Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-09-23

Captain Williams had produced lis
pipe. filed il and lighted it without
asking permission.
smith says I'm close. I'm not"' he
declared. ITO me business is bust
ness II I've got money nobody gave
it TO me. / earned what I earned, and
then I made that earn more'
You sure amt given it no vaca-
tions. captain" commented his super
intendent dryly
And that's right" affirmed Mrs
Harris with some heat Il believe in
men getting money. Mr. Harris was
one OF those soft hearted men who
never made the best Of his opportuni-
ties-always trying to be fair and
square with other men. and what
thanks did he get?"
"Mother. pleaser' demonstrated EN-
ma
ITS true" went on her parent. "If
he hadn't been that way. Emma. do
you suppose you'd be here doing your
own work ?"
Mother. / insist-you must not
Mother is perfectly right" inter
rupted Beth. Emma. you don't de-
serve this kind Of a life"
N"But have / complained?" demanded
Mrs. Brooks desperately ''Why do
you say such things?"
Because I've got myself to think
Of" snapped her mother you're
wasting yourself-tied up to the house
all the time-and eyerybody-al my
friends know just how you're fixed.
You're never invited anywhere any
more"
Completely forgotten" said Beth.
Brooks, who had let himself in ST.
lently and unobserved. stood in the
han irresolutely, watching them and
listening to the conversation.
please don't" entreated Emma.
greatly distressed. Its my affair, and.
besides, before people,
"You might say the captains almost
one OF the family since your father
died. put in her mother. 81 knew
you should never have married joe
that he couldn't take care Of you the
way he ought"
IT'S too late now" said Beth. shrug-
cling her shoulders Captain. don't
you think Emma should have more?r
well, Mrs. Brooks must know her
own mind" he replied "Your father
when he worked for me always had a
way Of his own. But II does seem as
II she should at least have hired
girl and more than four rooms to a
nat, but
Brooks strobe into the room, llvid
with passion. gOaded to white heat
OF fury. reckless OF everything. muir
der In his heart, and. hurting his hat
to the floor. faced the company.
1T does seem so, does it?" he fairly
Kissed, going over to his employer.
I'm glad you think so. And why
hasn't she? VIII you tell me that?
Speak! VIII you tell me that? I'll tell
you why. you slave driverr'
Mrs. Harris and Beth sat speechIess
aud pale, but Smith rose
Steady Joe, boyr' he admonished.
Emma had hurried to her husband
and grasped his arm.
"Oh, Joe, dou'tr she implOred. you
DON'T
He flung her roughly from him.
Let me alOnew he shouted and turn
ed to Williams again. quivering with
rage do you know why she hasn't p
he continued. "Well. I'll tell you all.
It's because this man amt on the
square. He began by cheating and
numbering niggers who worked for
him aboard his rotten trading ships.
Then. after he got through with the
Delaying pin. after he got his money,
he picked mp the salary list for club.
and he's murdered and wounded and
MANNED with that. You see my wife
here? She's only one OF hundreds, and
she suffers. II is too bad she married
me. 1t Is too bad that she's got to do
her own work. 1t is too bad that she's
got to wash and scrub and sweat I'm
the heat, but that mans to blame. II
you gave me n fair share OF what l
produce, II YOU didn't grind down. OPP
press and pinch. she wouldn't have to.
I've worked for you FIVE years, hard,
honest, and all the time you've been
grinding me down. down, and thou
sands OF others. thousands You know,
all OF you knOw-my mOther-in-law
and smart sister-in-law knOw-you've /
piled up your money on the blood and /
sweat and misery OF others. That's
the kind OF a man you are, and you
might as well know IT,"
Captain Williams had listened to THIS
denunclation Mt first In utter amaze
ment. Then his shaggy eyebrows had
knitted together and his little eyes
had narrowed to Sits, while the blood /
had spread over his face in deep
out like cords on his neck and throat
There amt no one ever said them /
things 70 me and got away with IT,"
he Numbered. clinching his fists and
gathering all his tremendous strength |
as he rose to crush his accuser.
Mrs. Harris and Beth sprang up in
great alarm, and at the captains ter
rlfying voice and his ferocious as