Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-12-18
CHAPTER XIII.
Philanthropy.

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
tragic outcome he foresaw. It was
4 quite hidden work. Even had 1t sue
ceeded it would have been no more
widely heralded than in failure.
He did foresee the outcome as tragic.
but not because 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 a 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 q
long period to demand sharply, "or
| for the men?"
| "I'm for both"
you can't be for both. Are you,'
Henley jeered, still trying to play the
man OF peace?"
mo. I'm trying to obtain little
justice and to save thu Quinby COM
pany from idle mills"
They won't be idle long. And we
can afford idleness 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. "ThereIl 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. Il see I'll have to APP
peal to Caesar"
Meaning Quinby7 Caesars ghost
must feel fiatteredl"
He has an interest In the premises.
/ should think it would be to your In
terest--"
'Is 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
i 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 expect?"
Il 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"
THE men work for their living, as
men must Most OF them get good
living. When they're worth it they get
more You got more If 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 tlatherskte, but
I
Mark said nothing. Henley's words
but echoed his own fears. Henley re
g. rded him frowningly.
What" he demanded abruptly, has
got into you the last year? Before
that could always count on you. Now
II don't understand you"
"Whep it comes to that" MARI
laughed shortly. II don't understand
myself"
Mark had been partly right wher
he attributed the mood of their return
to reaction. A lighter mood followed
Kazia's work allowed them to NEE
but seldom and then often for onl,
. hurried visits: the eagerness bred b.
separation drove such problems al
Quinby and the meaning of their rela
] tAon into the background. But tn,
shadow never quite lifted AS white
/ wore on Kazia began to perceive grow
, ing UP In Marks heart a new inter
) est, so strong that sometimes 1t IL
! truded even into the brief hours tina
should have been given wholly to lov'
{ There was an evening when he cam
/ to her apartment, tired and discoui
Z aged, but with an air that sent he
memory back to slender youth goin
doggedly forth each day TO labor mean
i for stronger men. She. too. was tire
4 from a long exacting case whose clos
) allowed them this leisurely meeting
r the first in weeks
This week." she told him after b
had been there little while. 81 wa
Q offered the superintendency OF nurse
n at the Todd hospital
That's fine! I'm glad. When q
= gov begin?''