The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-11-25

what are you gcirg to dor Ard wien you
lcse your job, and your wages ard your
liberty and your home, because you are
loyal to your class and a traitor gets them
and gathers the fruits Of your struggle, Why,
schdt are yen going 10 dot"
Martins voice was chilling into the husk-
ing tones of terrible de.peiation, and
his wife sought to lead him away, fearing
that again she would have madman TO
deal with.
leone" she pleaded, "let's CO.
"Go where, he muttered
Away she replied.
away he echoed "Ycs," he iterated
bitterly, that's the cnly place shcrc IS TO
go. Away Away from ny house-away
from my job and everything that IS nine,
because . herd Of outsiders, Of vanrifcs,
blccdsuckors, and place-takers have been
brought in. No! Wait! I'm gopg 20 talk
to that fellow. I'm going TO tell HIM what
he is and what he's doing
With the swift turning of his mood,
Martin advanced to the door and rang the
bell.
II want to talk to you,' he exclaimed
bluntly, when the man appeared. My
HeuC J'lIl hdIliis 1 ISVu W oNH iilo
house. You're Jim Carr. You're scab
You've get my job at the foundry. You've
got my house My wife and children are
standing cut in the street. want 20 talk
to you.
The mans face was in the shadow, but
he stood perfectly still and listened, i not
patiently, at least with passivity, while
John said his say a say in which sound
reasoning AND plea for unselfsh and
brother-loving consideration cf the toilng
masses generally mixed strangely with
harsh invective and biuer personal re-
proaches. Carr appeared as unmoved by
one form Of address as the ether. na.. r
cts no affair Of mine, he answered
briefly, in a coarse, rasping voice. Every
mans got to lock out for himself in this
world 1t amt no different with laboring
man than what il is with millio onaire,
guess, on that score. I've always took care
Of my money, and I've always tock care
of my family, and expect to keep on takin'
care Of EN- 1t looks to me If you'd took
care Of yours, you'd be holdin' your Job
and Iivn' in your own house now, stead of
snivelin in frcnt OF mine" ~ a Sd
Every nerve in the strikers body tingled
at theinsult He leaped at the plaoe-taket,
but stepped before his hands had reached
the hard, unmovcd features stepped ard
glowercd at him with unutterable ,oalh-
ing.
And then Jennie had her word.
r "You remind me of Cain" she said.
"Td rather walk through the gutter behind
my husband, and sleep in a cellar, than live
in palace got by taking better mems chs
while they were cut On strike.
John looked at Jennie gratefully.
"A man has got to look out for himself,
snarled Carr testify, and stepping back he
slammed the door and they heard the key
turn spitelully in the lock.
"You-you HcsSidnig gnashed Martin
through his teeth, striking the door with
his clenched fist. e ~
, "John, you are getting foolish, began
Jennie. "What do you gain by that now1
And it is so humiliating." +.
81 got little better understanding of a
scab tonight than | ever had before, NUT
tered John grumpily, as he turned away;
that's all"
"Well,' sighed Jennie, we must stop
somewhere fer the night"
Nreproach Come along"
He had Tommie in his arms and they
were soon back at the doorway, where he
had first encountered them ''Wait here a
moment, !" he instructed, and went upstairs
and entered back room on the third floor.
Two men were. asleep on blankets. Two
other rolls Of bedding were on the floor,
one OF them belonging to Martin. John
reused the sleepers and conferred with them
for few minutes.
"Sure tinga, olda man, muttered one.
"Betcher life, assented the other. "Tony
and neil cawp in the hall and take Mike
in between us when he comes. Well leave
his roll for the wife and the kid. ;"
Martins answer was d choking sound in
the THROAT and a feeling clasp OF the hand
to each Then he went down and brought
up his family.
"Pd rather sleep on borrowed blanket
with my conscience than in house of our
own with that mans" murmured Jennie,
long after John, deeply considering how to
i drive the place-takers from the field, had
thought she was asleep.
Somehow, this switched his line of
thought He reached out and gave her
hand an apprecative squeeze, and began
to ruminate upon the words of the place
taker "A man has got to look out for
himself" a
"Guess was lookin' out for myself" he
, reflected, "when dumped them scabs in q
car tonight"