The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-06-29

HE promises us a month at least,
mother"
That's NICE" asserted Mrs White.
Its fine to have a lot of good look
ing men around. MY goodness! 1 tell
Elsie she never win have a chance to
get married If she stays here"
Rollins was so thankful to Elsie that
she laughed from sheer amusement
and gave him q chance to join her.
His amusement and also his repressed
embarrassment were heightened when,
after Elsie had invited him to sit on
the vine clad little front stoop, Mrs.
White suddenly and conspicuously abb
scented herself. The two were silent
for time. when they heard approach
ing voices.
you had better come in with u.s."
said the voice of Blagg from just be-
yond the corner Of the house. 1.-THE
organization now numbers more than
a quarter of a 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 themselvesT' 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 q snug little
sum in its own treasury. and, besides
that, I know where there is $780,
100000 in cash that we cam seize upon
the moment we rise. Look here, Mr.
White, l want to explain to you the
system Of our organizatton"-
BY the sound Of the voices they were
slowly walking away. Elsie turned to
Rollins with a troubled frown.
Il 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 and
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,. This Collins men
folk had held 1t as their right to marry
whom they chose. and he began a de-
liberate 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,.
Z One drowsy night he had dropped to
sleep upon a bench on the porch in the
shadow Of a climbing rosebush. He
was awakened by the scrape Of chairs
and became conscious Of low and tense
voices quite near him.
"You, too, could love as love-" said
the voice of Blagg, trembling with re-
pressed intensity, could love with
seething brain, with pounding pulses,
with heart the throbs of which would
hurt and hurt and hurtT
You are almost poetical in your
anatomy Of the emotions" drawled the
contemptuous voice Of Lillian Breed.
al 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 that If you
had not dollar 1 would still have for
you this hunger that starves me, this
thirst that parches 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 a
breach in the confidence that is placed
in you here"
81 would make a 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 to the four winds. If by that 1
might win you. And you could love.
! tell you. as madly as do"
YES" she admitted slowly, ''but not
you"
81 know" he responded bitterly, "but
you are wasting your affections. KEEL
vim cares for no one but himself"
who told you to speak his name?
Don't make me hate you
ard rather that than indifference"
ne declared, $50 hate me, Tor hate at
least is an emotion. As for Kelvin,
will not be silent about him, for 1
think you're mistaken about even your
self. 1t is not Kelvin to whom you
are 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. 1,
too, can give you power. Join with
me and future historians win acclaim
US as the great iberators Of the chain
ed and manacled American public"
Splendid" she exclaimed, laughing
lightly. 81 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, aggregating
quarter of million. which is sworn
to change the existing order of things
SO that eyery man shall have an edual