The Glenwood post., 1914-03-28

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fhs sAee bailAiag grosp STOOD sosu-
hsHaA. nstsainG. Nsas knsw vAat AsA
occurred. rAsy miGht have bsss
alaFDsA haA ths uproar bssa Isas ~
nistakabay satAssiasttc.
what 10 NJ Ars. 0sstsveod ssks1
sHeitsAly.
Il Aoat knov," vas Jesie's answer.
Clara esstaAaly knew 1othing of tAs
nature q What night - ha0peatnS.
and 10os vas further thaA BreaAvay
froa . guaas that vAat ~ lad told
Highs, In Q ssate.cs wherein anger
very freely mingled with the news of
his AstoFninattoa to retain and o.
erats ths gun plant. oosld have been
accepted ~ good reason for such .
really notable assassination Of the
Joy Of gan naksrs.
bustling in. who made the situation
clear TO thom.
Great Scott" - said. aSlow with
genial sattsfactioa. Talk about ex-
citement! Ths whole plant IL in a
uproar."
what y II, judgs!' the owner Of
the plant Inquired.
why. didnt you send message out
there by Higgins!"
"Er-yss. I diA."
We'll. that's. what they're cheering
about. The me. are yelling themselves
hoarse and the boys are dancing with
Joy" The Judge vas beaming like .
full mooa With gray tufts Of hair above
its ears. You'd think Bedlan had
broken Iooss. They're yelling for you.
Broadway. Como out and let them ses
yea"
Broadway vas IN state Of panic. Of
blue funk. Of sheer. unspeakabIe sf,
fright. He ducked and looked about
~ II sadeavoring to ilnd that avenue
through which escape would b easiest.
No: not sov. please" he begged
pitifully.
They might have let 1t 60 at that
had not the cheering within the works
broken out afresh.
''Listsa to that" ths Judge adjured
him. ranA urged hin with happy hand
upon his elbow.
His wife went. to his assistance. "Oh.
do % out and say something. Broad.
wsy!"
Yes" the Judge insisted. come and
make speech"
Il cant say anything" SAID the mis-
erabls and frighteneA Broadway. Il
never AaAs . speech IN ny liss!"
Josie. smiling gently. tsrDsA from
then. Whea again she faced them she
held In her hand tAs paper she had
thrust % rocsatly into that sacred.
secret place. Read this to them"
she suggested.
He tosk 1t. but he did not So whsoce
It had been extracted. altAo1gA lGss.
spotswood did. The eyes q natross
Of her ags are sympathstieaJay stts.sA
to siGas Of this sort. seeing tAs0 when
others miss them. ah. smiled 1t
Josie. Josie caught her eye and blushed
furiously.
'Oh, come on" The Judge now took
. hrner hold ON him. 1T will make
them all feel good"
His faithful wife went to his aid.
She took the other arm Of the acutely
miserable youth. and between them
they propelled him from the room,
through the short length Of . wide
hallway stacked on either side with
boxes full of chewing gum already
packed for shipment. through = breath
lessly hot engine-room, and into the
main room upon the factory's ground
floor.
Their appearance was the signal for
an uproar Of applause The loudest
cheering of the previous outburst was
surpassed 30 notably that, by compari-
son. 1t had been whispering. In the
enthusiasm Of the moment men. wom-
eA and the younger workers Of the
force lost all sense Of reserve.
Broadway ceased to be that terrible
thing, new and untried boss, who
mus. se looked at carefully. addressed
with caution and regarded with re-
spect made up principally Of fear. He
was young; he had been fair to them;
he was their economic savior.
They wsat mad. and. At nrst permit
Ding him no opportunity to make the
speech which he - feared. seissd him
- II he ha1 besa The winning player
At . football game and bore hin round
the great room Of the factory upon
tAsir sho1ldssA
There was a&ecttoa IN The strong
arms of tAs nea who lifted him; there
were tea1 n many womsa's eyes
which watcAs1. Not oaly vas this
yosth tAs boss: hs was tie yoang
booa TAoy knsW ~ ~ bosa plueky
In his loyalty to then. runoes Of the
spasaAi6 otter vhicA tAs trvst had
MADE ~ bssa circulated freely. He
was accredited with that intsatioe
nost admired BY real Americans, ana
these woekmsa. in this Old New Eng.
land mill, in this old New England vi.
lage were principally native sons.
He was not content to be an idlor:
he insisted upon buckling down to a