Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-08

or less use of the inventive facuItv
and the mechanic is free to exercise
1t. Besides, there is an opportunity In
mechanics for man to climb the lad.
der that leads up TO fortune with.
out using dishonorabIe means. M
man need be happier than the laborer
who has all the work he can do. Hi,
mind IS on what he is doing. and he
has no time to worry about imaginary
griefs When he has finished his days
work he enjoys his leisure how
much better off he is than the man
whose time is all leisure. who never
experiences the comfort there is in rest
because he is always at rest"
Miss Forsythe was surprised to hear
this from one whom she considered
doomed to a life OF toll. She was
about to inquire of him where he.
1aborer had picked up such ideas when
he finished his job. gathered up his
tools and, putting them in his bag. bads
her adieu and went away.
And yet for Miss Forsythe he did
not go away. He was with her the
rest of the day as If he were still work
ing on her auto and she listening to
his words. II can understand" she
said to herself. Lois marrying man
Ike that. There is a healtbfulness of
body and mind about him that posi-.
lively rests me. He doesn't seem 10
be striving for anything. ! do believe
that he wouldn't give up his present
work in exchange for a fine social Do
sition. while I-why. II I'm not invited
to every swell function I'm miserable"
1t was not long before some of the
water pipes in the Forsythe house got
out of order, and Miss Helen, being. on
account of her fathers absence and her
mothers bad health, the director Of
the establishment, telephoned to the
factory asking for man to repair
them and requesting it TO send, If posi-
BILE, the workman who had repaired her
car. He came with his bag of tools.
and Miss Forsythe, as before. showed
him the break. She left him, but now
and again returned to see how he was
getting on. When noon came he had
not finished, and she invited him to
partake Of a luncheon she ordered to
be prepared for him. While he was
eating it she asked him:
How is it that you, who have never
known what is called high life and
have no experience as to the cares and
disappointment it brings, are so well
satisfied with your humble LOTT"
He had finished eating when this
question was propounded and, rising.
stood facing Miss Forsythe, looking ar
her intently.
You seem to be interested In this
matter" he said, ''and 1 am going 10
give you a confidence I have given no
one else in America. I am the son OF
an English gentleman. My father de-
signed me for the army or the
church. Ny brother is in parliament
1 have watched that silent revolution
which is bringing labor to the front
We see it everywhere People of re-
finement are sensible of IT. Whereas
n hundred years ago to make money
in manufacture or trade was not con-
sidered respectable, now titled persons
are going into both.
my preference is for life in man.
ufacture. / have no confidence in at
tanning success in manufacture with
out ever having been q manufacturer
myself. I have preferred to begin az
any other laborer begins. If any OF
them beat me in the race it will not
trouble me. If I become a leader |
prefer to know the feelings, the neces-
sites, of the men 1 manage. As to
wealth bringing me happiness if l al
tain it, 1 have no confidence that 1t
will. My happiness is in my daily la
Dor. l believe that / get the same
pleasure in repairing the pipes in this
house that the manager of a large fac
tory derives from his more extended
duties
Miss Forsythe was astonished. She
had been surprised to meet a laborer
who realized that he was happier in
his work than If he were n globe trot-
ter, but this man, who was born with
a silver spoon in his mouth and had
voluntarily stepped on the lowest runS
of the labor ladder to climb or remain
a fixture, as the case might be. was
more than she could at once
Nevertheless she was
deeply impressed.
1t occurred to her to invite him TO
dinner to see how he would appear.
He accepted the invitation and with
clean hands. He was invited again
and again, and year after Miss For
sythe had first met him she wrote Miss
Gregory that she had been converted
to her friends ideas as to the dignity
OF labor and had been induced 10 mar
~ a laborer
The bride endeavored 10 persuade
her husband to accept capital froh h>r
father with which TO start factory OF
his own, but he declined. He said that
the happiness he derived from labor
was in labor and not in management
Nevertheless he was rapidly promoted
IN the factory where he worked and
made a manager in spite of himself.
Each OF the girls who conversed upon
the subject OF marriage failed 10 DO N
the matter what they said they would
10. Miss Forsythe. who said she wouii
marry an artist. married laborer'
Miss Gregory, who declared that she
would prefer one who builds material
married literary man.