Mower County transcript., 1903-08-26

looking ut a bait tleield during the
slaughter John Cor Ion and Grace An
::drews followed the irny hand Of thel
boss as he described his plan. Mrs.
5Penrose. Archie and Lue1la looked on
as interested spectators, but Ito them.
especially to Luella, the main interest
OF the occasion lay not IN the dirty
blue print, hut In the expression and
attitude Of the set clement workers.
\ .Here. Z said Tommy. ind dieating With
,a much soiled thumb, the spot where ha
and Gordon had been standing when
Miss Andrews ana her svisi tors came
!ssoutt, s.is my first building. It Is y model
tenement, ave stories, brick with terra
sEetta front, all modern improvements.
Over here on this corner iss to be q sa-
loon and vaudeville. !. Back here the
workingmen need recreation. No one
understands that SO well as you do,
Miss Andrews. Two blocks west is
another tenement Apartm ents in these
stenements, by the way, are already all !
spoken for. Corner lot n, northeast i
over here, ,$is to be occupied by nother3
saloon and vaudeville. Give the people
plenty OF amusement. Another stene-S
ment over here; same style and size as
first one. Over there he shifted the
blue print a little and brought the CEN
ter of the drawing into palmer view.
''is going to be a hall which will be
used as headquarters for the ward
work Office, resta aurant, .etc. We
need some eaccommoda a ation OF that sort
Down here, southwest corner district
another tenement, and Ayitzen puts up
his saloon here on this corner. Then
over here another tenement same size;
same style. These tenements will re-
lieve the cong gestion now found around
Bowen street. II have IN contempla tions
three, four, five, six, possibly seven
Ground will be broke for the first one
over there" he pointed to the block
from which he had come e-- e !. :. tomorrow.
am planning to get everything in-S
closed before winter. Pretty good plan,5
eh p, d 81 ai$ *<E: S:<5
Miss Andrews blue eyes gazed at
him with their profound look Of sun-
measured sadness. So might an un-
sullied angel Of light have looked upon
one who had denied his Fellowship
with the shining hosts OF heaven. 4. & 81
But John Gordon had no history Of
past defeats and long accumulated
wrongs to keep him silent like this
woman who knew the utter useless
ness OF threat or appeal. He was at
the white heat 2of passion, and, while
he held himself In check and spoke
coldly enough outwardly, he was really
trembling. and Luella began to fear
some tragic end to. the scene. %5
!, in laying out your measurements
for the double decker over there, Mr..
Randall, you have not made any al
lowance for space between front and
rear Of lot" z s.s !s .55
= said Randall COOL ). s & We don't
want to waste any ground. It's too
valua BILE. ''s #4 4 :z5 z.: IA
But how about the city ordinance
which provides for a space Of twenty
i've feet between front and rear
houses? I understand your proposed
double decker will be four stories In
height. The law distinctly says
'"The law be- -- rs :S .is& s
| Mr.. Tommy Randall did not say
what the law might be on account of
ladies being present, but his abrupt
silence was no. less expressive. He
himself broke it with q coarse laugh. 81
Young man, you must be very young
not to know that Tommy Randall zis q
law for himself in Ward 18. Il IL he
wants to put up a tenement on the
whole lot, he does 1t, and the law amt
going to make any difference
You miserab ble'' John Gordon's
wrath flowed over, and he took step
toward the boss. Miss Andrews placed
her fingers on his arm as gently and
as momentarily as he had placed his
on hers, and he stopped as If a bar
Of steel had been flung up In front OF
4 him. Luella, watching every ything with
1 lobservant eyes, saw it all. So did Ar.
i chic Penrose, and his face expressed q
sneering sort of pleasure. Tommy
Randall held his ground and began to
roll up his blue print. ..154. .sSs
Well / must get along back to my
work" he said as he gave the whole
company q compre hensive look Of stri
/ umph. II you want to buy any lots
i why, you know where to come. un
derstand you've got q little money te
invest" !" III |s
Look herew Gordon stopped him
''You say you don 7 care for the law
but 4 give you warning that viii
bring to bear every process known Il
| this city to prevent your violation q
these building ordinanc 8 555f
Go ahead, young man." said Tommy
good nature dly. Il wish you success
IT there IS any such thing as Justice
4 left in an American city, Will have II
served on you. Il will set the whole
mao chinery Of the law S. motion against
N YOU '' 5s
Il Oh. you max 4 me tired 4 5young How
u What iss the law TO me q Do YOU own
the courts '' 5s3S
u; do you
Some of 'ern. 3 The answer came
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