Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-27
Iron and Steel
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Herr Ludwig Kronitz, busted with
| his papers, sat in his own Office. the
centre from which radiated through
! his great gun works the spirit which
| kept them going. He was absolute
| master over his works, with his lin
ger on every detail Of their adminis-
tration. and requiring from his men
such perfect action as he expected
from his machines, else into the lis
card they went, along with scra piron
and outworn mechanisms of metal.
Moreover. he picked the brains of his
men for ideas as a burglar picks o
lock. There were no ideas in the
gun works unless they were the mas
ter's. He had circulating among the
men q crafty, INSCRIPTIONS chap
whose business IL was to see what
was going on In the minds Of the
men.
Kronitz's family came In for this
same autocratic rule. His mind,
was focused on plan he had to
marry his daughter. Hilda, to
duIedom. and it was necessary for
him to be careful in figuring out the
size of a dowry necessary to win Il
duke without overstepping the bonds
of prudence.
While her father was making these
plans Hilda was on board ship re-
turning from America. Fate and the
deck steward had placed her chair
next to that of John Smardon, Amer
lean steel manufacturer. Proximity
and youth did the rest. and when
they reached shore the two were
courage John, for she knew instinct
lively that her father would not ap-
prove, but she permitted him to come
to see her at her home.
While these things were happening
in the masters home circle other Sig
nitlcant events were Transporting in
the shops. One of the men, Carl
Heiner, had invented a machine gun
and Bopp, Kronitz's tool, inslnuated
himself into Carps confidence until
one day the latter took him to his
home to show him the working draw.
ings. Carl greeted his invalid wife
tenderly. then allowed Bopp to ex.
anime them thoroughly.
The next day Carl was summoned
TO KronitZ's office for Bopp had lost
no time in making the invention
known, and the Man of Iron never
delayed action.
1t enraged Carl to have had his con- |
hdence so violated, and when Kronitz |
offered him a fidiculously small price
for his invention he declined 1t. |
Kronitz was angered in his turn.
Accept my terms or get out and
stay out" he Numbered, pointing to |
the door.
Carl went home to his sick wife, |
his hopes blasted. After this, unable
to get work, and both he and his wife |
suffering acutely, he went to the |
works and attacked Bopp. He was |
son overpowered. and sent to prison |
for three months.
Kronitz's matrimonial plans began |
to work with no hitch. He received |
q letter from the duke, agreeing in |
consideration OF the splendid dowry |
offered to his proposal for the dispo-
sition of Hilda's hand.
In high feather KronitZ went off to |
Hilda with the letter and found her
with Snardon. Paying no attention
to the caller, he immediately made |
known his splendid news. But 1t was
not received with enthusiasm.
The daughter and the ridiculous
American lHSlSbtO lHdb llicy AONCN |
each other, and that it was wrong for
any other marriage to be considered.
The Man of Iron" found here a sin
gularly resistant opposition to his au-
tocracy. Hilda finally took the init
alive.
81 won't marry without your con-
sent" she promised her father, put
neither will marry against my own
will"
When Carl had completed his pris-
on sentence he rushed home to his
wife, only to have her die in his arms.
This was the climax to his troubles,
and, frenzied with sorrow, he ran ont out
in the street like n mad man. His
objective point was the gray stone
castle OF Kronitz, and while he stood
in front of its iron-spiked gateway
heaping curses upon its master, an
rolled up and he SUNK
away. Smardon sprang out OF tue
fnr n Fnfa from H1lua,