The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-07

IhC punt lllcl 1ldQ SlNGH IIGIIl y,
they were startled from their COM
placency by an unexpected incident.
Marsten was discharged. On the first
regular pay day the young man re-
ceived what was due him, and a
months money besides. The cashier
told him that his services would no
longer be required in the factory.
Marsten was so dazed by this unex-
pected intimation that he asked for no
explanation, but walked away with the
money in his hand. He knew we'll why
he had been so unceremoniously dis
missed, but it seemed to him unfair
that the manager should use his power
against him for that was en-
tirely a personal quarrel. and not
through any fault in his work He
counted the money automatically three
or four times, without the process con-
Veying to his mind anything definite
/ about the sum that had been paid him.
AT last he noticed that SartWell had
apparently ordered four times as much
to be given him as was legally his
due with a notice to quit. Marsten
went back to the cashier and said:
There's months money here; am
only entitled to a weeks notice."
You'd better keep what you've got,''
replied the cashier. Il was told TO
pay you months wages and discharge
you. The money isn't mine; it's yours,
and you're fool if you part with it
for nothing"
I'll take only what is my due" said
Marsten. Give the remainder to Mr..
Sartwell, and tell him L want none
of his generosity
It's no affair of mine,' remarked the
cashier. L suppose you know what
| the trouble isl don't If you are wise
you won't send any such message to
the manager, but you will go quietly
and see him. Perhaps a few words of
explanation will set matters right;
anyhow, nothing is to be gained by
| flying into a temper about it. That
isn't the way to get back into the
works"
I'm not in temper replied Mars
ten, and I'm not going back into the
works-nO, not if Sartwell asks me to-
You may tell him that when 1 come
/ back it will be as master of these
! shops, with his power brOken-you tell
! him that
oh very WELL If you think to
frighten man like Sartwell with great
talk you'll be disappointed"
Marsten turned away and found
Braunt standing outside the gates.
''Ah'm waitin for ZEE, lad, and ali
thought you might a gone cot wi first
| lot, but porter said thou hadn't. Coon
whoam wi me, Marsten; ah'm main
lonely an want some 'un ia speak VII
| there summat. Ma heads queer.
Aim hearin' the Dead March night
an day, an it's Soundin' solemner an
solemner till it frightens me. Will We
walk wi me, lad?'
Yes, willingly. Don't you find your
work makes things easier? [ thought
that would help"
ALIVE been too long idle, lad. Work
doesn't do what it used to. All USED
to lose maSelf MT, but now all just seem
in dream, thinkin', thinkin'; an
when one speaks ia me sudden, all have
to pull maself back from a distance
like, before ah can understand what's
said; an all tn while the throb o. the
machinery is beatin' out the Dead
March, Once or twice ah've seen
Langly sittin playin' at the far end
o the room wi the machines all an
swerin TO his fingers, while ali knew
he'd ne'er been i the shops in s life
Alive stood there WI ma jaw hangin
an wi people lookin' at me curious.
Then when ah'd rubbed ma eyes
Langly was gone, but the machinery
kept on an on
"Oh, you mustn't think too much
about what is past, Braunt Every
thing will be all right in little while
Stick hard at your work; that's the
main thing. You are foreman of the
upper room now, aren't you?"
Yes. SartwelPs been kind to me-
All, he's man, Sartwell is. There's no
waverin' about him.
That's true
He sticks by them as sticks by him,
as a man should. Has he said any
thin to you since the strike ended?''
No
You're younger, but your time ill
come. You stand by Sartwell an he'll
see you through. He knows how you
tried to end the strike, an he'll not
forget. Ah'H drop in q word for We
when ah get chance"
81 wish you wouldn't do that"
why? It'll do no HARM
1T will do no good
Braunt paused in his walk and looked
closely at his companion. What's the
matter wi thee, lad? Ye seem cast
down, an here Ah'm talkin' away
about maself, an payin' no heed to
aught else. What's wrong wi yep
We'll, as you will have to know
sooner or later, and there's no use
making a secret of it, Sartwell has
discharged me-
stopping short and turning to his
friend.
Yes, he has"
I'm Gods name, what for?"
mo reason was given. The cashier
gave me a months wages and told me
to go. l gave back three-fourthS of it.
for I'm entitled to but a weeks notice
I'll have no favor from Sartwell"
''Ah, lad, there ye were foolish. Never
give back money when you've got your
fingers on it. Ye hurt yourself an not |
the others. Still, Ah'd very likely a.
done the same thing; but then, Ahm |
fool, and not to be taken pattern by. |
Have ye asked Sartwell the reason?"
L have not seen him, nor will IL
Wrong again, lad. Let's go back
now an have it out wi him before he |
goes whoam.'
mo, no, 1 refuse to see him."
Then Ah'n see him. A thing like |
that mustn't be. Discharged for no |
causei Never, Alive brought back the |
men, an All can bring them out again. |
All will, too, before Ahll let injustice |
like this happen"
What good would that do? The men |
are helpless, as you know; besides, |
they wouldn't come out, and, if they |
thought of doing so, would myself beg |
of them to stay in their places. No, !
the proper thing now is to keep quiet: |
work hard; fill up the empty treasury: |
organize the trade-not locally. but |
and see, when the next
strike comes on, that we are not led !
by fool like Gibbons"
But lad, don't We want to find out
why you're paid off? It's rank inius-
tice, but there must be some reason
fort in SartwelPs mind. Ye've like
said some foolish thing that's been
misrepresented to him, an Aim sure
All can put it straight. All didn't think |
Sartwell was the man t listen t. any
1abber that was brought 70 him h,1t