The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-06

mhVer' ABOUT the demands OF the men.
Requests, my con. The men request an audi
ence with Mr.. Sartwel, and he refuses IL, as II
heswere Prime Minister"
"rhat's Just what l said 10 sartwoll. 'sart-
woll.' said l, you're high-handed with the
men, He admitted It, but held that II he had
q conference no Eocd would DO accomplished
unless he acceeded to their dem-requests."
He could co~mpromiso-he could make some
CONCESSIONS, and then everything would go
smoothly again. He has no tact"
quite so, quito so. But you see the men
want only one thing, not several. They are
perfectly logical about It'll had a talk with
them. AMI they were very much Rratihed to
hear that you were on their side. There will
BIO no trouble with them In future IL Sartwell
Is only reasonable. They look at IL like this:
They work ten hours q day and get on an aver
age q pound q Notwithstanding like
that-I forget the exact amount. although they
had 1t there In ehillings and pence. Now father
and Monkton work four or five hours q day
not very bard elther-and go to Switzerland in
the summer and Algiers in the winter, yet
they draw eco 900 q yenr each out OF the bust
ness. This. tho men claim. Is unjust, and of
course, l quite agree with them. It's outrage
ous. and I said 30. Well. the men are prepared
to do the most generous things. In order to
compromise. they will allow the partners ten
times what the real workers get; Monkton and
father are each TO draw $500 q year out of the
business. and the a4o, 900 is to DO divided
among the workers. 1 thought that It was
exceedingly liberal. and l told them so."
During this able, II mythical, exposition Of
the workmen's views, Mrs. Hope gazed at her
son with ever-increaeed amazement. When
he had concluded. che was standing up. appar-
ently.speechless. with an ominous frown on her
hrOty Lady Mary 1Ookpd with finfd anyiatv
from one to the other. There seemed TO BIO q
sweet RESPONSIVENESS in the young mans argu-
ment. and yet something hopelessly wrong
about the proposition.
Five hundred pounds q yearl-to me-"
cried Mrs. Hope, at last.
"Well-to father. technically-same thing.
of course"
Five hundred n yearl Barnard, II any one
had told me an hour ago that you were a fool l
five hundred a year!-how can people exist
on Ave hundred a year?"
Barney looked reproachfully ct his mother.
He was evidently hurt.
That's just the way Sartwell talks, and I
suppose he thinks I'm n fool. too. merely be-
cause I'm trying to understand the labor prob
lem. 1t seemed to me that II a workman with
twelve children to support can live on $50 a
year, an elderly pair with but one child, and he
about to make a fortune In painting, could get
along on ten times that amount"
oh. I've no patience with you, Barnard"
And then, Sartwell says. look at the capi-
tai invested -"
Certainly. He is perfectly right. and any
one with q grain OF eense would see that. There
are thousands and thousands expended il the
buildings and In the development of the bust
ness. The workmen never think Of that
nor you. either, 1t appears"
You see, mater. it's out of my line. But
what Sartwen said about Investment made me
think
Think" exclaimed his mother, with with
erinG contempt
Yes" continued Barney. placidly, so I
went to the workmen to see what they had to
say about It. They said at once that the capi-
tai had been refunded over and over again. I
went back to Sartwell to see II this were true,
and 1t was true. Well. then
iSThat them"
Under the circumstances II seemed to me
that the worknen had made q most magnAni-
nous proposal. II a man would paint q picture
for me which l could sell for $500 and he was
content to take ESQ for 1t and leave me the
other a45o. l should think him the most gen.
erous of men,"
stop talking nonsense. please. Is Sartwell
going to receive the mem"
II suppose So"
Their you must Instantly go back to the city
and tell him he 1, to do nothing of The sort"
bat, mater" protested the young man. BE
looked une asily around the room. and saw
that Lady Mary had slipped away unperceIved.
Don't talk. You've done enough harm al
ready. Try and undo it."
But / say! It's rather rough on me. mater.
When you promised me a check for three hun
dred, didn't imagine | would have to SEQ old
Snrfrall "a second time and take back all /
said. He would think me an ass then"
HE thinks IL already, But II doesn't mat.
you have to deal with. You must see him at
once and stop this nonsense about a confer
barney shook hia b cad dolefully.
~ don't see how ! can lace him again. mater.
I'd T rather lose the the R aat%,1 1ae tn 10 w,,, ~. or.,
ton. I should hope you are not attending to
this for the $500. But III write you a check
| hope to hear no more about Ave hundred a
year. BE consistent. at least. Barnard"
ave Infn ! o mas the check ihnk iii iii have nau a w worn WITH Aph
Stery, we'll said his mother, rising. The
request did not seem to displeese her.
wonderfully bright after his long Discussion.
Mary. modestIy. II don't know much about
work 9sEb %De9 3pphor o@ue,tto,. ;, said Barney. ... an
don't quite understand 1t in all its hearings
myself: but it's interesting. | assure you. most
interesting. I'm a labOrine man myself now.
I've got my studio all fitted up, and | work
like a-let's see, is it a Turk. or a niger"
II think q mailer is the simile you want.
Very likely. | don't suppose q Turk works
II he can help it. Oh, by the way, Lady Mary.
/ have AT Homes at my studio every Tues
dav from 3 till 5. | wish you would cone. Get
your father to bring you. | want a real live
lord. don't you know. to-well-to give tone to
the gathering"
Lady Mary LAUGHED.
II should like TO go very much. was never
In a studio since | had my portr ait painted. I'll
ask my father, but no doesn't, go out often.'
, oh. ! know you can get him to come, so
that's Il PROMISE"
In the hall his mother handed him a check.
BE hure you go at once 10 Sartwell,'' she
said. and see that you don't bungle tho bust
ness n second time"
And yet the poor boy had merely pretended
that her former orders had been carried out
Barney made no remark about the Inconsistency
of woman. lie kissed her on both cheeks. as
a dutiful son shtuld do. and departed.
CHAPTER VII.
In almost any other country than England
the name by which the evil-smellinI cul-da-sac
off Light street was known might be supposed
to have been given II by some cynical huinor-
list. 1t was called Rose Garden court. AS