The Alaska citizen., 1911-05-29
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 .ame. l.. Warr.r. q, Warn.'ou u-- f -ar m.rE .s -Hs t#H#ry. n. ,,a,rr us ", mu.EH. shop: p p. ara.r rH .ra.r. maa ur" day u.,o ra-nr.s .- -eaE ar- place a. .h. rg e... rn.a d,-a U r1a ~ra,r..s.G.-'.- office. away from and r,- within -.u uf .Hr roar .. ua..s-.-. ar. IT.. -t-rt,r of .r...h4mm.r- F. lssI .ar mighty -~a-H.u@ aaE ... .~4-.s.- ot 'h, ramr-t- T-.rc ~a- something sinister and w.~."s-- fr rh" ponder .r- raw.r u,nr1 -r. -.ral-rrour ,fr.r- of sparks IF m lie whuo-nor metal. and s.. -, -en-t' wa- i'. SD perfectly could -H1t ra-t power Ue held .n r1.E. 'aa- B -.oaly hand msea, -h,n r"arI'- a=-a ]. and no' ~o m4,a a- lra.-. E.rr' II" liked fe remember -ta- -h"ro Lad le.u a fImr vhyr Ec aoatl shawcr ,he cry~ral .t a watch wtrh a 'on- n llaN .. .0.rra' fly .a'. E.g-cd 'Aa' he hands Co, ,.. watch. a hair. ,hraa.a ava'. n,~, aa. touched. He r-ed To- l. .' occasionally for the amusement us t.-.'ur- 'u 'an fac tors oas Hldyr. ED laI always remembered Mir Cra-.. mauaccr of he faso,s. ad ng .aur TWO per sons sr.a 1T, r. m arara rae 'rip- hammers ta.r.. a naa and a girl uo nr,r. r~..l -ac man. for 'ho girl had Huu a- aaze a child o, ar,.r -r. Na-. -a# #n5 won r.r.yoH Sc .aa seemed -o out .. r'a.. .},r, n rae armo and smoke mH ..r ,He If st, fur ray,-
 The taryr .t .a.m passed outside tne oir,la ,f Hs.r- -.art-: and fa@ .iua-cd. Errmuly--. she .a,,lcd him d. he werr.f l1aaGa Ar Chase. ut.l .am. r.mara ,a fas eus'd. laid his wa-,h uruu .raD 5uvI beneath rnc 4roa. hammer and 1edd,d ro Jim Warren. Ta. namr cr a.-.eaa,d once. Mr. Chase picked aa .H watch aAd a1,8,l -. @.r' r.. 'r, -ral was er8-G,d '. a aaWler She held II 'c her car tur aa Instant. 'acn laughed d.rt-Mcalg and a'arcd her own watch. a .rs. traailr rinkc'. upon tho anvil A-alH ,ho hammer fell Jim Warren had a.vor for gotten rh, expression Il her face as she cane .arwavd tmidIv and -o k lie watch in her aand I-~ rryS- ral Lad merely been orackad' He had never -o,n ncr @aatn. hgt he had never for2of'cn 'aaa -Ee -a#j'.d hac, ar him as -ho won't oat.
 That had been cjgdr or nine years aen. Shortly al.,rvard nc had been placed IT charao If 'ho machine shop and three or four years later had taken his place af the -HForinrcnd- ours desk. I..m and -inowy he Was now a- in rho-r day. in the hammer r.om-a- Hard of fist. a. strong of jaw; m many refnrmcnrs had come ro Ni@ The grimc had worked ou, His eyes were hluor here in the office. away from the glow Of the furnaces; his hair was redder and his rochIo~ stood out in all their pristine eIry against his cleaner faircr skin Remained that haunting suggestion ot grin about his mouth, whimsical ecconriciry radiaring our of bonr,f optimism; remained his ready laugh and his sheer, Eeal,hy auma}iSm remained his love for his work and tEe cleanliness of mind which grew cur of it. And to this had been added something. d personal absolui-m. necessary touch of authority. u ur'er -clf-re- liance and that tudcfnabIe quality which comes from wide reading and wider uudcrsraudiug
 For time Warren had been con tent with the future as he saw it Some day when Mr Chase chose to retire he would he made manager of this big factory with it's fifteen hun dred men; perhaps he might even be come slockholder for he had say ed something out of his two thou sand year-this was his state of mind until his field of vision was unexpectedly widencd and a great, dazzling perspective opened before him In that instant ambition was born. l. came through a casual ques. tion put 10 him by old Bob AL laire, grizzled veteran Of the four dry.
 "Why don't you go into politics SupCr?" the old man had asked. Us fellows who work for a Twin are good and plenty tired of this here Francis Everard Lewis Hes too busy maxim money 10 do anything for Us. and wed put out a labor candidate in minute if We could find the man. Might not do much this time, but looks like you might have chance next time There's fifteen hundred of Us in the shops, and twelve hundred'd vote for you for anything from atreet-sWeeper to president. Only reason the other