The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-11-27
CHAPTER xxiIi.
Philanthropy.

FntfanthFopJ.
The Qnlnby strike is now history.
II 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. II was
quite hidden work. Even had It sue
ceeded II would have been no more
widely heralded than In failure.
He did foregee the outcome as tragic,
but not because philanthropist's rop-
utation hung In the balance.
There was one man who saw and
understood his efforts. He was Hen
Icy.
They we're together one day, Mark
arguing earnestly for 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 eharply. "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 the Quinby COM
i 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 Ill
know how to meet IT," Henley's jaws
set. "There'll be no compromise. Let
ua fight II 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 ap
peal TO Caesar
Meaning Quinbyf Caesars ghost
must feel fiatteredi"
He has an interest In the premises
should think II would be TO your In
terest---"
lis that a kind of threat?" Henley
inquired harshly I'm not afraid o.
Quinby just now. Sooner or later
expect to be kicked out OF this com
pany. But he can't kick me out o.
steel, And don't propose to see this
industry run to suit the whims o.
tough walking delegates and grating
labor bosses. You seem to be In Quin
by's confidence I'm free to say don
like II. II looks to me as though your,
hedging. so you won't have to 20 gu
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 giv'
others. The men give you all the!
have and you refuse"
THE men work for their living, a.
men must. Most of them get goo,
living. when they're worth 1t they ge
more. You got more. III they don
like our terms let them find bette
somewhere else-if they can. Az 10
Caesar, don't count too much on him
There are bigger interests than hi
vanity at stake just now. and you'll
md when Il comes to point they
: hold. Quinby's blatherskite. bu
I've never said he's fool"
Mark said nothing. Henley's word
. but echoed his own fears. Henley r,
Q garded him frowningly.
what" he demanded abruptly. "ha
+ got into you the last year? Befor
that | could always count on you. No,
; II don't understand YOU"
J. "wher It comes to that" Mar
a laughed shortly. Il don't understan
6 myself"
l.
o Mark had been partly right whe
o ne attributed the mood Of their retur
Is TO reaction. A lighter mood foliowe,
r Kazias work allowed them to me,
d but seldom and then often for onl
1t hurried visits; the eagerness bred b
separation drove such problems 9
Quinby and the meaning OF their rel
Is ton into the background. But Il
IN shadow never quite lifted As whit,
In wore on Kazia began TO perceive gro'
10 ing up in Marks heart new int
Sc est, SO strong that sometimes It
ID truded even into the brief hours tn
should have been given wholly to loy
Of There was an evening when he can
I'd TO her apartment, tired and discou
lg aged. but with an air that sent h
memory back to a slender youth goil
doggedly forth each day to labor mea
ed for stronger men. She. too. was tir
III lrom long exacting case whose clio
'e- allowed them this leisurely meetir
,ir the first n weeks.
This week" she told him after
had been there little while, Il W
lie offered the superintendency of nurs
an at the Todd hospital"
That's fine! I'm glad. When
er- you begin?"