The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-06
CHAPTER xIx-contInued.

Virginia Rawn smiled and turned
the pages. The next journal had little
else but detailed discussion OF the
Rawn collapse. 1t also asserted the
scheme OF the International Power
company was the most bold and ra-
pacious fraud OF the day. With jour
nalistic yaticination it insouciantly de
clared that the intention OF the com
pany was to establish central distribut-
ing points for power stolen from the
public's great water powers. and the
retail OF what the journal in the argot
OF the day called canned power. In
cheap and portable small motors ap-
plicable to countless semi-mechanical
uses. all with an end of abolishing the
need for horse power and for man
power alike. The result, it pointed
out would be the throwing out OF
work of countless thousands OF labor
ing men by the use OF electricity
stolen from the people themselves.
The gigantic combination already was
covering the main water powers. The
peoplas present openly had been dis
regarded. the peoples future openly
and patiently had been put in the
gravest OF peril The entire system
OF government had been laid by the
heels. The name OF the republic had
been made a mockery- Above all, 1t
was asserted, the most intimate in
tent of the International Power com
peny had been the throttling of the
labor unions-against which John
Rawn was known to be personally bit
terly opposed-the very essence and
soul OF the conspiracy having been
this device whose aim was to wipe out
the need OF unskilled labor, and to
make useless and unpaid the power Of
human Drawn.
Following these assertions-which
after all we're not in the least bad Jour
nalism, however good or bad had been
the design of International Power
the same journal eXultantly declared
that labor need not yet despair, for
that the gigantic conspiracy now had
fallen In ruins; its leader had abdi-
Gated and fled. and his ill-gotten gains
had been dissipated in his last des-
perate attempt to save his holdings In
other stocks. In his ultimate fight he
had surrendered the control OF the In
ternational, so long and desperately
held in his ownership, and now was
busted from the presidency. other
managers being left in charge OF the
wreck OF desperate marauder's at
tempt to throttle republic and to
rule country
The chronicle of all this was accom-
panied In this journal not only with
pictures of Graystone hall but of the
abandoned factory of the Information
al Power company: also with por-
traits of Rawn and his wife and of
Charles Halsey late superintendent of
the company; as well as those of Jim
Sullivan the foreman. Ann Sullivan,
his wife. and other labor leaders some
times concerned about the mysterious
factory which had housed the des-
perate secret OF International Power
As it chanced, the portraits OF Ann
Sullivan and Virginia Rawn had been
exchanged, so that the beautiful Mrs.
Rawn appeared as hard-featured
Irish woman OF more than middle age:
whereas Mrs. Sullivan. wife of the
yell-known labor leader. presented q
somewhat distinguished figure in her
eminently handsome gown and obvi-
ously valuable Jewels.
Virginia Rawn looked calmly. smil-
inely. over these and many other vary
ing details of these closing scenes In
her career. VERY well,' said she.
roin,inR to the likeness accredited to
her name. this is the last time my
portrait will appear in print, l sup