Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-09-21

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her knees; her eyes We're brilliant In
the gathering dusk Her memories
seemed to affect her with a kind OF
horror. yet to hold her fascinated aud
to demand expression.
II was an imaginative KID she
continued. Its trait Of our people,
like well. ike their distrust Of au-
thority and their fear OF law. Father
worked In the Bessemer plant. like any
hunkie. and the women used to bring
the mems lunches to them. Mother
wasn't strong. and that duty fell to me.
..It+was one OF the biggest lnills in.
Pennsylvania. aud its tonnage waaS
always heavy because ne superln-,
tendent was q slave driver. He wss1
one OF those men who are born without
assouL or feelings. and he had no In
terest In anything except rails and
plates.
''One day took my stand just out
side the Bessemer plant. Ii was q big
shell OF steel Orders and corrugated
Iron, and the side where we were wasf
open. Father saw me and waved his
hand--he always waved at me then,
] saw the superintendent coming
through big square faced man
whom everybody feared. Wherever
he went the hunkies danced: he could
put life into dead mans limbs, thar
man. 1t was because OF their great
Year Of him aud his furious urging that
something happened
Lilas had begun her recital slowly.
Without apparent object. bit once into
1t she seemed unable to stop: and now.
although her words came haltingly. 1T
was plain that she had worked herself
into sort OF hysteria in which she
gave little heed to her nearer. 1T was.
characteristic Of her that she could
so excite herself by the power OF yis-
utilization as to be completely trans
ported.
Something went wrong overhead:
anyhow. the converter dumped too
sQon. Men were working directly UNI
derneatl, father among the rest 4
saw him go down nndersa stream df
liquid steel"
I.Orelei's horrified exclamation went.
unnoticed: Lilas' voice was shrill.
Yes. He was blotted ont. right be-
fore my eyes. In an instant. In the
time 1t takes to snap your finger. he
and the others-were gone. changed
into smoke. into absolute nOthfngness
There was no insurance, and nobndy
took the blame. Another Jew family.
q few more widowed and fatherless
foreigners. among that army. meant
nothing. I've never forgotten that day.
nor the figure of that shouting. swear
ing man who came through the Res-
semer mill crying for more speed.
more speed. more speed.
II suppose i was too little to make
any foolish vows of vengeance. tar
was sonly ragged mite OF child
among q horde OF slaves. hut when I
grew older often dreamed Of having
that man In my power. and king
him suffer. Who would who could
have imagined that I'd ever be living
on money wrung from the labor OF, men
like my father, and be In position to
meet that man ON an equal footing? 4
never did-not in my widest ln6mauts.
and yet-here l amand the day OF
reckoning gets closer ail the tire
She ended with an ahrlnt nat
evidenced her agitation. istn slle.
1erked beaded chain th6t 4dep4nflel
from the center lamp. and the Eoshl;:
was flooded with mellow itGht fiiei
she drew ont the table drawer 6ta mr.
guests elbow, and with shak king hands
selected small box from the confn-
sion within. LoreleL recoiled at the
sight Of a revolver Hidden among the
disorder. ~ " II
Goodness! hope 1t isn't loaded. 8
the latter exclaimed. 9 :.pf story gives
me the creeps and shirt thing seems
to sflt In ,ssf
e4t's loaded, ~ rasht i tssp 4 Tor
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