The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-21

for him. thinking deeply. She looked sudden
II up with a start, and saw her father s1nnaans
beside the table gazing anS h dSwn ~ a ne5' tho gloom
OF his oountenance was deepened rather than
relieved by the sombre smile that parted MS no, dn
the verge of n serious illness. and SO startled
was the girl that FOR n moment she looked Ut
Father" she cried at last. sprlnEinE to her
feet "ao,h That has has a nHpg sSssp r. that you have scen
asleep In the chair when you should nav" peen
"Tdon't think 1have been asleep. yet ! didn's
I'm rirht, enough. 4 little tired, that's ALI
It's after ciosins; hours. / know; but I'm 9
Traveller; and ~ have something to drink II
He trled TO laugh n little over this alto npted
pleas intry. but hts 10 ighi, sounded dismal, ana
It. frightened the Girl still more. instead OF re-
assuring her. rs was his Intention. The neck
of.the d~ecanter c%lattcrcd against the glasr like
chattcring teeth. which seemed to annoy, Sart-
we'll. for he muttered 30 .nethinR. and shot 2
glance at his daugbter.to see II she had noticed
his unusual nervousness. Then no grnspsa
a steadisr hand. but The effort made him tight.
en- his lips. Ho drank OFT tho liquid and set
down the empty glass. Edna stood opposite
him: he looked up ut her with a wan mile on
Well. my girl" he said. ".he games ND"
Has the strike ended, fathcrf" rho asked
her voice uuaverinG.
Actually. no; practically, yes. The firm
VIII give In tomorrow, ana 1 snail resign.
Il am sorry e YOU are. father" said Edna,
ter Than the anxiety You have been UNDERGO
Ing S.i for The pGsi fey y. weeks And you look posi-
YES. 4 man hates t. be beaten. Well.
I'm fairly Knocked out. and II there Is any
comfort WT IN a decisive bsat'nE' l have IT."
You see. Edna, in the pictures OF a battle
we always have the horses rallopinr, the men
hrtnD n p All Ehnf ~ 4 tnNxp THAR on
emies with the sword; but We rarely get n view
Of the BACKGROUND. and AZ people sometimes do
shows the front of the fight. as 1t were. while
battles are often won bv perfect ARRANGEMENTS
food ~ Ind water carriers sGrH.r a and al ali that sort Of
thing. Well. n strike Is like n battle; there
are Other things to consider than the a:tual
lighting. and these things often 'eciue the day.
nothing to The indirect loss. We see trade
alipping away from us and going to our bitter
est rivals. Some OF our customers may come
back: others won't. Then we are unable to full
can hardly be called an act Of God. we are liza
BILE to have DAMAGES awarded against us where
no STRIFE clause has been inserted in The agree.
strikers themselves. Then there is great diff
fculty in ,fllinr up the shops much more than
slowly losing ground with the directors. They
haven't said very much but ] have felt It,,
ing a losing battle. and so things have been on
the balance. and the only reason the directors
ulu not give IN n week AGO was tnat they knew L
would resign. IL they did SO. II only required a
straw, TO turn the scales against me. Some
time before the strike began Il steamer sailed
for sydney. New South Wales. 1t had n large
quantity OF our goods on board. To-day / re-
ceivod notice from the owners taat the ship
lay there and could not be unloaded because
OF our strike. They propose TO hold us re-
sponsible for the delay. and that will mean an
expensive lawsuit whichever way the verdict
goes. This is serious. enough in itself. but the
fact th&t we have been struck from the re,
hottest ends Of the earth while being inralyzed
IN INndCn Crnt maka fhn htrapfnrS DIVA in nf
once. So. my girl. I'm a beaten man"
But might you not have been beaten In
nny casep'
NO: another week would have seen the men
hack am sure of Il. They are seethine
with discontent. and have called n meeting
for to- morrow night. in spite OF the protests
Of Marsten. There Is sure TO be a split. and all
! need is a slight detection 10 Get the works
going again."
WHY need you resign. father? You have
done your best. and the directors know it."
A my girl. you are sleepy; I can see
that, or you wouldn't ask such a question. But
now YOU know all ABOUT IL. so of you CO."
To be continued.