The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-04
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tent mas great deal to do with our
sufferings. Now, there was Arthur
Bisbee-young, handsome, rich, in per-
feet health and happy till he got it into
his stupid head that he wanted a GER
tain girl for wife. There were hun
dreds of other girls he could have had
for the asking, but he wanted Helen
Sturdy. And here enters the canker
worm. Helen Sturdy wouldn't have
him for the very reasons that others
wanted him. He had no cares. Ne
cessities, comforts, luxuries for himself
and his family If he had one, were as.
sured. But Miss Sturdy would not
marry man who had no career. She
had one herself. She was teacher,
earning her own living, and did not
propose to marry an idle man. do
something" she said to Bisbee, 'if
it's only leading useless expedition
to the south pole. Then perhaps I'll
listen to you"
Bisbee's judgment said to him: "You
have been deprived by Inheritance from
the necessity of work, and you've no
especial inclinations. Therefore take
your comfort and don't fret" But
people admire their opposites, and Bis
bee thought lie couldn't Set on without
this Sturdy girl, who had taken all the
hof1ors of her class at college and was
considered prodigy of independence.
So he resolved to do something" He
chose journalism and accepted a posi-
ton as reporter for daily paper at
$40 a week The income from his
property was $1,000 a month. Bisbee
thought that since he was at work he
might as well prepare to take some po-
sition in the world, so he determined
to study the labor question and study it
practically with a view to giving the
result of his Investigations to the world.
One morning Bisbee, dressed as q
teamster, applied at the office Of a
wholesale grocery house for work. The
concern happened to need transfers,
and despite the mans appearance,
which was not especially rugged, they
him. In fact, a strike was
expected every day, and they were
looking out for nonunion men, one Of
whom the new man claimed to be- He
was employed as John Barker and
commenced driving at once.
A week later the strike came on.
John Barker was one morning knocked
off his wagon seat by union men and
only rescued by the police with great
He was persevering man
and the next day drove the same wag-
on, getting through the day with a
lump on his head the size of a hens
egg, the result Of being struck with a
lump Of coal. His employers advised
him to let some harder man take his
place, but Barker refused and kept on
driving till he was so badly hurt by
the union men that he was laid up for
a week. He withdrew from his posi-.
ton, and his firm knew him no more
AS soon as Barker had recovered
from his wounds he appeared at the
headquarters Of the union and enrolled
as a member. That night he was sent
off to do picket duty and, getting into
q skirmish with the "scabs," was near
ly killed, besides being left on the field
and taken in by the police. lie was
recognized by his old associates. the
nonunion men who captured him from
the police, and when they got through
with him he was carried to the city hos
pital mass of wounds and dirt.
"What name?" he was asked
'This is played out" he replied faint
~. "I'm no teamster. Pm Arthur
Bisbee. with plenty Of money to pay
my way. Give me the best room in the
house and send for my own DOCTOR"
1t soon reached the ears of Miss
Sturdy that Bisbee was martyr to
the cause Of sociology, and she sent
him some flowers with a pretty note
in which she expressed a desire to see
his Forthcoming work on the labor
question:" Bisbee directed the flowers
to be thrown out Of the window, and
the note he tore into bits. AS soon as
he got well enough to be moved he was
driven to his own house and waited
on by his own valet. Flowers and notes
were showered on him by his young
lady friends, but he would have none
Of them. Indeed, he would not even
have woman nurse, as directed by
Ills uOClOI.
When Bissbee had gained sufficient
strength he embarked for Europe and
either at Nice or at Florence or among
the Alps slowly recovered from his in
juries. His experiences had made a
philosopher Of him, and he proposed to
enjoy his wealth in his own way. he
liked woman's society, but had no use
Tor woman as a stimulator of his am
bition. On the whole continent of
Europe there was no happier, no more
contented man than Bisbee.
When he had passed middle life he
began to wish for nearer companion
ship than is possible to bachelor and
married Miss Dorothy Bliss, young
woman who attracted him for what he
called her ''horse sense" He confded
to her his experience in "doing some
thing" and when she had heard his
story she said:
1T has pleased Providence to give
some people that which Is equivalent
to stored 1ahOr Suoh nooplo oro ~, N