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

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He fattcrcd his jealous heart by these
:; words. 1t was too In tolerable to think
that any mere man should tako his
x sweetheart away from him; and though
he felt how hopeless was any compari-
aon between himself and Fllnham, he
tried to soothc himself By the lie that
they were equal In all but money. .555
His words startled his friend ONT.
Il He cxclaimc6a: why, who does she
know that's got money"
RIG But Sleeny felt q momentary revolt
! against delivering to even Ills closest
confident the name of the woman he
loved coupled wIthWthe degrading sus-
4 picIons by which he had been torfncnted
!; I'LL day He gruly answered.: That's
/ none Of your business; YOU can't help
mo in this thing, and / Amt agoin' to
y chin about 1t any more.
I They sat for awhile IN silence, drank
4 their beer, and ordered more. ONT at
last spoke agaln
i# We'll, I'll be hanged II you amt the
best grit OF any fellow l know. II you
I don't want to talk. u team OF Morgan
Ehorscs couldn't make you. like a man
| that can hold his tongue" tf4s 5,
/ Then I'm your 1luckleberly" said
tSleeny, whose vanity wns soothed by
1.-THE compliment. N
That's sou. said ONT. with an adj
tmiring smile. ,.IfI Wanted a secret kept
It'd know where to como" Then chang
Sing his manner and tone to an express
fslon of profound socmnity, and glancing
inbout to guard against surprise, 1io said.
my dear boy, I've wanted to talk to
Eyou long tlme--to Talk serious You're
Knot one OF the common Kind of cattle
sthat think Of nothn' but their fodder
sand stal--are you?"
i& Now, Sam was precisely of the breed
described by his friend, but what man
/ ever lived who knew he was altogether
iordinary? He grinncd uncaslly and am
bswcrcd: sl5$ vi
HI ~ guess not"
Exactly" said ONT. There t,ls some
tof us laboring men that don't i | oppose
to 80 on all our lives working OR nm
gers off to please lot OF vampires; VIC
propose to haVe 4 little falrer divide
Ethan heretofore; and If there Is any nd-
Vantage TO be gained, we propose to
have 1t on tho side Of tho men VII, do
fthe work. What do you think Of ti<t?"
# That's all sol!d,' said Sleeny. vic was
inadvertently Interested IN these hbstrnc-
tions. but what you goln to do about
ST."
Dol cried ONT, I'VE are gon' to
mako war on capital. We are going to
Scare the blood suckers into terms. We
ARE goin' to get our rlghts--pcacenb bly,,
iIif we can't get them any other way.
we are goin' to prove that n man Is bot
ter than n money bag" He ratified or
these words as a l!sless child says It's
alphabet without thinking OF n letter.
,Eut he was closely watching Sam to see
II any OF these stcrcotyped phrases at
tracted hlE attention. sleeny smoked
his cigar with the air of polite fatigue
with which one listens To abstract state
ments OF moral obligations
"What are we, anyhow" continued
the greasy apostle of labor I'VE are
slaves; we are Ros!an scurfs We work
as many hours Rs our owners like; we
take what pay they choose to give us;
we ask their permission TO 1--we ~
breathe"
nohS that's lie!' sleeny Interrupted,
With unbroken calmness, "Old Saul
Matchin and me come to an agreement
about time and pay, md both of US was
suited, TT he's got his heel onto me,
don't feel IT,"
omit darted glance OF scorn upon the
ignobie soul whol was content with his
bondagc but tho mention OF Matchin
rcminded him that h1 had n final shot In
reserve. and he let It off at once
''Ycs. Erul Match!n Is q laborin' man
himself; but look ct his daughter She
you'd die before she would marry n work.
mGn. Why?" ard his green eyes darted
bnNs OF Hlesny.
"Weli, wiye" no asked slowly,
because she loves money moro than
manhood. because she puts up her
beauty for q higher bidder than any"
Nov, shel up, will your" orled Fam.
thoroughly AROUSED. u won't set hero
had hear her abused by you or any other