The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1911-06-29

ana gave MIN 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 lMtle front stoop, Mrs.
White suddenly and conspicuously alb
sented 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. "The
organization now numbers more than
a 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 themselvesY" 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 a snug little
sum In its own treasury. and, besides
luult huOW WutIt lutIt 10 RlsOVO-
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 a 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 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,. The Rollins men
folk had held It as their right to marry
whom they chose. and he began a de-
liberate courtshlp of Elsie White.
He avoided Lillian Breed from fas-
tidious 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 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 l 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 hurtr'
"You are almost poetical in your
anatomy OF the emotions" drawled the
contemptuous voice Of LILLIAN Breed.
81 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 II you
had not a dollar would still have for
you this hunger that starves me, this
thirst that parches me, this fame 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. II by that
might win you. And you could love.
] tell you, as madly as | do"
yes" she admitted slowly. but not
Eou."
II know" he responded bitterly, but
you are wasting your affections. Kel.
vim cares for no one but himself"
"Who told you to speak his namel
Don't make me hate you"
ATtd nathan that than lnaGa..xs