The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-09-16
CHAPTER XxlI-Continued.

! 1.-THE Federated Iron Workers,
suppose"
mot in 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 l 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."
Name it," said Raymer eagerly.
Il 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: l don't know"
You mean that Margery Grierson
doesn't measure up to the require
ments Of the Wahaskan Four Hun
dred?" There was satirical scorn in
the observation, but Raymer did not
perceive it.
"Oh, l don't know as you would put
it quite that badly" he protested.
But you see, when it comes to mar
rying and settling down and raising
family, you have to look at all sides of
the thing. The father, as we all know,
is 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 l 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 Griswold was gripping
the arms of his chair savagely and
otherwise trying to hold himself
down; but this Raymer could not
know
You have reason to believe that it
rests wholly with you, l suppose?"
came from the fitting chair after a
little pause. miss Grierson is only
waiting for you to speak,"
That's horrible question to ask a
man, Kenneth-even in the dark. If
say yes to it, it can't sound any other
way than boastful and-and caddish.
Yet l honestly believe that Oh,
hang it all! can't you see how impos-
sible you're making it, old man."
mot impossible; only a trifle diff
cult" was the qualifying rejoinder. 1T
is easier from this on. That is the
peaceful way out Of the shop trouble
for you, Raymer. When you can go to
Jasper Grierson and tell him you are
going to marry his daughter, the trou-
BILE will be as good as cured This
labor trouble that is threaten
ing to smash you is Jasper Grierson' 8
reply to the move you made when
you let me in and choked him off. He
is reaching for you"
mosphere of the room grew pungent
with tobacco smoke.
I'm feeling a good bit like yellow
dog, Kenneth" he said, at length
After what I've admitted and what
you've said, I'm left in the position OF
the poor devil who would be damned
If he did and be damned If he didn't
You have succeeded in fixing it so that
/ can't ask Margery Grierson to be my
wife, however much I'd like to-"
THAT isn't the point" insisted Girls
void half savagely. How you may
feel about it, or what your people may
say, is purely secondary. The thing tc
he considered is, what will happen t.
Miss Grierson?'
why, see here, old man; If you
were Madge's brother, you couldn't be
putting the screws on any. harder!
whats got into you tonight?"
Griswold was memorable.