The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-07-14

sistant for year, to get a fair GRASP
of the business"
No, sir. He can take the position
tomorrow and go right ahead. have
every confidence in him, and he has
all confidence in himself"
What Mr.. Barnes said had to go
Young Denton Carlisle was the son OF
his widowed mother and the nephew
Of his pompous uncle. He had scraped
through college. He knew tue college
yell but very little beyond Il
He had beer In campus rush OF
two, and had twice been arrested for
creating disturbance in Q theater
What the young man rather thought
would fit him was the managership OF
national bank. but after being turned
down at half dozen Of them he was
resting his business head when his
Uncle Barnes arrived.
Denton, | am going to make you
manager of the Crescent Cement
works"
Bully for you"
You know about cement, don't
your"
81 read that they used millions of
barrels of 1t on the Panama canal"
we have 140 men at work. Do you
feel yourself competent to manage
them?"
DO 1! Do II Well. rather guess
yesi"
Most certainly he can manage
Them" added the fond mother.
Outside the Office force they are
what is called Dagoes. and are said to
be rather hard to manage" observed
the uncle.
THAT don't worry me a cents
worth. They'll get on to my style In
about twenty-four hours"
I'VE are not making dollar"
Il shall make a cut Of the pay roll
the very first thing"
Il hope that won't bring on a
strike"
IF 1t does then let 'er come. l can
I'LL every mans place in two days. l
am going to take hold with strong
hand, uncle"
For two years Miss Nettie Clarkson,
daughter of widow living within half
a mile of the works, had filled the
place of bookkeeper and cashier at a
salary of $40 per week. Aside from a
boy to act as messenger. she consti-
tuted the office force" She was q
fair-looking girl and her work had
been well done.
Young Mr.. Carlisle walked into the
office on a Monday morning, and with
out giving his name, proceeded to
say:
Il presume you have heard that
playing at work is over with around
this shopf"
81 have heard that there was to be
a new manager" she replied.
"And one that is going to drive bust
ness. You have been getting $40 a
week. I believer"
Yes, sir"
20 shall cut 1t to eight. That is all
your services are worth. What is the
boy getting7"
Five a week"
He can take three dollars or got"
Miss Nettie was the sole support Of
the family, and she decided to take the
cut and stay on, though the boy
walked out Nothing was said about
cutting the wages of the men. 1t was
expected there would be cut, and at
a secret meeting every man pledged
himself to strike If the pay roll was
No
men among the laborers and at least
half a dozen who intended to make
something out of the row.
When the Saturday pay day came
Miss Nettie asked the new manager
who was to go to the village bank
after the money. She and the boy had
always gone for the money, taking a
short cut through the woods. During
the week Mr.. Carlisle had spoken to
her only three or four times. and then
on business matters.
You need not worry about the
finances" he sullenly replied; and
then wrote out and posted up notice
to the effect that the next week the
men would receive double pay.
There was storm of indignant pro
test, but the new manager met It.
There is the notice If you don't like
it you can quit. ;" he said.
"Win there be cut In wagesf" was
asked
There ought to be. None of you
are earning your wages"
did you think we were 80 short
that we had to skip a pay day?" asked
the girl after considerable hesitation
"As you seem inclined to worry
about that which IS none of your bust
ness l will accept your resignation"
replied the manager
And while the Inundated girl was
putting away her books and putting on
her hat he wrote out check for her
weeks salary and throw 1t on the
desk She left 1t there as she walked
out with burning cheeks and tear-f1lled
eyes. The money was sadly needed
at home, but she'd go hungry sooner
than touch It.
1t was the noon hour. AS she walked
slowly homeward unable to realize as
yet what change an hour had made
In three or four lives, she turned aside
into the woods to have a good cry and
TO plan what she should do. She sat
down under Q tree beside great
bowider and had come to the crying
part when she heard the tramp of men
not far away one-twothree-four they
came into sight and then turned to the
left and sat down on the other side Of
the rock. They we're laboring men
from the works. They had come there
to talk things over.
Miss Nettie had not come In contact
with the foreigners every hour in the
day for two years without getting q
pretty good understanding Of their lam
guage. What she listened to chased
the tears from her eyes and made her
gasp for breath.
It was all right to skip a pay day.
There would be double amount Of
cash to be brought from the bank the
next week. They argued that the man
ager would bring 1t h4mself. The four
would be on hand to meet him ON the
path. and he was to be assailed and
robbed. Further than that, his body,
living or dead was to be carried to the
old hut Of a charcoal burner half q
mile M the mountain. They would