Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-02-13
CHAPTER XIII.
Philanthropy.

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| The Quinby strike is now history.
1t is, however, no part of recorded his
| tory that during the anxious months
| preceding one man was toiling, plan
| ming, spending himself to avert the
| tragic outcome he foresaw. 1t was
| quite hidden work Even had it sue
| ceeded it would have been no more
widely heralded than in failure
| He did foresee the outcome as tragic,
but not because q 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 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 menu"
I'm for BOTH
you can't be for both. Are you,"
Henley jeered. still trying to play the
man of peace?"
mo. I'm trying to obtain little
Justice and to save the Quinby COM
pany from idle mills"
They won't be idle long And we
can afford idleness better than the
men can"
They're growing bitter There will
be violence
Then let there be violence. I'll
know how to meet it." Henley's jaws
set. 'ThereIl be no compromise. Let
US fight it out now, while we're ready
and the men aren't The harder the
fight the better I'm satisfied, because
|
| cover"
You're hopeless" Mark eyed him
significantly. 81 see I'll have to ap-
peal to Caesar"
Meaning Quinby? Caesars ghost
must feel flattered!"
HE has an interest in the premises.
I should think it would be to your in
terest-''
as that kind of threat?" Henley
inquired harshly. Pm not afraid OF
Quinby just now. Sooner or later l
expect to be kicked out of this COM
pany. But he can't kick me out of
steel. And 1 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 1 don't
like it. 1t looks to me as though you're
| AC0SAA6B 81 yO0 WoA nave u 20 OQl
with me-
What do you expect?"
81 made you. I've given you all you
; have. l expect you to stand by me-"
You demand more than you give
others. The men give you all they
have and you refuse"
THE men work for their living, az
men must. Most of them get a good
living. When they're worth it they get
more. You got more. If they DOM
like our 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
= hold. Quinby's blatherskite, bu
I've never said he's a fool"
Mark said nothing. Henley's words
9 but echoed his own fears Henley re
Q garded him frowningly.
" What" he demanded abruptly, 'shai
l. got into you the last year? Befor,
that could always count on you Nov
: ii don't understand you"
}. When it comes to that" Mari
a laughed shortly, II don't understan
g myself"
o Mark had been partly right whel
o he attributed the mood of their return
s to reaction A lighter mood followed
r Kazia's work allowed them to NEE
d but seldom and then often for onl
It hurried visits; the eagerness bred b
separation drove such problems a
Quinhy and the meaning of their rels
IS ton into the background But tn
n shadow never quite lifted As white
n wore on Kazia began to perceive grow
o ing up in Marks heart a new intel
70 est, so strong that sometimes 1t In
d truoed even into the brief hours tina
should have been given wholly to Low,
IL There was an evening when he cam
d to her apartment, tired and discou
g aged, but with an air that sent he
memory back to a slender youth goin
doggedly forth each day to labor near
ID for stronger men She, too, was tire
IL from long exacting case whose clos
E. allowed them this leisurely meetin,
ir the first in weeks.
sThis week." she told him after b
had been there little while, Il wa
lie offered the superintendent of nurse
IN at the Todd hospital"
That's fine! I'm glad When 4
u. lyou begin?"