The Alaska citizen., 1911-07-10
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1 thoughtfully. Perhaps that's where i l saw you," He chose 10 remain sil
 ent; he wanted her to remember him i That was nine or ten years ago; i II you were superintendent then you
 must have been a very young super l intendent"
 'l have been superintendent for three or four years" He was smil
 ing. waiting
 1 After monment she shook her head
 That was one of the wonder days | of my life" she ran on. "It was all sn l hot and noisy and clanky. IL seemed ! incredible tO me that men could
 work in such place In a foundry i l remember. they moved about in
 the murk like demons. l thought.
 There vas spouting and spatrer of i They took il in ladies and poured il | int" boxes full of sand"
 "Moulds," Jim told her "l could feel the heat on my fate | all the way across the room. vet they didn't seem 10 mind. 1 an sdre
 al some time Dante must have wis | tied a foundry" She was gazing at | him now win those wonder eyes he | remembered so well how had he ever forgotten! After that We went | into the hanmcr-room- -trip-hanimers, 1 don't they call them? where they l were making blows. And there were | furnaces IoO-great. Ope n mouthtd d greedy looking furnaces. ,ly. b bl,,.. | eyes were fixed upon her face Fin ally he took up the thread of the narrative:
 And you and your father and | Mir. Chase stopped near one of the hammers and looked on while the hammerman worked-and finally MT Chase placed his watch on the anvil and the hammer man smashed the crystal. Then you placed your watch on the anvil and that crystal was only cracked! And when you were going away you turned back at the | the door and smiled at the hammer.
 man-dldn't you?'
 Charming bewilderment was de picted on her face: she was strug. gling to remember Her hand invol. untarily touched the watch on her | bosom-the same watch. "Then-then you must have been ! there?" she asked him quickly. T was"-Jim Warren was smiling
 -"I was the hammer man" Suddenly Edna remembered. It was 1 something in the whimsical skyblue eyes of him that bridgtd that chasm or years. Sudden realization brought sudden confusion. She didn't seem to be able to reconcile things all al | once. The hammer-Inan. with arms
 bar~d to the shoulders grimed. sin, | ewy-waa this man the same ?-thIs l rather well-dressed clean cut. smil | ing individual who was sitting oppo, | sire her.
 "lt leaves me Quite-uuite breath ! l, ss." she ralIered al last, with u 1 queer little laugh. T can hardly
 make myself believe that-that- Me--"
 "I understand"
 Now that she remembered, Jim Warren wondered if it would make 1 any difference. He knew grimly that | il was not meet that they should fra l ternize on a common level. The color | surged 10 her cheeks. Why? He asked
 that question many times II was on the morning following ! that day of rose-dreams that Dwight Tillinghast barred his hypOcritical | soul 10 Jim Warren: and an unsavory | spectacle it was Psycholog ically the | exhibition was interesting, politically
 1t might be useful; so. in further | ance of the big idea and despite an | unhCly inclination to take the honor | able speaker by his august windpipe
 and throttle him, Jim Warren listen ! ed atleniively. Snug and lofty and l unutterably pompous Tillinghast was | typical of class that. having all
 else, seeks political preferment With
 wealth at his command. coupled with
 an unbounded egnlism and the sup
 port of Francis Everard Lewis, he | couldn't see why he shouldn't have | anything he wanted In fact. he
 didn't mind contlding in Mir Warren
 10 the extent of saying he WAS going
 to be the next governor-and by
 the way. that was one of the things
 they must discuss. It didn't happen
 that Mir Warren was committed to
 any other man?
 l No; Alr. Warren was not l "Ah!" It was as if vast wind
 were blowing in cavern. Could l, l in that event, count upon your sup
 port"
 Tt all depends" Jim Warren told
 him
 Tt all depends?" Tillinghast echo.
 ed
 | "l'd just as soon see you governor
 as any man l know, except myself"
 said Jim Warren: but" 1 Except yourself?" Tillinghast ] seemed bit aghast at the sugges
 tion. His fat, shallow eyes were re,
 assured at the grin on Jim War
 rens face An! l see! A joke! Ha hal"
 Yes, joke-ha-ha!"
 Very good" Tillinghast paused
 ponderously ere he voiced the next
 question. "You-er-and MT. Lewis
 had some sort of an interview the
 other night. believer
 Jim Warren nodded
 Pm glad to see that you are
 friends again." Tillinghast rubbed his
 pudgy hands together. Possibly
 something was said about va
 cant place on the Committee on Pub
 lie Structures?"
 "l believe the matter was men
 toned, yes"
 "Well-er-that vacant place