Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-19
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A REGULAR TERROR.
No sooner had Broadway asked the
question than he felt a vague uneasi-
ness He saw returning to the girls
race II not to her eyes, that power
winch had humbled him so quickly and
thoroughly. As she got up from her seat
broadway was suddenly conscious that
she seemed feet and feet above him He
feit that she was at some height and
was looking down upon him. a pigmy
And this illusion was so complete that
he almost felt that it was being carried
out physically
1t isn't question of the price, Mr.
Jones, said those dearly sweet vet
strangely undershot vibrations that
seemed to come and go as they pleased
IN this girls voice. TT is the principle
of the thing
Broadway answered almost in a single
gasp as he strove to control his weird
emotions:
you'll have-to explain-that to me"
why, think of what you're seIling"-
her face lighted up almost with the old
fire of martyrs burned at the stake-"the
thing your grandfather worked for and
handed down to your father-the thing
that he worked for and handed down to
you-the thing that you should work for
ana hand down to your children then
10 their children, and so on, and so on
Ihlnk OF what you're selling"
Rapidly poor Broadway was learning
the meaning of the famous phrase, ITO
love her is liberal education" Not that
he loved this magnetic young woman, but
his liberal education was beginning. He
stroVe against enlightenment, and. as the
most ettectual way of checking the pro-
cess, he retorted when he was able:
Think of what I'm selling! You mean
that bum chewing gum"
The girls glance let him see that there
could be dignity and sentiment both about
bum chewing gum"
STRONG WORDS.
As she did not reply, Broadway fanc!ed
for one short moment that he had routed
her He FASTENED to press home the shot
with:
Il can't see for the life OF me where
tnere is any sentiment about this thing"
But the young woman had not been
routed. She walked toward MIN slowly
Then, within few feet, she stopped.
'Nou can't" she said with low vehe-
mence; you'd ruin the town you were
born In. You'd see seven hundred men
and boys taken from their employment
You'd see the very bread and butter taken
from the mouths of their families. Would
you see all Of this without regret?"
How is all this going to happen?''
Shot out Broadway, on the edge of the
pit she seemed plainly intent on digging
for him.
The girl let him think for moment.
while she seated herself and with a gem
tie wave of her arm invited him to take
the other chair near her. But he re-
manned standing, from a feeling that if
he sat deep waters would engulf him.
There was little silence; then she
went on:
Twenty hours from the time you
sign that bill of sale to the Consolidated
Company this plant will close"
You mean they'll pay all that money
Just to get this gum off the market?''
''Oh, no. she elucidated-as though to
child Their plant covers acres and
acres of land. They manufacture in
Ohio"
Broadway could no longer face those
pleading, menacing, imporing, begging
eyes, whose shadings of emotion from
command to entreaty were SO clearly
shown and with such lightning rapidly
ooh. | see" he said his head sinking
as if in keeping with his voice, ARE you
sure of that"
Positively said the girl: "why, you'd
never know a happy day, Mr.. Jones. You
couldn't have any luck or peace of mind.
1t would be almost criminal The thought
of the pain and distress you'd bring into
the lives of these people would haunt you
nj nv in
dreams you'd"
To the raising of the siege upon Jack
sons emotions came memory of the hotel
room in Jonesville he was to occupy
For heavens sake don't say any more,
please don't" he pleaded, i've heard
enough now to keep me awake for a
week"
For the first time during his talk with
her the girl smiled. There had been
movements of her features in their inter
view that might have passed for smiles,
but other values had been given to them
by that impenetrable mystery Of woman
kind which this girl seemed 10 have i'm
profusion.
Now the world appeared in q different
light Jackson could think only of the
sunrise as he had seen ii in Central park
when, after a night of it, he had driven
his automobile through it with maudlin
company. Never had the tintS of early
morning appeared more beautiful than on
those occasions, when the calm and dig
nifty of the awakening day aroused in
him dim re1norse that his own life was
not as they. So it was when Tosie-he
did not dare call her that even in his
thoughts--smiled. Her smile gave point
to all that she had said it also oblit
Grated all the bitterness that might have
existed in some Of her words. phrasings
ard facial expressions.
The smile was stin on her lips and the
,gomanly tenderness Of thought for the
little town in her face as she said to
Jackson:
Il would give this matter serious
thought if l were you, Mr., Jones. 1t
would be the finest thing in the world
for you to stand by and protect the peo-
pie Of this town. You've got a chance to
do something big-a thing Of farreaching
consequences wonderful thing. | hope
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