Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-06-11
The Kings
Castles
Copyright. ISIS. By the Mcclure Nsvspa.
per Ryndicafel
ny JAMES NEWTON

Copyright. 1878. BY the Mcclure Nsvspa-
per syndicaieb
In college Yates Barlow had gone In
for economies and sociology. when
he was graduated and started In Law
studies. though heldId not dub himself
q socialist. stIll he persuaded himself
that In the management Of the rather
comfortable estate left him By his
grandmother he would fall into none
Of those errors % selnshness that too
frequently as he was convinced -
characterixe the dealings OF men Of
capital with those who labor for them.
Aud although he decided 70 leave the
management Of the large uptown
apartment house. pretentiously dubbed
Kings Castles. - that constituted one
Of his most rcmunerative Investments
~ the hands OF his fathers once force
until he hnd f,uished his law course.
he msie ~ perfectly clear that he
sought ne profits from that uD1srtak-
Ing that might be made, at The, ex.
pcnse % fair play to- the .folk who
worked under the spacious root Of the
apartment house.
Maybe there isn't any eigh,-hour
law for women In this state" he said
20 his father. Maybe there isn't
We haven't come 20. II In law lecture
yet. But eight hours IL all any woman
ought TO be asked 90 work. and I tell
you right here that TIN not going 20
have any woman work longer than
the one who works Cor me"
The genial elder man looked mp
with a smile. the serenity ~ which
rather annoyed Yates. "She II q nice
little girl he saidsfwith an emphasis
on the verb that seemed 20 ,betoken.
that Yates knew 90 whom the pronoun
referred.
II guess az your age I'd have had
the same ideas about working hours
for women. especially " the only WON
an ! employed happened 20 be eighteen
and MS fresh NJ n snow apple. She n
a nice girl, isn't sher'
"If you mean Miss Snrter-yes. She
seems 90 be q lot better than you
usually get 90 tend an apartment house
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explained the fathsr.
"No girl of spirit likes Ia ,show her
unwi,l,ngness 20 40 wba, .h.,. no, a.
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insight into. feminine nsyehologv
.sweIl you'ye no, a iot more sense
than some hovs Won, .g.- wa. the
fathers only retort "If Won tahe a
fancy 10 n pure.bearted country ar,
like Abby Sarter instead Of some
cmp,y.pated. over.dressed society cir,
you're ali right"
Yates had taken n fancy 10 Ahby.
but for some renson he did not like 10
have the fact taken for granted. he
could not explain 10 himself lust why
his fathers remarks that morning
proved so Irritating.
As time went ON Yates deyeIoped n
keen interest I'm the manaRemen, OF
his APARTMENT house. lie loved 10 |
think OF the time when-hIs law course
ended-he would take over The entire
Of the place himself and
not actually needing 40 net the largest
possible income from.it. strive 10 run
the house along IDEAL lines lie even
thought % putting the girl at. the |
switchboard on a slx-hour schedule.
but somehow be never thought OF
Abby Sarter's continuing 10 SIT NJ the
switchboard when he put his plans IN 1
working order.
Meantime abby snrter saf M the
switchboard IN the esrner Of the spac.
ious. mnny.mirrored. much-beeiIt en-.
trance OF Yates luptown apar,ment
house. for nine hours n tay. and never
thought Of having a HOLIDAY other than
Sometimes she came IN for