The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-06-01
The Kings
Castles
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- JAMES NEWTON

(Copyrisht, iSis. BY the Mcclure Nswspa-
I pr eyndicatsJ
(, In college Yates Barlow had gone IN |
for economics and sociology. When
he was graduated and started In law
studies, though he did not dub himself
q socialist, still he persuaded himself
that In the management Of the rather
comfortable estate left him by hts
grandmother he would fall into none
OF those errors Of selfshness that TOO
frequently as he was convinced -
characterize the dealings Of men OF
capital with those who labor for them.
And although he decided to leave the
management Of the large uptown
apartment house, pretentiously dubbed
i"King's Castles" that constituted one
of his most remunerative Investments
IN the hands Of his fathers Office force
until he had finished his law course.
me made II perfectly clear that he
sought no profits from that undertake
ing that might be made at the ex-
pense Of fair play to the folk who
worked under the spacious roof Of the
apartment house.
maybe there isn't any eight-hour
law for women In this state" he said
TO his father. maybe there isn't
we haven't come to It In law lecture
yet. But eight hours Ii all any woman
ought to be asked to work. and I tell
you right here that I'm not going to
have any woman work longer than
the one who works for me-"
/ The genial elder man looked up
with q smile, the serenity of which
rather annoyed Yates. "She Is a nice
little GIRL" he said, with an emphasis
on the verb that seemed to betOken
that Yates knew to whom the pronoun
referred.
II guess at your age I'd have had
the same ideas about working hours
for women, especially II the only wom-
an employed happened to be eighteen
and as fresh as a snow apple. She Is
a nice girl. isn't shef''
III you mean Miss Sarter-yes. She
seems to be q lot better than you
Spusually get to tend an apartment house
telephone switchboard. That's got
nothing to do with the fairness Of
making her work nine hours day OF
keeping her at the switchboard on hol'
tdays."
"But, man alive. she wants to do IT,
explained the father.
mo girl Of spirit likes to show hel
lunwillingness to do what she's got t.
i do" pronounced the son with the oil
of one who felt that he possessed keer
insight. into feminine Psychology.
= 'Well, you've got q lot more sens'
than some boys your age" was thu
fathers only retort. III you take
fancy to q pure-hearted country Cir
like Abby Sarter instead Of som'
empty-pated. over-dressed society girl
you're all right"
Yates had taken fancy to Abby
but for some reason he did not like 4
have the fact taken for granted. H.
could not explain to himself Just VIII,
his fathers remarks that mornin
proved 90 Irritating.
As time went on Yates developed
teen interest In the management o
his apartment house. He loved I
think Of the time when-his law cours
ended-he would take over the entir
management Of the place himself an
mot actually needing to net the larges
possible income from II, strive to. RI
the house along ideal lines. He eve
thought Of putting the girl at tn
switchboard ON six.hour schedule
but somehow he never thought q
ABBY Starters continuing to sit at tn
switchboard when he put his plans
working order.
Meantime Abby Sarter sat at II
switchboard In the corner Of the spa
ious. many-mirrored. much.begilt el
trance Of Yates uptown apartmel
q house, for nine hours day. and new
thought Of having holiday other ths
Sunday. Sometimes she came In 4
a few hours even on that day Of res
TO Yates that entrance hall was n,
entirely satisfactory. He could see Il
cheap plaster behind the thin vene'
of marble on the walls. The colors
the heavy plush rugs that lay on Il
tile floors looked cruder 10 him eve
time he saw them. The lights tn
blaxed forth from the chandeliers al
were reflected again and again In d
hong mirrors were glarish and smo
his eyes extensively. Yet he knew tn
It was that spacious, garish hall tn
attracted tenants and made the
williag to pay good rents for SIN,
: apartments. and he realized that
y would be benefting no one but hill
self II he toned down the garishness
suit his own taste. He had no way
knowing at frst how respondent
looked to Abby-Abby, who basked
the efulgence Of dozen bright ligf
now, and in the days on the farm h
- known only the glow Of single
lamp as she sat In the farmhouse
ting room. To her the entrance OF
a apartment house was the sum total
urbane luxury and elegance and
people who came and went throu
the hall and were bowed to by
hall attendants In proportion to tn
most recent grAtuIty were to