Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-14

Fave meet for the first time and
quarrel over Fleda eusues between
them
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES.
TyHE other stroked his beard with
l. hands which. somehow. gave little
indication of age. and then. with SUD
den Jerk forward of his head he said ;
"Oh. it's like that, Nh? Is that
what M'sieu' Marchand told your
That's what he said, is it,
The big river driver, eager to mann
tain his supreme place as leader
lunged forward step and growIed
challenge.
WHO said it? What does it matter
II NJ sieu' Marchand said tits true
II I said it, it's true. All of us in this
room say it, and it's true. Young
Marchand says what Manitou says
The old mans eyes grew brighter
they were exceedingly sharp for one so
old, and he said quite gently now.
M. Marchand said it first, aud you
all say it afterwarG-ah. bah . But
listen to me: I know Max Ingolby that
you think is such a villain; | know
him we'll. l knew him when he was
a little boy and
"You was his nurse I suppose,
cried the Englishman's voice amid a
roar of laughter.
Taught him his A-B-C-was his
dear, kind teacher, eh?" hilariously
cried another.
The old man appeared not to hear.
II have known him all the years since.
He has only been in the West a few
years, but he has lived in the world ex-
actly thirty three years. He never will
ingly did anybody harm-ncver. Since
he came West, since he came to the
Sagalac, he's brought work to Lebanon
and to Manitou. There are hundreds
more workmen in both the towns than
there were when he came. 1t was he
made others come with much money
and build the factories and the mills.
Work means money, money means
bread, bread means life-so.''
The big river driver, seeing the effect
of the old mans words upon the crowd,
turned to them with an angry gesture
and a sneer
Il s'pose Ingolby has paid this old
skeesicks for talking this swash. We
know all right what Ingolby Is, and
what he's done. He's made war be-
tween the two towns-there' hell to
pay now on both sides of the Sagalac
He took away the railway offices from
here, and threw men out Of work. He's
done harm to Manitou-he's against
Manitou every time
Murmurs of approval ran through the
crowd, though some were silent, look
ing curiously at the forceful and con
tident old man. Even his bent shoul-
ders seemed to suggest driving power
rather than the weight of years. He
suddenly stretched out hand in com
mand as it were.
Comrades, comrades" he said
every man makes mistakes. Even II il
was mistake for Ingolby to take away
the Offices from Manitou, he's done
a big thing for both cities by combining
the three railways
Monopoly, growled voice from
the crowd
mot monopoly" the old man re.
piled with ring TO his voice, which
made it younger, fresher. "Not
monopoly, but better management of the
railways, with more wages, more money
to spend on things to eat and drinl
and wear, more dollars in the pocket o.
everybody that works in Manitou anC
Lebanon. Ingolby works, he doesn'r
loaf"
'Oh, gosh all hell, he's a dynamo. ;
shouted a voice from the crowd "He'
a dynamo running the whole show
eh -
The old man seemed to grow shorter
but as he thrust his shoulders forwart
1t was like a machine gathering energ,
and power.
"1'll tell you, friends, what Ingolb
Is trying to do he said in a 10y
voice, vibrating with that force whicl
belongs neither to age nor youth, bu
is the permanent activity uniting a
ages of a man. 'Of course, Ingolby i
ambitious and he wants power. II
tries to do the big things in the worl
because there is the big thing to do
for sure. Without such men the bi
things are never done, and other me
have less work to do, and less none
and poorer homes. They discover an
construct and design and invent an
organize and give opportunities. I al
a working man, but know what In
COLBY thinks. / know what men thin
who try to do the big things. I hay
tried to do them
The crowd were absolutely still nov
but the big river driver shook himse
free of the eloquence, which someho
swayed them all, and said:
"You--you look as il you'd try
do big things, you do, old skeesicks.
bet you never earned a hunderd do
lars in your 'life." He turned to Il
crowd with fierce gestures. Lets {
10 Lebanon and make the place cling,
he roared. Lets get Ingolby out
talk for himself, If he wants to tall
We know what We want to do, an
we'ff not going 10 be bcssed. - e's 4
Lsb3 on ard we're FOR MaF Eel
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