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

= li0 MY hSa pS.hs ha0 - - enEN hNS-
Of what had happened, and Mt once. rather In
coherently at first. began to give her resoueI
like to know, to interfere between man and
wife, great. strong brute that he was II her
for for tsEin' advantage Of a man wot 'sd q
drop too much. Braunt went down the
stnirs and. picked up the pore man who had
cert inly had one DROP. too much, carried him
MP. and laid him In his room with his wife.
You've killed the pore man, as never did no
arm to you.n screamed the wife.
mo such luck" said Braunt. Hes too
Witch was, indeed, the. case. Joe drew the
Mrs. Scimmine had mueh sympathy from
the court when she related the incident. The
womb were more indignant than the men.
II was Il fine state of things II a great. hulking,
little matrimonial discussions that happen in
all .well-regulated families. Much as they
d Slsll sh,, ,h aid p sbosia + !, ,SS6Hsd that now' If
mans body, Mrs, scimmin," said one bulky
u dunno bout that, Sarah" paid Mrs. scim-
Minis, who did not wish, to rest under the inn
~putation of not doing all she could under the
circumstances for her husband in his com
paratiyely HELPLESS state. Not with bein' 1T
, .sSS 's ssri KIN 'f the race Secr an an in one sa eye as as I t eoald m{
see out o., an yer husband a-tramplin' of yer,
yer wouldn't avs, breath enough to ave any
Mrs. Scimmins pressed tenderly the bruised
and still swollen portion Of her face under the
| eye, anu IBl IIlhb Nv ia HlnuO u utT ~ ,
In fact, .ter defence vas accepted ne a strong
plea that only made Braunt's nhumana and un-
'a He i @en eU wSre ss saanH S%i on of eoaFss, but not
so emphatic in their denunciation of .Braunt
2. the:wiyes had been; sScimmins bore no par,
what he had thrown him over the stairs tor he
expressed himself as unable to conceive. In
answer TO sympathetic inquiries from his pals
at the public bar of the Rose and Crown"
he informed them that, although shakey, he
"Ga~d ''eip us!'' he went; on. more in sor.
row than manager. 'wot's this world a-comi In
to? II you ars,s mo I gives /, up, Wot with
courts no ft place for a pore 'ard-workin' man
But nobody ~ventured to demonstrate with
the YcrkslireLnan, least Of all Sci%m,ins al.
aloof from him than ever.
Are YOU coming to the meeting tonight,
Mr.; Braant',, o; as;ed aH yoG Hs,S M1rsten' when he
Not me-"
"Why not2'
We'll, you see. Mr.. Braunt. there Is a crisis
on. The committee lie to report. Mr.. Sart-
we'll has refused to meet them and tlis will
likely anger Gibbons and the others. Strike
or no strike will be put TO vote. and / for one
don't want mo,t to do see a. q ' ssiS BpaI Ieast' not now"
Then come on to tho meeting and speak up
against II strike"
They won't listen to me, but they would
nay attention to what you wopid say"
NOt n mt OF III, my lfi. DuC IL uOeBn I
matter to me. not a hayorth.".
What doesn't Whether there is a strike
I'm not going to strike. They can do as
"Bu II tho union orders us we'll have to CO."
"suppos,nG the strike succeeds. as Il may
The unions very strong,, what will you dol"
Blu the union won't let you. II the strike
men: il it succeeds they'll force you out OF the
NNnrgS ThRrp'S no nER running tnnF hand
against a brick wall. Mr.. Braunt."'
You speak: you've got the Elft o. the gab,"
said Braunt.
Tim too young, They won't listen TO me
now. But aday Will como when they Will aye.
my life to the cause Of the w~orkinEman."
Marsten spoke with the fire of youthful en-
thuslasm. and vas somewhat Disconnected
when the other took mis- pipe from his mouth
andtlaughed.
Why do you laugh"
there's some one that believes in:us. but as
thou says, thou art young thou'l know better
Don't you believe in yourself and your fol
Not me. ! know EN- too we'll. BY the
Them's not the right words. happen. but that's
the meaning. II has been. is now. and ever
the young man. rising and racing the floor in
to n,' sex es' eTerybody woak. 'V What II i Object bGs W so is
earning your bread by the sweat of the hired
iaok at our numbsrs. Ne ontnumber the loaf.
ers ten TO one; yes. II hundred to one in every
country, in the world. AL we need is an un-
The elder man looked at him with a quiz
zical smile on his stern lips.
Look At the number of the sands on the sea-
side. VIII any leader make a rope out of
themf, Numbers are nothing; my lad, Take
workers; that's the rule of the world. You
may pull yourself up, but you can't lift them
with you. ,They'Ve broken the hearts, aye.
and tho hsuia Inn nf MANY nnn fhnt triad I'm
better them. You think you have only the
masters and capital to fight. The masters
f %qH that hD wlli yG OWN N s : Ihe % Wait y tIIl yo 1Eh h !
is an inch above the crowd, then y0ull catch
that thinks he's got as much right as you have
TO he in command; 1t isn't money that helps
the masters sGoi It's u.s. because wHsn The 'hsy,vs The sense 10
stand BY him when they've got him. Don't
he dcludcd BY numbers. WHAT'S the good OF
to bother about his backing no knows his
PrinciPsi; Wi back him thToaGh thick and
company OF soldiers put down II riot? Its he
cause They're commanded BY one man: When
a .sha s1ys' they ,,.gn moot. 'Af Tha aqIn tie w Msol. he .ec sSys;
Braunt resumed his pipe, and smoked Wig
orously TO get back to his usual sts:e OF tact.
so long before. and he stood pondering what
had been said; BrGunt was the FIRST TO speak.
The girl h~esitated u moment. evidently loath
to begin when Mnrsten was in the room. A
Slight ncCllC Color mounted TO ner cheek, but
obedience was strong I'm her; her father was
not a man TO be disobeyed. She drew up her
chair and began Chorin's Funeral March,
playing 1t very badly, but still recognizably.
Peace seemed to come over Braunt a. he
listened to the dirge. lie sat back In the chair,
his eyes on the ceiling. smoking steadily. Mars.
ten sat down. mcditating on what Braunt had
said. He was not old enough to have his opin.
ions fixed, ana TO be imnervious 10 argument.
SO Braunt's remarks troubled him. He hoped
they were not true, but feared they might
be. The mOurnful ctdcnce OF the music. which
seemed TO soothe the soul of the elder man,
wound itself among the yoCnger's thoughts
and dragged them toward despair; tho indlf-
ference Of the men in front of the public house
flashed across his memory and depressed him..
He wished Jessie would stop playing.
All" said Braunt, with a deep sigh when
she did stop; that's the grandest piece Of
music ever made. IL runs in my head all day.
The throb OF the machinery at the works seems
TO 10 tuned to IL. It's in the roar of the streets.
Come. my lad. I'll 90 with you because Won
want me- to; not that II viii do any good; I'll
speak II YOU like. not that tlney'l care much for
what | say not ,hearken, very like. But come
along. my lud."
TO be cOntinucd.)
MONKEYS.