The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-05-20

organization now numbers more than
quarter of million, all of the down.
trodden, sworn to serve the best in
terests Of the poor"
But If they are all poor people what
can they do to help themselves" OBJ
jected the voice of Ben White.
Rise up and overwhelm the exist
ing condition Of things by the mere
weight Of numbers" responded Blagg
quickly and tensely. Moreover, the
organization is not SO poor as you
might think. 1t has quite snug little
sum in Its own treasury. and, besides
that, know where there IS $780,,
| 100000 in cash that we can seize upon
the moment we rise. Look here, Mr..
White, want to explain to you the
| system Of our organization"-
BY the sound Of the voices they were
slowly walking away. Elsie turned to
Rollins with n troubled -frown.
II don't like this Mr.. Blagg." she de-
clared. "He talks nearly every even
ing with father about some secret So
! ciety he wishes him to join, and am
afraid" ,...
Rollins laughed easily. These So
cialistic organizations never do any
thing" he told her.
He thought no more of the matter
just then. but he did think more aud
more frequently Of Elsie White as the
days wore on. He knew that he had
lost caste with Mrs Rensselaer, the first
time she saw him with Lillian's maid,
but he did not care to hold caste with
Mrs. Rensselaer,. The Rollins men
folk had held it MS their right to marry
whom they chose. and he began de-
Mberate courtship Of Elsie White.
He avoided Lillian Breed from fas-
t1dious choice, but he spent much time
in his spare hours with Kelvin and
young Rensselaer,.
One drowsy night he had dropped to
sleep upon bench on the porch in the
shadow of q climbing roSebush. He
was awakened by the scrnpe Of chairs
voices quite near him.
You. too, could love az love-" said
f! the voice of Rlagg. trembling with re-
| pressed intensity. could love with
seething brain, with pounding pulses,
with heart the throbS Of which would
hurt and hurt and hurt"
"You are almost poetical In your
anatomy Of the emotions" drawled the
contemptuous voice of Lillian Breed
II had no idea that the love of money
could affect one in that precise way"
"You don't mean that slur." he pro-
tested angrily. You know TINT If you
had not dollar l would still have for
you this hunger that starves me. this
thirst that pnrches me. this flame that
burns me. this agony that makes me
cry out in the night"
"YOu ought not to encourage your
self in that attitude" she said, with
less contempt You are making Il
breach in the confidence that Is placed
In you here"
II would make Il breach in the wall
of heaven" he rctortcd passionntely,
II would break and destroy 1t utterly.
would grind it to atoms, would scatter
its dust to the four winds. il by that
might win you. And you could love
tell you. as mndly as l do
Eyes" she admitted slowly. but not
you"
Il know" he responded bitterly. "but
you are wasting your affections. Kel.
vim cares for no one but himself"
WHO told you to speak his name?
Don't make me hate you"
"Id rather that than Indifference,
he declared, $50 hate me, for hate mt
least is an emotion. AS for Kelvin, I
will not be silent about him. for I
think you're mistaken about even your
self. 1t is not Kelvin to whom you
are attracted. but the force be rep
is what you worship. but In your
drenms Of the power he might acquire
you are blind to other possibilities. !,
too, can give you power. Join with
me and future historians will acclaim
us as The great Iibcraors OF the chain
ed and manarlcd American public"
"Splcndid!' she exclaimed, laughing:
lightly. 81 didn't even know they
needed liberation"
"You have much to learn" he return
ed. "D0 you know that the army of
the unemployed now numbers nearly II
million: DO you know that there is
Ill organization among them and their
moro fortunate brothers, nggrcgnting
q quarter of a million. which is sworn
to change the existing order Of things
SO that every man shall have an equal
opportunity? Listen Il moment.
could gain control Of this organization
and increase it to 1O.OWDOOO if ] had
your opportunities to command u bill
lion and a half dollars of cash"
"Of what are you talking" Her
tone now was frightened one.
"The possibilities OF n new and glOri-
GUS order Of things. new social sys-
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