The Huttig news., 1914-04-25

Ills Iaffhful Vile 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 a 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 so notably that, by compari. son, it had been whispering In the enthusiasm of the moment men, wom en and the younger workers of the force lost all sense of reserve.
 Broadway ceased to be that terrible thing, a new and untried boss, who must be 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 went mad. and, at first permit ting him no opportunity to make the speech which he so feared. seized him as if he had been the winning player at football game and bore him round the great room of the factory upon their shoulders.
 There was affection in the strong arms of the men who lifted him; there were tears i'll many womens eyes which watched. Not only was this youth the boss; he was the young boss. They knew he had been plucky in his loyalty to them, rHinors of the splendid offer which the trust had made had been circulated freely He was accredited with that intention most admired by real Americans and these workmen, in this old New Eng land mill, in this old New England yil- iage, were principally native sons.
 He was not content to be an idler: he insisted upon buckling down to a mans job And had he not decided to take up the burden of gum manufac- ture largely through his feeling of responsibility to them and to the town? Financially the offer of the trust must certainly have been more tempting than the prospect of commer- cial battle which. even should it win would inevitably involve long, expen- sive and intensely wearing strain
 Would they ride him round and round upon their shoulders? Would. they cheer him till the blood rushed to their heads? Would the woman want to kiss him and the youngsters look at him as if he were a species of superior being? Verify they would And verify they did
 In the meantime, in the office, Clara vas left quite alone. She may have been aware that interesting things were happening in the factory, things which she would very gladly have wit messed, but beyond doubt she felt that something far more interesting-to- wit, the arrival of Bob Wallace-was iiFely to occur at any moment in the office. She preferred the smiles of Wallace to the cheers of working peo- pie, and she waited for them
 Wallace was not long delayed She greeted him with cordial liking. You didn't expect to find me here. did you?,
 Well, hardly. This is an mexpect- ed pleasure"
 MT. Jones will be back in few minutes. He went out in the works to make speech"
 She gave this information with the air of one explaining commonplaces To her everything, in deed, was com monplaee, save Wallace. She. hold him the most extraordinary thing on earti.
 But he was utterly amazed. ITO make speech" He burst into roar of laughter. Well, what do you thiuk of that"
 She smiled at him. She cared noth. ing for the cheering, but she would tell him about it, because she liked to talk to him on any subject Well you should have heard them cheering, They've made more noise than this old town has ever heard before.''
 Yes, dare say it is" Ire granted, as new cheers burst forth
 But he did not go to see the dem onstration, which indicated to him that he must find something most at tractive in this village belie's com pany. What other woman could have held him from the sight of Broadway Jones in his first effort as an orator?
 Funny he remarked, and smiled at her; T was thinking of you as I passed the drug store just now"
 She laughed. delighted. That's strange. I've been thinking of you, tool"
 ,'HaVe-y you really?"
 Yes. Oh, those chocolates were fine! I ate them all before I went to bed Then, responsibility, but you shouldn't be spending your money the way you dol"
 He was unconscious of any mad ex- penditure of which she could be cogni- zant and, therefore, was surprised. 'What?" N "Mr, Jones told me that you were