The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-24

man. What business Is 1t OF yours, pi,y-fs
Way?" IL i l1 7f.5s
otIitt foit that his shot had gone HON 4.
ind pursued his advantage.
FITS my business Siln, BECAUSE I'm
your friend; because ! .:ate to 500 Il good
fellow wronged; becausc 1 know tint u
innn Is better than |, troncy-bng. Why,
that gill would marry YOU III II minute
III you was rich. But because you're not
sho will strike for ono Of them rose
water snobs on ALGONQUIN Avenue" Sam
writhed, and his wheedling tormentors
continued, watching him like Il ferret.
&"Perhaps she has struck for ono or them
Observation-Disclosures / cab shy what
may have happened hnte the world
when / SEQ such doin's. hate the heart
less shnms that give labor ntid slininc to
tho tollcrs hlid beauty nnd luxury to tho
Sdronos, Who Is the best man, lie asked.
with honest franlsness, you or some
high steppin' snob whose daddy. has left
him the means to be 4 loufcr all his days?
And who would the prettlest girl In
Tuflnnd prefer, YOU or the l0afer? And
you intend to let Mr., Loafer have 1t all x
Ills own Way? & =
No, l don't! snm roarcd, lil1e d baited
bill, &'I1f any man crosses my path, no
cnil find out which Is the best ma M 81 IL.
\ There, that's more like you. But what
can you do alone? That's where they
get us foul. Tho crrstocrats. tho money
power, all hang together. The lhborin'
men fight slngy and alW,iz get whipped,
Now, we're goin' to change that. We IRE
goln' to orEanize. Look hero. Sam, i
am rlskln' my head Iii tollln' you tll!@ IN
but / trust you, and l like YOU, und I'll
tell you. we have organized. We've
got n society In this town pledged TO tho
cause OF honest labor and against capt.
tailor life or DEATH We want you.
Wo want men Of sand and men Of sense,
and you've got both. You must join
Sam Sleepy was BY this time pretty
we'll filled with beer and wrath, FIoSfelt
himself In 4 certain sense bound byS3the
wclghty secret which OMIT had impaired
to him and nattercd by his invitation.
A few touches more Of ndrolt ilattery, and,
the ngltator's victory was complete.
Sleeny felt sore and tired to the very
heart, He had behaved like a brute to I
tho girl he loved; he had been put clearly
III tho wrong In his quarrel WITH her, and
yet he was certain that all was not well
with either Of them. Tho tprmcnting syl-
logism ran continually through his head:
''Sho is tho PROTEST woman In the world
rich fellows like pretty womeh-there-
fore-death and curses on hlm!", Or somo-
times the form Of It would change to
this. HE is rich and handsoine-girls
like men who arc rich and shandsomc-
therefore," the Same rage and i'm
precautions, and the same sense rof powor-
less fury. 1Ie knew and cared nothing
about Ofrltt's Labor Reform. He could
earn good living by his trade no mat
ter who went to Congress, and no hated
these "chinny humniers." as he called
them. who talked about state help and
selt-help" over their beer. But to-nlght
AZ. ~,
Il point that he was ready for atly-
thing which his temper might suggest
The words of OMIT, alternately whced-
ling and eXcoriatlng, had turned his
foolish head. Fills hatred Of Farnham was
easily extended to the class to which he
belonged, and even TO tho money which
made him formidable.
TIe walked away from the garden with !
Offltt. and turned down a fllN>y alley to
n squnld tenement house,--cnl!ed BY It's
proprietor, Perry Place, and by the neigh
bors. Rocks Rnnch,--t the lodge-room or
the brotherhood OF Bread-winncrs, which L
proved to be Offtt's lodging. They found
there half dozen men loungnE about
the entrance, who scowed and sworo
at OTitt for being late, md then followed \
him sulkily up two FLIGHTS of ill-smen'ns
stairs to his room. He turned away their
wrath by soft answers, and hastlly'llgRt-E
ing pair of coal-oll lamps, which gave
forth odor moro literally than ilu-
minatlon, said briskly. GM
"Gentemen. ] have brought you re-
crui, this evcnln' that you will all be
glad to welcome to our brotherhood"
The brothers. who had taken seats
where they could find them. on n dirty
bed a wooden trunk, and two or three
chairs OF doubtful integrity, grunted
questionable welcome TO the newcomer.
Az he looked about him, he was not
particularly proud Of the company IN
which he found Himself, The faces he
recognized were those Of the latest ana
most incapable workmen In the town
men whose weekly wages were habltualiy
locked for drunkenness, lnte hours and
botchy work AS the room gradually
filled 1t seemed like roll-cap OF shirks
Among them came also d spiritual mo-
dun, named Bott. as yet imperfectly de-
yeoped whose Efforts at making tlVlng
BY dark seances too frequently resulted
In the daughter OF skeptics and the con-
fusion OF his friends. His forehead and
cheek were even then purple with nm
enliine dyo, which some cod-blooded In
yestigator Ind squ!rted In his face n few
nights before while he WAS gliding
through a twilight room impersonatIng
tho troubled shade OF Pocnhontas. This
occurrence gave. for tho moment, Pc X
cularly eanguinnry and sinister charac-
tor to HIS features, md filled his heart
wIth thirst for vengeance against an
unbelloylng world.
After the meeting had been called to
order, and Sam had taken All oath OF
hot and lurid MATHIS In which he re-
bounced q rood many things he had never