
Chicago means more than in any other
| city in the world means that il d man
fails down in the rank on the march
none have time to stop in the rush and
roar of that phenomenal Babylon to
| pick him up
Another trouble awaited him, on
reaching his boarding place: Stewart;
his newly-made friend, had received his
remittance, and, all elate, was only de-
laying his departure to wish him good
by. ~
I ''Good-by, old fellow; shall never
forget your Kindness"
Good luck go with YOU" was Grey's
warm rejoinder. 's- ..5 s.. Is
Remember my address in London.
There's no knowing IN the whirligig Of
time when we may meet again. !"
! The regret Grey felt at the loss Of
this young man he had known SO short
q time puzzled him. "a I!
surely he communed with him.
self when he was left alone, there Is
some force Of selectro-biologv which
| draws souls together some subtle at
TRACTION which controls congenial spir-
its, which we shall all understand sone
| day in God'g good time feel it in
my bones that Stewart and will
meet again. q q
Yes, they would meet again 1
| II CHAPTER VIM ss.
RHvBKGE ID SWEET. s II
| For sir weeks things went on from
tbad to worse at the Whitford house
for, Enough Doad no longer annoyed
Elsie with his loatlisome attentions. II
] was apparent that his hold on the old
a