Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-10-28
CHAPTER xxlI-contlnued.

THE Federated Iron Workers.
suppose"
mot In a thousand years! They
are only the means to an end" The
fitting chair squeaked again. and he
went on: IF I'm going to show you
how you can dodge this fight, I'll have
to knock down a door or two first
II blunder in where I'm not wanted,
you can kick me out. There is one
way in which you can cure all this
trouble-sickness without resorting to
surgery and blood-letting."
p, Name it," said Raymer eagerly.
81 will; but first I'll have to break
over into the personalities. Have you
made up your mind that you are going
to marry Margery Grierson?"
Raymer laughed silently. leaning his
head back on the cushion of the lazy
chair until his cigar stood upright.
That's nice way to biff man in
the dark" he chuckled. But If you're
in earnest I'll tell you the straightfor-
ward truth: don't know"
you mean that Margery Grierson
doesn't measure up to the require
ments of the Wahaskan Four Hun
ldred?" There was satirical scorn in
the observation. but Raymer did not
perceive It,
ooh, | don't know as you would put
1t quite that badly" he protested.
"But you see, when it comes to mar
rying and settling down and raising a
family, you have to look at all sides of
the thing. The father. as we all know,
Is a cold-blooded old werewolf; the
mother nobody knows anything about
save that-happily, in all probability
she isn't living. And there you are
Yet ! won't deny that there are times
when I'm tempted to shut my eyes
and take the high dive. anyway--at
the risk of splashing a lot of good
people who would doubtless be prop
erly scandalized."
! BY this time Grlswold was gripping
( the arms of his chair savagely and
otherwise trying to hold himself
down; but this Raymer could moi
know.
you have reason to believe that Il
rests wholly with you, ! suppose?'
came from the fitting chair after 6
little pause. Miss Grierson is only
waiting for you to speak?"
That's horrible question to ask 9
man, Kenneth-even In the dark. i
i say yes to It, 1t can't sound any othel
way than boastful and-and caddish
Yet ] honestly believe that oh
hang 1t all! can't you see how impos
sible you're making 1t. old man?"
mot impossible; only trifie diff
cult" was the qualifying rejoinder. II
is easier from this on. That is tn,
peaceful way out of the shop trouble
for you, Raymer. When you can 60 Il
Jasper Grierson and tell him you ar,
going to marry his daughter, the trou
BILE will be as good as cured. Thii
labor trouble that Is threaten
ing to smash you Is Jasper Grierson'i
reply to the move you made wher
you let me in and choked him of. H,
is reaching for YOU"
Raymer held his peace and the at
mosphere Of the room grew pungen
with tobacco smoke.
I'm feeling a good bit like yellow
dog, Kenneth" he said. at length
After what I've admitted and wha
you've said. I'm left in the position o
the poor devil who would be damned
II he did and be damned II he didn't
You have succeeded in fixing II 80 tina
I can't ask Margery Grierson to be m!
wife. however much I'D like to-"
THAT isn't the point" insisted Girls
void half savagely. How you ma.
feel about 1t, or what your people ma.
say, is purely secondary. The thing Il
be CO., s~sred is. what will happen Il
Miss >e2"
"wJ ye, old man; If 20,
we're other, you couldn't b
putin, Jews on any harder
WHAT 10 you tonight?"
Girls Jas inexorable.
4'Mis /erson hasn't any brother