The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-01-13
TENTH lNSTALLMENT
CHAPTER XIV.

Although Kchr had been instructed
to give Celestia every chance to settle
the strike, and to hinder her in moth
ing, he was still determined to bring
about his own kind of a settlement IL
possible. Close-fisted and narrow, he
was nevertheless a man with beliefs
and principles for which he was not
only willing to sacrifice his fortune,
but his life If necessary. To Kehr q
man who agreed to work certain hours
for certain wages and then went back
on his agreement was no more to be-
considered or treated with than a mad
dog.
Conditions at Bitumen had come to-
such pass that Kehr could see no
possibility of compromise. The coun1
try was suffering from what amounted
to coal famine, and the fault lay, So
Kehr honestly felt, with a group of
two-legged animals who didn't know.
enough to come in out of the rain.
He had goaded the strike leaders
until they were ready to order an
attack on his stockade, and he was
grimly ready and even eager for that
attack to begin. Tommy had thwarted
him once. Now they had sent Celestial
to thwart him again.
Still he received her with politeness,
and told her that he was glad she had
come.
I'm glad you've come, young lady,
because | know your theories, and I'm
glad to have the chance of showing
you how impractical they are in the
face of an actual condition. You want.
labor and capital to be friends and to.
work hand in hand. Can gunman be
friends with bishop?"
"Why yes" said Celestia, when
they get so they understand each other
But a day will come when there won't
be any gunmen."
Nor any walking delegates, nor any
fools who spend more than they can
cara and then begin to holler murder
and set off dynamite. Now you just
sit down in that chair, and I'll tell you
IN n nutshell the history of the last
few years that has led up to the pres
ent situation. To begin with | was
a day laborer myself in these coal
fields"
Celestia raised her hand in protest
Don't tell me your side of the quar-
rel" she said; tell me theirs. When
your heart is very hard against n man,
the best way to soften 1t is to say all
the favorable things you can think of
about him. I'd like you to tell me all
the good things you can think of about
Gunsdorf and then | shall so to him
and ask him to tell me all the good
things he can think of about YOU"
From neither of us" said Kehr
grimly, will you hear any good of the
other"
Then" said Celestia, smiling gent
ly; 81 shall have to do the talking for
you both"
"You can change me into n break
fast food as easily as you can change
Gunsdorf into human being"
Some day you and Gunsdorf will
shake hands and you'll both admit that
you were both wrong
You admit that he's wrong?'
"Yes, Mr.. Kehr, and you too
She rose and smiled upon him.
81 am to come and so as ! please?'
"If you go among those devils over
there in the town won't be responsi'
BILE for the consequences"
But I've been among them already
They were going to hang a man, but
they listened to reason"
What man?
A vision of Mrs. Gunsdorf's face
floated through Celestia's mind, and
caused her eyes to narrow little and
look quite stony.
"A man of no Importance" she said
lightly. But ! shan't 90 back TO the
town tonight. What is the PASSWORD
He told her.
81 shall talk with some OF your men
tonight. And tomorrow | hope you
will have a change Of heart"
She smiled so sweetly at him that
his grabbed old heart actually warmed
toward her. and then she set out alone
I'm the electric-iighted darkness TO ex
plore the strong place which capita
had set up against rebellious labor.
CHAPTER XIV.