The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-25

very quietly and methodlcally. but
with all his strength. struck her on
tho point OF the jaw. and laid her
scnseleas nj his feet
Meanwhile. the moose had been
withdrawn from Tommy Barclays
head aud the ropes which bound
him had been cut
But she did not look at his
hands. and only for moment at
him. IL was as II abe had never
seen him before. In the back OF
the crowd somebody chucklcd. i,
was Professor stiiliicr.
Celestial" pleaded Tommy.
hut nhe would not look At him.
and her dark. deep eyes began TO
gather eyes IN the crowd. and then
she began TO speak: began right
In tho middle OF speech, AZ ~aS
her wont. and spoke 10 them Of Jus
,icc. and patience. and brolherly
love. and rcoldcd them n little for
having flown At conclusions. and
40 nearly stained their souls with
innocent blood.
When rho had finished. the
crowd opened for her. and shc
passed sweetly and quietly thru.
and vanished after n while in the
dusk. followed only by Freddie the
Ferret and Stiiliter.
stop hsr." somebody cried:
she's going 20 tho stockade. We
want her with ua"
But nobody made move TO fol-
low her.
The Gunsdorf woman raised her.
self ON her hands. and moaned.
Tommy. all compassion. stepped
swiftly forward and helped her TO
her feet.
His heart achcd terribly. because
Celestial had not spoken TO him.
He wondered why she had been
so cruel.
There we're two reasons Pro
fcssor Stilliter was the chief one.
the extreme good looks OF Mira
Gunsdorf was tho other.
The thought OF any physical con.
tact, however unwilling on hts
part. between Tommy and Mrs
Cunsdorf. had turned Celestia's not
altogether celestial heart to ice In
her breast.
Altho kehr had been instructed
TO give Celestia every chance 10 set.
tic the strike. and 20 hinder her in
nothing. he was still determined 20
bring about his own kind OF a act
Element II possible. To kohr a man
who agreed 10 work certain hours
for certain wages and then went
back on HIS agreement. was no
more to be considered or treated
with than mad.dog.
Once" he would say. labor did
the most work possible for the least
possible pay. Then labor did n fair
amount OF work for n fair amount
OF pay. but nowadays labor wishes
to do the least amount OF work pos.
sible land the worst kind OF work.
and 20 receive therefor so much
pay that there can be no return on
the capital which employs labor
Where are we drifting tor IL an
eight hour day and a raise. why
not six with raise? Why not
four? Two? None? My men want
to breakfast in bed and receive
their pay envelopes ut the same
time. wasn't like that went TO
work for wages that dog could
hardly have lived on. But | saved.
ana waited, and worked rs hard
as could without complaining.
And now look at mel"
All over the country. go Kehr
honestly thought, labor was rearing
its head like that OF n venomons
snake. Already II had bitten many
innocent people. and some were
dead and some were ruined for life.
Now you don't argue with a venom.
GUS snake. You either XIII Il or
you run from Il. Kehr was not the
kind OF man who runs from any.
thing. He had big stick. and II
he possibly could he was going TO
hit labor one good crack over the
head. Tommy had 'thwarted him
oHV's NOW tncy nad sent Celestial
TO thwart him again.
stu he received her with polite.
ness, and told her that he was glad
she had come.
I'm glad you've come. young
lady, because know your theories
ana I'm glad to have the chance of
showing you how impractical thew
are in the face of an actual condl.
ton You want labor and canItal
to be friends and to work hand In
hand. Can n gunman be- friends
with a bishop"
Why. yes" said Celestia. when
they get 30 they understand each
other. But day will come when
there won't be any gun men"
Nor any walking delegates. nor
amy fools who spend more than they
can earn and then begin TO boiler
murder and set Off dynamite. Now
YOU just alt down In that chair. and
I'll tell you in a nutshell. the his
tory OF the last few years that has
led up to the present situation. To