Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-24

ul;!natum. &htch Cris-oid himse I
snapped out at the leader o! the con
ciliators: Tell your committee that
It is unconditional surrender. and II
must be made before five o'clock this
afternoon Otherwise. lot a man OF
you can come back on any terms"
Then GrisWold proceeded TO make the
breach impossible by calling upon the
sheriff fer a guard Of deputies Ray
meT shock his head gloomily.
That settles II beyond any hope OF
a patch-up." he said sorrowfully. III
we hadn't declared war before. We We
done 1t row. I'm ~prophesying that no
body vii! weaken when i, comes to the
payroll test this afternoon"
Because We have taken steps to
protect our property" rasped the
fighting partner.
Because We have taken the step
which serves notice upon them that We
consider them criminals. at least in
intention. You'd resent 1t yourself.
G%rswold. II anybody should pull the
Law on you before you had done any,
thing to deserve it. I'm much mistaken
il you wouldn't"
oh, hell" was the biting Interrupt
ton; and Raymcr could not know upon
what inward fires he had unwittingly
flung a handful OF intiammables.
Broii!n was as surf now that Girls
void was his man as hc was of his own
present inability to prove it, He II
make a miss.go. sooner or later the
pertinac!ous one vas saying TO himself
as he strolled past the Rayiner plan.
with a keen eye for the barred gates,
the lounging guards in the yard. and
the ~soberfaced workmon coming and
going at the pay Office. II he can
carry a steady head through what's
comm TO him here, he's a better man
than I've been stacking him up TO be-
Later, a big. red-faced man with his
hat on the back OF his head and a
paste diamond in his shirt bosom, came
10 join the shifting group on the OF
flee sidewalk. Brot.in marked him
The mans name was Clancy: he was
a Chicago ward worker, sham labor
leader. d~emagogue; a bad man with a
pull" What chance had brought
labor fight he was not long in finding
Clancy had come because he had been
hired to come. The remainder was
easy. The town gossips had supplied
all the major facts OF the Raymer'
GrierSon Checkmate, and BrCtfin saw
a great light. 1t vas not labor and
capital that were at odds: it was com
petition and monopoly. And monopoly,
invoking the aid OF the Clancys, stood
to win in a canter.
Broffn dropped the stick he had
been whiting and got up t move
away. Though ONE imaginative per.
sons would have it otherwise, q de-
tective may still be a man Of like pas.
sions-and generous prepossessions-
with other men. For the time Broffin's
Anglo-Saxon heritage, the love Of fair
play. made him forget the limitations
of his trade. by grapples. the old
swine!" he was muttering to himself
as he made a slow circuit Of the plant
Enclosure. Somebody ought to tell
them two young ducks what they're up
against. For a picayune, I'd do it. my.
self. Hph!-and the little ~black-eyed
girl playin' fast an loose with both of
'em at once while the old money.octo-
pus eats EN- alive!"
Thus Brofin. circling the Raymer
works by way Of the four enclosing
streets; and when his back a turned
the man called Clancy pointed him out
to the group Of discontcnts.
Dye see that felly doublin' the
fence corner? Ye're a fine lot Of jays
up here in tn backwoods! Do ! know
him? Full well do, An that shows