Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-03

| The men, In order to keep away
| from the beershop. slept the whole
| day the women, dOcked in their m =
| lions OF coffoei became less quarrel
| some more sensible and quiet. and
| even the children seemed to under
| stand, for they ran about barcfooted
ana whaeked each other without
noise The password repeated from
mouth 10 mouth was Let us be rea-
sOnable."
There was nevertheless, constant
coming and going at the Mahcus.
| stephen, by virtue Of his secretary
| ship, had distributed the 3,000 francs
of the provdent found among the
most necessitous families; he had
also received few hundred francs,
the proceeds OF subscriptions and col
lections. But now all their resources
seemed exhausted; the miners had no
more money o keep on the strike, the
wolf was AZ their doors, threateningly
showing his teeth. Margrat, after
having promised Credit for a fort
nigh, had suddenly changed his mind
at the end Of a week, and stopped the
supplies. refusing the men even bread.
AS rule, he took his Instructions
from the company; perhaps the lat
ter wished TO have done with the
thing as quickly as possible by starv-
ing the villagers into submission Be
sides he played the capricious tyrant,
giving or refusing food according to
the attractivcuess of the amba ssa-
dress sent by her parents. To the
Maheus he had closed his door with
out appeal as II to punish them for
not having sent Catherine to him
For the last week. then, they had
been living upon the money distrib-
uted, But now that the cash box OF
the fund was empty, how were they
TO get bread2 To make things worse,
severe frost had set in, the women
saw the stock of coal grow less, and
were worried by the thought that it
would not be renewed at the pits
mouth while the men did not go down.
Then they Would not only he dying
with hunger, they would he frozen to
| death besides AZ the Maheus they
We're already short Of everything The
I.avaquc@ at!l! managed To drag along
| thanks to a piece W 20 francs lent by
! Bouteloup As for the Pierrons they
We're ali right. but In order to appear
as badly of as the rest. lest they
| should try to borrow, they went on
| trust at Margrats, who would have
given the whole OF his shop to Ia
! Perronne, " she had only asked for
| It, Since last Saturday many fami-
| lies had gone to bed supperless But
| though confronted with the terrible
| days about 10 commence for them, no
| one complained; an obeyed the pass
word given 10 them with unobtrusive
| fortitude.
In spite Of everything there reigned
an absolute confidence around Ste
phen a religious faith, the blind sub
| mission Of a people of believers Since
! he had told them that an era of JUS
| tice was at hand they were ready to
, suffer In the struggle for universal
! happiness. Hunger turned their heads
| as IL We're Never had the hitherto
| closed horizon offered more bound
less vision Of happiness to these poor
| fanatics, exalted by their hardships
| When their eyes grew dim from
| weakness, they beheld the ideal city
| of their dreams. but close at hand
4 and real this time, with it's brother
| hood of workers. its golden age of
! labor, and the daily repast partaker
| Of in common by all Nothing SHOOK
| their conviction as to their entering
! upon this city at last The fund was
J exhausted. the company would moi
give I'm, every day would aggraVatt
/ their situation, and still they did moi
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