The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-06-12

II you start in and fight for me: II
we both fight heart and soul and night
and day to win against the widest
competition that was ever known in
chewing-gum we WILL win. Anything
i else means our sponge in the air and a
call for doctors and an ambulance, or
more likely, undertaken, for Jones
! Pepsin Gum, its owner aid the men
who work for him.
These words had struck home. The
workmen had all understood their
truth; furthermore, they fully recog-
nized the justice Of the burden Broad.
way laid upon them Workingmen are
fair; they are fairer in DID, little towns
like Jonesville than they are in great
industrial centers, where the element
Of personality has passed out Of In
dustry and the worker is a cog, while
the owner is an unseen and mysterious
power. The men had shouted wildly
that they all would help and meant it..
After he had left the shops they had
reiterated among themselves the
pledges of their fealty, and they meant
them then.
Sweethearts, that day in the Jones
plant. would have scornfully rejected
sweethearts who showed any sign OF
treason to the young proprietor; ia,
theirs would have thrashed son who
sneered at Broadway; mothers would
have chided daughters (more likely
would have spanked them fiercely)
who offered slurs upon what had oc
Cured. The capacity Of mixers, cook
ers, drawers, molders, cutters, stack
ers, wrappers, packers, boxers, ship
pers increased as II by magic. Fol
their hearts were in their work; they
were hustlng for the boss who hae
, declared his firm intention of hustlint
for his workers.
: Therefore in the works everything
buzzed and hummed and banged ant
clattered with a pleasurable and con
tagious enthusiasm. In the office Their
was a warm glow OF satisfaction, bu
Broadway's smile, after the ladies ha'
departed, Clara and her mother t
!. make calls and pass the joyful new
about the town triumphantly, Josie t
attend to necessary details of her dr
ties, became somewhat weaker tina
it had been.
He had gone into the fight, but wa
), he going to win the fight? 1t was fin
to fight, undoubtedly, but it would b
:. painful to get licked. His knowledg
Il of the business world was amply re-
resented by the figure 90" The Trust
knowledge Of the business world We
J. represented by the figure 20" and the
another figure o." the two precede
d. by the figure a."
d They knew 100 per cent. OF tn
" game Of which he knew absolute
le nothing. He had defied them, SHE
IL his hat into the ring, and now wi
le obliged to chastise them drasticall
10 He sighed, thrust his neck out stiff
T. and said, trying to be cocky. but, nc
10 that the excitement had died dow
- realizing that it would be easy to
~ gloomy:
40 Funny Pembroke isn't here"
o. T.. He proposed to scorn that perst
'p.'l ie was keyed up to q mighty cand
no power Of hot contempt. but he want
to get at it, get it over with, befe
ny his energy had oozed away.
He'll be along" said Wallace.
us 1t eleven, YETI?
Just"
Out came Broadway's neck aga
co He was even rather nervous. "Wf
lai are we going to say to him when
ne gets here?"
ne Remember that you promised to
ne me handle him." said Wallace wa
es' ingly. HE thinks I'm your secretar
en- The Judge saw that they were W
ne ried. III you boys want to talk thin
m over I'll skip along"
Ill, mo, stay here. judge" Broad"
OF urged. I'VE may need lawyer" ,
ne The judges face glowed with
'ps satisfaction.
ad ITO BE CONTINUED)