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three months was pledged. Her
jewels were gone. All that remained
to her was the diamond engagement
ring that Edgar had given her on the
never-to-be-forgotten evening when
she had blushingly promised to take
him for better or for worse"
Cowardice was not one of Isabelle's
follles. "The sooner the better" she
had murmured to herself, and after
a careful toilet had gone resolutely to
her husbands dressing room, there to
put the whole sordid story before him,
and ask for help once more.
But she had reckoned without the
wet towel and the headache and the
morning-after crouch And 80 as we
have seen her mission had ended In
failure.
A detected little figure she sat In
her husbands dressing room, keeping
UP her pretense Of gayety, only when
Clay happened to raise his eyes to-
ward her-which was not often.
"A telephone for you, sir" said the
butler, creating a, welcome diversion,
as he handed Clay the extension in
strument.
"Hello-yes, this is Clay. Oh, hello,
Irwin. What's that you say? All right,
I'll be right down"
His wife saw the look of anguish
and despair that came into his face,
as he hastily slammed up the re-
reiver, finished his dressing and
rushed from the house without giving
her any explanation.
II.
Russell Irwin was early at the office
that Saturday morning. Things were
bad in the real estate business and it
was only by being on the Job early
and late that he managed to keep
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ed to cross the border
ht Of guilty knowledge.
nurse leaned over him.

nt OF guilty knowledge.
nurse leaned over him.
6r Edgar Clay" he whis-
Doctor Dessing came Shurriedly 70
the bedside. He made another exam
nation of the sinking man and his
face was very grave.
TELL me the truth, doctor" West
demanded. Am really dying"
The doctor nodded.
"Dying! / must see Edgar Clay.
Phone him."
And thus 1t was that Russell Irwin
and Edgar Clay were interrupted in
their conference the second time.
TITS a call from dying man. don't
know him but perhaps I'd better &c"
announced Clay, turning from the
phone.
Eyes, CO." said Irwin, I'VE can do no
good here!"
And while Clay was on his way to
the humble cottage Of the stricken
man, Doctor Dessing had sent yet an
other phone message. This time 1t
was to Horace Stone.
II thought I'd tell you, Horace, that
your old clerk is dying. His end is
very near. 1t is only question Of
minutes"
TOO bad, too bad" answered Stone
in q voice that seemed to have some
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1915-07-23
The Fruit Of Folly
By EDWIN BLISS

All Moving Picture Rights and all For
Strictly Reserved.)
nights wild time in no wise improved
his temper, as he slowly picked at the
breakfast that had been served in his
room.
HAS his lordship new crown this
morning?" smiled Isabelle as she came
into the chamber unannounced and al.
most unheard.
With slightly forced laugh, she
pointed to the wet towel that he had
bound around his aching head.
"Or is 1t some new style of head
gear made fashionable by the war;"
she persisted.
Clay scowled at his pretty wife. He
was in no mood for trifing.
Cant you see that / have a head
ache?' he grumbled.
"Oh, these mornings after" she
answered teasingly as she slowly APP
preached and planted a light, quick
kiss on his nearer cheek.
us his mightiness too cross this
morning to grant his little wife one
tiny favor?"
Yes his mightiness H." he answered
ungrsciously. and Isabelle sagely, with
the wisdom that is born Of woman's
intuition. decided to await more
favorable opportunity to press her re-
quest.
CLAY was too absorbed in his own
troubles; too much engrossed with his
aching head to think clearly or he
would have realized that IBAbelle'S
tiny favor" must have been an Inn.
portant one. No trivial matter would
csa1se her to arise at that hour. The
days whom she took breakfast with
her husband were long since past
She usually spent her mornings in bed,
recovering from the fatigue Of the
previous nights session at auction
bridge. For Isabelle's chief folly was
the playing for high stakes at the
home of Mrs. Cora Blake, an attrac-
tive widow Of fifty.
Clay had frequently objected to his
wife's visits to the Widow Blake's
apartments.
Stories had come to Clay. stories Of
wild times at the Widow Blake's.
Stories had come to him, too, of the
fascinating Widows wild infatuatAon
for Horace Stone, attorney and
sharper, whose business dealings were
often opaHr TO suspicion and whose
-eseApades in which automobiles,
chorus girls, wine suppers, stage
doors and midnight revels were large
ly interpreted made the chief top
les Of conversation among the men
about town.
Careful investigation, however, had
failed to reveal anything Objectionable
in Stones conduct while the play was
on at Cora Blake's beautiful home.
AS may have been guessed before
this, Isabelles early rising on this fate
full Saturday morning had to do with
the play at Mrs. Blake's. Luck had
been against her once more.
She had reached the end Of her re-
sources. Her allowance for the next
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1915-07-23

Jewel cass.
on some pEss
Il for me-
or, Remember,
10 know hbw
"a. we have on
later. to Iaaba
Clay was there.
chief OF police.
70 come that he
feasion. and act
Ing for the courts q
They feared that s
town. Time was pE
The door Of thu
wall was wide Of
the jewel case W
was gone.
More Of your
win shouted.
Stone last night.
in the dem
stone got nd
doggedly replis
am drunk. .
And only
big chair
Only she
paper went.
land she rerlfl ~
tinctly now-how Mr.
moved suddenly toward me safe, d1I
she had carried the jewel case TO tA
table by the window. Only she could
have told Of that faint momentary ru#
tie of paper she had heard in the bri6f|
instant that her back was turned.
"a paper gone" she muttered 10 hsg
self in anguish. Then Mr.. Haale M
the thief, and II I tell, she'll expoe&
me-"
Though Isabelle well knew char fsg
her to hold her tongue meant p0ge
and hardship all her life; though egA
knew that It meant the entire lo15 81
happiness for herself and her hA
band. who could not exist without n
Injury to which thsy had hsan accug
toned, though she knew that her aA
ton was dragging down her fath4
into poverty and business failure WI
her huaband, she could not live hl
eYrant tongue to speak ths few Neimpld
words that would AYE eleaEsddS
lnsistently, pafSlSEenfIy, she
tanned that ahe did not know
the paper had gone; thai hs
never seen It: that nobody had bA(
the room with her. ..sss ssassas
And SO the cFSSen fear tat
her tongue made silence her ID
and greatest folly, while ruia. "a
and horrible, stalked through all theEV
lives. All were paying q horrlDl
price for her folly and their own.
q
And Mrs. Blakel What Of hgr
Mission accomplished and paper safs,
ly in her possession, she became sud
denly possessed Of desire to tgIll
Stone Of her success. Hers had been
the dangerous work. Hers wala 10 bel
the reward. She would claim "a nova
Almost girlish were her actions ag|
she tiptoed up to the door Of ans
nat, and finding It ajar, softly
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Guided by voices that came from the
library she made her way into tho
house. Womanlike she paused 10
listen.
"And tomorrow You and I win so
away together"
The voice was Stones. There was
no mistaking It. Something seemed
to 60 dead within her. Crafty she
peered around the edge OF the por-
there, and weak, stunned, angry, she
staggered back. Her bubble had burst.
Stone was planning to 80 away with
one Of his chorus friends. She had
been the cat's-paw-the dupe.
Quickly she left, as quietly as she
had come, and going to her own apart
ment she telephoned Stone to come
to her, and handing him an envelope
hlled with blank paper, che said.
Here is the confession
With catlike cum
his eagerness
velope, We
his faof
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1915-07-23

Peter West lay dying. And the ser
cret that was dying with him grew
heavy on his conscience. At the very
time that Edgar Clay and his partner.
were seeking to pierce the black pail
Of ruin that was slowly pressing down
on them, he was seeking to penetrate
the still blacker curtain Of the future
seeking to know his fate.
II didn't do It; I didn't have any
thing to do with 1t. God knows I'm
innocent" he mumbled over and over
to himself.
The nurse leaned over him.
did you call?" she asked.
1T was nothing" he feebly an.
swered. II was talking to myself.
II didn't do it, God knows it's moth.
ing on my soul-I'm innocent-inno-
cent-innocent."
But the still small voice could not be
silenced. And so Peter West hest.
tated at the door of eternity. His
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1915-07-23
Mr.. Russell Irwin.

city.
Dear Sir-As Mr.. Clay failed to apply
for an extension last night, have placed
for collection, the note hold against r.
win 8 Clay for loan of $4,000. Out of
the city today and Sunday. You must
settle Monday.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-12


paper Enterprise Association.)
AS it felt my touch it wrinkled up
it's face in the most ludicrous fash
ion, opened it's mouth and caught
glimpse of Ktty's dark brown eyes
beneath it's rose petal eyelids.
isn't she darling?" asked ten
der voice, and Miss Heathcott stood
beside me.
"Can take her in my arms"
asked longingly.
mot just yet" nurse answered.
Mrs. Spencer knows you are here
and has asked for you"
Before you go in, Mrs. Waverly,
and while we are alone, want to tell
you that Mrs. Spencer has only few
hours to live. What told you before
Mr.. Spencer I did to keep up his cou-
rage. You can stay with her as long
as she wants you. You can do her
no hurt She is beyond that"
What shall l say to herr" asked,
panic-stricken with the idea that per-
haps she intended me to break the
news to poor Kitty that she was going
to die. do you think must tell herr"
81 would not" answered the nurse
serenity, 81 think it is needless to tell
any one that one is going to die, one
probably knows it as well as we do,
but such is the isolation of the souls
of most of us one canno talk of our
impending journey to any one. Mrs.
Waverly, 1 have seen many die and
l have never seen deathbed made
easier by explaining to the one who
is lying on it that he would never
rise on earth again. Come, Mrs.
Spencer is waiting for you"
To Be Continued.)
1870
COVERED THE SUBJECT
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-12

was met at the door or h1CCy S
home by one of the prettiest, most ap-
pealing little women Thave ever seen,
but someway under all the softness
and shyness I felt there was the
greatest determination and efficiency.
"This is Miss Heathcott, Margle.
Mrs, Waverly, Miss Heathcott is our
most efficient district nurse who has
kindly given up her duties in the set
tlement to take charge of Kitty"
II am very glad you have come,
Mrs. Waverly. Mrs. Spencer really
seems wholly rational when she asks
for you. 1 hope you can make her
take little interest in trying to live.
1 will only give her the sight of you
today and if she is able you can say
a few words tomorrow"
l had not intended to stay more
than day, but had promised Her
bert to do my best and so l settled
myself in my room and tried to think
what would do with my affairs-or
rather what my own affairs would
do without me for the next two or
three days. l scrubbed telegram
to Dick stating the circumstances,
then washed off the dust of travel and
went down to the living room to
await my visit to Kitty.
The living room had been turned
into a nursery and in the bassinette
intended for my own little sonny lay
Kitty's little girl.
confess, little book, that my heart
grew hot with the hurt of knowing
that another little life was taking to
itself the dainty comforts that had
been prepared for sonny went over
to the swinging basket full of rebel
ious thoughts and then when 1 got
over where could see the tiny mite
my heart turned traitor and babe me
love this helpless little soul who all
unknowing had been cast upon
world of strife. 1 put my finger to it's
l. IL.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-12
COVERED THE SUBJECT

SOVEHED TIE 0O6JECI
Where have you been, my dear?"
ITO my literary club"
And what did you discuss?"
Shakespeare and circular skirts,
Emerson and perpendicular plumes, >
Browning and military collars = 1
think that's al" Louisville Courier /,
Journal
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-12
CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE

US DAUGHTER LIES IN SONNY'S CRIB
1915, by the Newspaper Enterprise Associat
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-03-25
CHILD MURDERERS

The child labor commission, OF
Massachusetts reports that in one Bos
ton school district 1875 of the 2,12S
children at school go to dump-heaps
freight yards, markets and ash bar,
rels in search of food, fuel and
clothes. They pick in all sorts OF
weather. with bare toes sticking out
of their shoes on the coolest winter
days Their hands shake so that they
can barely hold the bags. The ashes
crack the skin.
In the face of this systematic muir
der of little children, there are mil
lions of people who claim to be Chris
tians and who yet vote for the anti
Christian capitalist system.
Socialism, they say, is against reli
gion. Against the kind of religion
that permits the murder of little chill
dren, Socialism undoubtedly is. Ev
cry true Christian is Socialist; ever
if not every true Socialist is a Chris
tian.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-03-25
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL MO
MENT AND HOW TO
PROFIT BY 1T

We have the names of over 500 old
party Wage-slave voters in this office,
and can get more If necessary. We
also have standing offer to send this
paper to any address for five weeks
for 10 cents. What we want now is
100 Socialists to send in dollar each,
SO that we can send this paper to these
500 voters and get them interested in
the mission of the working class.
The elections will soon be upon us
and with the present shingleweavers
strike and the debauchery of the poll
ticians in Olympia the workers are in
a mood to listen to our message.
Moreover, this 500 will act as an
elastic Currency" so that we will be
able to meet the printing bill when
collections are hard to make, as at
present when our advertisers feel the
hard times, and we suffer in conse
quence.
We need that 500 RIGHT NOW
Who will be the first to respond?
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-03-25
LET'S SEE WHERE THE SOCIAL
IST PARTY OF THE U. s.
STANDS ON INTERNATION-
ALIsM AND MILITARisM

The American Socialist of March
20 contains the Local Everett No. ]
resolution defining the position its
membership stands pledged to take
in the event of declaration of wal
by the capitalist class of this country
either offensive, or defensive. And
they're always defensive!
The Socialist party of the United
States will by this national referen.
DUN, if it receives sufficient seconds,
be given an opportunity to ascertain
where its membership stands on the
question of what action we shall take,
as a party, in the event of war
IMPORTANT POINT
1t should be borne in mind that To-
Gals which second this refere ndum do
not thereby declare themselves In
favor of its provisions.
What we must have is an express
sion from the entire party member
ship, not small committee, as to
what stand the majority of Socialists
intend to take in the even of the
United States becoming involved in
war.
Let us not be trapped as the Social
lists of Europe were, so that our CAPT
talist enemies may gloat over us as
they did over 'the collapse of the In
ternational."
If we are real Socialists, standing
for our CLASS, anywhere and every
where, rather than for their and our
exploiters, here and elsewhere, under
whatever flag, let's stand up like men
and women and be counted!
The attitude of the party's official
committee, as given in it's Bull Moose
report, recommending limited arma-
ments, is not representative of the
class-conscious, revolutionary Social
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-03-25
COMMISSIONERS CLAY AND
KELLY AID AND ABET IN
VIOLATION OF CITY
ORDINANCE
Shull Lumber Go. Are Favored by
Glass Conscious Officials
At City Hall
COMMISSIONERS SALTER STANDS
OUT FOR IMPARTIAL EN-
FoRCEMENT OF LAW BUT
is ouTvoTEp IN
COUNCIL

The Shull Mill company believes in
political action.
The Shull Mill company believes In
electing to office men who will repre-
sent their class-interests, who will dc
their bidding, as city officials; they
vote for men who will enforce the
city's ordinances vigorously where
members of the working-class, or poor
people, are concerned, and who will
to borrow Commissioner Clay's pre-
gnant phrase, take the bit in the
mouth" when the ordinances are con-
trary to what influential" citizens
want.
Mayor Clay and Commissioner OF
Public Health and Safety Kelly have
both taken "the bit in the mouth"
for the benefit of the Shull Lumber
Co., and are flagrantly overriding the
express provisions of the city's
ordinances.
The Shull Mill company have open
ly violated section LOT of the city
ordinances, requiring that all chin
neys and smoke flues shall be con-
structed of brick or stone, with en-
closing walls not less than four inches
thick, and, if less than eight inches
thick, shall be lined on the inside with
well burnt clay, terra Gotta pipe not
less than one inch thick
This ordinance Is in force, legally,
today And Is being vigorously en-
forced on all citizens excepting the
ShuII mill people. No working-man
could violate this ordinance without
being Immediately arrested and fined.
The Washington Socialist wants to
know of Commissioners Clay and
Kelly why it is that there is a sheet
iron pipe issuing from the side of the
boarding house at the Shull mill, in
open, fragrant violation of an ordin-
ance that has not been abrogated, an
ordinance that is in full force at this
mOmeHL III all cases Wnere the class
that put Clay and Kelly into office
are not affected by it's enforcement
We want to know why it is that Gin
fluential" citizens can with impunity
override the city's ordinances, while
the officials who have taken their
oaths to administer the laws impair
TALLY, without fear or favor, "take
the bit in the mouth" sit tight, and
vote together to ignore their own
ordinances, thus aiding and abetting
men to whom they owe political fav-
ors, or from whom they expect to re-
ceiye political favors, to violate the
laws of the city.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-03-25
EUGENE v. DEBS


East and west, north and south, as
far as the globe is humanity inhabit-
able, extends the conquest of modern
industrial development The remot-
est regions are penetrated and the
most ancient nations are awakened to
the new life.
One after another the nations of the
far east, so long dormant under the
Influence of oriental civilization, are
being industrialized and taking their
places in the international procession
of modern development.
The transformation of Japan into
modern industrial nation in the short
space of single generation is one of
the marvels of our age. Eugene
Brieux, the French writer, has paid
recent visit to Japan and in writing of
what he saw there he says: indus
trial development here, as elsewhere,
has created socialism, and misery has
given birth to revolt"
In this terse utterance the famous
Frenchman has described the process
of the social revolution. Capitalism,
being based upon exploitation and the
use Of modern machinery, necessarily
creates the conditions which make So
cialism inevitable, and as a logical
sequence socialism follows in the
wake of capitalism all around the
world.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-03-25
SHOW YOUR COLOR!
Seconds Wanted on Anti-War
Referendum

lists Of this country. The real Red is
not concerned with the question of
more or less armament, but with the
| question of how many Of our party
members are actually SociaIists--how
many will refuse to kill their working
class brethren for the benefit of the
capitalist class. This is the question
for real Reds, for Internationalists,
who are the only bona fide Socialists.
WHERE WE STAND
Let US put this referendum to
vote throughout the United States.
Let us ascertain for a certainty lust
where we stand on this all-important
issue
In the face of this national question,
all other issues of the Socialist party
pale into insignificance.
Whether the Socialist party of the
United States is for or against war,
IN PRACTICE, not in THEORY
ONLY, is what we are all entitled to
know.
Let every Local in the country Sec
ond this national referendum, printed
in the American Socialist of March
20, page 3, column 1. Then see that
every dues-paying party member votes
yes" or mo" on it. Let there be no
evasion of duty on this question of
questions.
If we stand READY TO SLAUGH-
TER MEMBERS OF OUR CLASS at
the behest of the capitalist class, to
protect THEIR property interests, or
to aid in the capture of more markets
land profits) for the wealth we create
and do not get, then let us come out
in the open and say so. Then we
should follow such a decision by Drop
ing our red emblems of International
Brotherhood of the Workingclass with
the Black Flag of Death and Capital
ism, relieved only by the hideous
skull and cross-bones, so truly emblem
attic of all that Capitalism means to
the workers of the world.
THE War Is The CLASS War!
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-03-25
FIRE CHIEF SILENT

VIII the chief of the fire depart
ment please stand up and tell the
voters of Everett why he makes no
protest against this dangerous viola
ton of an ordinance enacted to pro-
tect the homes of Everett from con-
flagration? Does political influence
reach even into the fire department?
If the working-class of Everett shall
have learned by next election day that
only a Socialist official can be de-
pended upon to enforce the city's ordi-
nances where the rich and influen-
tial are concerned, the bit" will not
have been taken into Kelly's and
Clay's teeth in vain.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-03-25
DEPENDS UPON WHOSE OK
rs GORED

Last week the Shull Lumber Co.
made earnest protest at the city hall
for strict enforcement of the law as
against the shingleweavers. This
week they have called upon their ser.
eye" while they continue to violate
section 107 of the building ordinance
Those in authority recognize their
masters voice." and vote that the
ordinance be suspended" for the
benefit of their friends the Shull Mill
Co.
But they have no legal authority to
suspend this ordinance for the benefit
of their friends.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-03-25
Qr6n Der
1000 pop.

The men, able to work, willing to
work and should be at work.
The benches occupied by 14-year-
old boys and girls rightfully belong
to the logical family breadwinner-
the father.
Never was there a time when child
labor called for more drastic action
on the part of those in power than to-
day, when the cities are clogged with
idle men, gaunt and hungry, kept
from available jobs by cheap, Juvenile
labor.