The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-12-25
CHAPTER XIII.
Philanthropy.

Fn~NdntnToPy.
The Quinby strike is now history.
1t is, however, 40 part of recorded his
tory that during the anxious months
preceding cne man vas toiling. plan
ming. spending himself to avert the
tragic outcome he foresaw. 1t was
quite hidden work. Even had 1t sue
ceeded 1t would have been no more
widely heralded than In failure.
He did foresee the outcome as tragic.
but not because a philanthropist's rep
utation hung in the balance.
There was one man who saw and
understood his efforts. He was Hen
ley.
They were together one day. Mark
arguing earnestly for a 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 a
long period to demand sharply, "or
for the mem"
I'm for both"
you can't be for both. Are you"
Henley teered, still trying to play the
man Of peace?
mo. I'm trying to obtain a little
justice and to save the Quinby COM
pany from idle mills"
They wont be idle long. And we
can afford idleness better than the
men can"
They're growing bitter. There will
be violence"
tThnn lat thara no xy;o1a-a III
know how to meet IT," Henley's jaws
set. "There1l be nc compromise. Let
us fight 1t 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 Quinby? Caesars ghost
must feel fiattered!"
He has an interest In the premises.
! should think 1t would be to your In.
terest--"
rs that a kind OF a threat?" Henley
inquired harshly. I'm not afraid Of
$uihD9 Ju5l uOW. oOOncI " ldlcT
expect to be kicked out of this com
pany. But he can't kick me out OF
steel. And don't propose to see the
industry run to suit the whims OF
tough walking delegates and grating
labor bosses. You seem to be in Quin.
by's confidence. I'm free to say | don't
like 1t. 1t looks to me as though you're
hnduino GO Won urnt.t hnun 30 90 @,S
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 give
others. The men give o all they
have a2d you refuse"
The men work for their living, as
men must. Most Of them get a good
living. When they're worth 1t they gel
more. You got more. II they DOM
like u terms let them find better
somewhere else-if they can. As fol-
Caesar, don't count too much on him
There are bigger interests than his
vanity at stake just now, and you'll
find when it comes to a point they'll
. hOiu. Qulhb1 o a Didllclbhllt Uul
I've never said he's a fool"
Mark said nothing. Henley's words
but echoed his own fears. Henley re
garded him frowningly.
What" he demanded abruptly. 'has
got into you the last year? Before
that | could always count on you. Now
i don't understand you"
sNVhnn ~ nornAc IN thatp Mol
laughed shortly, II don't understand
myself"
Mark had beer partly right wher
, he attributed the mood of tfeir return
) to reaction. A lighter mood followed
Kazia's work allowed them to NEE
! but seldom and then often for onl,
hurried visits; the eagerness bred b!
separation drove such problems al
Quinby and the meaning of their rela
ton into the background. But tn,
shadow eve quite lifted. As white
wore on Kazia began to perceive grow
ing up In Marks heart a new inter
est, SO strong that sometimes 1t In
truded even into the brief hours tina
should have been given wholly to love
I There was an evening when he cam
to her apartment. tired and discoul
aged, but with an air that sent he
memory back to a slender youth goinI
doggedly forth each day to labor mean
for stronger men. She, too, was tire,
| from a long exacting case whose clos
: allowed them this ~leisurely meeting
the first in weeks.
This week." she told him after h
had been there a little while, II wa
offered the SUPPLEMENTARY of nurse
at the Todd hospital"
That's tine! I'm glad. When d
: you begin?"