The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-11-20

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The man shrugged his shoulders. II
! anyhow, Miss Durant, '' he said,
"the mahager OF the steel plant or the
owner of the steel plant can 60 to the
girl he loves, make his fight, take bis
chance and, like q man, abide BY, the
result. But the navy fellow can't do
that. All he can do IS I'd bite his lips
and twiddle his thumbs and regret and
suppose" S. E.SS-E r., .; &. ~
He ended 1t bitterly, half turning
away from her; SO that he did not see
the girls quick, involuntary motion to-
ward him. He was still half turned
away whe1t she fought down the In
clination OF her heart to speak. At
last she gained self control. X, / 81.
"Of course, Mr.. Sommers," she be-
gan sarcastically, If the navy men are
SO selfish that they're not willing to
give a girl q chance to*show the STUFF
she's made Of. If they're afraid to take
any sort Of plunge except q plunge
for glory, why, they must expect to
receive the reward that comes to the
men who won't try--the reward Of
failure. If were q man"---her voice
took on color OF strength and boldness
-"whether / were IN the. navy or
whether I owned a continent, would
not let any foolish selfshness of my
own keep me from attempting to get
anything wanted" = ss:-T.,"~
II. "Frances!'. The man whirled sud-
denly, catching her two hands. "You
mean it?'' Is: -: -. j.
She looked up at him, happy and
quite unafraid: ~
EYES," she said, 'of course l mean
it." And her eyes invited him. = :.
1mpulsive1y the man leaned toward
her: Then, as their faces almost seem
ed to touch, a cold, hard voice seemed
to cut them apart "a
: .::stAh!s Food EVENING". L thought it
was you two up, here" ~ ,1 4 j.
Angry, embarrassed, the. navy lieu
tenant stepped back. The girl. with 4
woman'ss power;of: self control; seemed
quite unmeved.. e: . .*=ss, $. v = E
:*0h!" she cried gayly.a lis that you,
Edward? Lieutenant Sommers and Il
We're :.just, talking 81 You. &c says
you're q lucky: dog. -: ::=sy y. = +
!. The marriage Of Frances Dnrant and
Edward Pincknay hads. been ! so long
anticipat1 all who's knew them
that the announcement OF their en-
gagements would have t2loeen received
with a !feelfng :of: general reliaL IL
L. k-rkt 80
have /; strafshtehed out ID awkward
situation Under present circumstances
their friends: did not know just how,
to take. them For more than l. year
It had been generally understood they
would some time marry. bit the. mem.
bers Of the. set IN whtehs they moved
had waited auxiously, buf ia vain, for
some definite sign, ItMas generally
taken for granted that Mr.. Durant did
not object, and Mrs. Durant was open.
" IN favor Of the match. = >: r !.
Frances herself was. the stumbling
block. Time after. time her intirnates
tried to ind out, but each time, with,
perfect good humor, but with complete.
thoroughness. she blocked: every at
tempt Finally, their curiosity block
ed, the solicitors friends had decided
to- take the situation for granted, and
SO they had with perfect faith spread.
the report that IS soon as Frances had
reached her majority the couple were
to be 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.
ager was some day going to- marry
the daughter OF the boss, and that.
made them treat him with. more re
spect, for not only was be the mana
ger. with power greater than most sll-
pervising managers; had but be was
also expected to own the works some
day himself. s-: :>.s..5 ~. s.5 y
Pinckney, too, was particularly care,
full not to contradict the general I'M.
preston. He knew the influence It
gave him, and also De was 20 tremen-
dously ambitious and 80 anxious to
bring the marriage about that he: really
believed It would be. ! And even. an
enemy must have admitted there was
every reason for him. to; hope. The
son Of . friend. George Durant, who
had committed suicide after running
himself on Wall street, Edward Pinck-
ney when a mere boy had been taken
into the household Of the steel mill
lionaire Durant had sent the boy TO
the best schools Is the cuIuntry. Boy
though he was, Pinckhe had appre-