The Washington times., 1905-08-20

| them rose-water snobs on Algonquin
avenue" Sam writhed. and his wheed-
ling tormentor continued, watching Him
like ferret, Perhaps she has struck
for one OF them already-pe perhaps-oh.
[ can't say what may have happened.
hate the world when 7 see such doin ..
J hate the heartless shams that give
labor and shame to the tailers and
beauty and luxury to the drones Who
is the best man. he asked. with hon
est f"ankness, you or some hlgh~step-
pin snob whose daddy has left him ths
means to be a loafer all his days? And
who would the prettiest girl In BuEand
prefer. you or the loafer? And you in
tend to let Mr.. Loafer have it all his
own way?"
No. DON'T" Sam roared, like a bait
| ed bull EFF any man crosses my. path.
he can find out which is the best man."
There, that's more like you. But !.
what can you do alone? That's where
they get US foul The eEristocrats, the
money power. all hang together. The
laborin' men fight singIy, and aIWTIiz get
whipped. Now. we are goin' TO change
thot We are goin 10 organize. Look
here, Sam. ] am riskin my head IN
tellin you this-but I trust you, and
1 like you. and III tell you We have
organized. We've got society in this
town pledged to the cause of honest
labor and against capitaI-for life or
death. We want you. We want men
of sand and men of sens, and you've
got both. You must join"
Y "
Sam sleeny was by this time pretty
well filed with Deer and wrath He
felt himself in q certain sense bound BY
the weighty secret which Ofitt had ir1-
parted to him and fattered by his in
vitations A few touches more OF
adroit fattery, and the agitator's victory
was complete. Sleeny felt sore and
tired to the very heart. He had behaved
| like brute TO the girl he loved: he
had been put clearly in the wrong in
his quarrel with her. and yet he was
| certain that aiI was not well with either
OF them. The tormenting syllogLsm ran
continually through his head: She is
the prettiest woman in the worId-rich
fellows like pretty women-therefora-
death and curses on hin!" Or come
times the form OF it would change to
this: He is rich and handsome-girls
like men VINO are rich and handsome
therefore," the same rage and i'm
precautions, and the same sense of pow
erless fury. He knew and cared nothing
about On1tt's Labor Reform. He could
earn a good living by MS trade no mat
ter who went TO Congress, and he hated
these "chtnny burnmers" as he called
them. who talked about State help and
seif-help" over their beer. But tonight
he was tormented and badgered to such
a point that he was ready for anything
which his temper might suggest. The
words OF Onitt alternately wheedling
and excoriattng. had turned his foolish
head. His hatred OF Farnham was cas-
lily extended TO the class 10 which he
belonged, and even to the money which
made him formidable.
He walked away from the garden with
Offftt, and turned down filthy alley
TO a squalid tenement house-called by
It's proprietor Perry Place. and by the
neighbors Rocks Ranch-to the lodge
room of the Brotherhood Of Breadwin-
ners, which proved TO be Ofitt's lodging.
They sfound there half a dozen men
Iounging about the entrance, who
seovled and swore at Offftt for being
la,e. and then followed him sulkily up
two flights OF il-smeIling stairs to his
! room He turned away their wrath by
soft answers, and hastily lighting a pair
of coal-oil lamps. which gave forth
odor more literally than illumination,
said br.skly:
Gentlemen. I have brought you re-
| crutt this evanin that you wifi all be
| glad to welcome to our brotherhood IS
| The brothers, who had taken seats
where they could find them. on a dirty
| bed, a wooden trunk. and two or three
chairs of doubtful integrity. grunted a
questionable welcome TO the newcomer.
i As he looked about him, he was net
particularly proud OF the company in
| xx-hiC Oh ha
| he recognized were those Of the LATEST
and most incapable workmen in the
/ town-men whose weekly wages were
habituaIly docked for drunkenness, late
/ hours, and botchy work. AS the room
gradually filed. it seemed like a roll
call of shirks. Among them came also
| a spiritual medium named Bott, as yet
| imperfectly developed. whose efforts at
making a living by dark seances too
| frequently resulted in the laughter OF
/ sixeptics and the confusion of his friends.
His forehead and cheek were even then
purple with an aniline dye, which some
! cold-blo9ded investigator had squiFte1
| in his face few nights before while
he was gliding through a twilight room
! impersonating the troubled shade OF
| Pocahontas. This occurrence gave. for
! the moment a peculiarly sanguinary
and sinister character 10 his features,
and filed his heart with thirst for
Vengeance against an unbelieving world
y .
After the meeting had been called to
order and Sam had taken an oath OF
Il hot and Iurid nature, in which he re-
nounced a good many things he had
never possessed, and promised TO do Il
lot of things Of which he had no idea,
Mr. OMIT asked IF any brother had
anything TO offer for the good of the
! order" This called Mr. Bott to his
feet. and he made a speech, on which
he had been brooding all day, against
the pride of so-calIed science. the arro-
gance of unrighteous wealth, and the
| groveIing superstition of Christianity.
The light OF the kerosene lamp shons
full on the decorated side Of his visage,
and touched it to a ferocious purpose.
But the brotherhood soon wearied OF
his oratory. in which the blaspheny OF
thought and phrase was strangely con-
trasted with the ecclesiastical whins