Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-09-03

strange multitude, and getting 1t going
again. Jerry went in collapsed; he
came out blown up, and he 11oated down
to the street in sort Of joyous maze.
with Prothroe's letter to the editor
Rugged in his breast pocket"
On the Clarion Jerry's trial results In
failure, and through shame he is pro-
vented from returning to the news
paper Office. He Is set adrift In the
great city--a stupendOus mystery to
him. He seeks work at many places,
but II turned away, remembering with
love this man who spoke to him kindly,
with such a cheering effect OF regard
ing him as a fellow human" Finally
he finds place as printer on the New
Era, queer. belated fragment OF an
economic movement which had swept
over the country like storm-cioud two
years before, and at the further si0e
had vanished into wrack and limbo.
leaving the sky clear for other clouds"
It's editor was Wilson Dillingham;,
socialist for business purposes, who
had had an eventful career In many
places.
The simple soul of Jerry was harden
Ing. He began to see life differently.
He was bruised by the harshness and
selflshness of the city and he Joined
In the struggle for existence with the
same hard-heartedness of his fellows.
He labored on the New Era until he
found a way into employment en- the
Evening Call. Here he succeeded slow
ly to a position Of trust. The descrip-
ton OF newspaper Office in the fourth
chapter Is one of the best bits In the
book.
When he found time to think of him
self Jerry felt his isolation and was
overcome by sense OF his loneliness.
Georgia House was the only daugh-
ter Of Judge House of the United States
court. and 1t was quite by accident that
Jerry met her. For long time their
| meetings were clandestine. when
Judge House discovered the attachment
his pride was shocked and he forbade
his daughter to see the humble reporter
of the Evening Call. But the tie be-
tween Georgia and Jerry was not to be
broken and failing to move the obdur-
ate father. they eloped to Wisconsin
and were married.
Georgia chung to her husband, max
ing every sacrifice to her love, ana
Jerry worked assfduously to make
some recompense for all she had lost.
But between them was the breach
Of different antecedents and environ
ment. Gradually they fell farther
apart, but through all Georgia was the
pure, noble and unselfish wife, She
loved through all. but she could not
understand her husband. Sidney
Blame. her cousin and a gilded, unin-
teresting butterfly. frequently took her
for drives. Against him Jerry had al
ways cherished resentment for an as
sumption OF superiority and his contin-
ual attitude of disregard.
When Georgia is called to the sick
bed of her father the cstrangement
from her father has almost reached
a climax.
Jerry with heavy heart turns to Dill
lingham and the New Era and express.
es his soclalistic views with vigor. He
loses his position on the Call, and
tho New Era, in which he has great
hopes, dies. He is left respondent and
feels more than ever the need of his
wife's comfort. He wanders past her
fathers house. hoping to see her. Sew
eral times he walks up and down In
front Of the house. finally meeting with
Blame, who, he thinks, mocks him. All
) of the old resentment rises in Jerry
and he soundly thrashes his tormentOr
This widens the breach for the time
but in the end sheer desperation drives
Jerry to the arms of his forgivins
wife.