Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05
MONTE CRISPEN
(0ee' Seq11eO
Remarkable Story OF the Miona1e 1epos Adventures in Kendnssop

pathy around the grievances OF n fora
man discharged for intoxlcation. the man
was sent for at the direction OF Andran,s
and given another chance
When Briccone, growing desperate A.
repeated Failures to crystalize the slurn-
bering antpathy of the workers 10
blanchard into dehnate action against tbs
Big -Four ownership. drew up an elaborato
set OF demands for machinery saferuarl,S'
the threatening situation was met az tbs
mills by the arrival Of the most inprovsd
SAFETY devices--loom guards to prevent
injury from flying shuttles and sheet
metal casings for all betting, shafting and
gearing.
1t was the recordophone that intercepted
knowledge Of the arrival al the Murdoct
street house Of that human enigma who
| proved afterwards to be 8s Of the SIeyay
| Gang; information that enabled Monte
and Lars, disguised as mummers, to avail
themselves of the excitement of New
Years Day and capture and spirit away
the man without attracting more than
passing intention. Wonderful invention !
| Lucky Monte! Anticipate your enemy and
you can always defeat him.
Three months elapsed 1t was April
| Preparedness, perception and proper phil
anthropy at the Big Four had routed
| Briccone. who. completely outmanetivered
/
In his vigilance. He let the batteries OF
the recordophone run down he succumbed
to the inertia that the first zephyrs of
spring puts into springy heels and active
brains. He took long rides In the blue
limousine, occasionally visiting the iron
works where Summers, the superintendent,
was forging the parts of monster gun
that was to make the United States i'm
mune from attack by any foreign Power
through new shell that relayed itself
far beyond the horizon of the seaboard.
He took long walks into Tacony. German
town, Oak Lane and other suburban links
in the great chain of homes, and work
that binds together Philadelphia-"love of
the brethren" well-named city
Occasionally after dark he would drop
into his sumptuous home on Walnut
street, and there discuss with Andrews,
the lawyer, details of management of his
unces vast estate, such as the contract
letting for rebuilding of the west mill at
Crspen orders received for the construc-
ton of oil tanlSers at the shipyard, the run
of things at the busy textile mills and
guesses as to the whereabouts and next
move of Hochmeister and the members of
the Sigvay Gang. He kept the cylinders
of the recordophone Cwithout which this
narrative would never have been written)
in his downtown study, and ran them Off
behind closed doors.
Yet all this while Monte stayed on as
a roomer at the Widow Marley's In Ken
sington. He could not bring himself to
give up his dual personality for he found
satisfying comfort in the realization that
with the Marley's, Doctor Willing and
the Doctors aged father, and other work.
ers at the north end of town, he was ap-
praised at his real worth as a man, and
not for what money he possessed. To
them he was struggling accountant with
ideals for which he was ready to accept
the worlds punishment He admired
Strong Marley, he admired him enormous
ly. Monte did not attempt to analyzc his
feelings toward Unity. who now divided
her time between music and mlnistra-
tlons among the less fortunate workers of
her large mill acquaintance. She was no
longer n weaver at the Big Four, having
quit when her brother won his promotion
at the Triangle.
Monte was contented, satisfied, night
after night to watch her sitting opposite