The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-01-15

case after case where he had seen men
climb three and four pairs OF stairs
with no other loads than cookStoTe
on their backs and dining room table
in either hand aud where he had seen
two men make 4 great ado about get
ting Thousand pound safe on to
fourth floor. All the employers asked
for was Z square deal. They dldn
expect any one man 20 carry Il WAcic
yanload Of goods up stairs IT ono trip.
but neither was it f2ir or right thai Il
man should waste valuable minutes
moppinc the sweat from his brow o:
figuring how six foot helStcad could
be pushed uD a three foot stairway.
The speaker did not sit down when
be had finished On the contrary. lie
edged around 70 Mr.. Eow<cr and SuS-
cested that another crisis was III hand.
That crisis called for more beer. ana
Mr.. Bowscr met it. Then the president
of the NJ. Y. L. arose and stated his
side Of the case. He didn't call 1t
case where capital was sucking the
iifeblOod Of labor. 1t was that caDital
was breaking labor'S back by over
loading it with bureaus and refrIger'
ators. He pointed TO his bald head
and declared that his Lair had been
worn off by rubbing against family
iceboyeS. He pointed to his howleGS
and declared them to Ee the direct re-
suit Of backlo;tds of bGdSteadS and
tables. Under the slave driving system
pursued by the NJ. Y. 4. the members
of the VI. V. L. all OYER the world were
becoming squat. haldhcadcd and bow
legged. and year hence would sec
them humpbacked rs well. 1t was
feeling sreech--that is. he felt for Mr..
Rovser after concluding ii and said
that 4 terrible crisis could only he
avoided By another call fer beer. 1t
was called for. Then the arbitrator
arose TO arbitratc. Mr.. Bow$'r VIII
never remember whether he began h:S
remarks at the landing Of the pilgrim
fathers or started in at Valley Forge.
At any rate, they were interrupted by
calls for more beer He will also be
at a loss to recall just wliat started
the ruction when further calls for beer
were unhecded. Soilc one may have
called some one else 1 liar. or there
NAV have been 4 difference Of
opinioa on some OF the political ques-
tious of the day. \ ruction came,
however. aud two minutes after the
first knoc!.down everybody was trying
to punch everybody else's head. There
was 10 opportunity for Mr.. Bowser to
bear himself nobly in this crisis. \
blow on the nose put him out Of ii a.
most ut the start. and he bad been
walked on for ten minutes before he
:inally reached the door and got out.
Mrs. BowSer and the cat We're wait
ing. The silence Of the frosty evening
was suddenly broken by what seemed
to be the gallop Of 4 horse along the
sidewalk. 1t came nearer and nearer,
and there Was 4 hitch and q limp il
the gallop rs it turned in 1T the gate.
Then there was Il rush up the front
step. 4 bang ut the door, and Mr.. Bow
ser stood in the hall. He was human
wreck. He had got it bad. He had
met the enemy and he was his'n.
''Wen?" asked Mrs. Eowser as he
leaned up against the wall and painted.
His eyes rolled, but he could rot ut
ter word
Il see she continued. "Arbitrator
BowSer has .arbitrated. and the result
is what might be eXpected-nose
smashed. hat gone. clothes ruined and
your eyes turning black. II You can
manage to crawl up stairs. HI get
some hot water and the medicine chest
and see il can patch you up"
"Wo-wonan''- he began. but she
raised her hand and stopped him, and
he crawled. VI. QUAD.