Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-11-06
CHAPTER XIII.
PhiianthronY.

The Quinby strike Is now history.
| 1t is, however, no part of recorded his
| tory that during the anxious months
preceding one man was toiling, plan
| ming, spending himself to avert the
quite hidden work. Even had 1t sue
| ceeded 1t would have been no more
widely heralded than In failure.
He did foresee the outcome as tragic,
but not because a philanthropist's rep
| utation hung in the balance.
There was one man who saw and
understood his efforts. He was Hen
ley.
They were together one day. Mark
arguing earnestly for compromise.
Henley listened, not because he was
| impressed by the arguments, but be-
cause he was studying the pleader.
Are you for u.s." he interrupted
long period to demand sharply, cor
for the men,"
I'm for both"
l"You can't be for both. Are you,"
Henley jeered, still trying to play the
| man of peace?"
mo. Pm trying to obtain little
| justice and to save the Quinby COM
pany from idle mills"
"They won't be idle long. And we
can afford tdleness better than the
| men can"
They're growing bitter. There will
be violence"
Then let there be violence. I'll
know how to meet It," Henley's jaws
| set. "There'll be no compromise. Let
| us fight it out now, while we're ready
| and the men aren't. The harder the
| fight the better I'm satisfied, because
the longer it'll take the union to re-
| cover"
| You're hopeless" Mark eyed him
significantly. II see I'll have to ap-
| peal to Caesar"
Meaning Quinby? Caesars ghost
must feel f1attered!"
"He has an interest In the premises.
/ should think it would be to your In
| terest-"
rs that kind of threat?" Henley
inquired ~harshiy. I'm not afraid Of
Quinby just now. Sooner or later |
expect to be kicked out Of this COM
pany. But he can't kick me out of
steel. And don't propose to see the
industry run to suit the whims Of
tough walking delegates and grating
labor bosses. You seem to be in Quin-
by's confidence I'm free to say don't
like 1t. 1t looks to me as though you're
hedging. SO you won't have to go out
with me-"
What do you expectf'
81 made you. I've given you all You
have. / expect you to stand by me-"
"You demand more than you give
| others. The men give you all they
have and you refuse"
1.-The men work for their living, as
men must. Most OF them get good
living. When they're worth 1t they get
more. You got more. II they don't
like our terms let them find better
somewhere else-if they can. AS for
Caesar, don't count too much on him.
There are bigger interests than his
vanity at stake just now, and you'll
find when 1t comes to point they'll
| hold. Quinby's blatherskite, but
I've never said he's fool"
! Mark said nothing. Henley's words
but echoed his own fears. Henley re-
garded him frowningly.
/ What" he demanded abruptly, has
| got into you the last year? Before
that could always count on you. Now
Il don't understand YOU"
When 1t comes to that" Mark
laughed shortly. II don't understand
myself"
Mark had been partly right when
he attributed the mood of their return
to reaction. A lighter mood followed.
Kazia's work allowed them to meet
but seldom and then often for only
hurried visits; the eagerness bred by
separation drove such problems as
Quinhy and the meaning of their rela-
ton into the background. But the
shadow never quite lifted. AS winter
wore on Kazia began to perceive grow
ing up In Marks heart a new inter-
est, so strong that sometimes 1t In
traded even into the brief hours that
should have been given wholly to love.
There was an evening when he came
to her apartment, tired and discour-
aged, but with an air that sent her
memory back to a slender youth going
doggedly forth each day to labor meant
for stronger men. She. too. was tired
from long exacting case whose close
allowed them this leisurely meeting,
the first in weeks.
This week." she told him after he
had been there little while. IT was
offered the superintendency OF nurses
at the Todd hospital"
That's fine! I'm glad When do
you begin?"