The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-09-30
CHAPTER XxII-Continued.

The Federated Iron Workers,
suppose"
Not 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
If 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.
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 a man in
the dark" he chuckled. But if you're
in earnest I'll tell you the straightfor-
ward truth: l don't know"
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, / 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 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 Griswold 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 II
rests wholly with you, l suppose?'
came from the fitting chair after {
little pause. Miss Grierson is only
waiting for you to speak?"
That's a horrible question to ask {
man, Kenneth-even in the dark.
say yes to it, it can't sound any othel
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."
Not impossible; only a trifle diff
cult" was the qualifying rejoinder. Il
is easier from this on. That is tn
peaceful way out of the shop troubl
for you, Raymer When you can go t,
Jasper Grierson and tell him you ar
going to marry his daughter, the troU
BILE will be as good as cured. Thi
labor trouble that is threaten
ing to smash you is Jasper Grierson'
reply to the move you made whel
you let me in and choked him off. 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 damne
If he did and be damned if he didn't
You have succeeded in fixing it so tha
can't ask Margery Grierson to be m
wife, however much I'd like to-"
That isn't the point" insisted Gri:
void half savagely. How you ma
feel about it, or what your people ma
say, is purely secondary. The thing t
be considered is, what will happen t
Miss Grierson?"
"Why, see here, old man; if yo
were Madge's brother, you couldn't b
putting the screws on any harder
What's got into you tonight?"
.Griswold was inexorable.
Miss Grierson hasn't any brothel