The labor world., 1910-01-01
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- if ii wlaa murder ~ yours lgoins
to get On II this world, Marsh, you
must learn there's as much Is blocking
the other bellows gamA as there Il ii !.
playing your own" !" s35s .z15s...
His latent. sense Of honesty. made
one last sfckening revolt % Marsh
started up itrom his chair, exclaiming
wildly: ,.,.:35ss S5..: s ssst
:.It's awful won't be party to
any such thing as that, Mr.. Pinckney.'''
With all his superior physical and
mental strength Ptnckney seized the ).
weaker man ana pushed him back in !
his chair. ss.; .ss..s: N. y, ]. ..
Don't be fool. Massh.n he. explain
ed, shaking his shoulder fercely. ".You !.
know If we get this. order from Wash
ington 1t means an independent for,
tune for you Don't you know that =
I The force OF the other stronger per.
sonality reacted on the weaker man. /,
Eyes, sir; you say so," he said. .
; Pinckney went on more earnestly.
driving his points home with all the
power of his strong will. s5 <, s +
Think what it means, Marsh, It:
means the end of this slavery, day att
er day. at the works. 1t means you'll
have time to work on your inventions.
It's. your one chance of a lifetime
your one chance, Marsh, to amount to
something in this world and"-he end
ed most persuasively- land you don't
need to have anything to do with this
affair. Eli attend to It,"
The little man looked up with the
gaze of a helpless child.
"What-what do you intend to do?''
he asked. .. .''
Pinckney smiled, we'll satisfied.
"Do?" he said. Nothing. i won't
do anything" His look became shrewd-
", terribly malevolent as he ended,
Smith will put that gun in the tenn:
pering bath before Sommers gets
here" -
. The little mans eyes grew wide
with fearful understanding. -:
"Put it In at too high q temperature
and kill 1t!'' he gasped: g.: :
Pinckney laughed cruelty. >-r .
"Smith has charge Of that. If he
kills the gun we don't know anything
about it." he said.
The little man shivared.
'This is horrible!' sT#T
Pinckney's laugh was cold and men.
acing. .... -
s.: "Horrible," he sneered. "What did
you invent your gun for but to mur-
der men and disrupt nations? Now,
nobody asked you to do anything,
Marsh. just you 60 ont there and
send Smith in to me. Attend to your
work and don't notice anything that
Smith does" 49,. II :,
Marsh looked up weakly. =
eyes, SIR, he said, and Pinckney
clapped him on the back with real
heartiness. =:
''Now, remember, Marsh, it means
your fortune and your future. Be
Quiet.'... ~
When Marsh had gone Pinckney
stood thoughtful for a moment.
What pity he's such weak tool,''
he muttered to himself Then: another
thought made him smile with more
satisfaction. Perhaps it's just as
55Well he IS such q fool: 1 couldn't have
;tgot away WtthNhim 40 easy otherwise
y Smith came lurching in, "a: little.
fiercer than before, but Pinckney on
occasion knew how to manage even
Smith in his fiercest mood. -:
"See here" he exclaimed SHARPLY,
THAT gun must go into the bath before
1 o'clock. No foolishness now! You're
fighting drunk, but i don't want any
thing out Of you. Understand, you
get that gun In before i o'clock If
you're ever going to do any more
work around this place" :'s,s*.
Smith, drunk though he was, recog-.
ntzed that now Pinckney was not the
man to fool with. .." j
'''1t's going in in fifteen minutes" he
said. w.. .>>:' y. - 4
fLet no one interfere with you, you
understand" ordered the general man
ager. ~,
The drunken foreman leered at him.
. s"You saw what that fellow got that
did interfere, didn't you? Well they'll
all get that if: they. fool with Smith,"
Pinckney nodded acquiescence.
"You're responsible. Remember, If
teen minutes, that's ALL" a az -. ...1r,
II know my business retorted the
foreman. 'I'll do the job and he ]
lurched for the door as fast as; he !
could 60. .ss>.s T..
Pinckney looked after him, with a
laugh. ,..:.z
well. when that fresh navy duck ar 4
rives he will find his gun in a thou.
sand gallons Of oil. guess fixed him
all right" ~ - -.
He was turning away when the 4
street door opened, and sommers, cool,
and collected as ever, lounged In
:. "Hello, Mr.. Pinckney.'' -I@.@::: =: E%
j, He smiled at Pipckney's startled
look. "Guess I'm a bit early. Didn't.
expect me SO coon, did you2: TIL Just
hang around here till my gun is taken
out of the fire. ~ :s
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