Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-07

said t0Ae eDoy 0t0 00e care and had
been reGay 70 6nd excuses for the
bribing tof the delegates. And the
news Of his collapse and his critical
condition had been an unanswerable
appeal to sympathy.
But Bob heard the news apatheti.
eally. z7
II don't seem to care. almost wish
] had lost. Then shouldn't have to
60 on with the lighting. wonder
why they did it?'
Don't you know?"
what they charged was true. The
delegates were brtbed. They ought to
have repudiated me-"
"Ah." Kathleen answered proudly.
.but they love you::'
He shook bis head, YEARLY. 1T was
because they didn't realize
Another day-it was the first time he
was allowed to sit up In bed-when
the nurse had gone out Of the room
for a few minutes be began the con-
versation himself.
"Kathleen"- he began abruptly.
then stopped. Ill talked a good
deal?"
almost continuously"
"And you housekeeping
about Mrs. Gilbert?'
YES
Even what cowardly brute was
to her at the Dunmeades' faint
flush came TO his sunken checks.
Yes. even that" she answered.
or%
pause.
"A woman couldn't forgive that,
could she. Kathleen?"
7 mot many women. think
His voice becnn me husky. 1--WE been
thinking Of that good deal. I'D
Kathleen"
you may have the chance some
day" Long afterward. thinking over
this scene. be seemed to remember
that her voice was very tired: he sup
posed 1t was because the strain OF the
watching had been too much for her.
And he thought of many things be-
sides his relation to Eleanor Gilbert.
When Tom Hagsin. in his rough way.
told him Of the sorrow the people had
shown for his sickness Bob felt his
heart suddenly expand in deep,
strong affection for them. They were
his people-his not because his ma
chine had whipped them into submits
sion. but because he. though unworthy.
lived in their hearts.
He knew that over the land were
hundred million others like those of
his city-all struggling always. produc-
ing always. giving to humanity the
equivalent for the right and means to
live. giving more than the equivalent,
giving more and better than they re-
ceived from the world. A brave. pa
tent. ha rdworking. faithful. deserving
people these! Pity the man who could
not feel thrill of pride that he was
one Of them: Bob suddenly knew that
love of ones people is distinct. def
mite. overmastering emotion which ex-
ats man and dwarfs his petty self.
He knew of the great common"
people of the land. whose lives are be-
ing worn out in the effort to produce
far more than they consume. at the
end having nothing but the necessity
for increased. harder effort. looking
about them In dazed wonder and
plaintively demanding: why is it that
we cannot rest? Why have we moth
we have created?"
Whittier had 1t gone? He knew the
answer. 1t gloomed soiemniy down at
him from million dollar palaces. honk-
ed hoarsely through the streets from
costly imported automobiles. flashed
brilliantly from bejeweled fingers. kept
cleaning necks and shoulders warm
In the face of shivering poverty. CUR
gled in goblets of precious vintages.
raced painting under the wire. Above
all. he read the answer In the terrific
power of the modern feudal system.
concentrated wealth. whose machinery
was slowly crunching. crunching.
crunching. his people into helpless
subsection.
How had such things come to pass?
All. that question he could answer.
of the system! He knew far better
than did his patient. blinded peops
the enormous sums of money needed
to fire the engines that run the ma
tion's political machinery and whence
that corruption fund came.
A nation. great people. was being
bought. was being sold into slavery.
And all this was wrong. in denial OF
the ideals Of the commonwealth. in
disobedience of the natural law which
saws, LET mans reward be meas
ured by his value to humanity" He
would do nothing to disturb the just
balance Of the state. TO his executive
brain organization and equilibrium
were prime essentials. But there was
there must be-some means by
which the injustice could be corrected.
the worlds happiness and the reward
of effort more equitably distributed.
Tie could not then PROFOUND the REM
edy. Hut one thing be knew-the rem
edy when found could never be ap-
piled SO long us the machinery of gov
eminent remained In the power of
those against whom the remedy was
to apply.
What was to be his part? That ques-
ton had been answered when Haggin
told him Of his city's sorrowing in his
suffering. These people-his people!
He was humbled to the dust. And
then, even in his humility. he was
raised again by the inspiration that