The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-03-08
xxv.-continued.

worth double MY loIai h"O D.,
In three months-as soon as the re-
organization is announced. leave 1t
entirely to your sense Oh JusIi0e
whether I shall have my part OF them
back when this storm blows over.
why didn't you go to RoeoucK!
he asked without looking up.
because 1t is he that stuck the
knife into me-"
Why"
"I don't know. | suspect the Man
asauale properties, which brought
jnto the combine, have some Value'
which no one but Roebuck, and per
hans Langdon, knows about-and that
in some way was dangerous TO them
through that fact They haven't CIV
en- me time to look into 1t.
A grim smile fitted over the lace
you've been too busy getting mar
ried, eh?'
Exactly" said /. It's another case
of unbuckling for the weddlnS-leasl
and getting assassinated as a pen
atty. Do you wish me to explain any
thing on that list-do you want any
details of the combine-of the Coal
stocks there?
Not necessary" he replied. AS 1
had thought, with that enormous ma
chine of his for drawing in informa-
ton. and with that enormous mem
ory of his for details. he probably
knew more about the combine ana us
properties than ! did.
You have heard of the lockout!
inouired-for | wished him to know
had no intention of deceiving him
"a TO the present market value Oh
those stocks.
"Roebuck has been commanded by
his Cod" he said, ito eject the free
American labor from the coal regions
and to substitute importations OF
coolie Huns and Bohemians. Thus,
the wicked American laborers Will be
chastened for trying to get higher
wages and cut down a pious mans
dividends; and the downtrodden COOL
les will be brought where they can
enjoy the blessings of liberty and of
the preaching of Roebucks mission
aries"
I laughed, though he had not smiled
but had spoken as If stating color
less facts And righteousness and
Roebuck will prevail, SAID /.
He frowned slightly, sardonic grin
breaking the straight. thin, cruel line
of his lips He opened his tables one
shallow drawer, and took out pad
and pencil. He wrote few words
on the lowest part of the top sheet,
folded it, tore off the part he had
scrubbed on, returned the pad and
mcneil to the drawer. handed the scrap
of paper to me. Il will do il, he said
Give this to Mr.. Farquhar. second
door to the left. Good morning
And in that atmosphere of vast affairs
speedily dispatched his consent with
out argument seemed, and was, The
matter-of-course.
| bowed Though he had not saved
me as a favor to me, but because
it fitted in win his plans, whatever
they WERE my eyes dimmed =
shant forget this" said /, my voice
not quite steady.
Il know it," said he curtly.
know you"
| saw that his mind had alread!
turned me out. | said no more, ant
withdrew. When | left the room
was precisely as It had been when
entered it-except the bit OF pape
torn from the pad But what a dit
ference to me, to the thousands, tn
hundreds of thousands directly AM
indirectly interested in the Coal com
bine and it's strike and its products
was represented by those few, almos
illegible scrawlings on that scrap @
paper.
Not until had gone over the sitr
alton with Farquhar, and we Ia
signed and exchanged the necessar
papers, did begin to relax from tn
strain-how great that strain was
realized a few weeks later, when tn
gray appeared thick at my temple
and there was in my crown what wa
for such shock as mine, a thin spo
81 am saved" said | TO myself, vel
turing long breath. as stood on tn
steps of Galloway's establishment
where hourly was transacted busine:
vitality affecting the welfare of score
of millions of human beings, wit
James Galloway's personal interest |
the sole guiding principle. Saved
I repeated. and not until then did
fash before me, II must have paid
frightful price. He would never ha'
consented to interfere with Roebut
as socn as | asked him TO do 1t, u
less there had been some powerf
motive II | had had my wits abo
me, could have made far bett
terms" Why hadn't | my wits abo
me? Anita" was my instant answ
to my own question. Anita again.
had a bad attack OF family mar
panic" And thus il came about tn
] went back 20 my Office. feeling as
I had suffo-aq a severe defeat.
stead of jubilant over Ey narrow
cape.
Zoe followed me into my ID
what luck?" asked he, in the 20