The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-06-06

'"""e"' "V hote OF the matter
just then. but he did think moro aSa
more frequently or Elsie White nc ,I
days wore on. He knew thar he haS
lost caste with Mrs. Rensselaer, tho es'.
time she saw him with I.illan's meta
but he did not care TO hold casto re,,t
Mrs. Rensselaer,. The Rollins mon
folk had held 1t as their right TO MARI
whom they chose, and he began n a..
liberate courtship of Elsie White
He avoided Lillian Breed from fos
tidious choice. but he spent much fin
in his spare hours with Kelvin ana
young Rensselaer,.
One drowsy night he had dronned 70
sleep upon bench on the porch in tho
shadow of n climbing rosebush. ia
was awakened by the scrape of chairs
and became conscious OF low and tensa
voices quite near him.
'You, too, could love as | love" so,a
the voice Of Blagg, trembling with 70.
pressed intensity, could love with
seething brain. with pounding pulses
with heart the throbs of which would
hurt and hurt and hurtr
you are almost poetica In yonr
anatomy OF the emotions" drawled tho
contemptuous voice of lillian Breed
IL had no idea that the love of monev
could affect one in that precise way"
"You don't mean that slur," ne nro.
tested angrily. "You know that If Won
had not dollar | would still have for
you this hunger that starves me. thls
thirst that parches me, this flame thar
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 a
breach In the confidence that is placed
In you here"
Il would make n breach in the wall
of heaven" he retorted passionately.
II would break and destroy it utterly.
would grind it to atoms. would scatter
its dust 10 the four winds. IL by that
might win you. And you could love
tell you. rs madly as do"
YES" she admitted slowly, but not
you"
II know" he responded bitterly. "but
you are wasting your affections. Ke
vim cares for no one but himself"
"Who told you TO speak his namel
Don't make me hate you"
"I'd rather that than Indifference
he declared, $50 hate me. for hate AZ
least is an emotion. AS for Kelvin. |
win not be silent about him, for
think you're mistaken about even your.
self. 1t is not Kelvin to whom YOU
ure attracted. but the force he rep
resents. The power to achieve, that
is what you worship. but in your
dreams 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 liberators of the chain.
ed and manacled American public"
Splendid" she exclaimed. laughing
lightly. II didn't even know they
needed liberation"
you have much to learn" he return.
ed. ''Do you know that the army Of
the unemployed now numbers nearly a
million? Do you know that there Is
an organization among them and their
more fortunate brothers, aggregatng
a quarter of a million. which is sworn
TO change the existing order Of things
so that every man shall have IN equal
opportunity? Listen n moment |
could gain control of this organization
and increase It to 100000 If | had
your opportunities TO command bill
lion and half dollars of cash."
"Of what are you talking| Her
tone now was n frightened one.
1.-THE possibilities of new and glori-
Gus order of, things. new social sys-