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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-10-14
THE ANTHRACITE CoAL. SITUATION

The enormous recovery i'm rran~f1ctu~-
ing, the opening ZIP OF factorr after fac
tory, which was closed. or partially
closed during the business depression.
has not had the Same effc,t upon trs
anthracite coal industry that has beer
evidenced in other branches ot commerce
and during the coming winter there IS
liable To be an extreme short0re Of DOM
este anthracite coal.
All over the country in the anthracite
sales territory. general business Inns
been recovering by leaps and bounds W.
til to-day It is almost. II not quite up e
the prosperous times Of 1895 The stee.
industry's figures show that practical
~ 100 per cent OF the furnaces Is now in
operation; the unemployed during the o.
nc are now fully employed and II Is
more or less difficult IN all times to find
capable labor. Upon again getting en-
ployment, the artisan. mechanic and
'radesman naturally first devoted lis
earnings to the settlement of his groc.
cry, clothing. house rent AND other sim.
liar obligations and process IS stiu 20.
ine on. tho result being that a great mum.
Der of mon who are now employed. but
who Were out OF employment a year age
and have more than used up their saw.
irgs are from one u two and ore-hau
months back IN their purchases Of THEN
winter coal supply.
With the first extreme cold snap
when 1t becomes an absolute necessity
10 lIght the fires and warm the house
'Nere will be such a deluxe If orders fol
anthracite coal that the coal companies
I'D not be able t. meet tho demand. To.
lav all lines Of business activity havs
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or great iidnt Ike your fathers, and
suppose hos IN love with ycu"
at seems to me that you're u great
supposcr." laughed the girl.
lie nodded.
THAT'S about all can be--a sup
poser Surprising is Just about as far
as naval lieutenant can ever 60 with
the daughter Of Il steel millionaire"
The girl shock hor head nnrrily.
Seems to me- she declared, that
naval licutcnants are very queer roo.
pie even il they do wear medals for
bravery" Then, with ono of Eer Qulc;;
changes of mood. she looked UP at
him most innoccntly. Did you do
much supposing, Mr. SommcrS, whon
you plunged into the sea from the
deck of your ship that winters night
to save an ordinary sailorI"
lnvoluntarily the man stepped tc
~nrl her. his arms half outstretchcd
She did not move, lat he stopped him
SELF with an effort, dropping his arms
That plunge was nothing to ono
I'd like to take he said.
The girl looked IN at him, challenge
IN her eyes.
"N'hy don't you. then. Mr.. Sommers'
could never have thought you'd be
afraid Of anything"
"Thore's one thing l am afraid Of"
lie admitted frankly.
"Ycs?" with Il word of wonder in II.
'Whnt Is that thing. Mr.. SommersT'
Myself"
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what's more. as soon as Mr.. Durant
and lay the case before him. was a
fool not 10 tell him my plans in tho
first place instead Of coming to YOU
| ought to have known what ! would
get from you. YOu"--the old mans
voice broke against his wili-"you let
my boy be killed by your carelessncss
and lack of Judgment in selecting men
for the chemical room. and now You
would rob me of all the credit ana the
money for my life's work Wen see
about this"
He stepped up close. savagely cen
fronting the big manager
Finckney hesitatcd. His Inclination
was to throw Marsh out. but an idea.
born OF girls haunting. was IN his
mind. and he felt he must temporize.
1t was bitter to surrender to nm en-
ployee, hut pinckney was man who
would submit to any number Of minor
defeats for big end.
SO he forced the best smile he could
and held out his hand
am hot tempered you know. and /
have had a great deal to worry me
You have always had wrong idea OF
me ever since that unfortunate acct
dent in the chemical room But every
one makes mistakes. Marsh You
know that"
The old man forced down the lump
which tie mention Of that accident"
brought IN his throat
Mistakes" he saIG bitterly. but
you don't know how feel. you can't
know. II you'd Rad boy who meant
to you what that boy meant to me, II
he was about all you had to live for
and he vas blinded as my boy was 10
an accident caused by the care,essness
Of man | had pnt In charge. then |
guess perhaps you'd know You ask
Miss Dunnt. She was with him when
he died-God bless her! Ask her how
he suffered. She could understand. Now
you know one reason why am bitter"
(TO RE CONTINrED)
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EIGHTY MILLION NEGROES.
End OF Present Century win show
ti'hts Number In the United StnfaS

Professor Shaler of Harvard estimates
that at the present rate Of Increase IN
the South, MS shown by tho last 40 years
ct thhc close OF the present century there
will be between GO and 50 million Of
negroes in the United States! studied
from the physical standards. therefore
this problem in tho South Is lncrpasinglY
momentous and increasingly encourage
ing.
In the Southern Atlantic and central
states in 1850, the white nllteracy was
II 40 per cent. The negro illitcracy was
IS per cent. Tho decrease in iitcracy
during the decade closing In ioog stood
as follows: Decrease Of white il'tcrncv,
2-10 per cent Decrease OF negro filter
acv, 10 10 per cent. Tho negroes had
gained In tho rudiments ~ education
more than three times rs rapidly MS had
the whites in the same section. during
the same porioG.
This, too. Is encouraging and mean.
That the work cf tho American Mission
airy association ard Kindred orgonizo ing
has already gained married success But
the magnitude Of tho problem of Hitter
ato negroes Is larger to-day than IT vas
when the race was emancipated. And
tho Importance # enlarr'nr tho opncr-
tunities for Christian education among
the negroes ia also apparent from facts
and statistics. The total number Of
schools IN the South for secondary and
higher education is as follows: For
whites. 2,759; for negroes. 252. These sta
tisUcs do not indicate an over-sunDv e
educational Institutions Of thorough
training for the negroes. The teachers
in the public schools among tho colored
people in the South arc almost entirely
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CHAPTER II.
TIE sCHEMER
vENHE big steel man was too busy

TNHE big steel man was too busy
a With bis great enterprises AND
I'D his various future schemes TO
really study the boy Had
he studied him he was too shrevd
not to have found out that Pinckneys
acgressiveness Wns not backed by
downright courage and that his faith
iulness 20 his studies and his loyalty
to his family were due wholly to self
lsh ambitions and not Mt all to graft.
Jude or love to his benefnctor. As for
Mrs. Durant, It had not been hard for
Pinckney 10 fool her; good looking.
manly IN appearance ana with his In
gratiatinc manners, lie had completely
nrd easily won the heart OF the WON
m. Like many other busy mon. Du-
rant depended to q great extent upon
his wife's opinions OF young people,
so when Gle declared: Edward is alb
solutcly the finest boy I have ever
known. He Is Just the sort OF fellow
that l should love to have Frances
marry when she grows up" Durant
had taken tho boys character for
granted, As for Frances, It would
have been hard for her to tell Just
what she did think Of Edward rincli-
ncy.
She WINS baby when he first came
to tho house, so she could not reMcm,
Der the time when she had not known
him. At first she Ind looked on him
as sort Of big brother, Pmckncy
himself had been the one to undeccive
her on th!s point, Even ns q boy he
had outlined his plan IN HE, His
future was too Obvious for Lin not to
zee tho plain ard easy way, He would
enter tho steel works, apply himself
TO business, earn tho commentator
and then the respect and confidence
Of his employer and 90 finally pnve
the way for marrying Francea and In.
heritlng tho business through her,
To the scheminG boy this seemed c
simple plan, especially as he had 10
easily aud quickly won Mrs, Durant
nvar ia his sidA Frances ha did not
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Iapm'irc'U the man lcGnod toicdrd her.
this suppose first. The second sup.
pose is, Suppose love YOU: Did you
hear that supposei'
"DlGtinctly," she agreed.
Then, If you have those two sup
poses clearly before You, isn't it easy
TO see why | called him lucky dog?'
The Girl shook her head
"Im afraid I'm very stupid, MI
Sommers. but / can't see why an Off.
Ger In the navy should call the mana
ger Of n steel plant a lucky dog under
any circumstances"
perhaps If you weighed the compar-
ative salaries and future prospects OF
The two mon and considered both in
love with the same girl you might I'M
derstand." he suggested.
The girl laughed at him
your deduction was very nice, very
pretty. very clever, Mr.. Sommers; but.
you see. 1t won't stand the highest
test"
"No!" he asked. surprised.
mo, Mr.. Somlners. not for mo-
ment. Let me suppOce Il little Sup
pose ron or some other officer could
change places with the manager of tho
stee. plant, or suppose the owner OF Il
steel plant even should come to me
and say: l have plenty Of money.
can give you everything you want.
wan you he mine? Ard then should
soy, I'm owfully sorry, Mr.. Manager
or Mr. Owner Of o steel Plant; but,
you see, have everything l want,
thank you. anG don't caro- the least
little bit for you,' Now, where would
your suppose theory be then, Mr. Som,
mersT'
The man shrugged his shoulders,
Anyhow, Miss Durant,' he said.
"the manager Of the steel plant or tho
owner Of the steel plant can go to the
Girl he loves. make his fight, tako his
chance and. Ike man, abide By the
result. But the navy fellow can't do
that. All lie can do IL to bite his lipa
and twiddle his thumbs ana regret and
suppose"
He ended 1t bitterly, half turning
away from her, 30 that ho did not see
TIE girls quick. involuntary motion to.
ward him. He was st!ll half turned
away whom she fought down the In.
cllnation of her heart 10 speak. At
last she gained self control,
"Of course. Mr.. Somners," she be-
gan snrcasticnlly, III the navy men are
so selfish that they're not willing to
give girl n chance to show the stuff
Eba'a mazda nf. ~ thav'ra aftaia ia taLa
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ITS all Of that" returned the
drnughtsinan shortly.
Il think So" agreed the manager,
.and we must hurry the work along
as fast as possible. By the way. what
do you think OF this new gun-the
Sommers gun that this dandtfied naval
lieutenant Is here to have cast"
Marsh did not know how eagerly the
manager was listening for his reply
He paused jnd'cially moment. then
said hesitatingly:
I'm sorry. Mr. Finckney, but from
what I can make ont II will make a
pretty good weapon. The fellow has
hit on something new. and 1t may
prove wonder Either very good or
rotten. that Is the way I size it up"
you mean from the principle on
which It IS constructed it will either
prove a winner or burst and Kill a
lot Of people," questioned the mana
ger cautiously.
Exactly" agreed Marsh. land it
will have to be very carefully made or
It will burst for sure. We don't want
that"
Then you 90 not think 1t is as good
a gun as the Rhinestrom gum" suG-
Gested Pinckney.
A dull flush rose in Marsh's pale
cheeks. His whole body quivered. 1t
was the anger of a parent whose child
had been attacked.
There isn't any gun as good as the
Rhinestrom gum he cried holly. Il
invented it and | know. and. what's
more, while we are on the subject. 1
want to tell you that | think you are
doing me dirty injustice. | have put
and you have patented 1t and put a
Dutch name on it. and ] don't get a
cent or any credit"
Pinckney Jumped from his chair, his
own face red with anger
Look here. Marsh" he cried, Just
little more like that and III fire you
out OF these works. Who do you think
you are? Don't you know that we
have been paying you a salary for
years for your time and your brains.
We did not pay YOU for your looks.
RI put the name Rhinestrom on that
gun or any name | please, and If you
don't like it you can get out There
are plenty Of men who would be glad
TO bavs your job"
But for once the weaker man would
not be cowrd
GAN right" he cried. "I'll get out.
There are other placeS to work and
all my ideas have not gone yet And,
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receive the reward that comes to the
men who won't try--the reward Of
failure. IL vera Il man"--her voice
took on color of strength and holiness
whether | were In the navy or
whether | owned a continent, would
not let any foolish sclGshness of iay
own keep me from attempting to get
anything ! wanted"
Frances" The man whirlcd sud
denly. catching her two hands. "You
mean IT,
She looked up at him happy and
q'litc unafrlid.
"Tcs." she said of course | mean
H." Md her eyes invited him.
lmpulsiycly the man leaned toward
her. hen. as their faces almost seem
cd 10 touch. cold. hard voice seemed
TO cut them apart.
"th' Good evening, 1 thought it
was Won two III here"
Angry. embarrassed the navy lieu-
tenant stepped back Thn girl with Il
womans power Of Sclf control, seemed
quite uumovCd.
oh" she cried gayly. is that you
Edward? Lieutenant SommerS and
were Just talking Of you. He says
you're n lucky dog"
The marriage If Frances Durant end
Edward Pinckney had been 50 long
Anticipated by all who know them
That tho announcement Of their en-
Earcment wou0 have been received
with Il feeling Of general relief. n
the min1s OF theii friends It would
have straiChtennd out On awkward
hitua ton. Under present circumstances
their friends did not know Just how
TO tG!ic them. For more than q year
II had been generally understood they
would some time marry, but the mem.
bcrS Of the set in which they moved
had waited anXiously. but in vain. for
some definite sign II was generally
taken for granted that Mr.. DUrant did
not object, and Mrs Durant was open
j. IN favor Of tho match.
Frances herself was the stumbling
block. Tine after time her intimates
tried 20 find out. but each time. with
perfect good humOr, but with complete
tloroughness, she blocked every at
tempt FINALLY, their curiosity block
ed, the sollcitous friends bad decided
to takc the situation for granted, ana
so They had with perfect faith spread
the report that as soon as Frances had
reached her majority the couple were
to he married. Even the people about
the steel works had come to look at
the matter IN the same light. The
men understood that the general man
agcr was some day going 10 marry
the Canghter OF the boss, ana that
T2de them trcat him with more re-
spect. tor not onI was he IN" mana
G"I WIN power greater tHah nloSt s'.-
per 'lsirS managers had, but he was
also expected to own tly work. some
day lin self
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"ErCn Dou nltJlt be practically pcnnilcss
II father had not started you"
girl almost Immediately felt herself
drawn to him. They had so many in
tcrests in common. She knew ma
chinery and knew all about the works,
ard he was UP in that too. Then he
drove, walked, played tennis danced
and golfed better than any one she
knew in pittSburg. SO 1t was no won
der that from the time of Sommers'
arrival Pinckney found himself put
aside.
For a week the manager OF the steel
works did not notice the fast growing
friendship. He was very busy and
had little time for outside interests.
Then. also. he felt so confident that
he did not pay as much attention to
Frances and what she was doing as he
might have had he imagined there was
the slightest chance Of serious rivalry.
That idea at first did not, enter his
head. Compared to his own position,
he considered the post of lieutenant
in the navy insignificant. 1t was not
until week had gone by and he dis
covered that Frances had been on
WIN .he olhcer lor several hours eacn
ua' '!iat lie lHpLF INVOKE 10 'he Jan
XVI VI tne si'ua'ioh from HIS point or
'e"' men MS hrsc 'ho'4 was 1907
ish. Fe asked Frances to 60 to the
theater with him that night
II am awfillly sorry, Edward" she
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(TO RE CONTINUED)

Mr.. r. G. Fritz. Oneon$a, y. Y,
writes: MY little girl was greatly bene-
fitted by taking Foley's Orino Laxative,
and think II 10 tho best remedy for
constipation and liver trouble" Foley S
orino Laxative Is mild, pleasant and
effective, ana cures habituai constipa-
oan. J. w. o'suiuvan. ~ Church strsat.
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R%ROM The brow Of tie hill above
SSd the DuUaut works licutcnart
"a &ommcrs. United States nav,
locked over Tie city # s,cei
stretched away at his feet.
He SAW the acres If hUac buildings.
thrir hundreds o. hWue.a uc,chiu.:
forrh streams Of llArA smoke. tie long
streets lined vita the hoasos OF the
wcrllmen aud here aud there G-dreS
that seemed in the distance pyamic'
hurrying to and fro
Family the roar Of the furnace. the
distant Chang Of the huge hammers and
The cl1mur Of the steel came t. him.
Il was scene to stir the blood e {.
van who loved action. For Il few min.
ties he nava. man looked in silence
Ihtn he drew Il long breath and turned
% the girl ut hi side.
And all this will be yours some
Gay" he said
Frances Durant looked up with q
mile
Yes: 1t does seem quite a lot for
Dne wee bit of girl to have. doesn't
I? But | can depend upon dad to
make some arrangements for runring
4. The steel works are his pride. YOU
know, and he Is going to leave them
monument to the name of Durart.
lieutenant SommerS half siEhc
"Pinckney is lucky dog" he sale If
'elcvnntly
Lucky dog" The rirl arched her
eyebrows as she asked the question.
IVY. ~ dc you say that, Mr Sommers?
don't understand"
Sommers smiled at her puzzled look.
though she really had a right TO he
puzzled. fer VII. mGp, young, strong
tocd looking and an officer in the
navy. with medoi for bravery al
ready to his crodi:. should call another
man lucky dog was enough to puz-
Gle any girl Of nineteen who was as
pretty and independent as Frances
Duranr.
Il mean" exclaimed Sommcrs. "tllGt
he's lucky dog because any man whI
j. young and the manager Of Il place
like this and has the prospects ahead
OF working throughout his lie for you
must be Il llchy dog. Can't yol
sce:'
RI, cir, ,orchod in ,,ro,~o.1 c,e,i.,
Every clever, Mr. SoWDcrc Uut
Just now You are twice as lucky rs
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rel. lis something TO maize n gun.
.cll yen. hrt It's more 10 invent ono.
Ned pinckncy make, theIo-nakcs lots
If them-but you'vs invented enc. 40
think You are The lucky dog. not he"
Her admiration was SO genuinely
,inccrc that Gormors. against his will,
sad to take it seriously.
ut wasn't Just that I meant, Miss
purant," he snid. "a naval officer has
lot. I know. / thought he had every
hing in the world he could wish until
these last few weeks. since | came
Aero to superintcnod the casting of my
xun."
"Wbot has made YOU changr?" she
>s,ed
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