The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-04-21
Copyright 1913.
The BObbs-MeFriIl Co.


racked soul as we'll as body, was Civ
ing him a little of understanding
that for those who bore the heat and
burden OF the day the decent kindly
ties were all that sWeetened life and
that, once severed. they were apt
never TO be cemented again, Yet an.
other truth cleaned lurid he who
would climb out OF the ruck OF the
toilers into the sheltered estate OF
the proft-takers must be ruthless 10
break these ties lest, clinging 10 hun,
they make his feet heavy for the
climb. In the struggle 10 survive
they were the price OF survival
But he saw as through a glass dark
| ly. His sentimental conjunction was
2 phase That quickly passed. Once
| he was settled in his new home. Mar
Gel and SuZon soon went out OF his
! thoughts and ont OF his hearth, in
deed. they had ever more than
knocked at the gate OF that citadel.
Romans house, big only by com
parisOn with three-room tenements,
was on a quiet street ON one OF the
| city's seven hills Mark was tucked
away in a third-story room. Not
even his fancy less lively than in
months agone but still fertile. could
conceive the cheap bed and rocker,
rag carpet and implanted table as the
! trappings or luxury. But ii was clean
and comfortable. through its windows
swept the clean air for which his
country-bred lungs we're starving and
the mills were heard only as sub
dued not unmusicdl rumble Also,
unreasonable boon there was in that
holfse bathtub, his attendance upon
it astonished even Kazia, who es.
teemed bathing more highly than did
the rest of Romans household The
| Matka's cooking. supplemented by
Kazia's carts fell but little short OF
! Romans prospectus and the. fare had
! substance.
- For Ifree Gays A6afkehine TO Ro-
nlss; { s s. ;.s,, - = ,s'.s = T.
Fsleep aad,ear. tsis cold. disaFfesred.
! ms. tagging. strength revived Then
he gave himself anew to the endless
narrow grind-toil, eat, sleep and toll
again,
Romans house, il is true, contained
more than comfortable beds and a
| bathtub, a fact to which Mark gave
at first but scant attention. There
was Roman himself in the mills a
! precise, patient, unflurried workman
outside good-natured impulsive
giant, with a child's ungoverned appe.
! tite. There was Hanka, his wife, al.
ways called Matka- mother-a drab
| shriveled little woman who after
| twelve years in America had learned
hardly word of English. Piotr was
| greedy, usually sullen boy OF eigh
teen, still in high school, always bent
! over his troublesome books. He had
a club foot and the heavy labor OF
| the mills was not for him
"Piotr ISIS a goot boy" Roman con
! fided TO Mark. but he ISIS ashamed
that he iss Hunky. | am not ashamed
! He beliefs ven he ISIS smart with his
books he will be American But" the
| father sighed, 'Piotr ISIS not smart"
Also, there was Kazia.
At first Mark gave but passing no
tice 10 the girl who moved so quietly
around the house. waiting on the
table. sweeping and sewing Having
certain standards of beauty, he care
/ fessfy decided that she had none OF
it, Her hair and eyes were dark; all
! BEAUTY, he held. was fair. She was
!
noted coarseness of fiber She was
indifferent, somber; daintiness and
viyacity were Indispensable TO his
ideal. and he suspected the existence
1 or no subterranean fires. Her hands
! were rough and red; he particularly
! desired those members to be pretty
In a woman. Her full rosy lips. he
was forced 10 admit, would have been
attractive II she smiled more, and her
voice was pleasant. But Kazia talked
| little and seldom smiled In his pres
ence.
| That she seemed capable and IN.
dustrious and had certain hard
sense in matters domestic: that with.
cut her IDEAS and quietly insistent ap.
| plication Romans house would have
! been not at all the neat comforta bic
abode IL was. grateful refuge for
staggering young soldiers OF fortune
! these virtues also he was soon forced
TO grant TO her. And very estimable
| virtues they were. no doubt-in kazia.
and probably unusual among girls of
seventeen. But they we're not. alas
the qualities that won diplomas from
| Miss smiths Seminary for Young La.
dies
! what hopes Roman may have cher.
ished from the presence OF a young
American In his home we're not al
once realized
Even when Mark had regained much
or his strength. the fear OF physical
collapse hung over him always. OF
theories OF training he knew nothing,
! but he saw clearly that, IL he was not
I 10 stagger out OF the ranks. done for
"a common enough tragedy-there
must be no waste OF strength and no
neglect TO replace burnt-out tissues.
| His body which had gathered lis
never exceptional strength In the
woods, on the river and over his faith.
er's anvil, could not quite adjust II.
self 10 the heavy toll, the glare OF
I boiling steel, painful even when seen
through dark glasses and the nervous
strain o. the mills incessant roar.
/ There was no night or morning when
! he did not return ready. after bath.
| ing and eating, to seek his bed. Even
with all the rest he could get his
i former bodily freshness and eager.
ness never returned.
/ He did not mean 10 be selfish
/ Sometimes at the end OF a meal ne
caught Romans Wistful glance and
felt intentionally that he was fail.
| ing In an obligation But always he
went straightway to his room and his
precious sleep, adhering riRidly IN